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Kevin Shine is the President of The F.I.R.M. (Foundation for Innovative Resource Management), which is a resource for artists, songwriters, producers, personalities and companies who need strategic consulting. Kevin travels the country speaking on music industry panels and consulting independent record labels on their set up, music, marketing and promotion. He accomplished great success with the ASCAP Writing Sessions and is currently developing The F.I.R.M.'s Writing Sessions of America which is a mechanism for aspiring writers and producers to get the opportunity to work in a professional recording environment.
Kevin is the newly appointed head of A&R for Arrow Records/Universal and is currently working with Grammy Award winning artist, Ann Nesby. He'll also be working on the upcoming project for Stellar Award winning artist, Kim Burrell. Other current notable projects include work with the Mars on Sunday team which include Lonnie Deadwyler and Grammy winning Writer Producer team Black Elvis and Harold Lily. Another notable project is with Producer Miykal Snoddy who has worked on hits for Ludacris, Ne-yo and Kanye West to name a few. As Kevin continues to influence the world of music he is also overseeing the launch of For The People By The People, a Memphis based non-profit organization that will serve the local community in multiple ways including music education.
With over 15 years experience, Kevin Shine is truly a trailblazer in the music industry. Kevin possesses an extensive background in teaching music business that derived from the Music & Entertainment Training Institute (METI) for the city of Chicago. He was also a Music Business professor at Columbia College -- Chicago, where he served as Faculty Advisor for Columbia's Urban Music Association Student Organization (CUMA). He is very passionate about providing professional advice to others and is always looking for opportunities to share his expertise.
Kevin held the position of an A&R Consultant to Wayne Williams, the Senior Vice President of A&R for Jive Records and placed four of the songs on R. Kelly's Grammy nominated "Untitled" album. Simultaneously, Mr. Shine managed the songwriting duo, Galaxy who contributed to Ludacris' Grammy nominated song "How Low". The Southern Entertainment Awards has nominated Kevin for "Executive of the Year" and Your Positive News International has nominated him for a "Positive Image Award". Over the span of his career Kevin has placed multiple songs for multiple major artists including the Backstreet Boyz.