Party Promotion: "The Abrasive Method" @ The Gramophone on 7/22

The Gramophone is a fun place to see live music and have some drinks. Bring friends or make them at the bar.- From the owner

Hosted by DJ Who featuring Rockwell, Family Affair, Tef Poe, Spark1duh? and KD Assassin

Performing at the live music lounge, The Gramophone, 4243 Manchester Avenue, Saint Louis, MO, 63110, Contact for tickets and VIP @ 314- 531-5700.

Rockwell, St. Louis native-rapper, aka "Northside Phenomenon" has been rocking the house for a few years now. He plans to make a new sound through his music and making it noticeable coming from Saint Louis. One of his most popular tracks "Government Name" has been on the local charts on St. Louis' Hip-Hop Stations.

"He aims to punch through St. Louis's Hip-Hop's Glass Ceiling" (Rockwell Knuckles)

"The most anticipated rap duo to succeed in St. Louis". (Family Affair's Fan Base)

The Family Affair, Identical twin brothers "Mr. R.E.P." (aka Reprezent) and "QB-The Classic" of Family Affair were born. The group began writing thought-provoking lyrics and adding them to

head-bobbing beats. Shortly after graduating from high school, they began performing at local venues and recording their work.

Tef Poe, short for Teflon Poetix, St. Louis Native, performed alongside as well as opened for: Common, De La Soul, Fabolous, Talib Kweli, MF Doom, TechN9ne, Ceel-Lo Green and Lupe Fiasco.

"In due time, The Force should be a household name, one to be reckoned with, one of the mighty elements of their attack will be Tef Poe." (The Smoking Section)

Spark1Duh? aka "Dusty Wallets", St. Louis native and developer of a "Differenter-new based-design of hip-hop".

Based from the ReverbNation, he is known as the "The Iggy Pop of Hip-Hop".

Take a mix of Wu-Tang Clan, Black Flag, and the Beastie Boys as one Artist. Very Electic!

KD Assassin aka Diesel, St. Louis native, lyrical and focused through every detailed verb, noun, adjective, etc stated throughout his music.

"KD chooses to use his voice to promote consciousness and inspiration instead of exploiting the struggle that has made him the man he is." (ReverbNation)

Party Promotion: Industry Research

GOParti seem to be very optimized with its search engines in finding information on the latest events in the Saint Louis area. Their memorable phrase for advertising is expressed as "GOParti - Easily find, share, and promote the hottest events". This website has a structured design on how to stay connected by mobile, facebook, AIM, and other chatting sources serviced through Meebo. You also have the option to add an event to their calendar for their fanbase to participate in your events. The very first thing that caught my eye was the descriptive slideshow of the upcoming events.

STLMag is one of the classic promotion businesses in the Saint Louis Area. They started as a based magazine and later merged into a internet magazine web

site that leads Party Events, Community Events, Restaurant Guides, Health & Beauty, Blogging, and Home Guides. What makes it resourceful to search for is that it is very popular and commonly known because of its title with the city's name. On the website there are tablets to choose from, Promotions is one of them, in presentation there is a list of events and giveaways from promoters at their foundations. For example, "Nominate a Single" which is a united event of singles in the St. Louis area with motives that are astonishing and photogenic to represent the Top Singles feature for the Saint Louis Magazine.

ArtsZipper is one of Saint Louis' Event Calendars on Arts and Culture. They are partnered with STLToday, the #1 Saint Louis Website. "Fun on the Fly" gives a list of categories that of your interest in events such as Architecture, Film, Dance, Poetry, Music, Performance Art, Visual Arts, and much more. Their is a gadget where you can add an event to their calendar for their fanbase to participate in you events. The Regional Arts Commission are their top producers of this production. Twitter, Newsletters, and Facebook are also used for advertisements and connection with followers. For instance, in the Film category, Missouri History Museum of Film will be presenting a screening of James Rutenbeck's Documentary Scenes from a Parish. It is also a Free Event, on July 24, 2010.

Pink Poodles Party Productions will target an audience that follows all day events in the metropolitan area of Saint Louis, Missouri. To illustrate, Photographers, Musicians, Designers, and other artists who love the sight of the nightlife of people in fashion, music and light works. Dancers who love to party in movement and vibe to the cultural design of tunes and lyrics of a poetic artist. Writers aka The Visionaries, who observe and study their surroundings. Development of memories in culture and creation. Pink Poodles with post links to followers from Twitter, Facebook, Newsletters, Radio/TV Advertisements, the webpage Calendar Events, and any other resourceful developments that keeps contact to the target audience. The audience purpose of exploring events through Pink Poodles will lead them through an extraordinary experience of fun and excitement.

The trends that are identifiable in the market of promotions are the common hosting factors in promoting an event. The listed companies above and Pink Poodles all have the same interest but different views on promoting. Those interests are Fashion, Culture, Music, Film, Community Events, Subscribing to Mobile Alerts, E-mails, Twitter, and Facebook. Last but not least, targeting the hottest phenomenal bashes in Saint Louis, Missouri.