Summary
Work History
Education
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Michael Centrone

Michael Centrone

Oakland Gardens,NY

Summary

Versatile writer offering prolific literary, marketing, and collaborative skills to clients seeking a creative for various projects. Self-motivated, with years of experience contributing copy to the realms of music journalism, B2B writing, blogging, and book publishing.

Provides knowledgeable and exclusive insight into myriad topics, including (but not limited to) music, mental health, culture, travel, sports, entertainment, and more. Accumulated 30 years of experience in the music industry as a touring and recording artist, band and tour manager, promoter, and record label representative.

Work History

Contributing Writer

New Noise Magazine
11.2021 - Current
  • Composing 5 cover stories to date for print.
  • Posting over 75 album reviews to date on magazine's web platform.
  • Publishing over 45 interviews/reported pieces to date for print and web.
  • Composing 2 columns to date for web.

Contributing Writer

The Tonearm
01.2025 - Current
  • Publishing interviews/reported pieces on the magazine's web platform.
  • Networking with public relations agencies, editors, and artists.

Independent Blogger

Medium.com
04.2021 - Current
  • Achieving Top Writer status on topic of Music across entire platform.
  • Composing over 200 original written pieces to date, comprising of personal essays, reviews, lists, poetry, and op-eds spanning topics such as music, mental health, culture, entertainment, and philosophy for various publications and submitted for approval by editors and publishers.
  • Amassing roughly 850 followers and counting.
  • Achieving Feature Writer status in 1 publication for poetry.
  • Achieving Top Writer status in 1 publication for personal essays.

Author

Independent
08.2019 - Current
  • Self-publishing 2 poetry and lyrical prose collections in various formats including paperback, ebook, and audio-book.
  • Featuring piece in Poetic Anarchy Press - The Blood Rag publication
  • Winning 1st Prize in Heavy Metal Haiku Contest for Brutally Delicious Podcast.
  • Marketing books through social media platforms and advertising services including podcasts, newsletters, blogs, and reviews.

Lead Vocalist/Lyricist

Dehumanized
08.2011 - 07.2019
  • Toured independently and via booking agencies in various territories including US, Europe, South America, and Canada to promote releases.
  • Composed and arranged vocals and lyrics in studios for 2 original albums released via independent record labels
  • Composed and arranged vocals and lyrics in studios for featured appearances on other artists' albums
  • Promoted band's music, merchandise, tours, shows, and brand by maintaining social media presence, distributing promotional materials at concerts, doing radio, podcast, video, and magazine interviews
  • Managed band's finances
  • Wrote band's press/promotional releases, biographies
  • Developed fruitful relationships with artists, studio engineers, producers, record label executives, booking agents, promoters, venues, public-relations agencies, band/tour managers, graphic artists, and publications
  • Managed band's web-stores, merchandise, inventory and sales
  • Assisted in tour managing duties

Lead Vocalist/Lyricist

Through The Discipline
05.1997 - 03.2007
  • Toured independently and via booking agencies in various territories including US and Canada to promote releases.
  • Composed and arranged vocals and lyrics in studios for 3 original albums released via independent record labels
  • Composed and arranged vocals and lyrics in studios for featured appearances on other artists' albums
  • Promoted band's music, merchandise, tours, shows, and brand by maintaining social media presence, distributing promotional materials at concerts, doing radio, podcast, video, and magazine interviews
  • Managed band's finances
  • Wrote band's press/promotional releases, biographies
  • Developed fruitful relationships with artists, studio engineers, producers, record label executives, booking agents, promoters, venues, public-relations agencies, band/tour managers, graphic artists, and publications
  • Managed band's web-stores, merchandise inventory and sales
  • Managed band's tour itineraries and logistics

Education

Copy Editing

LinkedIn Learning
Online
11.2022

Queens College of The City University of New York
Flushing, NY

High School Diploma -

Newtown High School
Elmhurst, NY
06.2000

Skills

  • Copywriting
  • Copy editing
  • Journalism
  • Creative writing
  • Business-to-Business (B2B) writing
  • SEO writing
  • WordPress
  • Trello
  • Google docs
  • Excellent researcher
  • Focused communicator and collaborator
  • Social media management
  • Comprehensive knowledge of music industry
  • Writing/publishing marketing materials for artists
  • Writing emails, notes, pitches, and recording/performing contract negotiations
  • Excellent spelling and grammar
  • Original song, vocals, and lyric writer
  • Extensive live performance background
  • Networking
  • Self-publishing books
  • Organizing, strategizing, and meeting deadlines

Timeline

Contributing Writer

The Tonearm
01.2025 - Current

Contributing Writer

New Noise Magazine
11.2021 - Current

Independent Blogger

Medium.com
04.2021 - Current

Author

Independent
08.2019 - Current

Lead Vocalist/Lyricist

Dehumanized
08.2011 - 07.2019

Lead Vocalist/Lyricist

Through The Discipline
05.1997 - 03.2007

Copy Editing

LinkedIn Learning

Queens College of The City University of New York

High School Diploma -

Newtown High School

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