[stylist] stylist Digest, Vol 85, Issue 19

Mon May 16 22:10:37 UTC 2011

I've done several successful PR gigs.  I did the PR for a concert that 
raised money for a charity in Israel called, "The one family fund."  They 
help people who are victims of terrorism.  They held a Cantorial Concert in 
Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center in New York.  The concert raised a nice 
amount for the fund.  I get a thrill out of telling people that my PR helped 
sell out Alice Tully Hall .  Afriend in Israel wrote a book and I did a PR 
campaign for her using email addresses I took off the web.  Her publisher 
said she sold more copies than other authors in the same genre.  In another 
PR campaign I was helpful in getting a woman running for State Supreme Court 
Judge re-elected to her position.  I've done other PR gigs but from what I'm 
reading now in the field there are other more successful means of getting 
more visibility for your clients.  Right now I'm concentrating on what I'll 
need to get publicity about my books out there, and maiking contact with the 
producers of television and radio shows seems to be the most effective way 
of successfully PR ing your project.  Judith
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kerry Thompson" <kethompson1964 at gmail.com>
To: "Donna Hill" <penatwork at epix.net>
Cc: <cosmoscat at earthlink.net>; "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" 
<stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] stylist Digest, Vol 85, Issue 19


> Hi Donna,
>
> Where can I buy your CDs? Will they come up if I search for your name at 
> Amazon? If so, would it be Donna Hill or Donna W. Hill?
>
> Thanks,
> Kerry
>
> On 5/16/2011 4:12 PM, Donna Hill wrote:
>> Hi Kerry,
>> I supported myself as a musician for over 20 years and put out 3 
>> recordings
>> (2 of which are on CD). I did all my own PR, and it used to give me a 
>> charge
>> every time the Philadelphia Inquirer printed one of my press releases as 
>> if
>> it were an article written by a staff member. The bulk of my income was 
>> from
>> doing school assemblies, church and library gigs and from street 
>> performing.
>> I occasionally got aregular gig, but not often. I think things must be a 
>> bit
>> better nowadays for blind women, but still there are no blind women in 
>> the
>> mainstream media. Brooke Fox (NYC), who is visually impaired, seems to 
>> get a
>> lot of work, and Lisa Ostrow was doing OK in the easy jazz circle. Mindy
>> Flegelman Jacobson, who is NFB of NY vice president and is my age, is the
>> first blind female cantor. Still, none of them are household  words like
>> Stevy Wonder or Ray Charles.
>>
>> BTW, it was my early experience doing my own PR which gave me the tools 
>> to
>> do the PR I do for blindness issues. No manager would give me a shot, so 
>> it
>> was do it myself or give up.
>> Donna
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Kerry Thompson
>> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 3:13 PM
>> To: stylist at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: Re: [stylist] stylist Digest, Vol 85, Issue 19
>>
>> Hi friends,
>>
>> Brad, Andrea Boccelli(sp?) is blind, isn't he? And seems to me I've read
>> that Diana Crawl(sp?) is visually impaired. She's certainly well known,
>> at least in Jazz circles. But I agree that one or more of our Music
>> Division members need to become stars. I'dcertainly buy your records --
>> oops, that's CDs -- if you made any. Nowadays it's not that hard I
>> gather. Anyone can put a video up on YouTube. I don't know if just
>> anyone can put a file up on iTunes, but it probably wouldn't be hard to
>> find out. Are you on the MusicTalk list? That's the place to discuss
>> this matter. We have sound engineers and guys who know about the
>> intricacies of modern recording as well as musicians and songwriters.
>>
>> Donna, I'm sorry and distressed to hear of your difficulties, surprised
>> too. Maybe it is a gender thing. Maybe male club owners and the like
>> find it easier to accept a blind man than a blind woman. I really can't
>> imagine what the problem is. I've not been on MusicTalk for some time,
>> so please forgive me for not knowing this. Have you made a CD? It's not
>> all that unusual for me to see items on local news and magazine programs
>> about hometown folks, usually women, who've put out a CD. Of course,
>> that would involve doing PR, YUCK! But it's something to think about as
>> an end run around uncooperative venues. Just a thought. I'm a
>> songwriter, not a musician.
>>
>> Kerry
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