DeAnne Arnold
With over 20 years of experience in the music business, DeAnne Arnold started her music career by earning a Music and Business Degree from Mid-America Nazarene University. She then went on to earn a Paralegal Degree from Johnson County Community College and worked in the legal field for 8 years. During that time, she also traveled with the small singing group, Willing Heart. DeAnne eventually decided to branch out on her own and spent almost 5 years as a solo artist and songwriter with Incubator Creative Group. While with them, she went through extensive training sessions dealing with Artist Development and Music Business. Switching companies, DeAnne released two CD projects of her own: "September Song" and "Grace" and was voted Contemporary Artist of the Year at the Third Annual KCCM Awards by the general public. She spent 4 years as Vice-President and Radio Producer for KC Christian Music, which helps promote artists across the country and has now started her own company, Heartfelt Songs Music Group, which specializes in Artist Development for the Christian music artist and Booking. DeAnne was awarded with the M/I Award at the 2006 KCCM Awards recognizing her as being a leader in bringing together Ministry and Industry.
In 2007, DeAnne took on the role of Vice-President for Christian Divas (Devoted. Inspired. Victorious. Artists.). This is a company promoting female Christian music artists. Expanding on her job even more, DeAnne became the Music Director for the traveling PR Groups at MidAmerica Nazarene University in 2008. These groups travel throughout their seven-state region singing and sharing about Christ as well as MNU.