Hurley Creative Collective

Hurley Creative Collective is growing again. 🎉

We are thrilled to welcome 🇺🇸THE GRAND OL’ AMERICANA SHOW 🇺🇸to our roster.

The Grand Ol’ Americana Show is a one-of-a-kind tribute to the original, traditional, family-truckster-holiday-roading, red-blooded, two-fisted, route 66-ing, All-American Summer; celebrating culture, comedy, and music that defines the nostalgia of Americana.

Now available for booking in 2022! They even offer special 🎃Halloween 🎃 and 🎄Christmas 🎄versions of the show!

For more information - hurleycreativecollective.com/grandolamericana

Looks like That Motown Band had a great weekend in Georgia playing to a SOLD-OUT crowd!

https://www.effinghamherald.net/lifestyle/motown-sound-bonds-mars-theatre-crowd/

An exciting step for a very talented lady 😁✊🏻🤑

I believe it was Walt Disney who said, “it all begins with a dream”... Many of us have ideas, visions, ways that we want to impact the world, but we may not know all the tools- so we don’t do it. I want to help!

Introducing Girl Conductor University!
From business practices, revitalizing your classroom, mastering social media, understanding current technology or transitioning into entrepreneurship these 4 courses will give you the tools that you need to succeed and bring your vision to life.

For more info and to REGISTER: https://girlconductor.com/university

We are super excited to see even more live shows come back online in 2021!

Can’t wait to reconnect with everyone at a theater very soon 😊

Six Announces Broadway Return Date in September Find out when the musical will reclaim the throne at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.

This Friday, Brian Owens Soul will be appearing in a very special open-air event, right here in St. Louis. Tickets are still available at: https://bit.ly/387bprC

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Brian Owens Soul has worked on a lot of great projects over his career, but this is one of our favorites. Check out this interview he did with Playbill with the release of his Johnny Cash cover album

Currently, Brian is working on a few new shows, Homegrown Soul offers concert collaboratives with a variety of local musicians, and now he is offering live in-studio virtual concerts for conferences, wellness, and team building. You can find information about all of Brian’s project at hurleycreativecollective.com/brian-owens.

Singer Brian Owens Proves Johnny Cash Isn’t Just Country | Playbill Owens and The St. Louis Symphony merge genres and to show why the connection between Johnny Cash to soul music isn’t a strange one.

“Concert halls and theatres are not places of infection,”

We are certainly ready to put on a show ❤️🎶

'Concert Halls & Theatres Are Not Places of Infection,' Suggests Study by Fraunhofer Heinrich Institute & Konzerthaus Dortmund - Opera Wire (Credit: Konzerthaus Dortmund official website) The Konzerthaus Dortmund has commissioned the Fraunhofer Heinrich Institute Goslar to investigate the spatial spread of aerosols and carbon dioxide in a concert hall. For the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, a study looked at th...

Our favorite performance Brian Owens Soul performance on thje Sanborn Sessions with David Sanborn and Michael McDonald. ❤️🎶

Brian Owens - Till Morning Breaks feat. David Sanborn and Michael McDonald | SANBORN SESSIONS Brian Owens and Michael McDonald join David Sanborn and the band to perform "Till Morning Breaks" at Dave's home studio in New York for Sanborn Sessions.Watc...

The 442s and Hurley’s own Brian Owens Soul perform their rendition of Michael McDonald’s hit tune. Performed and written by some fabulous St. Louis talents. .heartmusic

What a Fool Believes (The Doobie Brothers Cover) | Brian Owens and the 442s Brian Owens; LIFE Creative Group | Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subBrianOwens Thanks to the incomparable 442's for having me and my talented background singers j...

Audiences are blown away by the performances and storytelling of Music City Hit-Makers at every performance. They will always want to peek behind the curtain and hear more about their favorite music and how it was made.

