Posts by Frank Scacciaferro
Mike Marno: CTO of Middle Eastern Broadcast Network
Mike Marno, the CTO of the Middle Eastern Broadcast Network, is proof positive that your early circumstances don’t define your future. Tracking Mr. Marno’s career of successes and accomplishments you might think he was born into a life of entitlement with a support system that ensured his success. Neither of those elements were present as…
Read MoreDonald Komondy: Food Photographer
Stop me if you heard this story. There was a guy who went to school for Criminology then switch majors to Kinesiology and landed his degree in Economics. Out of school he decided he wanted to become a golf coach. So, he took a job as a rock-climbing instructor. Which of course lead to photography.…
Read MoreMike Klvana: Synthesizer Tech, Piano Tuner
Ever wonder what it would be like having a 30 plus year career working with Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Rascals, Yanni, Josh Groban, Paul Simon, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young/CSN, Phil Collins, Faith Hill, Carole King, Meatloaf, Blondie, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Foreigner, and dozens more. Well you…
Read MoreSophie Leiton Toomey: Student at NYU & working Actress
Sophie Leiton Toomey is a NYU drama major graduating in June of 2023. But Sophie Leiton Toomey is so much more than that. She is already an accomplished actor. She has scripted and produced several short and feature films. She is mentor and inspiration to friends and colleges. But most impressively she is a…
Read MoreJoAnn M. Hunter: Broadway Choreographer/Director/ Actress
If you combined accomplished a Broadway dancer /actor / singer with an accomplished Broadway choreographer then added a large portion of theater director, topped it all off with a brilliant mind and engaging personality, you would have JoAnn M. Hunter. Don’t think one person could process all of those attributes? Then you are in for…
Read MoreMike Bates: Recording Engineer/Construction Project Manager
What happens when a guitar player, meets a recording engineer, meets a firefighter, meets a broadcast A2 and finally meets a Construction Project Manager for a major New Jersey Utility company. What happens ?? Mike Bates happens. Michael Bates is or was all of those things. Succeeding in all those careers. To most it would…
Read MoreSTORYTELLING ISN’T STORY CREATION…SOMETIMES!
Story sounds like a simple word. Sometimes it is. Sometimes it is incredibly complex. A complex story might be a feature film or a book series like The Hobbit or Harry Potter. A Broadway play or even Ted Talks are stories. Then again, it could be as simple as you relating a situation that happened…
Read MoreDON’T PLAY RUSSIAN ROULETTE WITH YOUR CAREER
Stop blaming it on the technology. How often do you hear people say, “I never got that email.” Never got your text” or “My phone never rang”. Stop it! This isn’t 1980 when tech was still glitchy. How about the “My laptop crashed, and I lost all the notes from the preproduction meeting.” “Didn’t get…
Read MoreEXPERIENCE: PRO OR CON
Throughout my career’s early years, all I heard was, “You need more experience.” We all know the catch twenty-two about acquiring experience, “How do you get it if no one will give you a shot without it?” First, having experience doesn’t mean they are good at their job. It doesn’t even mean they know anything…
Read MoreINVENTIONS CREATE OBSOLESCENCE … DON’T LET IT!!
The power of AI, Wonder Studio, the family of Adobe apps, Avid and so much more have changed and are changing the way we create. But unlike past tech, new tech is coming at us so fast and furious (do I have to pay licensing fees for using that phrase) it’s hard to keep up, let alone master them. Historically,…
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