Change is good. To meet the evolving demands of the music industry we’re changing the way we do business. Creating and executing successful traditional publicity campaigns is increasingly challenging in the new media environment of this millennium, but that change has also created many more opportunities. While traditional public relations will always play a part in building awareness for an artist and/or project, we believe our music company needs to play a broader and more strategic role in artist development.
Ellis Creative was born of the desire to assist artists in their continual development in an ever changing and evolving world. We have the experience and skills to guide artists in their quest for more exposure to their music—live and recorded. We have successfully managed projects from conception to GRAMMY and everywhere in between by coloring outside the lines and continually reinventing the way we introduce our artists to music lovers.
We also believe in the importance of creating new artistic assets for the greater good of society. We will strive to publish and release several creative projects each year within Ellis Creative and also under the umbrella of American Roots Publishing.
All of our creative endeavors will be available for sale at our website store and in fine retail outlets across the country. We will continue to strive to partner with other independent businesses, which complement our creative goals.
Ellis Creative is a work in progress. Please check back often to find out what we’re doing. It will be interesting to see where the universe leads us.
Radney Foster's Revival Begins September 1
Album streets 10 years after critically acclaimed
See What You Want To See
Disc includes special appearances by country stars Dierks Bentley and Darius Rucker
"A Little Revival" first single to Texas radio June 29
Royalties from "Angel Flight" to benefit Texas Air National Guard
Radney Foster's Revival emerged when the Texas native plunged into the roiling waters of change - his father's death and the end of his twelve-year, 5,000-mile separation from his son - and came up with renewed conviction. [more]
Lone Star artists honor Texas/Americana Trailblazer with
Undone: A MusicFest Tribute to Robert Earl Keen
A Who's Who of young Texas/Americana artists and musicians gathered last winter at the annual MusicFest in Steamboat Springs, Colorado to honor a man who has blazed an important trail for them: indelible songwriter/singer/musician Robert Earl Keen. The result of that tribute concert is a live (yes, genuinely live) double CD set appropriately titled Undone: A MusicFest Tribute to Robert Earl Keen. [more]
Gretchen Peters donates royalties from Independence Day to Planned Parenthood
When Sean Hannity began using Gretchen Peters' song "Independence Day" as the theme song for his Citadel Broadcasting radio talk show, Peters quietly stepped up her donations to causes including the ACLU, PFLAG, and Moveon.org. [more]
Gretchen Peters looks to winter with Northern Lights
If a holiday album is usually little more than an occasion for tossing together a dozen cheery, well-known songs and a few shakes of the jingle bells just to have another product to sell at the prime shopping time of year, then Gretchen Peters' latest recording, Northern Lights, is of an entirely different breed. [more]
Saviano Media Changes Name and Direction
New firm, Ellis Creative, merges public relations services with project management, marketing, event production, book publishing and other creative ventures. [more]
Feel A Hunk O' Burnin' Love with The Bluegrass Elvises
Feel A Hunk O' Burnin' Love with The Bluegrass Elvises, Volume One Shawn Camp & Billy Burnette will be available August 16, 2007 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley. [more]
The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson
Grammy-Winners, Legends, Friends & Fans Interpret the Poetry of an Icon/Outlaw [more]
Gretchen Wilson sings "Sunday Morning Coming Down" for The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson
Country music star Gretchen Wilson took time out of her busy schedule to sing "Sunday Morning Coming Down" for the tribute album The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson. The track was recorded in Buddy Miller's studio with Steve Fishell producing. [more]
Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster Wins Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album
Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards Pre-Telecast. [more]