ACCREDITATIONS & AFFILIATIONS

AFFILIATIONS

Ear Candy Non-Profit Music Organization

EAR CANDY CHARITY – ESTABLISHED IN 2007

In 2006, I met Nate Anderson under a tree catching O.A.R. live for the first time during a rainy afternoon at the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, TN.  In early 2007 I was running The EDGE Radio station in Phoenix, AZ and in comes Nate Anderson who wanted to share his startling statistic: Arizona is dead last in per person educational funding in the country. As music enthusiasts that we were, we began to research the effects of such dismal funding levels on music education in Arizona’s public schools. What we found changed mine, and certainly Nate’s life forever. In October of 2007, Nate founded Ear Candy Charity as a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit dedicated to providing youth access to music education. Beginning with benefit concerts and events, Ear Candy’s tram was soon conducting valley wide instrument drives with collection points at all 57 Phoenix fire station and delivering truckloads of instruments to schools across the valley.  Ear Candy fulfills its mission of providing youth access to music education through four primary vehicles; Instrument Drives®, Backstage Class® music field trips, traditional music programming and music therapy. Since its inception, Ear Candy has impacted well over 10,000 youth in Arizona and continues to expand rapidly.  Our little charity became so strong that it eventually merged into Little Kids Rock, that took a more national focus.

Restore Arts

RESTORE ARTS

OUR MISSION: Inspiring and Enabling Arizona Students’ Passion for the Arts through the Gift of Music Education and Recycled Instruments.
www.restorearts.org/about_us

Delta Chi Fraternity

DELTA CHI FRATERNITY

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science, Speech Communication

Music Business & Pre-Law
Northern Arizona University—Flagstaff, AZ
San Diego State University—San Diego, CA

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Certified Radio Marketing Expert by the Radio Advertising Bureau
Premier Solutions Provider & Creative Problem Solving—
Chancellor Creative Resources
Rhino Sales—Rhino Media—Houston, TX
Polaris Media & Marketing—Phoenix, AZ
Global Sales Development—Chancellor Marketing Group

Feel free to call/text me at 602.315.4892
LuckyCharmPresents@gmail.com 

Mike O'Donnell — LuckyCharmPresents@gmail.com — 602.315.4892