Aaron Arnold
Aaron Arnold aka Mr. MusicIsMyBusiness
When you google "how to make a way out of no way" a vh1 interview featuring Aaron Arnold appears. As one of his mentors told him "whenever you feel like you can't just know you are the face of Making a way out of no way."
And with that type of Motivation, Aaron Arnold, CEO of MusicIsMyBusiness (MIMB) built his company into one of "America's Smartest New Companies led by people under 30," according to Inc Magazine. He is a graduate of Florida A&M University where he studied print journalism and PR with a minor in marketing and theatre. Upon graduating, he was blessed to work at four of the top five global PR|marketing firms in NYC and Chicago. After 3.5 years in corporate America, he followed his passion and took an unpaid intern-assistant job with Sean "Diddy" Combs for 18 months.
"I launched my own music company with the goal to change the way business is done in the music industry," said Aaron, a south-side Chicago native.
MusicIsMyBusiness recently debuted their very first music video, "Run-It-Back", on MTVMusic at #2. You can view the MTV version atmtvmusic.com or the unedited version at youtube.com/musicismybusiness. They also launched a campaign encouraging fans to download the song via iTunes in order to break the top 100 on the music-charts. Heavyweights like Sean "Diddy" Combs, DJ Whookid and Hollywood actor, Idris Elba have already gotten into the act encouraging their fans to support via twitter.
Aaron has made press appearances including:
- He appeared on CNN for a live interview as the network recognized him for being a "YoungPerson Who Rocks", which honors people under the age of 30 who impact and inspire the world
- GQ Magazine's "The Gentleman's Fund" nominated him for his contributions to the UnitedNations World Food Program
- He appeared on VH1's new show "I Want to Work for Diddy." The VH1 special highlighted someof Diddy's past assistants and how they used the experience to transcend in their careers
- Black Enterprise picked Aaron has one of "7 phenomenal young bosses" under 35 and hasbeen commissioned byFast Company Magazineto blog as an expert
MUSICISMYBUSINESS is a fully integrated music company, which houses three components:
*MIMB Music/Publishing (houses artists, producers, djs) *MIMB Television/Film/Animation and
*MIMB Brand Management. Recently, we they produced records for a Jive recording artists, Sony Australia artist Jessica Mauboy, Travis Porter and celebrated Country writer Jeffery Steele ( Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Trace Adkins, Miley Cyrus and Montgomery Gentry) MusicIsMyBusiness has also consulted for brands such as ESPN, Heineken, McDonalds, The United Nations' World Food Organization, Grammy Winner Bryan-Michael Cox and MTV's Making The Band, Platinum Selling Artists, Danity Kane. MusicIsMyBusiness is supported by a team of young and innovative individuals who believe that music is the soundtrack to life as illustrated through music's immense historical and modern influence on the world.
These young stars include: Chief Music-Technology Officer & Music Director, Jason Murdock and Charles "Chizzy" Stephens, Director of Music and Dominique Brown, COO. MusicIsMyBusiness also has an internship program for High School students in Atlanta.
Aaron has been invited to speak at the following:
- He was named to Florida A&M's 2010 top 40 under 40 Alumni in it's inaugural year ofpresenting the awardInc Magazine's "Inc Magazine CEO Round-Table"
- The Congressional Black Caucus' Third Annual Emerging Leaders Town Hall panel: TheEvolution of Politics and Empowerment moderated by CNN's Roland Martin
- A black-tie event hosted by Vh1 for super star singer Chilli from the Grammy Award Winninggroup TLC and Atlanta's Mayor Kasim Reed; Aaron presented MusicIsMyBusiness' "On The Cusp"leadership award to Mayor Reed which is an award MusicIsMyBusiness created to award thenext generation of game changers and go-getters in business, philanthropy and entertainment Inc Magazine's G.R.O.W. conference in Las Vegas on social networking
For more information visit the following:
1. twitter.com/MrMIMB
2. youtube.com/musicismybusiness
3. musicismybusiness.com
4. facebook.com/MrMusicIsMyBusiness
5. facebook.com/MusicIsMyBusiness
Aaron Arnold aka Mr. MusicIsMyBusiness
When you google "how to make a way out of no way" a vh1 interview featuring Aaron Arnold appears. As one of his mentors told him "whenever you feel like you can't just know you are the face of Making a way out of no way."
