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Model Call/Fashion Week- Baltimore, MD

This is the LAST model call/audition that will be scheduled for Baltimore's Fashion Week 2009. ALL interested models both male & female should come prepared to walk RUNWAY! For more info on this casting, please visit www.profetikllc.com. E.James Profetik, LLC Continue

Added by E.James on March 6, 2009 at 12:56am — No Comments

VH1 CASTING CALL "REAL CHANCE OF LOVE" Season 2

The producers of I LOVE NEW YORK, ROCK OF LOVE, FOR THE LOVE OF RAY J, AND REAL CHANCE OF LOVE are bringing you another season! VH1 is now casting SINGLE WOMEN for REAL CHANCE OF LOVE 2. Real and Chance are back to give LOVE another chance. 20 new women will move into the “Stallioniare” Ranch and compete for the brother of their choice. Will Real and Chance finally find the girls of their dreams? We are looking for beautiful women with big hearts and big personalities who will give THE STALLIONA… Continue

Added by E.James on March 6, 2009 at 12:53am — No Comments

Don't Expect Anything from Nothing!

Over the many years working with many professional athletes and their businesses and having my own. I am very amazed to the approach they take and I have come to the conclusion that professional athletes are the worst business owners. I most certainly say that all of them are but the vast majority I have worked with or been in contact with show a similiar pattern over and over but the sad thing is that they don't understand why their businesses fold or why they lost a lot of money. So I will li… Continue

Added by eIndustry411 on October 23, 2008 at 1:42am — No Comments

Cutting Cost NOT Cutting Corners

Our business has disintigrated due to several factors. One of them is how business is being handled by the players in the game. You have those that hustle over conducting real business and what I want to talk about is the difference between Cutting Cost versus Cutting Corners.

Cutting Corners

This is a negative practice that involves of lowering your standards just to get something done and without having to pay for the quality. If you were to cut corners at a commercial airline… Continue

Added by eIndustry411 on October 10, 2008 at 1:30am — No Comments

The Dilemma of an Urban Entertainment Business Pt. 1

I have been in urban entertainment for many many years and I have a long track record that allowed me to dabble in all different areas of the industry. I worked for many people but mostly within the independent sector because it inspired me the most. Now years later it is the… Continue

Added by eIndustry411 on October 6, 2008 at 1:30am — 1 Comment

The US Music Market vs. Overseas

There is no denying that the U.K. music scene has impacted the U.S. market with artists like Leona Lewis, Amy Winehouse and M.I.A. including a bunch of others. The question is what is the difference between the U.S. and the Overseas market. Many artists in the U.S. leave the U.S. and become super stars overseas just not here. Gnarls Barkley sold out of the roof overseas but it took nearly a year for "Crazy" to make it in this market. Now is it that we are closed in when it comes to real artist… Continue

Added by eIndustry411 on September 21, 2008 at 10:21pm — No Comments

Invest In Your Career

It is no secret that the entertainment industry is in shambles. Money is tight, budgets are small and the quality of product is less than what it use to be. I have this discussion about 10x a month with producers, executives, artists and so on. Everybody seems to have an answer but if they do how come things ain't changing? I have worked in this business over 12 years and I have seen it prosper and I have seen the ship sink. I am passionate about my profession which makes very observant to all… Continue

Added by eIndustry411 on September 14, 2008 at 10:14pm — No Comments

Success - A State of Mind?

I just got finished watching this DVD called "Shaolin - Wheel of Life" it is a show of the Shaolin Monks that invented the martial arts "Kung Fu". The things these guys were doing is quite unreal, the discipline, strength and control over their bodies. This kind of brings me to the title of this blog "Is being successful a state of mind?".

The answer is YES. In order to accomplish anything in your life you have to have a mindset to do so. So what did t… Continue

Added by eIndustry411 on January 12, 2008 at 6:01pm — No Comments

Going Digital - What You Should Know About It

The Digital Format is slowly becoming the dominant force, especially in the marketing and promotional business. Myspace sold for over $600 Million to News Corp, Facebook just struck a huge deal similar to Myspace but why do these companies buy them for so much. In order to understand it you have to understand the market.

Websites like Myspace and Facebook allow individuals to create their own personal pages, in order to sign up you have to submit personal statistics, which they use to t… Continue

Added by eIndustry411 on January 10, 2008 at 11:15pm — No Comments

Jay Z Taking a Bite out of Apple?

Rumors are circulating that the now defunct president of Def Jam, no other than Sean "Jay Z" Carter, is set to team up with Steve Jobs at Apple to create a new record label. What would make this p… Continue

Added by eIndustry411 on January 4, 2008 at 1:40am — No Comments

Hip Hop Continues To Take A Nose Dive

Billboard Magazine reported that the Hip Hop Genre continues to fall in record sales. Big singles don't mean anything anymore. Hurricane Chris who had a a No.1 Hit and was highly anticipated only sold 80,000 units. Matter of fact majority of new artists that had break out single failed to even get close to 500,000 units such as Rich Boy (Throw Dem D's); Shop Boyz (Party Like A Rock Star); Plies (Shawty) and Soulja Boy (Crank Dat). Soulja Boy is actually the only one that hit the half a million m… Continue

Added by eIndustry411 on December 30, 2007 at 3:30am — No Comments

R&B Singer Brandy Is Not To Be Charged In Car Accident in 2006

The Los Angeles prosecuters decided not file a misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter charge against the R&B Singer and Actress Brandy. In December 2006, Brandy was involved in an accid… Continue

Added by eIndustry411 on December 29, 2007 at 5:22pm — No Comments

Celebrity Trainer Viciously Attacked By 7 Thugs Now In Coma

Darius Miller a well known and like celebrity fitness trainer who has clients such as Ciara, Terrell Owens and Takeo Spikes was viciously attacked by a group of thugs that call themselv… Continue

Added by eIndustry411 on December 28, 2007 at 11:33pm — No Comments