“The three songwriters combined have amassed 50 No. 1 hits and the evening of music felt like a hang with good friends as one minute the men poked fun at each other and the next raved about the song their pal just played. Often, the songwriters took the audience into the writing room as they frequently described how their hits developed in the intimate outdoor setting.” https://www.soundslikenashville.com/reviews/brett-james-chris-destefano-rivers-rutherford-dazzle-at-songwriters-under-the-stars/

Brett James, Chris DeStefano, Rivers Rutherford Dazzle at Songwriters Under the Stars The imminent threat of a thunderstorm didn't deter music fans from attending the third Music City Hit-Makers' Songwriters Under the Stars.

Music City Hit-Makers is a group of award-winning song writers behind country’s biggest hits. They get up on stage and tell the stories behind the songs they have written for Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisely, The Dixie Chicks, Blake Shelton, and many more....

“I'm not sure what it feels like in the audience, but being onstage with the symphony behind you makes it more emotional," says Lindsey. "I know it might sound cheesey, but it feels like you've been given a set of wings and you're taking off."

Chattanooga Symphony & Opera goes country with Music City Hit-Makers Did you know that "Jesus Take the Wheel" was originally pitched to Hillary Scott before she joined Charles Kelly and Dave Haywood to form Lady Antebellum?

“Once we get audiences in our space, they will help us expand our audiences by marketing the event to their friends through selfies, personal accounts, or just by sharing a “We had a great time tonight ” on twitter. I bet you are wondering how we inspire audiences to do this.......”

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“Posting on social media is not like walking up to a patron and handing them a flier that they look at and make a decision about. It doesn’t work like that at all. It is more like a bulletin board that you post on and hope your patrons happen to walk by. “

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“The best part of being down in the basement by myself? My Dad’s weight bench!”

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“Being able to think outside the box and reinvent your brand is crucial to a company’s survival, especially now. “

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“The truth of the matter is, our normal is going to have to change. At least for now. Trying to get the math to work with even more variables, but fewer seats to sell just doesn’t seem feasible to me. At least not on the surface....”

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We could not be more thrilled with the work that was put into this production. Premieres tonight on YouTube and Nine Network. ❤️🎶

Brian Owens Soul

Monday: ‘A New Holiday,’ Premiering This Week, Features An All-Black Cast And Gorgeous St. Louis Scenes If enjoying thoughtful, heartwarming films is on your holiday to-do list, there’s a brand-new St. Louis-made musical well worth your time. “A New Holiday” tells the story of 10-year-old Thelma as she grapples with the loss of her grandmother and looks toward a different kind of Christmas — t...

Brian Owens Soul just dropped a new vinyl release and the reviews and rolling in. Check out this acclaim from our friends at 50THIRDAND3RD .

Brian Owens & The Royal Five “Love Came Down” REVIEW I was introduced to Brian Owens by his Johnny Cash covers album Soul of Cash back in 2017. Next up was the tribute to his hometown of Fergurson, Missouri with Soul of Ferguson. Both records (releas…

Hurley Creative Collective updated their website address.

When we can’t get our artists in front of your audiences, we put our artists in front of the camera! No risk virtual events give venues a chance to stay connected to their audiences, and audiences a chance to discover new artists from the safety of home. -win

https://www.hurleycreativecollective.com/virtual-events

For communities that thrive on art, this is a very trying time. With many venues closed, tours cancelled, and tickets refunded everyone is frustrated and disappointed. Including us.

A few weeks ago, we started working on a new project which led to another, and then another. Its a very exciting time for innovation in the arts, and we are super excited to be a conduit for artists in this very strange time.

We can’t give you all the details just yet, but its coming. Knowing that something to feed their right about now, we are working to fulfill that need. Stay tuned, more information to come.......

In the meantime....... Be safe. Stay healthy. ❤️🎶

More exciting performances will be streaming later this week 😉

Brian Owens Soul

We could not be more thrilled for 2021 Honoree for Excellence in the Arts, Brian Owens Soul A great artist, and a great asset to the St. Louis arts community!

2021 St. Louis Arts Awards Honorees Announced https://bit.ly/2V6ioeb

2021 St. Louis Arts Awards Honorees Announced The Arts and Education Council has announced eight honorees for the 2021 St. Louis Arts Awards. Now in its 30th year, the event honors individuals and organizations who have made significant contributions to the St. Louis region's arts community.

