Music Veteran Buddy Buie and a New Video Help Singer Brandy
Rich to Get TV Interviews and Increased Record Label Attention

Released on = October 2, 2004, 11:41 am

Press Release Author = Ed Hill / HighlyDef Productions

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = Singer Brandy Rich was recording in LA & Nashville but didn’t have a label. Brandy used HighlyDef productions to create a video press kit. Top 40 Hit songwriter, Buddie Buie, tells how to use a video press kit to increase
music industry exposure.

Press Release Body = Atlanta, GA – Brandy Rich, at 17, has already recorded 10 songs in Los Angeles, Nashville and Atlanta. She writes, sings and co-produces her songs. Her debut single is sold in FYE music stores. Brandy has performed in California on the SEAPP concert tour, and most recently at the Atlantis Music Conference, in Atlanta. She’s still working on signing with a record label, but it may get easier.

Brandy now has music legend Buddy Buie and an Atlanta video company on her side. Brandy recently finished creating a video press kit with Atlanta’s HighlyDef
Productions. The 10-minute video press kit is designed to show off her vocal skills with singing and interviews. The promotional video has already attracted an Atlanta TV appearance for Brandy.

Music industry veteran Buddy Buie is now guiding Brandy Rich’s career. Buie’s songwriting credits include 23 hits in the Billboard Top 40. Buie has worked as a
published songwriter and producer with major labels Sony, MCA and Polygram. Buddy
has written songs for pop artists like Atlanta Rhythm Section and Gloria Estefan, country superstars Garth Brooks and Travis Tritt, as well as jazz phenomenon David Sanborn.

Buddy Buie has practical ideas about promoting Brandy’s music career, “If you play clubs to build your career, there are certain clubs in town that music people
watch”. Buie has seen many clubs; he managed and toured with Roy Orbison at one time. “These clubs pay less, because you need them, for the press exposure. They don’t need you,” cautioned Buie.

The Brandy Rich video press kit will be used to show her singing skills to club owners and record labels. Buddy believes that music videos, at fifty thousand to
four hundred thousand dollars, are impractical for unsigned artists. Even a low budget music video starts at around nine thousand dollars. “They need to know that a video press kit is affordable - most bands don’t have any money,“ said Buddy.

Video director Ed Hill of HighlyDef Productions agrees that promotion is crucial to
making it in music. “No matter how good your music is, nobody is going to come looking for you. You have to promote yourself aggressively,“ said Ed. “I go to
Atlanta clubs and I’ll see one band that has hot songs. They start to see a lot of fans locally, but nobody outside of Atlanta has heard them,” said the director. Ed just completed directing and editing the video press kit for singer-songwriter
Brandy Rich, and said, “The video has already gotten Brandy Rich an Atlanta Tonight TV interview on UPN 69. They'll interview her this week in the music studio. She’s lucky to have a music legend like Buddy Buie guiding her career.”

See the Brandy Rich video press kit at www.highlydef.com/clips.html

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