Writing Sample #1: Press Release

FOTOZONE.COM AND DELIA*S PRESENTS FRIENDS FOREVER CALENDAR

Fotozone.com and Delia*s offers FREE “Friends Forever” Calendar for qualifying Delia*s customers

New York, NY – December 1, 2006 -- Fotozone.com, a trusted leader in personalized online photo sharing, in partnership with Delia*s, a direct marketing and retail company targeting female consumers between the ages of 12 and 19, today announced the Friends Forever Calendar Promotion. The Promotion will offer a free, personalized calendar from Fotozone.com for orders of $150 or more made from Delia*s catalog or website. The promotion begins immediately and ends on January 1, 2007.

“Delia*s consumers are fun, fashionable, and friendly, so they will definitely take advantage of this unique opportunity to print their digital photographs onto personalized calendars,” said Erin Nevins, assistant marketing manager at Delia*s.

The Friends Forever Calendar Promotion will introduce thousands of Delia*s consumers to Forozone.com. After registering with Fotozone.com, qualifying Delia*s customers will select up to 13 photos from their online photo album and choose from a wide variety of styles and formats to customize their very own Friends Forever calendar. Each calendar is made with top-quality color printing in the standard 11x17 flat size, with free delivery within 4-6 days. Additional calendars may be purchased by private members.

“As online photo sharing is becoming more and more popular, users are looking for new and unique ways to share their photos with friends and family,” said Denise Martin, Public Relations Analyst at Fotozone.com. “Teens and tweens particularly are very influential consumers and we anticipate an explosion of membership due to the Friends Forever Calendar Promotion.”


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Writing Sample #2: Bio

SYMANTIX

BIO

Right now, Symantix is on stage, doing what she does best: bringing that heat on the microphone, spittin’ lyrics with the machine gun cadence of a corner freestyler, then switching it up and singing the hook with that sultry, juke-joint voice. All of a sudden, the beat and the energy from the crowd inspire her to move her body with the precision and dexterity of the step show performer she once was. The backpackers are both shook and smitten. Women feel a surge of pride, and maybe a tad bit of envy. Industry heads take note. She’s all style and wit, with just a touch of sex appeal, backed up by background singers, exhibiting a polish and professionalism rare in many hip-hop performances, but everyone here understands that this ain’t just another hip-hop show, and Symantix isn’t your average rapper, much less your average female emcee.

Her debut album, “Devil With the Blue Mic”, radiates with rock hard femininity and the sheer essence of hip-hop as it offers listeners a glimpse into the heart, mind and soul of this enigmatic artist. “New York Life”, with its taunting hook, gritty lyrics, and sinister beat, reflect on the joys and sorrows of living in a cut-throat, gritty and grimy city where just getting by, not to mention living out your dreams of stardom, is a struggle—something Symantix has experienced first-hand after years of rocking shows until three in the morning, and then having to get up early the next morning to go to work. “Clap Your Hands” is your classic club banger, with a flirtatious, female twist, of course. She reveals her soft, vulnerable side with “Feeling You”, and expresses her complex emotions towards her father in “My Father’s Daughter.” Unflinchingly, “Devil With the Blue Mic” reveals an artist whose music is as real and as dynamic as she is.

As Symantix continues to rock shows up and down the east coast, from dark, grimy, hole-in-the-wall clubs filled with fatigued-down hip-hop headz, to bigger, classy, glamour-and-glitz venues packed with discriminating professionals, the momentum steadily builds. Buzz, buzz, buzz, from New York to London, where she was featured in a reality documentary as one of the newest female artists to emerge as a break-out star of hip-hop. She has two new videos: “Hope and Pray” which features the talented Sony Recording artist M-1, front-man of the group Dead Prez. Her second music video for “New York Life” has played on MTV2 and Music Choice and her upcoming album will be produced by DJ Evil Dee, of Black Moon fame.

Equipped with confidence in her talent and the knowledge that she has much more to offer than sex appeal, she is prepared to go toe-to-toe with the naysayers and has started a record label of her own, Blackout Entertainment, to invest in her unique vision. As she says in “New York Life”, “This is my music, fucker, not the art of no clown/what you see is what you get, that’s the way I get down.”

Written by Susan Caldwell

http://www.symantixonline.com/biopage.html

Writing Sample #3: Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SYMANTIX SIGNS WITH FAT FACE RECORDS

New York, NY, April 6, 2006--The stunning and spunky rapper and entrepreneur Symantix has just landed a deal with Fat Face Records, a London-based record label. Sure to show off the wit, dynamism, and emotional depth that made Devil with the Blue Mic such a huge success, her debut Fat Face EP will be released in the summer of 2006 into the US, UK and Asian markets.

Add this venture to the young starlet's impressive list of accomplishments. Devil with the Blue Mic, which was released in April 2004, sold thousands of copies and solidified her presence in the hip-hop game. In addition, two of her music videos have been televised, with "New York Life" appearing on Music Choice and "Hope and Pray", which features M1 of the revolutionary-minded hip-hop duo Dead Prez, appearing on MTV2.

The CEO of Fat Face Records, Andrew DeMonte, first took notice of Symantix when she appeared on a reality documentary showcasing women in hip-hop, which aired in London . "When I first heard Symantix's flow I knew she was a perfect match for Fat Face's vision," says DeMonte. "And from what we've recorded, she's proven me right."

Specializing in the international distribution of cutting-edge hip-hop, dance, and R&B music, Fat Face is also home to recording artist Huggy Bear of Starsky and Hutch fame. Symantix's contract with Fat Face also includes global distribution for Blackout Entertainment, Symantix's own entertainment and multimedia enterprise.

For more information about Symantix, check out www.symantixonline.com.

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