One of many projects in the works with our dear friend, Brian Owens Soul.

We may need to stand 6 feet apart, but to everyone who is working so hard to keep us safe, we will always stand

I've had the pleasure of meeting Michael at a couple shows that I helped put together. One if the nicest people you will ever meet, not to mention a truly great artist.

Check out his appearance on Jimmy Fallon last night if you missed it. He absolutely nailed it! ♥️

Michael McDonald: On My Own (The Tonight Show: At Home Edition) Michael McDonald delivers a message of hope before singing his classic hit "On My Own" in a special acoustic performance for the Tonight Show. Subscribe NOW ...

If you are looking for some new tunes to check out during the pandemic, checkout some of this St Louis talent. ♥️🎶

15 St. Louis Music Brands to Listen to While Staying at Home From hip-hop to Americana to soul to rock, these songs, albums and playlists will have you cranking up the volume and dancing around the house. And although the artists are the first to admit they're a big financial hit due to missed bookings, they're using this unexpected time off to channel their....

Like most of you, we have spent the last couple weeks readjusting to the “new normal” that has become necessary to combat COVID-19 and keep our loved ones safe. Now that the dust has settled for the moment, it is time to get back to work and find new and innovative ways to take advantage of the situation and continue bringing the arts to the audiences that we love. Stay tuned for more info...exciting things to come!

We can probably all agree that ticket resellers are a pain for concert presenters. It is more confusing than ever for concert goers to find the "real" box office to get tickets direct from authorized sellers and instead are being directed to third party resellers and pay 200%+ over the face value. When they get the venue and realize their mistake, we are the ones who hear about it.

So how do we stop it?

Our opinion might be a bit unpopular, but hear us out. If fans are willing to pay the greatly inflated third party prices for tickets to our shows, then perhaps we are under-pricing our tickets to begin with. If we priced them the same as those third party sellers (or at least closer) the third party market would dry up because in order to turn the same profit margin, the prices would now be too high for the market to bear.

Take a look at this article that tells us a bit more about this theory.

Why Are Concert Tickets So Darn Expensive? http://bit.ly/2T4wL1S

Why Are Concert Tickets So Darn Expensive? Believe it or not, even at $100+ bucks, you’re actually getting a bargain

Over the past few years, the landscape of marketing events has changed. In fact, even over just the last 5 years we have had to switch up our strategies to keep those show tickets moving.

What have we learned?

🎟️The audience for every show is different. The days of taking a few different formulas and slapping them onto the next show are over. Niche Marketing is no longer a luxury, it is a must.
🎟️Audiences like familiar but unique experiences. Sounds contradictory right? Well…..not exactly. Finding artists/titles that audiences know but that offer a slight twist on the expected has been a consistent winner for our clients at the box office.
🎟️Give them an inside look. Patrons want to feel like they matter, like they belong. If you can give them an inside look into your organization and the shows you present, the more interested they will be in the shows you have coming up.
🎟️It’s not just about the show. In the modern “editorial” age, patrons are more likely than ever to keep an eye out for you on their social accounts if you are routinely posting about interesting aspects of the industry that are entertaining in themselves. If you can keep them engaged with your marketing editorials, they will be more likely to keep looking for the next thing.

NOW BOOKING FOR 2020-21!
Hailed by Rolling Stone magazine as a “vibrant soul singer” who “bridges a racial and generational divide,” Brian Owens continues to live up to that praise with this new show featuring the music of artists that inspired his career such as Sam Cooke, Bill Withers, Marvin Gaye, Michael McDonald, and as featured on his latest album Soul of Cash Johnny Cash, and many more. Brian takes great care to create a concert experience that reimagines these songs in a soulful way that is true to who he is as an artist but still pays homage to the original artists.

Hurley Creative Collective updated their business hours.

I'm still not entirely sure how I feel about the "hologram concert" trend, but it is certainly hard to resist a chance to give fans a chance to revisit a beloved artist that was taken from us too soon.

Rolling Stone

http://bit.ly/2HFYpvq