Rick Scott opened GREAT SCOTT P.R.ODUCTIONS in 1991 as a public relations, marketing and management firm.  GSP designs and executes full-service publicity campaigns for recording artists, actors, producers, songwriters, independent record labels, benefits, magazines, nightclubs, and a variety of other entertainment industry and sports entities, events and brands on the national, regional and local levels, including specialty markets (i.e. urban, jazz, adult pop, cycling, etc.).  In 2003, GSP entered the fray of sports representation with a focus on professional cycling.  We have worked with legendary talent, major and independent record labels and international brands such as "American Idol," AEG, Viagra, Cheerios, Sony, Warner Brothers, Capitol, Blue Note, Maverick, Mercury and Matador Records. 

 

The range of media we target includes thousands of print (daily, weekly and monthly newspapers and magazines), broadcast (television and radio) and online outlets (websites, blogs and social networking sites), including national mainstream consumer outlets and trades such as Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, USA Today, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, MTV, VH1, BET, CNN, E! Entertainment Television, Today Show, Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood, Tonight Show, ESPN, Bicycling Magazine, VeloNews, ROAD and Cycle Sport.   

 

We're proud that our clients typically stay with us for years over multiple projects as it is our aim to forge long-term relationships.  The way to cultivate lasting relationships is to deliver consistently.  Our clients become family and it is the norm for our clients' representatives to hire us to work with some of their other clients and projects, which serves as a testament to their level of satisfaction.  We provide priority service to a limited number of clients at any given time in order to fully devote ourselves to each one. 

 

When you hire GSP, you will get Rick servicing your account, not a junior account executive.  Rick is known for the passion, enthusiasm, knowledge and positive energy he brings to each project.  As a boutique firm, we have to prove ourselves daily.  Usually we can be more effective than larger firms because we limit the number of accounts we commit to so that we can pour our hearts and souls into each client.  We're creative, tenacious and thorough, and show up each day striving to make great things happen for our family of clients. 

 

A little more info about Rick's background you may find of interest:

 

·         Taught a music publicity course at UCLA Extension.

·         Served a two-year term as a board member of Entertainment Publicists Professional Society.

·         Before launching his own venture, Rick was a senior account executive at McMullen/Dozoretz Associates Public Relations, where he directed or contributed to publicity campaigns for numerous high-profile recording artists and events.

·         He was an artist manager and handled tour duties for two major label groups.

·         In Miami, he was a marketing manager for Hot Productions/Hot Records.

·         He's a former club DJ and college radio personality.

·         In London, England, he completed a radio promotions internship at Chrysalis Records.

·         Graduated Ithaca College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications Management along with a Writing minor.

 

 

Below is a partial list of public relations accounts that Rick designed, executed, directed and/or contributed to:

 

THE SMOOTH JAZZ CRUISE & THE JAZZ CRUISE (star-studded Caribbean cruises)

 

BASIA (eOne Music)

 

RICHARD ELLIOT (Mack Avenue Records)

 

NICOLE HENRY (ArtistShare)

 

BONK BREAKER (The best tasting energy bar on the planet)

 

ENTERTAINMENT CRUISE PRODUCTIONS (Malt Shop Memories Cruise)

 

JEFF LOGAN (BASS-mint Records)

 

PATRICK BRADLEY (jazz fusion keyboardist)

 

PATRICK COOPER (Depth In Sound)

 

ELAN TROTMAN (Spectra Jazz Records)

 

SARAH HAMMER (Four-time world champion and Olympic track cyclist)

 

DOTSIE BAUSCH (Six-time U.S. champion cyclist, co-world record holder & eating disorder advocate)

 

STEVE KRAUSE (singer-songwriter)

 

CHRISTINA ASHLEY (Sketchin' Records)

 

LEE NESTOR (Moonwatcher Music)

 

ROB KEITER (Sketchin' Records)

 

TEAM SPIDERTECH (UCI Pro Continental cycling team)

 

JESSE COOK (E1 Music)

 

LAWSON ROLLINS (Infinita Records/Baja/TSR)

 

SPIDERTECH (pre-cut kinesiology tape pioneer)

 

PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIP (biggest one-day race in the U.S.)

