Elijah Whitesides is a founder of Music Wealth Academy, an accomplished recording artist, producer, TV & film composer, entrepreneur, and mentor dedicated to helping music creators build profitable businesses around their talent. Throughout his career, Elijah has helped thousands of artists, producers, songwriters, and musicians transform their passion into full-time careers by teaching proven business systems, expanding their audiences, creating multiple income streams, and helping them build long-term success in the music industry.

As one of the few mentors to achieve success as both a recording artist and music producer, Elijah has earned placements across many of the world’s largest entertainment platforms, including Netflix, Hulu, Disney, NBC, ABC, HBO, BET, VH1, MTV, TLC, TV One, Bravo, WE TV, The CW, Freeform, MotorTrend, E! Entertainment, NBA TV, NFL Network, NHL Network, and many more. Through years of building trusted relationships with CEOs of music libraries, publishers, music supervisors, and sync licensing companies, he has helped countless creators secure television placements, grow their brands to millions of streams across digital platforms, and establish sustainable careers in the music industry.

Beyond sync licensing, Elijah specializes in music business strategy, branding, publishing, artist development, SEO, marketing, production, engineering, beat sales, and building multiple music income streams. His passion is helping creators stop relying on luck, replace confusion with proven systems, and build businesses that create long-term income, ownership, and generational wealth through music.

Kevin Barnes is a founder of Music Wealth Academy, an accomplished composer, music producer, entrepreneur, and music industry educator with decades of experience across television, sports, major-label music, and artist development. Throughout his career, Kevin has built a reputation as one of the industry’s most respected creative professionals by combining musical excellence with real-world business success.

His production and composition credits include work with Chris Brown, Tank, Rodney Jerkins, and Mario, while his music has been featured across major television networks and hit programs including MTV, E!, VH1, Access Hollywood, Making the Band, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Rob & Big, and Love & Hip Hop. He also composed the official theme song for the Portland Trail Blazers, further demonstrating his ability to create music that connects across television, sports, and commercial media.

Beyond his accomplishments as a producer and composer, Kevin has built multiple six-figure music production and sample loop companies, while mentoring thousands of producers on how to build profitable music businesses, secure sync placements, and create long-term careers. His expertise spans music production, sync licensing, marketing, automation, artist development, and business strategy.

Kevin’s passion is helping music creators bridge the gap between creativity and entrepreneurship—equipping them with the knowledge, systems, and opportunities needed to transform their talent into lasting success.

Edwin Chisley is a founder of Music Wealth Academy, a professional music composer, recording artist, and sync licensing mentor from Cincinnati, Ohio. Throughout his career, Edwin has built an impressive catalog of music featured across major television networks and productions, including Tyler Perry’s Sistas, along with placements on BET, CBS, WE TV, NBA, NFL, Netflix, MLB, NHL, and many more.

As both a composer and recording artist, Edwin understands what it takes to create music that connects with audiences while meeting the professional standards required by today’s television, film, sports, and commercial music industry. His real-world experience allows him to guide producers and artists through every stage of the sync licensing process—from creating placement-ready music to building long-term relationships within the industry.

Beyond his accomplishments, Edwin is passionate about mentoring the next generation of music creators. Through Music Wealth Academy, he helps producers, artists, and songwriters develop the confidence, consistency, and strategies needed to build sustainable careers, generate long-term income, and create lasting opportunities through their music.

Collectively, our founders have helped thousands of artists, producers, songwriters, and musicians build profitable music businesses, expand their audiences, secure placements, and create long-term careers through proven systems, mentorship, and real-world industry experience.

Our founders have earned music placements across many of the world’s largest entertainment platforms, including Netflix, Hulu, Disney, NBC, ABC, HBO, BET, MTV, VH1, TLC, Bravo, CBS, WE TV, TV One, E!, The CW, Freeform, NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, MotorTrend, Access Hollywood, Love & Hip Hop, Tyler Perry’s Sistas, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Making the Band, Rob & Big, and many more.

Our founders have built trusted relationships throughout the music industry, working with major artists, producers, music libraries, publishers, music supervisors, and sync licensing companies. Credits and collaborations include Chris Brown, Tank, Rodney Jerkins, Mario, along with executives and decision-makers who help create real opportunities for music creators.

Our founders have successfully built multiple six-figure businesses across the music industry through sync licensing, music production, beat sales, publishing, sample libraries, artist development, online education, consulting, branding, marketing, and business automation creating proven systems that generate long-term income and ownership.

Unlike traditional music education, our founders don’t just teach theory. They provide real-world mentorship built from years of industry experience. Members receive practical strategies, proven business systems, accountability, and step-by-step guidance designed to help them build profitable music careers with confidence.

Music Wealth Academy was built to help creators stop chasing opportunities and start building lasting careers. Our mission is to equip every artist, producer, songwriter, and musician with the mindset, business systems, industry knowledge, and relationships needed to create long-term income, ownership, financial freedom, and generational wealth through music.