Steve Ivey, entrepreneur, musician, producer, music writer, speaker, author, 17 time # 1 Billboard music producer with multi Emmy, Grammy, Dove, Tele awards as winner and nominee.  Steve's music has been in the the Billboard Top Ten sales

charts for over an astounding 718 weeks, with more than 22 million units sold as of  2022 

and still counting with music he is writing, producing and recording.

 

Steve began his entrepreneur journey with incorporating his first company, IMI (Ivey Music International) at age 20

and the company has grown to have a global reach with music in over 40,000 retail outlets internationally.

He began the company as a junior in college at Mercer University while studying classical music.

Steve was singing Opera in Italian, French, German and playing classical piano during the day

for his Bachelor of music degree and then singing, writing, recording pop  & country

music and playing guitar at night around middle Georgia.

 

He continued his education to earn a Masters degree in marketing and that foundation of studies in music and

marketing lead to building IMI into other music business areas including a booking agency, artist seminar company,

boutique record label, music distribution,  brand management & publishing companies.  Steve's first recording success

at age 20, was writing and playing all the instruments on a Chevrolet commercial. He continued to write songs and

produce other artists as well as products for his own band which lead to Steve signing as a writer/artist to

Warner Brothers Chapel Music. His  international touring and performing  concerts lasted about a decade

and over 1000 shows all across the US, Europe and Asia playing every type of venue

from stadiums to fairs and festivals to churches and dive bars. 

 

Steve's work in the studio and other music business endeavors eventually took a front seat

and he stopped performing with his band to focus 100% on building IMI.  His song writing, studio work

and recording lead him in to producing and working with numerous top artist's, TV shows,

movies, companies and popular brands.  IMI became an international success story.

 

Steve decided to diversify his entrepreneur efforts and while still running IMI he started another company in the energy sector called Simon Solar, with the idea to build a solar farm in his home state of Georgia. Steve had built 5 recording

studios and from this experience in technology, the solar industry was just the right fit to overlap his knowledge of deal

making and technology. Simon Solar created the largest solar electric plant east of the Mississippi River at 30 Megawatts

which is enough power for about 8000 homes annually.  The solar plant is in full operation and will continue making

power for  decades. Simon Solar is continuing to build other solar energy projects. In 2020 Steve

combined his two companies while helping Mercer University rebuild the world renowned Capricorn

Recording Studio and also put solar on top of the building to have renewable energy recording.

For more information visit  www.SimonSolar.com

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Belmont University Chair of Music Business School asked Steve to construct a course for young music

entrepreneurs based on his long term success in a tough business.  Steve put together the course he calls LAUNCH

and he teaches this course once a year in September to upper level students.

Steve is currently writing the book to accompany

the course which will be titled "Picking Up Pecans...11 Steps to Successtination".   Picking up pecans and selling

them to the local Co-Op was Steve's first entrepreneurial endeavor at the age of 12 and the lessons

learned then carried over into international success.

 

Currently, when not  making music in a recording studio or advising  young entrepreneurs and companies,

Steve spends his time with his family or on tennis courts, by the pool, on a golf course, at Tennessee Titans or

Nashville Predators games,  on a beach or a ski slope.