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When it comes to Entertainment careers such as music, film, modeling, comedy, writing, art or photography, anyone will tell you the difficulties one will face when trying to break into the industry. Everyone seems to have advice on what is looked for and what is not. The industry expects a certain quality, and that quality is only known by the professionals within those industries. An agent can't send out snapshots to Calvin Klein. The clients expect a level of professionalism from the agents. Therefore, the agents expect professional pictures of the models, top quality demos from the musicians etc…
Mrpals.com will bridge the gap between talent and industry by allowing individuals from around the globe the ability to create his or her own profile which suits their talent. Mrpals.com will offer the chance for many, otherwise unseen talents, to be brought forth and seen by all. Each category will have its main page, Music, Film, modeling etc… On the category page they will be able to look at works from others and vote for their favorite. They will have the ability to communicate with each other by way of site email and messaging system. Users will be able to share ideas, tips and stories in forums as well as their blog area. Users will be able to join groups and have access to resources specific to his or her talent. Users will be able to customize their portfolio type profile which is designed around their talent, upload images, video or audio. User will be encouraged to invite friends and they will be able to invite friends from many web points like youtube, facebook, myspace, yahoo, hotmail etc…to build their network of fans and rise to the top 5 in their specific category.
Mrpals.com allows people who work in the industry such as film producers, director, agencies, talent scouts, recording companies etc... to create private profiles, unseen from regular users "for privacy reasons" and must be approved by mrpals.com staff and allows them to look through new raw talent, offer tips in the forums or tag a users work that they think has potential or note worthy. Users will not be able to contact the industry side in anyway, unless the industry person makes first contact. When they tag something it will simply be their category icon attached to the users work or attached to the forum tip they leave so regular users will know immediately it was tagged by a professional and or commented on. This gives industry personnel the opportunity to browse and search through Mrpals sophisticated search mechanism to find that specific talent they need.
Users will be able to interact with each other, build a fan base, collaborate, learn and teach others. The art of the word smiths will return in the forums with the guidance of literature teachers and perhaps a professor or two. They will be able to learn from professionals and with a little magic, some of the stars of tomorrow will be found on mrpals.com |