 

PAUL JACKSON JR. (Branch Records Inc. and Blue Note Records)

 

AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA (biggest professional bicycle stage race in the U.S)

 

JOYCE COOLING (Narada Jazz/Blue Note Label Group)

 

LE KAT (Le Kat Music)

 

MICHAEL J THOMAS (Harbor Breeze Music)

 

ANNE WALSH (A To Zink Music - 2009 Grammy nominee)

 

JOYCE COOLING (Narada Jazz/Blue Note Label Group)

 

BRANDON BURROWS (Sketchin' Records)

 

MARY TALBOT FEE (Sketchin' Records)

 

KIM PENSYL (Penton Music Productions)

 

THE ULTIMATE CYCLIST (the only sports psychology CD created specifically for cyclists)

 

CYCLIST VILLAGE (social-networking website for cyclists)

 

DANNY LERMAN (Sugar Whiskey Records)

 

LES SABLER (Music Force Media Group)

 

AUDIO CAVIAR (The Machine Productions)

 

RICK BRAUN & RICHARD ELLIOT (ARTizen Music Group)

 

RICK JAMES (Stone City Records)

 

HOWARD HEWETT (The Machine Productions)

 

JACKIEM JOYNER (ARTizen Music Group)

 

JEFF GOLUB (Narada Jazz/Blue Note Label Group)

 

STEVE COLE (Narada Jazz/Blue Note Label Group)

 

LAO TIZER (Yse Records)

 

VICTOR FIELDS (Regina Records)

 

ALTHEA RENE (Chocolate Caramel Records)

 

AMERICAN IDOL UNDERGROUND

 

MARC ANTOINE (Rendezvous Entertainment & GRP Records)

 

PRAFUL (Rendezvous Entertainment/N-Coded)

 

WAYMAN TISDALE (Rendezvous Entertainment)

 

BRIAN BROMBERG (Artistry Music)

 

DEVOTED SPIRITS (comprised of former EWF principals recording for Experience Hendrix)

 

PETER WHITE (Columbia Records)

 

LEON WARE (legendary singer-songwriter)

 

GUITARS & SAXES CONCERT TOUR (smooth jazz stars Marc Antoine, Euge Groove, Jeff Golub & Warren Hill)

 

JUSTIN TIME RECORDS (albums by Pavlo, Nils Landgren's "Funky Abba," and Russell Gunn)

 

TRENYCE ("American Idol" finalist)

 

ALAN HEWITT (215 Records)

 

EARTH, WIND & FIRE (legendary R&B-pop band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)

 

RICHARD SMITH (A440 Music Group)

 

RUSSELL GUNN (Justin Time Records)

 

JEFF LORBER (Narada Jazz)

 

JONATHAN BUTLER (Warner Brothers Records)

 

DAMON ELLIOTT (songwriter-producer)

 

MICHAEL LINGTON (Three Keys Music)

 

RICK DERRINGER (Big3 Records/Universal)

 

MICHELE VICE-MASLIN (songwriter & producer)

 

DOC POWELL (Samson Records)

 

CHRIS CAMOZZI (Samson Records)

 

ROGER SMITH (Miramar Recordings)

 

PIECES OF A DREAM (Blue Note/Capitol Records)

 

JENNIFER PAIGE (Hollywood Records)

 

FOUR 80 EAST (Cargo/MCA)

 

THE RENTALS (Maverick/Reprise Records)

 

ERASURE (Maverick/Reprise Records)

 

MAURICE WHITE (EW&F, record producer and president of Kalimba Records) 

 

MARTIN PAGE (Mercury Records)

 

SOULSHOCK & KARLIN (Grammy nominated record producers and remixers)

 

SPOON (Matador Records)

 

PAUL TAYLOR (Countdown Records/Unity Label Group)

 

TRAUMA RECORDS (Lightning Seeds, Bush, Driver)                       

 

PLAYFULL RECORDS (Shankman DeBlasio Melina Inc.'s label)

 

NICK MARTINELLI (record producer)

 

THE PARTY, REMEDY and MITSOU (three acts on Hollywood Records)

 

RAY GUN MAGAZINE (national alternative music publication)

 

CREEM MAGAZINE (campaign to launch the revamped publication)

 

DIONNE WARWICK'S "THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR" AIDS BENEFIT CONCERT

 

BILLY IDOL (Chrysalis Records)

 

ELTON JOHN (MCA Records)