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An Offer of Good Faith & Responsibility from AMD Ent

AMD Entertainment is the penultimate, “one-stop-shop” for entertainment, film, video production and photography in the New England & Tri State Area. With a wide range of services for primetime television networks, corporations, small businesses and entrepreneurs our company specializes in cinematography, photography and multimedia to fill any need at any time. With over eight quarters of strong results and gracious reviews, we’ve not only attracted a strong fanbase, we’ve attracted strong talent too. Our professionals often have over 10 years of experience in the industry to complement the mutual desire for a competitive contract.

That’s the raw deal we offer to you. Gone are the days of hunting and scouring crews with questionable resumes, let’s handle all your needs with just one click. Here’s a simple glance at our network:

Professionals include, but certainly aren’t limited to:

• Actors DJs Producers Editors
  
• Extras Promoters Directors Directors
  
• Local Music Artists Event Planners Fashion Designers Writers
  
• Videographers Photographers Hair Stylists Make Up Artists

Missed a step? With just one click you can move forward quipped with the peace of mind  that your production is on schedule, on budget and without any headaches. We not only handle your needs, but  to anticipate requests before they arise. From Luxury transportation to hotel accommodations, dining at the most extravagant and best restaurants in the area and much more our mission is to make your project a success. We understand the varying deadlines, fine print, handshakes and high stakes work it takes to bring a production from sketch to release. Our goal is to free your creative mind; let us handle the gritty, back door aspect to production, you focus on the content.

Founded by Annmarie DeBrito with a strong work ethic to give it your all, day in and day out, the company has found true success in entertainment while employees and talent alike’ actively manifest their dreams”. Not only do we provide the crew, we manage blossoming talent. From models and actors to musicians and other entertainers, Debrito has laid a foundation  helping young stars see the bigger picture in their careers. We produce because we think it’s very important to always be creating and performing; putting in that drive  to get to the next level! Whether it’s a feature, a fashion show, a webisode, fitness lesson or a play - bringing interesting stories and people to the forefront is something that we’re passionate about.

One of the best parts about media is that there’s a lot of overlapping and incorporation. We use our skills and connections in music, film, television, and online to help facilitate the process of fitting great content/talent into various projects, even ones we’re not directly involved with.

Our seasoned talent pool, fresh perspectives and expertise utilizing cutting edge technologies will help you achieve the desired results. Our rates vary depending on the type of production, duration, format, production cost, animations and or graphics involved. Our lower overhead cost means reasonable rates negotiated reasonably and remarkably competitive. We deliver on time and on budget. Bring your ideas to us and watch us set them in motion. We believe in full transparency and an open line so feel free to contact us at anytime.

We also offer courtesy  estimates for you and your clients to help you map your project goals.

We’re available!

Consultation and personnel provided for:

• Event, Studio and Aerial Photography Live Broadcast Production (Sports/Events)
  
• Web-Streaming/Live Podcasting Audio/Video Equipment (mics, teleprompters)
  
• Film Production & Documentaries Commercials, Infomercials, Music Videos
  
• Corporate, Safety & Training Videos Weddings & Family/Social Celebrations
  

Whether it’s a small, just-before-sunset project to a year-long set production our “one-stop-shop" offers services of for whatever need you’ll have in the field.

Despite the many facets of AMD Entertainment, the company was launched relatively recently, so this timing couldn’t have been better. According to CEO Annmarie Debrito, the results have been “incredible”.  In the spirit of perpetuous growth and renewal, we continue to build; striving to learn and incorporate all the exciting things that are changing this industry. More than that we firmly believe that our business – whether it be talent management, music recordings and publishing deals, brand development, or film/video production – should first and foremost be FUN!

We’d Love to Work With You!

-Happy Holidays & Happy New Year from everyone at AMD Entertainment

Artist Sky Jonez Talks Life, Music and his Audition with AMD Entertainment

We had a fireside chat with the regal and cunning rapper Sky Jonez post-interview to get the raw story. Here how it went in his own words:

OM: What was your audition like?

Sky Jonez: I performed one of my original songs for my next project that I’m releasing in February, I did it live right there, they seemed to be in to it, they were engaging with me a lil bit and then when I was done, they liked, they seemed like the liked it, idk I just stood there and performed for them I got a good response.

OM: How would you like to utilize this opportunity?

Sky Jonez: I have a new project that i’m working on to be released in february, so i’ll be pushing it. That will help me bring some attention to that and my portfolio. I dropped about 14 videos last year and I’m already on my second or third one for this year so I want to bring some more attention to that as well. I have a lot of projects that have been out for a while and never got enough exposure at all. I’m hoping that’ll get a little more light shined on that through this.

