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 and blogs), including national mainstream consumer outlets and trades such as Billboard, Radio & Records, The Hollywood Reporter, USA Today, Rolling Stone, Vibe, Entertainment Weekly, MTV, VH1, BET, CNN, E! Entertainment Television, "Today," "Oprah," “Access Hollywood,” “The 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 talent 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 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 devote our hearts and souls completely to 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:

AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA (AEG) – Biggest professional bicycle race in the U.S

CYCLIST VILLAGE (social-networking website for cyclists)

LAWSON ROLLINS (Infinita Records/Baja/TSR)

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)

JOYCE COOLING (Narada Jazz/Blue Note Label Group)

LAO TIZER (Yse Records)

VICTOR FIELDS (Regina Records)

ALTHEA RENE (Chocolate Caramel Records)

AMERICAN IDOL UNDERGROUND

RICHARD ELLIOT (ARTizen Music Group)

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)

DOTSIE COWDEN (pro cyclist with Colavita/Cooking Light, three-time member of the U.S. National Team)

CADENCE/PARKPRE (SoCal cycling team)

VELOWORX RACING (SoCal cycling team)

ALAN HEWITT (215 Records)

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

RICHARD SMITH (A440 Music Group)

RUSSELL GUNN (Justin Time Records)

JEFF LORBER (Narada Jazz)

PAUL JACKSON JR. (Blue Note/Capitol Records)

JONATHAN BUTLER (Warner Brothers Records)

DAMON ELLIOTT (songwriter-producer known for his work with Destiny’s Child, Pink, and Mya)

MICHAEL LINGTON (Three Keys Music)

RICK DERRINGER (Big3 Records/Universal)

MICHELE VICE-MASLIN (songwriter & producer known for her work with Nick Carter & Eden’s Crush)

VELO CLUB LA GRANGE WESTWOOD (SoCal bike racing club sponsored by Minute Maid & Dasani)

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/remixers best known for their work with Whitney Houston and Toni Braxton)

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 best known for his work with Diana Ross and Regina Belle)

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

RAY GUN MAGAZINE (national alternative music publication)

CREEM MAGAZINE (campaign to launch the revamped magazine)

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

BILLY IDOL (Chrysalis Records)

ELTON JOHN (MCA Records)