Vermillion Media. An Entertainment PR Company –
The Vermillion Media staff is a close-knit group of independent music industry executives entirely aware of
the challenges a recording artist, or creative entity, faces in today's music business.
[en.ter.tain.ment (n) The various ways of amusing people, especially by performing for them. Something that is produced or performed for an audience]
Each Vermillion executive comes to the team with a different skill set, a different way of working and a different work history. We know for certain
that diversity is an asset. What we have in common (and the reason we still really like each other after all these years) is a love for music and the
determination to help talented artists continue to grow their career. We believe it is entirely possible to have a sustainable and gratifying career
in the music business - and that every musical genre has worth.
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Ellyn Solis (Founder
Vermillion Media)
Ellyn began her public relations career at Rogers & Cowan and from there went on to work at the Atlantic
Records Group, Sony Music/Epic Records, Sony 550 Music and a brief stint in the "dotcom" world at the Mindstorm Agency. In August of 2003, she took
the bold step of starting her own company, Vermillion Meda, a boutique entertainment public relations company.
Ellyn has a vast array of experience culled over 18 years in the entertainment/music business and has worked with a diverse
roster of artists. From Pearl Jam to Rage Against the Machine to Ben Folds Five to mega-star Celine Dion to songwriter/socialite Denise Rich.
In addition, she has experience in the internet economy, having spent a year at a
tech PR agency in the height of the "dotcom" frenzy. Her diverse background has given her the opportunity to interact with a wide variety of journalists including publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, The New York Times, SPIN, Billboard, USA Today and The Los Angeles Times, as well as television shows such as The Academy Awards, The Grammy Awards, Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonite Show with Jay Leno, Entertainment Tonite, Access Hollywood and CNN, among others. It is the strength of her relationships with key media that has given the clients that she has worked with the sure footed success that has kept them in the public's eye for years.
Ellyn spent a decade at Sony Music, first at Epic Records as National Media Director and then to on to Sony 550 Music where she was instrumental in creating the publicity department and developing successful pr campaigns for artists such as Celine Dion.
With years of experience as an independent publicist, Ellyn has also worked on campaigns for Denise Rich, the family of the late Christopher (Notorious B.I.G) Wallace, Diana Krall and Tommy Lee among others.
Ellyn also has experience in the pr practice of crisis PR, having been at the forefront of several high profile campaigns, most notably, Tommy Lee as well as the recent public battle between the family of Christopher (Notorious B.I.G.) Wallace and Chuck Phillips of the Los Angeles Times. Ellyn handled the Wallace family statements and reactions to the LA Times piece.
Ellyn’s passion for promoting artists from all genres of music makes her an invaluable resource for successfully publicizing musicians, entertainers, events and artists.
Click the 'Coming To Your Own Party' link below to read a recently published article, written by Ellyn Solis.
Coming To Your Own Party
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CLIENTS ELLYN HAS WORKED FOR INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
Denise Rich’s Angel Ball, Marriott Marquis, NYC, October 10, 2003
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QVC/FFANY “Shoes on Sale” Event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sept 2003
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Alice Cooper (TRASH)
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Amnesty International 50th Anniversary Concert, Paris, 1999
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Ben Folds Five (First Epic Release)
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Brad
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Celine Dion (Falling Into You, Lets Talk About Love)
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David Bowie (The Glass Spider Tour)
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Des’ree (You Gotta Be)
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Finley Quaye
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Firehouse
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For Squirrels
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Fuel (First Epic Release)
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Golem
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Granian
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Iron Maiden
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Larry Carlton (Sapphire Blue)
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LifeBeat, The Music Industry Fights AIDS
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Marc Copely (RCA)
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Mindi Abair (VERVE)
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Motorhead (EPIC Release)
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
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Parliament Funkadelic -Reunion
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Pearl Jam (Ten, VS., Vitalogy)
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Pitty Sing (Pitty Sing, EP, demons, you are the stars in cars, ‘til I die EP)
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Rage Against the Machine (Rage Against the Machine)
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Robert Plant (Now and Zen tour)
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Tommy Lee (various, 2001)
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Desiree Raywood
Desiree is a music marketing/A&R/Public Relations professional who began her career in 1990 at Sony Music Publishing and worked her
way up to being a major player in the Epic
Records A&R department. As part of the A&R Staff, Desiree spent the better part of the 1990's working and guiding such artists as Pearl Jam,
Rage Against The Machine, Satchel, Brad, Shudder To Think, Three Fish and Ozzy Osbourne. Her efforts and growing profile yielded a career move to DreamWorks
Records as part of the initial team of company executives. While there, Desiree worked with Rufus Wainwright and alt-jazz band Morphine.