OM: How long have you been making music?

Sky Jonez: Oh wow…I’ve been making it since ‘97…

OM:Word.

Sky Jonez: Yeah, but seriously doing music since…I did some time, went away for a while and I got out in December of 2008, so since then. Since then I’ve made about 60 (tracks) and I just signed with an indie label. I signed with an indie label about two years ago and I started touring like real heavy. I got to do a few tours with Strange Music, May Day, stuff like that. Yeah man, it’s been good. I’ve got to see the Midwest, go out to Colorado, went out to see LA, this year looks to be a lot of the same so it’s looking good.

OM: What are you up to these days as we move into 2016? What moves are you making right now?

Sky Jonez: I just released a video featuring one of the guys from Strange Music, but I have (another) new video to be released the first week of January, I’m still in the middle of this project. I have the release date right now, but it might get pushed to February; I want to do it right. I have a show booked in New York on January 31st, I’m opening for Cassidy and then (events with) the label itself they have other stuff going. As I said, I’m with an indie label and I know we’ll be doing some shorter stints in the Midwest, six or seven shows here and there. We’re going to play it by ear but that’s pretty much what I got going on. I got new music lined up to be released and a couple of shows lined up.

OM: What drives you or motivates you? What would you say you’re about?

Sky Jonez: I would say…not to be long-winded, because I can do that too (laughs)…I would just say I’m from a small town and there’s a lot of talent here but not a lot of people have made it from here, whatever that means, so I adapt. It motivates me to be the person to show (them something different). I have two kids and I want to let them know that there’s more outside of the box. Living in a small town, that’s all many people ever think of. They don’t think of anything beyond the Rhode Island state lines you know what I mean? So that’s my motivator, I want to be an example, to show people there’s more than this shit if you reach far enough. 

People are just so close-minded, like they just want to be stuck. A lot of people are stuck in a mindset that they don’t even think of anything outside of the box. So every time I’m around people like that, that drives me even more. Like even going to this audition, that was something that was out of the box. Somebody else would’ve been like “Ah come on, that shit’s just gonna be some bullshit”, but alright, if it’s some bullshit, it didn’t cost me a dollar. I didn’t lose a thing by doing it, so even if it doesn’t pan out (there’s no harm done) and that’s the way my mind works. But there mind is “ah, it’s gonna be some bullshit, fuck it” so why bother. I don’t understand that mindset. So that’s my motivator.

I told you I could be long-winded man (laughs again).

Follow his journey on the gram: @therealSkyJonez

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EstellaStarr Brings The Realness to her Audition

OM: So what did you do for your audition and how was that experience?

Estela:I sang an original song that I wrote and I also read a little script as well that they asked me to. The experience was great and it was awesome to see finally, someone being a person of their word, because I met Annmarie about two years ago for an audition I did for someone else and you know networking and I got her information. Me and her never kept in contact after that, so the fact that she still remembered me was awesome. She sent me an email asking me to audition and I thought it was awesome of her to remember me, so with just that alone I had more confidence with audition. I’m not gonna lie, I was a little nervous. I actually didn’t know how well I did. But it was a great experience. I drove down there from New York, so just the drive alone…it was fun. It was fun for me; overall the experience was great.

OM: Definitely. You said that you sing, can you tell us more about what you do with music?

I actually used to rap and I took some time off, you know how life gets in the way sometimes, to be realistic, so I took some time off to go to school. Later I started writing again and trying to get back into the music game. So I started singing; and I’ve always sang, so I was able to do the NBA All Stars soundtrack and a few other projects here and there. So now I’m just working on an EP, trying to get involved and get work. My music is more on the soulful hip-hop vibe, but I write anything. 

OM: What is your ambition?

Estela: I’m an account manager for Red Bull and I also do real estate. But as for my ambition, I’m a very creative person and I realized throughout the years that I belong in this type of industry. I like to help people so that’s one of the main factors. Aside from that it’s my passion: music; and what I’m trying to say is so underrated and shed some light (on topics I care about). I want to talk about things that are really going on. There’s certain things I want to do with my music. I want to be heard and for those that feel like they don’t have someone or (anything). I just want to be able to help people through my music. I love to sing, I love to write music, so that’s my main goal. I know it may sound a little, cliche, but it’s the truth.

OM: What do you want to get out of this opportunity?

