Business Offer

Personal profile

I am primarily an entrepreneur. I started my first business at the age of 18 with expertise in multiple fields that range from the restaurant and live venue business, to festival buying, set up there of, marketing of, to the management, booking, and social media co-ordination of, Breaking Independent National Musicians. I am the Co-owner R. Landry's New Orleans Restaurant and Venue and have been for 15 years. When I started with R. Landry’s, it was a small To Go Place with seating for 2 people. It is now a 90 seater restaurant and one of/the most respected, loved, and well -known restaurants in Fort Smith, AR, loved for it's food, service and original live music program. I am also the Creator/Owner/Primary Agent of and for The Indie-pendent Agency. I have built it to a National booking Agency within 1 year, booking 35+ states within 2 years with National Acts such as The Motown Miracles and Breaking National Acts that include Wendy Colonna, Warren Hood, Delta Moon, Patrice Pike, Shelley King, Grant Peeples, etc. I have Created/Produced Annual Festival virtually on my own that ran for 8 years. I was a Board Member (2011), Vice-president (2012), and President (2013), of the Fort Smith Riverfront Blues Society. I also co-booked the 2011 and 2012 Fort Smith Riverfront Blues Festival's(a top 100 festival in the United States).

Company profile

The Indie-pendent Agency has a wide variety of services it offers for its clients including: booking, creation of proposals of various types, creation of social media website development, social media maintenance, social media website oversight and fan base growth, social media advertising, social media ad placement, social media ad development; seeking out record deals; using current and finding new contacts through email, phone, and other contact methods to pursue and or outsource the means needed to acquire major sponsors and record labels. Although The Indie-pendent Agency offers a variety of services, it's primary function is booking for International and National acts in only the Finest Venues, Concert Halls, and Festivals. Just take a look at The Indie-pendent Agency Roster and I'm sure you’ll see that these musicians are top-notch Americana instrumentalists, vocalists, lyricists, performers! We pride ourselves not only on the quality of Rising National, National, and National Acts that we represent but also in how we work with "Talent Buyers". Our upmost goals, at all times, are professionalism, quality of service and work, and making each and every possible aspect of the business process easy and rewarding for all involved!