Advertising, Public Relations, and Music

Advertising can be broken down into specific components and is often related to public relations. Within an agency advertising has main areas of concern: media planning, creative, co-op and billing. Each of these areas maintains a certain degree of importance for the agency as a whole and without one, the entire operation could fail. Being interested mainly in the creative aspect of advertising I find myself drawn to graphic design. In that passion shares a desire for incorporating music into my future career. Because music promotions is often related to public relations, it is important to become knowledgeable in all areas of study correlated with these subjects. Having taken many "APR" (Advertisng and Public Relations) classes at the University of Alabama I have touched on the basics for obtaining credibility. I have an older sister who graduated with a degree in public relations from the University of Alabama last December who is currently employed in Los Angeles, CA with Jeneration PR. She has recently touched on becoming involved with promoting some smaller, unknown muscial talent on well-known websites (ex). PerezHilton.com and local magazines so she can give me some tips on what she is learning and help me get a head start with a step in the right direction. Music is, and always has been, a huge part of my family. Both my mother and father performed in their college years and my mom continues to partake in variety shows in our community and also entertain our family at reunions. The large family reunions are for my father's side of the family but everyone collaborates a big show for the main reception closing out the weekend. Many of my cousins play musical instruments and are members of bands around the world (from Ireland to Illinois to California). I have been blessed to grow up with such a musically talented family and although I may not share the gene I admire it and have become their biggest fan.

Because I realized early that I was not so gifted in the music department I found strengths in other areas of my adolesence. Keeping myself busy with school, gymnastics, and later cheerleading, I did not have much time for social activities and going to concerts. The few I attended were mostly free box tickets from my father's company or some crazy boy band when I was a teenager. It really was not until college that I began to realize my mother's favorite quote: "Music is well said to be the speech of angels." I grew up with this quote in my face every morning... She had an old book of her song lyrics from college that was one of the few things that survived a fire some years later in Colorado (where she met my father :) ) This quote seemed inspirational for her as a musician and in my path to figuring out what this meant for me I have fallen in love with listening to music.. finding out the lyrics meaning, dancing to the beat, relating all of it to my life and quoting artists that "really get me." There are so many different genres that are evolving and unique artists rising that want people to hear what they have to say.. I would love to be the person that helps them to say it. In helping them get their message out into the media and be heard by many I would feel fulfilled!