And with that type of Motivation, Aaron Arnold, CEO of MusicIsMyBusiness (MIMB) built his company into one of "America's Smartest New Companies led by people under 30," according to Inc Magazine. He is a graduate of Florida A&M University where he studied print journalism and PR with a minor in marketing and theatre. Upon graduating, he was blessed to work at four of the top five global PR|marketing firms in NYC and Chicago. After 3.5 years in corporate America, he followed his passion and took an unpaid intern-assistant job with Sean "Diddy" Combs for 18 months.
"I launched my own music company with the goal to change the way business is done in the music industry," said Aaron, a south-side Chicago native.
MusicIsMyBusiness recently debuted their very first music video, "Run-It-Back", on MTVMusic at #2. You can view the MTV version atmtvmusic.com or the unedited version at youtube.com/musicismybusiness. They also launched a campaign encouraging fans to download the song via iTunes in order to break the top 100 on the music-charts. Heavyweights like Sean "Diddy" Combs, DJ Whookid and Hollywood actor, Idris Elba have already gotten into the act encouraging their fans to support via twitter.
Aaron has made press appearances including:
- He appeared on CNN for a live interview as the network recognized him for being a "YoungPerson Who Rocks", which honors people under the age of 30 who impact and inspire the world
- GQ Magazine's "The Gentleman's Fund" nominated him for his contributions to the UnitedNations World Food Program
- He appeared on VH1's new show "I Want to Work for Diddy." The VH1 special highlighted someof Diddy's past assistants and how they used the experience to transcend in their careers
- Black Enterprise picked Aaron has one of "7 phenomenal young bosses" under 35 and hasbeen commissioned byFast Company Magazineto blog as an expert
MUSICISMYBUSINESS is a fully integrated music company, which houses three components:
*MIMB Music/Publishing (houses artists, producers, djs) *MIMB Television/Film/Animation and
*MIMB Brand Management. Recently, we they produced records for a Jive recording artists, Sony Australia artist Jessica Mauboy, Travis Porter and celebrated Country writer Jeffery Steele ( Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Trace Adkins, Miley Cyrus and Montgomery Gentry) MusicIsMyBusiness has also consulted for brands such as ESPN, Heineken, McDonalds, The United Nations' World Food Organization, Grammy Winner Bryan-Michael Cox and MTV's Making The Band, Platinum Selling Artists, Danity Kane. MusicIsMyBusiness is supported by a team of young and innovative individuals who believe that music is the soundtrack to life as illustrated through music's immense historical and modern influence on the world.
These young stars include: Chief Music-Technology Officer & Music Director, Jason Murdock and Charles "Chizzy" Stephens, Director of Music and Dominique Brown, COO. MusicIsMyBusiness also has an internship program for High School students in Atlanta.
Aaron has been invited to speak at the following:
- He was named to Florida A&M's 2010 top 40 under 40 Alumni in it's inaugural year ofpresenting the awardInc Magazine's "Inc Magazine CEO Round-Table"
- The Congressional Black Caucus' Third Annual Emerging Leaders Town Hall panel: TheEvolution of Politics and Empowerment moderated by CNN's Roland Martin
- A black-tie event hosted by Vh1 for super star singer Chilli from the Grammy Award Winninggroup TLC and Atlanta's Mayor Kasim Reed; Aaron presented MusicIsMyBusiness' "On The Cusp"leadership award to Mayor Reed which is an award MusicIsMyBusiness created to award thenext generation of game changers and go-getters in business, philanthropy and entertainment Inc Magazine's G.R.O.W. conference in Las Vegas on social networking
For more information visit the following:
1. twitter.com/MrMIMB
2. youtube.com/musicismybusiness
3. musicismybusiness.com
4. facebook.com/MrMusicIsMyBusiness
5. facebook.com/MusicIsMyBusiness
