Meet SHANE BROWN Founder · Builder · Speaker · Advisor Top 1% AI and Blockchain Developer. Helping Brands Scale With Marketing, Content, Systems, and Automation.
The Builder Behind The Ecosystem

25+ Years Inside Entertainment.
Now Building iKonX, The App That Connects The Entire Industry.

Shane Brown has spent 25+ years building, producing, and advising across music, film, brands, live events, and technology. iKonX is what those decades taught him, the platform that connects an industry he has worked inside since the beginning.

Behind the scenes with the biggest names in the business, I saw every gap the industry kept ignoring. iKonX is the fix.

Creator ofiKonXLive in 175+ Countries
25+
Years
7B+
Views
50+
Music videos
9
Grammy-winning artists
SXSW
Award-winning film
175+
Countries
Shane Brown
02 / The Receipts

The work, in numbers and names.

25+ years behind the scenes with the biggest names in music, film, and entertainment.

Trusted by the clients below.

BeyonceLive NationNikeiKonXWynnCaesarsSLSSBEHydeHakkasanHouse of BluesGordon RamsayMr ChowTAOMarqueeLAVOEncoreNFLCollege Football PlayoffNCAAiKonXTampa Bay LightningLA DodgersTampa Bay RaysTampa Bay BuccaneersClemsonFlorida StateUNCUSFPGA TourValsparTiger WoodsSXSWShowtimeParamount+QuiverColumbiaSony MusicRCAAtlanticUniversalRepublicCash MoneyYoung MoneyUsherEnrique IglesiasChloe x HalleiKonXCrunchEquinoxKeith James
03 / What Shane Does

Relationships first. The work speaks for itself.

25+ years in, I have learned the work starts with the relationship. I build trust with brands, individuals, and companies first, focus on exactly what they need, and let the work speak for itself. Relationships I still keep to this day. I build platforms, produce content, create marketing systems, advise brands and artists, speak and teach, and connect the verticals most people treat as separate.

Build

Products & platforms

Immersive software, commerce platforms, and the systems that ship them.

Built iKonX on AI and blockchain, live in 175+ countries
Produce

Music, film & live

Music video, film, and live event capture for the biggest names in the business.

50+ videos, 7B+ views
Advise & Teach

Speaking & consulting

Speaking, courses, and advisory for founders, brands, and teams.

Synapse Summit, Billion Dollar Mindset
04 / The Proof

50+ music videos. Billions of views.
Award-winning film. The work speaks first.

And I saw how disconnected all of it really was. Music, film, brands, sport, hospitality, venues, immersive technology, and the startups built from all of it.

Much of this work came back around. The same names, year after year.

Film

Bitch Ass

Bitch Ass (2022) poster
SXSW 2022 · Midnighters Audience Award

Bitch Ass (2022)

Written and directed by Bill Posley. Co-written by Jonathan Colomb. Starring Tunde Laleye, with horror legend Tony Todd. Premiered at SXSW, won the Midnighters Audience Award, and was released by Quiver Distribution.

I was an executive producer on it. The honest truth is I was lucky to be part of their vision and their work. This one belongs to Bill, Jonathan, and Tunde, and the entire production team. I am proud to just be able to say I was a part of it.

Director / Writer: Bill Posley · Co-writer: Jonathan Colomb · Starring: Tunde Laleye, Tony Todd · Executive Producer: Shane Brown · Distribution: Quiver · Full credits on IMDb →
From the premieres
Bitch Ass premiere
SXSW 2022 World Premiere, Austin, with Bill Posley and Tunde Laleye.
SXSW red carpet
On the SXSW red carpet, March 2022.
London premiere
London FrightFest premiere, with Tunde Laleye.

Press: Rue Morgue featured Bitch Ass and Tony Todd in its SXSW 2022 Midnighters coverage. Premiered at SXSW, screened at London FrightFest, streams on Showtime and Paramount+. One of the first blockchain and crypto-funded award-winning films to reach theatrical release.