Estela: I would love to be able to work with Miss Annmarie for sure. She’s very inspiring. Just me following her on Instagram on social media (piqued my interest). Again, her keeping her word meant so much to me even if I weren’t to make the show or still work with her it made me good to feel there are still people like her in this industry.I feel like I can be a great benefit for what she’s trying to do and accomplish. Of course, I want my music to be heard. I want my music to be heard for the women out there who are trying to do positive things in life. For the single mothers out there that feel like they have to go the left route, or have to do certain things for their children, or they feel alone. You know I really want to touch everyone, but those are my main targets, because that’s who I am. I have a child, stuff like that. 

OM: What are you passionate about: whether that be a cause or something you believe in?

Estela:Honestly, if you really think about it there’s so many single mothers out there. Soooo many single mothers out there and its like they don’t really get the recognition they deserve. And it’s not necessarily about recognition, because that’s not, again, my main focus is to touch people through my music because that’s what it does to me. My own music it touches me; it relieves my stress whenever I feel some sort of way. So imagine what it could do for other people. As a single mom, it’s so hard you know? It made me open my eyes to my mom and what she went through with and my sisters and it’s like wow. (If) this is how I feel towards myself and my mom’s situation imagine all the other single women out there. It’s good to have a little of that so people see that. There are people out there going through this, there are people who want to make things better. So that’s what I’m passionate about: being positive and making a change.

OM: What is something people don’t know about you that you would like them to know about you?

Estela: That I’m never gonna stop. (laughs)

I’m just really passionate. I really believe in myself. It’s so weird sometimes. Even when I’m at my worst I’m like “Nope!”. It’s a serious self-belief, that’s why I keep going despite any challenges. Not only that, I can be hood, I can be all of the above, but it’s okay to have that and also have the positive. Everyone just focuses on the negative and it’s okay to have that and be realistic, but it’s also okay to put a light on the positivity (in your situation) as well.

OM: Where can people follow you and how can they support you? Put yourself on.

Estela:Right now, since I’m in the transition of starting over again, I don’t really have much out but I am on Instagram and Facebook:

@estelastarr​

Can I be real honest? A person like me is needed on the show. I feel like I can touch anybody. I can be hood, but I can also be positive, I’m also a single mother, I also have a 9-5, I’m also grinding with the music, I don’t give up It’s just…I don’t know, I feel like I would be a great attribute whether in front of the camera or behind the scenes. 

A sitdown with one of our Reality Show finalists

Preface

The road to the next big reality show has many twists, turns and challenges, but we have yet to meet the the people whose stories will drive the show. While the final casting has yet to be announced and/or solidified, we sat down with three smart, talented finalists to find out more about them. Here’s Dina Brown’s story:

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“Everyone’s always telling me, “Girl you need your own show! You’re crazy, you need your own show!’ stuff like that.”

Well, Dina. That time may have come.

The young mom/entrepreneur/bartender/stylist is a woman of many different layers and oodles of charisma. Hailing from the great state of Connecticut, Dina leads an eventful life that’s definitely not for the weak-hearted. One moment she’s thrifting, handling big stakes bills or designing clothes for her boutique, Venom Vintage. The next minute, you’ll see her as the picture-perfect mother to her beautiful two children. “It’s a good life though,” Brown says confidently. “It’s a good life to live; it’s hard, it’s non-stop”

It wasn’t always this way, however.

“I started thinking of my own business three years ago, sitting on my couching thinking, ‘Oh man, wouldn’t it be so great to have a place that’s a boutique along with an art gallery and performance venue (for) all the arts under one roof?” It took about a year for Venom Vintage to finally get off the ground, but after two years operational, it’s safe to say the mission was accomplished. Brown’s business has served as an elevated platform for not just for local artists in Hartford, but throughout the state of Connecticut and New England at large. One major focus is graffiti and enlightening patrons who flippantly dismiss the works as vandalism or scribbles. There’s not much opportunity for the artistically inclined in the capital city and budget cuts to public outlets have only made it worse. Fortunately, Venom Vintage has become the ideal venue that many youths and young adults crave to express themselves.

“I’m really big into the elements of hip hop….I’m talking about beautiful aerosol art,” said Brown. “I want to open people’s minds to things you only see on Instagram or Facebook, like the murals that are in California and stuff like that,” said Brown.

The benefits of such a free-flowing forum for ideas and creativity is the diversity of perspective and fashion that’s been thrown into the mix. For a professional in fashion , it’s truly a blast. “I really love finding a combination of all the different eras”, said Brown. “Like I’ll have 1950s style high-waisted shorts with a cut-up crop top from the 80s; use our imagination”. Yet that’s still not the full story. From fashion shows for area high schools to fundraisers for the local Prom, creative events for numerous charities and benefits for children suffering from cancer, the organization has made it a priority to give back. It hasn’t gone unnoticed. Out of 2700 small businesses, Venom Vintage won a statewide contest by NBC Connecticut to be featured in a spotlight; voted in not by judges, but the body politic themselves.  

