M One Studios Company Information

Profile:

We are a Detroit, MI - based entertainment agency that specializes in the development and placement of house band musicians, bands, and various other talent for 6 major cruise lines. To date, we have secured employment for over 100 musicians from the US, Canada, Ukraine, Holland, Panama, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and the UK. We are quickly growing, and will soon become the industry's leader in providing top-notch musicians and ensembles to our clients, and providing adequate compensation and fair rates for our talented entertainers.

Who are we?
Our staff consists of some of the country’s finest musicians - and we are not only extremely tied into the national and international music scenes as a result, but we also maintain active performing schedules ourselves. This allows us to constantly hone our crafts, and be better able to mold and coach our entertainers using personal experience so that they can consistently perform to the high standard necessary within the cruise ship business.

The music business:
There are only a select few instances in which a musician can be a full-time employee in today’s society; this is one of them - and we know that in order to preserve this incredible field of work, we must continue to locate and promote only the best entertainers available. Our goal is to make the spectacular musical performances on cruise ships an integral part of the passenger’s cruise experience, so that eventually budgets for this entertainment will grow instead of be reduced. And even though it’s vitally important to cultivate excellent relationships with our clients, we are musicians ourselves, and will always go to bat for our performers.

What separates us from the rest?
M One Studios does indeed boast the lowest commission rates in the entire industry...in some instances by a long shot! We also encourage and reward loyal musicians by continuously striving for higher salaries, offering declining commission rates, and giving bonuses for stellar end-of-contract evaluations and/or holidays. Compared to other agencies in our field, we actually work backwards. Instead of starting with a job opening, then filling it with a name (with no attention placed on the musician's personal interests or talents...in fact, a widely used term for this is “Headhunting”), we first audition and interview the musician, and then we do our best to secure a gig based on the criteria they’ve set.


Hunter S. Thompson said:
"The Music Business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."

Although those metaphors are spot on in some instances, the M One Studios team will continue to take the high road in this industry, ensuring integrity and personal service to all of our musicians. If our artists are not happy with their gig, we're not happy. But it is our hope that we can work with you soon, and help guide you towards the achievement of all your goals, musical and otherwise!