Official billing block
Press and where to watch
Den of Geek feature
Den of Geek "Hood Horror" feature on Bitch Ass.
Bitch Ass on Showtime
Streaming now on Showtime.
World premiere
Streaming on Showtime and Paramount+.
The Brands & Venues

More than 100 brands, artists and venues,
across music, hospitality, sport, film and live.

Music & Labels
BeyonceParkwoodCash MoneyYoung MoneyColumbia RecordsSony MusicRca RecordsAtlantic RecordsUniversal MusicRepublic RecordsEnrique IglesiasChloe X HalleUsherKing LosSigmaFuse OdgSophie BeemParker IghileStafford BrothersChristina MilianRomeo SantosHilary Duff
Film & Distribution
Quiver DistributionSignature EntertainmentShowtimeParamount Plus
Hospitality & Venues
WynnCaesarsSls HotelsSbeHydeDelanoMondrianTaoTao GroupHakkasanXs NightclubEncoreHouse Of BluesMr ChowWorld Of BeerMarqueeLavoTao BeachKatsuyaGordon RamsayNightingale PlazaClub PranaDoheny RoomS BarGreystone Manor
Sports & Leagues
College Football PlayoffTampa Bay LightningLa DodgersTampa Bay RaysTampa Bay BuccaneersUnc Tar HeelsUsf BullsNcaaClemson TigersFlorida StatePga Tour CbsTiger Woods TgrValspar ChampionshipRaymond James StadiumTampa Bay Sports CommissionUs Open Of SurfingNflNfl AlumniNflpaSuper BowlAlabama
Brands & Marketing
NikeLive NationCrunch FitnessEquinoxHilton HylandKeith JamesSxswBig Cat RescueTampa International AirportBerkeley Prep
Tech & Immersive
Synapse
Ventures
Ikonx WordmarkVizion Protocol
05 / Behind The Scenes

On set. On the ice. On the course.

Real moments behind the music, film, sport, and live work, with the talent and brands who make it.

06 / Live Events

Festivals, sold-out rooms,
and the events that built iKonX.

Live events are where it all connects. The artists, the crowds, and the brands in one room. Some of the names on iKonX today, I met building these.

Laleye Studios and ViZion Presents, Spring Break Takeover, Tampa
Laleye Studios and ViZion Presents

Spring Break Takeover Tampa

The biggest Spring Break event in Tampa, live at The Ritz Ybor. Headlined by Murda Beatz, with AB, Kali, BlocBoy JB, and LaCro$$e, hosted by iHeartMemphis.

Founded and funded start to finish by Tunde Laleye, the founder of Laleye Studios and co-founder of iKonX. The credit is his. I was lucky to help bring it together. Several of the artists from that stage are on iKonX today. This is part of how, and why, iKonX came together.

Laleye Studios  A Laleye Studios production.
ViZion Tech Bowl

A three-day festival, built around the Super Bowl.

Trusted to head the ViZion Tech Bowl, a three-day music festival planned for 20,000 people a day across 5 Acres, alongside the NFLPA and NFL Alumni. Leading a build at that scale, trusted by the league and the team to run it, is the work I am built for.

Live events are what iKonX was built to power, and where it all started.
07 / Who I Help

Find your path in.

Artists & Creators

Own your career

The platform and the playbook to build a following and earn from it.

iKonX, built for you
Promoters & Venues

Fill the room

Production and reach for events that need to land.

SLS, Wynn, House of Blues
Agencies & Managers

A partner who delivers

An operator who ships for your roster, on time.

Major-label production
Brands & Business Owners

Reach your audience

Immersive content and platforms that connect you to customers.

Live Nation, Nike, Fortune 500
Speaking & Event Bookers

A speaker who has done it

Lessons from the rooms, the software, and the platform he shipped.

Synapse Summit + topics
08 / The Builder

Five careers, run at once, until they converged.

The track record

Virtual Marketing 360

VR in real time since 2016. 695 tours, 29.2M+ views, for Live Nation, SBE, Wynn, Caesars, PGA, and CFP.

The engine

ViZion Protocol

The parent venture. Blockchain since 2016, based in Tampa.

The flagship

iKonX

What it all built. The product everyone else gets to use.

09 / The Journey

Not one career. Five, running at once.