“As far as support goes that shows you right there”, said Brown. “I mean it was a voting cap to win and we got the most votes so I’m excited and I worked really, really, really hard.”

The key behind all the juggernaut’s success? Balance and time management. Brown says that both traits come from maturity and experience. There’s no better way to establish that without trial and error, “unless people are simply born organized”, she quips. Whether it’s overloading your plate with too many things to do or simply forgetting that one task you couldn’t quite place your finger on, it’s best to be proactive and prepared. She’s always talking on her phone, plugging it in, charting down important dates and notices. A quick look into her bag and you’ll find at least 5 different agendas to track progress. Some will get more use than others, she admits, yet all are nevertheless important in establishing order.

“It’s about recognizing what your flaws are and not feeling bad about it,” she said. “Like if you know that you’re bad at (organizing), don’t feel uncomfortable taking out the agenda and writing it down”. Many people get caught up in their problems and appearances vs taking steps to fix them. She continued her previous statement saying. “If I’m trying get organized and it’s following through for myself when I’m following my agenda and not forgetting anything, there you go”. She concluded with a prompt to us all: “You just gotta try hard and fix your flaws, eliminate your flaws”

We have a pretty good idea about what makes her tick, but what is the reality show finalist like behind the scenes? 

To give a better insight into her personality. We set asked a set of questions with the opportunity for her to answer and elaborate in her own words.

OM: How would people describe you?

Dina Brown: I think that people don’t really know me. (When) I say people that don’t really know me, like I have friends on Facebook or people that know me through meetings, who know me as “Dina Brass”. "Oh, that’s Dina Brass!”, you know what I mean? People that are like “Oh, oh, she’s crazy, she’s wild, she’s outspoken, she always tells it like it is or whatever”. But people that know me-know me. People that know not just Dina Brass….me…would tell you that I’m just honest; brutally honest to a fault and that I’m loving and that I’m caring and that I’m very social. I have a really, really good ability to see both sides of the story and see through the bullshit. I’m a great mediator. People say that I’m trustworthy, i’m honest and loyal.

OM: What has your experience been like as a finalist. Talking to Annmarie, getting to this point in the run up to the show….what is it like?

Dina Brown: “I told my grandmother, you know, I told my roommate, told my kids and my children’s father, you know what I’m saying? Just because that’s my support system. So say I have to be away for like two days or a week, or whatever, you know what I mean? I need to make sure that my kids are number 1. I have to keep everything straight, which of course (I do), (because) I have a great support system.

But yeah, no, I don’t let (the hype) affect me at all. I’m still a finalist, but when I cross the threshold and I got the ok, I’m signing the papers, working off contracts…I’m doing all that and they’re like “Ok, we’re really gonna do this”, it’s a reality for me? Wooo!! Ask me the question again because it might be different. I don’t want to count my chickens before they hatch and I’m out you know.

OM: What would you like people to get from your first introduction to us?

Dina Brown: I don’t know. I don’t know. I’m just a….I’m just a normal person with a big personality and striving for greatness.  I’m excited to do it and I’m excited for people to be able to see it…to do it with me. It’’s not just me by myself for show. People are watching, people care what you’re going through, what you’re doing and I think that that’s dope.

The other thing is that I have people that don’t like me and that’s fine, that’s cool, like I’m the roast queen so I’m ready for that.

OM: Any Final Words?

Dina Brown: I’m know I’m ready (to go). Are you ready?

AMDCandi’s Dede Diamati Introduces Herself to the World

I was born in Albany, New York. Grew up in between Brooklyn and Miami. My nationality is Jamaican Spaniard (mixed).  My personality can be described as very down to earth and real. I’m unforgivably honest but very understanding and sincere at the same time. 

Overall, I make it a point of priority to give back to my community and help others with any opportunity I receive. I aspire to inspire other young women to use their social media influences for the right reasons rather than just being a pretty face. 

I love to work and travel and learn about new cultures. I enjoy the simplicity of being home with my family or spending a day at the beach and just relaxing. My style is everything that’s me! In addition to modeling I’m also a wardrobe stylist so dressing is well is just a form of good manners.

I could never be with someone who doesn’t compliment my style. I’ve been modeling for the past 4 years and I believe my ambition and drive sets me apart from the other models in this industry. I have goals I know I will attain while setting an example for my daughter as to what it is to be a strong, independent woman. 

I hope to one day be able to be on tv filming my reality for the world. My favorite music is feel good music! One of my favorite artists is The weeknd but I also enjoy other genres of music such as soulful r&b and pop.