__FORCETOC__ Keith Volpone (born March 4, 1972), also known as Seven Volpone, is an entrepreneur, business executive, singer, songwriter and record producer. Volpone is the current

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of Big Block Capital Group and Big Block Media Group.

Early life

Volpone was born in

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to Rosemarie and William Volpone. He attended Madonna Catholic School for middle school until he was 13 years old. Volpone then moved to

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. Volpone went to college at

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Music career

Volpone and his band Seven and the Sun were signed to

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in 1999. The group's single "Walk with Me" (2002) hit #38 on the Billboard Adult Top 40, number 27 on the Billboard Mainstream Top 50 and number 40 on the Billboard Top 40 Tracks chart. The track was also featured in the

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film '' America's Sweethearts''. He co-founded the music, marketing and branding company of We3Kings in 2003. Under the company he oversaw the creation of television and brand themes, and music for television shows that include: Dance Moms'',

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, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition'', Tru Calling'',

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''and'' The Steve Harvey Show''. He also scored music for '' Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days'' and '' Tinker Bell''. In 2007 Volpone went on to found and front the country group

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; the group's songs "Last Train Running" and "Falling into You as well as "Load up the Bases" charted on the Billboard top 100 charts. With Whiskey Falls, Volpone developed a multi-year brand and integration partnership between Whiskey Falls and

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. The band went on to create original music for Mark Burnett's ''

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'' on the

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TV network. The band played a reoccurring roll as a centerpiece for the TV show and Live Rodeo Tour. Whiskey Falls was also featured on Jimmy Kimmel,

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, CBS Morning News,

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and

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. In 2010 Volpone worked with

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, television production company

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and his former partners at We3Kings on the music for the

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show, '' Dance Moms''. Volpone also appears in the season finale of season one.

Business career

In 2014, Volpone and his partner founded a consulting firm named Push-Point Management Group. Through Push-Point, Volpone consulted for several leading media companies including

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, Richard Reid Productions,

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, Maestro, & TV4 In January 2016, Volpone was engaged by

and

, as a Sr. Executive Adviser charged with developing non-endemic brand strategy & music and lifestyle integrations. Volpone worked closely with Executive chairman Steven Roberts to help manage the partnership between

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and artists Krewella for the first ESL music performance at the ESL One: New York 2016 at the

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in NY. Volpone's work with ESL includes the launch of 1337 Records, the signing of the band Leet Mob and deployment of ESL owned publishing assets and themes such as "My Story" used in IEM events and ESL broadcasts. In January 2017, Volpone accepted the role of CEO for Big Block Media, Big Block Entertainment and Big Block Capital Group.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Volpone, Seven 1972 births Living people 21st-century American businesspeople 21st-century American singer-songwriters American male singer-songwriters New Jersey City University alumni People from Fort Lee, New Jersey People from Secaucus, New Jersey Whiskey Falls members