{"id":9680,"date":"2012-04-18T22:29:35","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T22:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aristopr.com\/?p=9680"},"modified":"2012-04-18T22:43:37","modified_gmt":"2012-04-18T22:43:37","slug":"former-rocketown-records-president-don-donahue-joins-be-music-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aristopr.com\/former-rocketown-records-president-don-donahue-joins-be-music-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Rocketown Records President Don Donahue Joins BE Music &#038; Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>(Nashville, Tenn. \u2013 April 16, 2012)\u00a0\u00a0BE  Music &amp; Entertainment has announced the addition of former Rocketown  Records President <strong>Don Donahue<\/strong> as the company\u2019s Vice President of Live Events and Program Development.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Donahue\u2019s role with the Nashville-based artist development agency is to  connect its artists with audiences through the creation, production and  promotion of live events and unique sponsorship opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>A 20-year veteran of the Nashville music industry, Donahue launched the  boutique artist label Rocketown Records in 1996, selling more than 6  million albums while working with a roster that included artists <strong>Chris Rice, Ginny Owens, Shaun Groves, Wayne Kirkpatrick<\/strong> and others.\u00a0 Prior to joining BE Music, Donahue served as VP\/Artist  Development at Intero Alliance, where he co-executive produced the  global Avon Voices campaign, among other successful events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a bit of a \u2018full circle\u2019 moment for me in my career, as [BE  Music &amp; Entertainment President] Michael Blanton was the first  person to hire me in the industry more than 20 years ago,\u201d says  Donahue.\u00a0 \u201cIt feels like a wonderful homecoming. \u00a0To be a part of a  company like BE Music and Entertainment, which is so committed to the  artist\u2019s entire career, is very stimulating. The production of live  events is a crucial step for any artist to connect with their fan base,  and I am honored to bring my expertise to the BE Music family to make  the live experience special for both the artist and the fans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adds BE Music &amp; Entertainment President Michael Blanton, \u201cOver the  past 20 years, not only has Don Donahue worked in artist development,  but he has led successful events in the music and entertainment space,  making him the perfect fit to lead our newest division at BE Music. \u00a0Don  brings a dynamic energy and focus to our plan to launch and develop  artists through a diverse series of live events.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With offices  located in Dallas and Nashville, BE Music &amp; Entertainment provides  services and support in all aspects of management, production and  publishing to clients in all music genres.\u00a0 The multi-faceted agency  operates as a subsidiary of Dallas-based parent company <strong>London Broadcasting Company<\/strong>.\u00a0 For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bemusicentertainment.com\/\">www.BEMusicEntertainment.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/BE_Don.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"BE_Don\" data-src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/BE_Don.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"360\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 288px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 288\/360;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"BE_Don\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/BE_Don.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"360\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<div>BE Music &amp; Entertainment VP Live Events\/Program Development Don Donahue<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/aristopr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/BE_logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9682 alignleft lazyload\" title=\"BE_logo\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aristopr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/BE_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/aristopr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/BE_logo.jpg 240w, https:\/\/aristopr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/BE_logo-150x150.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 240px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 240\/240;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9682 alignleft\" title=\"BE_logo\" src=\"https:\/\/aristopr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/BE_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aristopr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/BE_logo.jpg 240w, https:\/\/aristopr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/BE_logo-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BE Music &#038; Entertainment has announced the addition of former Rocketown Records President Don Donahue as the company\u2019s Vice President of Live Events and Program Development. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1010],"tags":[1012,1363,1362,1364,1366,1014,1361,1365,1165],"class_list":["post-9680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clients","category-london-broadcasting","tag-be-music-entertainment","tag-chris-rice","tag-don-donahue","tag-ginny-owens","tag-london-broadcasting-company","tag-michael-blanton","tag-rocketown-records","tag-shaun-groves","tag-wayne-kirkpatrick"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aristopr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aristopr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aristopr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aristopr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aristopr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9680"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/aristopr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9684,"href":"https:\/\/aristopr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9680\/revisions\/9684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aristopr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aristopr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aristopr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}