Spring Break
Breaking into the Biz Part 5
By: Valerie Bishop
Issue date: 7/3/07 Section: Aggielife
The rest of the merchandise consisted of dated posters, promotional products and random memorabilia. It was kind of fun to look through it all, but a lot of it was junk. We will call to have someone come pick it up and destroy it.
Friday was by far the coolest day I've had at my internship yet. One of our bigger artists came in early to the office before heading over to a promotional appointment. He's a young pop singer-songwriter from Australia who has had some moderate success on MTV, radio and similar media outlets. His new album is coming out in mid-September and features a duet with Mandy Moore among other big names.
Our artist was scheduled to play at GSD&M, the advertising agency, to promote his new album. Artists need to visit large ad agencies to promote their music for possible use in TV and radio commercials. I was thrilled when my boss, Jay, asked if I wanted to come along with them.
I rode over with our artist and Tommy to the agency. They put us in a mini movie theater/viewing room for the performance. Various executives filled the room to listen to him and pick up some free CDs.
He played around four or five songs for them, answered a few questions, and signed a few CDs. Everyone loved him as he is very charming, silly and a bit of a comedian. It was really cool to be a part of his entourage and be introduced as someone from his label.
After the appointment, we walked over to the Whole Foods across the street for lunch on the patio. It was great to sit and talk to him about his life and career. He told us that he'd been discovered by the Beastie Boys when they were touring in Australia. They liked his stuff so much that they began promoting his music here in America. His music really caught on, so he packed up and moved here to pursue his career.
He stopped in Waterloo Records before heading to the airport to catch a flight to Canada. Because everyone else in the office had a big conference call meeting, I was asked to drive him to the airport. This was really exciting because it meant that I didn't have to stick postage on 400 envelopes and I was able to talk more with him.
Friday was by far the coolest day I've had at my internship yet. One of our bigger artists came in early to the office before heading over to a promotional appointment. He's a young pop singer-songwriter from Australia who has had some moderate success on MTV, radio and similar media outlets. His new album is coming out in mid-September and features a duet with Mandy Moore among other big names.
Our artist was scheduled to play at GSD&M, the advertising agency, to promote his new album. Artists need to visit large ad agencies to promote their music for possible use in TV and radio commercials. I was thrilled when my boss, Jay, asked if I wanted to come along with them.
I rode over with our artist and Tommy to the agency. They put us in a mini movie theater/viewing room for the performance. Various executives filled the room to listen to him and pick up some free CDs.
He played around four or five songs for them, answered a few questions, and signed a few CDs. Everyone loved him as he is very charming, silly and a bit of a comedian. It was really cool to be a part of his entourage and be introduced as someone from his label.
After the appointment, we walked over to the Whole Foods across the street for lunch on the patio. It was great to sit and talk to him about his life and career. He told us that he'd been discovered by the Beastie Boys when they were touring in Australia. They liked his stuff so much that they began promoting his music here in America. His music really caught on, so he packed up and moved here to pursue his career.
He stopped in Waterloo Records before heading to the airport to catch a flight to Canada. Because everyone else in the office had a big conference call meeting, I was asked to drive him to the airport. This was really exciting because it meant that I didn't have to stick postage on 400 envelopes and I was able to talk more with him.
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