ARTIST SERVICES
Let us be a part of your Team. We're efficient, pleasant and professional.
We believe the glass is always half full, even when most of its' contents have accidentally spilled onto the floor.
The List
Phone Consultation
Online Marketing
Press Kit Materials
Tour Press
E-Newsletter
Tour Accounting
Webzines
PRO Regsitration
Social Networking
The Fine Print
We want you, the artist, to be happy, so we work really hard to get it right.
Feel free to ask other artists for recommendations – we’ll give you their contact info. We’ve been in the music business for a long time so we work from experience, not opinion (which is really so much better than just running around with an opinion).
Artist Services Fees are due at the start of the project before any work begins - until we get to know you, then, we can discuss what works best. Office expenses from mailings will be billed out at the end of the campaign and receipts will be attached.
...currently working on behalf of Sloan Wainwright, Chris Trapper, Nick Young, Shelly Fraley, Hinkley, P.J. Pacifico, Kristin Cifelli
...a few former clients of note Laura Vecchione, The Saw Doctors, Princes of Hollywood, Wendy Wall and more.
Testimonials
Singer/Songwriter CHRIS TRAPPER
I am an independent artist at heart, but I do often deal with major companies such as Warner Bros films, ABC television, and even the United Nations Headquarters for charity work, and Habit Artist Services has been the perfect bridge between the way I want to do business and the way these companies NEED to do business. In other words, I never feel undersized, out-negotiated, or not able to present myself in a thoroughly professional way.
And I have turned to Desiree at pinnacle points of my career in the music business, when the chips were up and down, and she has always made sense of a career that can sometimes feel like it's speeding off the tracks, or not really moving at all, by being both realistic and optimistic.
Singer/Songwriter/Teacher SLOAN WAINWRIGHT
Very Very Very Nice. Looks fabulous. May I give feedback?
I would list yourself as Desiree Raywood...sounds a little less call-girl.
You're supposed to laugh at that. More soon. I promise. xoxxoxosloan
Singer/Songwriter NICK YOUNG
I can't begin to tell you how much I appreciate what you've already done for me, working with you has truly given me a razor sharp focus on my career (it was a somewhat dull, disposable Bic razor sharp before) and I can't wait to move forward with you.
MTV's "Needle in the Haystack" artist SHELLY FRALEY
You are AMAZING!
Singer/Songwriter WILL VEEDER OF HINKLEY
Btw ... I have had a ton of complements on the web site. Especially the bio. I had one guy at the show on Saturday say it is about time Hinkley started promoting themselves. Another person said they read the long form bio and thought it was very professionally done and could tell we hired someone to do it. He also said it was about time.
Private Event Client L. BACHMAN-OOT
Desiree... I am impressed by how you approached this request. You didn't ask, insist, or use guilt. I appreciate that. For this reason, I am happy to explore the possibility of rescheduling.
Publicist/Founder of Vermillion Media Group ELLYN SOLIS
You are a rock star and a god send!
Composer/Musician GRETTA HARLEY
Desiree Raywood is the representative that I worked with at Sony when I was doing the Home Alive CD in 1994. She was amazing to work to with. She has been doing her own thing for a while and is opening up the business she runs to new clients. Check it out!
Entrepreneur KATHERINE FRANCIS
Thanks too for your insights and thoughtfulness in the parameters that you set. It's nice to have you "think" for yourself and in that way help me to think too. I say this in almost every email, but you're smart and I appreciate that!