Every chapter fed directly into the next, until they converged into a single platform.

7B+
Video Views
50+
Music Videos
9
Grammy Artists
29.2M
Google Maps Views
01

Origins

From St. Petersburg to the University of South Florida, where he earned a Business Administration degree with a Marketing minor and joined Sigma Nu. He studied acting under Kathy Laughlin and headed for Los Angeles.

02

The come-up

His first producing credits came through Bill Posley on viral sketch comedy in 2011. He shot dozens of projects for free to earn the room.

03

The major-label era

He produced and managed major music videos: consecutive Enrique Iglesias videos, work touching Lil Wayne and Christina Milian, then work across Beyonce's Parkwood ecosystem including the Heaven video, plus emerging-artist development for Chloe x Halle, Sophie Beem, and Ingrid.

04

Film

Executive producer on Bitch Ass (2022), a SXSW Audience Award winner directed by Bill Posley and starring Tunde Laleye.

05

VR and experiential

He built his own proprietary VR-in-real-time software in 2016 and ran the #1 virtual-tour company in the US, delivering immersive work for Live Nation, SBE/SLS, Wynn, House of Blues, Caesars, and Gordon Ramsay's venues, plus marquee sports including the PGA Valspar Championship and the College Football Playoff.

06

iKonX

Over two years he taught himself to ship and built the entire iKonX app: live payments, booking, and a full paid-messaging marketplace to Apple App Store standards, powered by AI and blockchain. He built it while fighting to stay in his two sons' lives, and built it for the independent artist.

10 / Why iKonX Exists

The industry is connected on the surface
and broken underneath.

So I built the companies and systems around that problem. The industry looks connected. It is not. Artists, fans, venues, promoters, brands, and the people who manage them all run on separate tools and separate middlemen who each take a cut. iKonX is the fix, the first commerce network built specifically for music and entertainment, live on the Apple App Store in 175+ countries. It is not an outside idea about an industry. It is the platform version of 25+ years spent inside it.

Artists

Build a following and earn directly from it.

Fans

Get closer to the artists you back.

Promoters & Venues

Reach the right rooms and the right crowds.

Brands

Connect with audiences that actually care.

Built on AI and blockchain. Live in 175+ countries. 5-star Verified tier at $9.99/mo.

11 / Press

What others have said.

12 / Work With Shane

Work with Shane. Or start free.
There is a place for everyone.

iKonX is the platform version of every lesson. Whether you are an artist building your career, a founder or brand who needs strategic help, or a partner who wants to work with Shane directly, every path begins here.

Start Free

The Music & Entertainment Playbook

56 pages. The systems, the mindset, and the lessons from 25+ years inside the business. No pitch. No upsell. A real document you can use today.

Download the Free Playbook

Free. Always.

For Artists

30-Day Artist Hustle

The step-by-step system for independent artists who need to build a fanbase, create content that works, and earn from their career.

$9 · built on what works in the rooms
Get the Artist Guide
For Systems

The $49 Automation Pack

The same AI and automation systems that run Shane's lead-gen, outreach, and content pipelines. Built in n8n. Documented. Ready to deploy.

$49 · the stack powering iKonX ops
Explore the Automations
For Strategy

30-Minute Game Plan

One focused session. You bring the problem. Shane brings 25+ years of operator context and a direct answer.

$299 · no theory, just the answer
Book a Game Plan Call
For Implementation

Done-For-You Buildouts

Systems, marketing, automation, and product built for your business. End to end. Shane's team handles the execution.

Starting at $1,999
Ask About Done-For-You
For Partners

Contact Shane and iKonX

Investors, brand partnerships, speaking engagements, media inquiries, and enterprise or platform partnership conversations.

iKonX is live in 175+ countries
Start the Conversation
Enter The Ecosystem

Download iKonX

The platform Shane built for independent artists, venues, and fans. Commerce, booking, and paid direct messaging. Live in 175+ countries.

Live in 175+ countries · 5-star Verified
Download on the App Store
13 / The Playbook

Get the free playbook.

25+ years inside the business, distilled.

Capture wires up in a later phase.