She also began to work with Boston-based soul troubadour Martin Sexton. Desiree departed DreamWorks to take on the role as exclusive
manager to Martin Sexton. She developed and executed strategy and guided his career trajectory to Atlantic Records and beyond. She is currently
an indie-artist Marketing/Development/Public Relations specialist, consulting with Vermillion Media Group on all PR campaigns.
She has established a credible reputation among journalists for
her no nonsense pitching style and high level understanding of what a music writer needs to get the job done. She excels at forging new
relationships with hard to reach journalists and producing results for her clients. She has worked successful PR campaigns
for Vermillion on such artists as Pitty Sing, The Push Stars, Chris Trapper (solo), Michael Buble and Sloan Wainwright.
Desiree handles tour press, writing and editing of all press and marketing materials, internet outreach and consults with Vermillion staff
on the artist development and street marketing campaigns for their clients.
Desiree also provides a roster of in-house clients with a comprehensive range of Artist Services.
Indie artists can pick and choose from the Habit Artist Services Menu.
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Jill Siegel
Jill is a marketing and communications executive with over 18 years experience in the music, entertainment and corporate areas.
She began her career at Rogers & Cowan, continued at Savage Records with David Bowie, joined the Susan Blond Agency
and has run Jill Siegel Communications since 1996. She is also a long term consultant for Vermillion Media. She
began her career as the assistant publicist on the Rolling Stones Steel Wheels tour, which she likens to Graduate School.
Since then, she has gone on to handle wide ranging campaigns for artists and brands such as Janet Jackson, Meat Loaf,
New Kids On The Block, Hulk Hogan, THE CIVIL WAR on Broadway, Bon Jovis David Bryan, Linda Eder, Lonelygirl15 and
ThePalestra.com.
National representation for The Hard Rock Cafe honed her skills in venue marketing and publicity including
artist relations and handling press for the merchandise, locations, executives and events related to the brand.
Live touring experience includes the Rolling Stones, Gloria Estefan, New Kids on The Block, Meat Loaf and others where she
toured the country organizing pre-event, on-site and post-event press.
Her not-for-profit experience includes events and campaigns for The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS),
the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, VH1 Save The Music, and The Music For All Foundation.
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PR Lady
After working PR for Major Labels (Atlantic Records, Epic Records, 550 Music) for the better part of twenty years and in that time working with hugely successful recording artists from every genre
(Pearl Jam, Rage Against The Machine, Ben Folds Five, Firehouse, Celine Dion, Ozzy Osbourne among others) New York native Ellyn Solis was ready for the next adventure.
“My goal is to take the hard won knowledge from my years in the music publicity business and bring that knowledge to the independent musician. To bring it in a practical, personal, easy to understand way
via the internet. I wanted a sister-service to Vermillion Media, the same thing only different.
The idea for PR LADY was really born out of a simple occurrence: answering the phone!
So many artists would call to find out about hiring our company Vermillion Media to represent them. The calls were coming from eager independent artists attracted by the big
names on our client list. Our monthly retainers are quite high and many of the artists that called had not reached the level needed to hire a full time PR group.
Vermillion Media was not in a position to help them since from an artist development point of view the national press would not want to pay attention just yet.
But all of these artists wanted to understand what the next step should be. I was experiencing a groundswell of serious and enthusiastic independent artists who deserved the
same chance at publicity that the big artists get. So we would spend a lot of time on the phone trying to help them understand how PR works, what was realistically available to them and how to go about the process.
I realized that we really should be offering this style of advice and attention on a regular basis, a PR consultation, a question and answer session. Not all artists can afford our retainers, but most bands and
artists can afford the lower price point of our internet and phone consultancy.
With PR Lady musicians will receive quick access to sound advice for a modest financial investment. We are dedicated to the independent musician, we want to demystify the way the publicity game is played. We want to help
indie artists advance their own careers using the valuable tools we can provide.
There are so many places on the internet that offer flat advice on how to DIY it, but with PR Lady, we take that advice and tailor it to fit each individual artist.”
Indie artists can get started right away at PR Lady
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