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Songwriting Workshop with ANR Records CEO Rick Stevens
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Excel Models and Talent presents a one-of-a-kind SONGWRITING WORKSHOP with Rick Stevens CEO of ANR Records & Managing Member/Owner of V-SAR Entertainment Group, LLC. Rick Stevens has spent more than twenty years in the music industry in the areas of concert promotion and production, record label management, publishing, recording artist, songwriting, road manager, record producer, and sponsorship acquisition. Rick also has handled marketing in the both the entertainment arena and in corporate America. Additionally, Rick has promoted concerts featuring artists such as Alabam, Hank Jr., Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, The Judds, Steve Wariner, George Jones, Marty Stuart, Tracy Byrd, Bryan White, Johnny Rodriquez, Lone Star, Ricochet, Clint Black, Wynonna, Merie Haggard, Martina McBride, Billy Ray Cyrus, and many more! 

This workshop will cover topics such as: 
  • Music Industry Overview
  • Music Publishing and Copyright
  • Partnership with Writers
  • What Does a Music Publishing Company Do?
  • How do Music Publishers Make Money?
  • Why Should You Sign a Music Publishing Deal?
  • Why Affiliate with IMTA?


If you are interested in registering for this workshop then please contact Summer Moody at excelmodelsandtalent@yahoo.com to receive more information and to complete the registration process! . 


The International Modeling & Talent Association Convention in New York City
July 21st-27th, 2013

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The International Modeling and Talent Association, or IMTA, is a professional association of the finest and most successful modeling and talent training centers in the world. Since 1987, IMTA has become the recognized leader in putting new faces in front of the people whose business it is to identify the next rising star or supermodel. An impressive, and constantly growing, list of people who were first seen at IMTA conventions are now seen in magazines, TV, movies and fashion shows.

IMTA produces multiple week-long competitions, including one in New York, and Los Angeles, consisting of modeling, acting, singing and dancing. Hundreds of fashion and talent agents, personal managers, casting directors, network representatives and music producers judge IMTA competitions while searching for new models, actors, singers and dancers to work in the fashion and entertainment industries.


IMTA has launched the careers of hundred of professional models and actors including names like Ashton Kutcher, Ashley Greene, Katie Holmes, Jessica Biel, Elijah Wood, Eva Longoria, Josh Duhamel, Alyson Stoner, Moises & Mateo Arias, Caitlyn Taylor Love, Sean William Scott,  Riley Smith, Adrianne Palicki, Raini Rodriquez, Sean Faris, Brandon Routh, Brooke Burns, Sean Harju, Jessica White, Grayson Gettys, Branden Rickman, Tyson Ballou, and MANY MORE! 

Excel Models and Talent has been a member of IMTA for nearly twenty-five years! EXCEL attends the convention annually and selects on the most polished and professional of appliants to represent Arkansas on international level! Students of EXCEL have won over 2600 international awards at IMTA and have gone on to appear in major publications like Italian Vogue, Elle, Women's Health, Bride, Marie Claire, Cosmo, GQ, Fitness, and W! EXCEL's Actors have landed parts in feature films including The Holiday & Yours Mine and Ours, and on popular television shows such as Law & Order, Criminal Minds, iCarly, Just Jordan, and national televison commercials such as Splenda, Egoo Waffles, K-Mart and Wal-Mart! 


If you are interested in being considered a future IMTA Team then please contact Summer Moody at excelmodelsandtalent@yahoo.com 


The Holcomb Foundation for the Arts

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    It has always been a dream of Melissa Moody, the Owner of EXCEL, to start a foundation in honor of her parents (Billy & Frances Holcomb) that would help aspiring models, actors, dancers, singers, and songwriters pursue a career in the industry of their dreams while offering spiritual encouragment as a Christian Organization. To celebrate their 25th Anniversary her daughter, Summer Moody, made that dream a reality for Melissa. On the evening of their 25th Anniverary Celebration (October 19th) the foundation will be announced and the first scholarships will be awarded to those who have shown drive and perserverance! 
    For more information on the foundation or to donate to make someones dream a possibility go to The Holcomb Foundation for the Arts page (under the MORE tab above).