The Master Griot Project Reveals Ways that Music Artists Are Using HBCUConnect.com, Blackbusinessspace.com, UrbanPhilly.com, And MySpace.com To Market Their Art

The Master Griot Project™ (MGP) is Mobilizing the Spoken Word Industry

We have all heard stories about the artists who have been taken advantage of because they have no business or marketing prowess. Well, recently artists have come to understand there is power in numbers ... and in using internet site like Using HBCUConnect.com, Blackbusinessspace.com, UrbanPhilly.com, And MySpace.com to market their art. Whether you work in music, dance, poetry or spoken word, you will find that if your are not using the internet as part of your marketing strategy, you are living in the stone ages. An internet presence is a must in marketing. It is also important to use internet marketing techniques in your marketing mix.

One such group has taken this understanding of art, marketing and the internet to a whole new level is The Master Griot Project™ (MGP). The Master Griot Projectis a strategic marketing campaign that mobilizes the Spoken Word industry to create new markets while building branding, business, and communities through the artistry of eleven master level lesser-known performance poets:

Quiet Rage, Shyster aka Mrs. Betty's Son, Tommy Bottoms, Queen, Brother's Keepa, Lyrispect, Amun, Bernard Collins, Infinite Life, Infinite Life and Just Greg.

MGP uses technology and the power of the internet to market the image, sound, and works of the Master Griot artists as well as the industry of spoken word/performance poetry. The goal is to develop a fan base for the artists and their poetry. To develop the fan base MGP must first create a value for poetry, spoken word, and performance poetry.

Everything is relationship driven and the internet is a vast and wonderful opportunity for developing global relationships without having to leave your home. MGP identifies problems and then shows the world how the Master Griot artists' spoken word/performance poetry can solve them.