The AristoMedia Group is a Nashville-based, independent entertainment marketing/media/promotion firm representing
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
artists and industry clients. The company was founded in 1980 by former
Con Brio Records
Con Brio Records was a record label active from 1975 to 1979 based in Nashville, Tennessee. Jeff Walker was co-founder and President of the label with his father Bill Walker. It was named Billboard Magazine's "Best New Country Label of the Year" ...
Vice President, Jeff Walker. Primary services The AristoMedia Group provides include: Christian and Country video promotion, secondary radio promotion, dance club venue marketing and promotion, new media services, entertainment publicity and video content/EPK distribution.
The AristoMedia Group is comprised specifically of the following branded divisions and services: Aristo PR (publicity), AristoVision (Christian video promotion), AristoVideo (Country video promotion), AristoWorks (new media services), The Goodland Group (video reel distribution), Jeff Walker & Associates (international and domestic entertainment consultation), Marco Music Group (secondary radio promotion), Marco Club Connection (dance club venue marketing), The Goodland Group (music publishing) and DownCast (video content and EPK distribution service).
Overview
* 1980 Aristo Music Associates formed, initially as publicity and PR firm
* 1984 Expanded to include Country music video promotion department (AristoVideo)
* 1989 Branding changed to AristoMedia; expanded into Christian market by offering Christian music video promotion services
* 1991 Established the Marco Music Group and its promotion division, Marco Promotions (secondary radio promotion)
* 1994 Formed The Goodland Group, a division of AristoMedia
* 1995 Formed Jeff Walker & Associates
* 2003 Re-launched Walkerbout Music, the publishing arm of The AristoMedia Group
* 2004 Established Marco Club Connection, the dance venue promotion division of Marco Promotions
* 2005 Created and hosted the first Aristo Global Showcase, an international artist showcase held each year during
CMA Music Festival
The CMA Music Festival is a four-day music festival centered on country music, hosted each June by the Country Music Association (CMA) in Nashville, Tennessee. Beginning in 1972 under the name Fan Fair, the event now draws over 400 artists and c ...
week in downtown Nashville, Tenn.
* 2006 Launched AristoWorks (new media), branded Christian video services division as AristoVision
* 2007 Launch of
GMV Nashville
GMV Nashville is a digital record label based in Nashville, Tennessee, founded by Jeff Walker in 2007.
History
Walker founded the label primarily to release digital versions of classic releases from Con Brio Records, which was founded by Walker ...
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an online record label offering digital downloads of classic and contemporary Country artists.
* 2009 In partnership with Travis Television Productions, co-developed the DownCast service, a video content and
electronic press kit
A press kit, often referred to as a media kit in business environments, is a pre-packaged set of promotional materials that provide information about a person, company, organization or cause and which is distributed to members of the media for pr ...
distribution service.
* 2013 Expanded JWA into international project management
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Public relations companies of the United States
Privately held companies based in Tennessee