Faculty Profile: Tim Gray

Tim Gray, Chief Executive Officer of Grayscale Entertainment Marketing, is the Host of The Golden Rules, a web series and podcast, focusing on the lives and businesses of today’s music industry executives. Gray also serves as the CEO of the award-winning company, Grayscale Marketing, a fully integrated agency that helps businesses grow by providing a simple one stop solution for all their communication and marketing needs. His entrepreneurial career spans 15 years with experience in creative branding, event ticketing, concert promotion, booking, management, photography, and sponsorships.

Throughout his career, Tim has been awarded the Nashville Emerging Leader Award in Arts and Entertainment, been listed as People On The Move and nominated for 40 Under 40 by the Nashville Business Journal. In addition, Tim has been awarded Music Industry Organization, Society Of Leaders In Development, Member of the Year, and has been nominated for a Facebook advertising award, Most Admired CEO, Small Business of the Year, Best in Business and Entrepreneur Of The Year.

In addition to his entrepreneurial experience, Tim is an impassioned philanthropic leader. He holds Board Of Director positions for three Nashville based non-profit organizations, Musicpreneur Storehouse, Alumni Advisory Council (AAC) for MTSU College of Media and Entertainment and Music Makes Us (MMU). He has held multiple Board and committee positions for Nashville based organizations including SOLID (Society Of Leaders In Development), NEXT Awards + Entrepreneurs’ Hall of Fame Steering Committee, was a judge for the 2018 Nashville Emerging Leader Awards and is a member of Young Entertainment Professionals, The Troubadour Society, Nashville Chamber of Commerce, The Other Nashville Society, The Recording Academy and the Country Music Association.

To name a few, Gray has worked with artists, organizations & events such as Virgin Hotels, Hangout Music Festival, Colbie Caillat, Warner Chappell Music Production, Rolls Royce, Pilgrimage Music Festival, Anheuser Busch, Panorama NYC Music Festival, The KISS Kruise, Florida Georgia Line’s This is How We Cruise, and many more.