Event Entertainment News You Can Use
by Mark Sonder Productions, Inc.

The purpose of this monthly e-zine is to provide meeting and event planners with High Value content to help make their jobs easier and more productive. Save these e-zines in a special Inbox folder for future reference.

April Issue Features: Industry News: Entertainment by the Numbers

According to the recent Event Solutions Magazine Fact Book --A Statistical Analysis of the Event Industry, there are roughly 20,000 entertainment companies serving the event industry in the United States. Those 20,000 have a combined gross revenue of $45 billion. That represents nearly 12% of the total $389 billion event industry. For more statistics on the event and entertainment industry click here.

Featured Act: Native American, Micki Free

Discovered by Gene Simmons (of KISS fame), Micki Free is a Cherokee-Comanche Indian -- and, as a proud and blessed Native American, has chosen to “walk the red path” of his heritage.

After moving to Los Angeles in the late eighties, Micki set in motion a career that would spawn three Grammy nominations with the group “Shalamar”, along with being managed by (and touring with) Diana Ross, jamming with Prince, and playing guitar on a Janet Jackson record. Micki has done much more; click here for the whole story.


Tips of the Month: How Musicians Can Successfully Compete, by David Rubin

In the first two plus years of our monthly ezine, Event Entertainment News You Can Use, we have looked at event entertainment and production from the perspective of the event entertainment company or client thereof. However, it is the actual musicians that make the whole system "work". Dave Rubin examines the mind of the musician as well as gives tips for a working musician. Mr. Rubin is the Senior Editor at Guitar One Magazine; below are his tips:

  1. Material.
  2. Gear.
  3. Presentation.
  4. Promotion.
    Please click here for more

As a national entertainment agency, Mark Sonder Productions, Inc. is the leader in providing headline talent and production services for large venues, corporations and associations.

We Keep You Center Stage

For booking information on Micki Free or other headliners, call Mark Sonder Productions at 540-636-1640 or visit our website at www.marksonderproductions.com.

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