The AristoMedia Group is a Nashville-based, independent entertainment marketing/media/promotion firm representing country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artists and industry clients. The company was founded in 1980 by former Con Brio Records

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 Vice President of the label with his father Bill Walker. It was named Billboard Magazine's "Best New Country Label of the Year" in 1977. The main focus of the label was Country...

 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
• 2000 Twenty-Year anniversary of The AristoMedia Group
• 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 The AristoMedia Group's 25-year anniversary
• 2005 Created and hosted the first Aristo Global Showcase, an international artist showcase held each year during CMA Music Festival
  CMA Music Festival
  The CMA Music Festival is a four-day music festival centered around country music hosted each June by the Country Music Association in Nashville, Tennessee...
  
   week in downtown Nashville, Tenn.
• 2006 Launched AristoWorks (new media), branded Christian video services division as AristoVision
• 2006 Recognized for third consecutive year by Music Row magazine as Nashville's "Best Independent Publicity Company"
• 2007 Launch of GMV Nashville
  GMV Nashville
  GMV Nashville is a digital record label based in Nashville, TN, 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 and his father, Bill Walker...
  
  , 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
  Electronic Press Kit
  An electronic press kit is a press kit equivalent in electronic form. An EPK usually takes the form of a website or e-mail, though they are also known to exist in CD and DVD form....
  
  distribution service.
• 2010 Celebrated The AristoMedia Group's 30-year anniversary.

Key Staff

• Jeff Walker - President/CEO, The AristoMedia Group
• Craig Bann - SR. VP Promotion/Marketing, The AristoMedia Group
• Rick Kelly - VP, Marco Music Group
• Christy Watkins - Sr. Publicist, Aristo P.R.
• Jon Walker - Manager, AristoWorks