Robert Beeson is a music executive. He founded Essential Records

Essential Records (Christian)

Essential Records is a Contemporary Christian record label based in Franklin, Tennessee. It is a division of a major label, Sony Music Entertainment.-History:...

 in 1992, home to artists Jars of Clay

Jars of Clay

Jars of Clay is a Christian rock band from Nashville, Tennessee. They met at Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois.Jars of Clay consists of Dan Haseltine on vocals, Charlie Lowell on piano and keyboards, Stephen Mason on lead guitars and Matthew Odmark on rhythm guitars...

 and Third Day, along with Caedmon’s Call, Bebo Norman and FFH. He also created the City On a Hill series. He became Senior VP A&R for Provident Music Group after they bought Essential, working with Casting Crowns, and Michael W. Smith.

He left Provident Music Group in 2006 and formed iShine

IShine

iShine is a tween-targeted ministry founded by Robert Beeson in 2006. iShine currently has a live production tour, iShine LIVE, and a weekly television show, iShine KNECT, that airs on Trinity Broadcasting Network.- iShine KNECT :...

, a faith-based music/multimedia company geared specifically towards the tween

Tween (demographic)

A tween is a North American neologism that describes a person who is between the ages of 9 and 12 years old . The term is often described in popular media as referring to a pre-adolescent who is at the "in-between" stage in their development when they are considered "too old for toys, too young...

marketplace.

He lives in Franklin, TN with his 3 daughters.