Kim Patterson grew up in Costa Mesa, California. She has been riding horses since the age of 4 – which led her family to move to Temecula where she was the director of the Temecula Rodeo Queen Pageant for 5 years. She is an award-winning author and founded the music blog Cre8tivereviews.com which featured reviews and interviews with major artists. In 2016 she co-founded All About Groove Entertainment, a full-service artist management company with clients such as Coffey Anderson, and Jesse Snider (son of Twisted Sister Frontman, Dee Snider) In 2018 she founded her own company, Three13 Management, and manages a variety of singers who have opened for National Acts such as Jason Aldean, Lindsay Ell, and Aaron Watson – in addition to playing prestigious events like Stagecoach and CMA Fest. She specializes in developing new talent and is a member of IEBA, and the West Coast representative for the live music app JamTown. In addition, her management company won the 2019 & 2020 Josie Music Awards Management Company of the Year award. 

Emily has always been interested in what goes on behind the scenes of the greatest musicians since childhood.  She first found her true calling for the music industry when she interned as an artist manager at an indie record label in college.  Since then, she has gained experience as an A&R ambassador, talent scout, artist liaison, booking agent, festival advisor, program, social media and outreach coordinator.  She has worked at #iVoted Festival, Climate Live, The Fame Hackers, Color of Music Collective, and WomxnCrush Music.