Posts by Frank Scacciaferro
FRANK SAW IT COMING…
“…I’ve been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king I’ve been up and down and over and out…” Remember those lyrics sung by Frank Sinatra? No? Check out his video That’s Life or just the lyrics. This song could easily be your anthem once you decide to choose a life in the…
Read MoreWHAT CAME FIRST, THE TECH OR THE CREATIVE USE
Does tech drive creativity or does creativity drive the development of new tech? In the 70s creative artists turned a device for playing records, the turntable, into an instrument which became the center piece of a new genre of music. That creative use of old tech, tech that was originally developed to playback music from…
Read MoreLEARN BY SCREWING UP
“The greatest teacher, failure is”… spoken by Yoda in The Last Jedi. Other than the word scramble that is Yoda speak, that thought couldn’t be truer. It’s hard to believe when you’re starting out that screwing up on a gig isn’t going to be the end of your career but may be a leap forward.…
Read MoreCROSS TRAINING ISN’T JUST FOR GYM RATS
I spend a lot of time talking about developing your skills, learning the talents that are of value to the industry and Cross Training yourself to perform in different production opportunities. Those are all critical to know but difficult to learn. I say, difficult to learn, not because you don’t have the aptitude to learn…
Read MoreHONORED? OR OVERLOOKED?
“Receiving an award or individual recognition for a collaborative effort is unfair”. You would expect this statement to come from a person who has NOT received awards or recognition for their creative contributions. This time is coming from a person who HAS received many such awards and recognitions. During my career I have received five…
Read MoreNATURAL POSITION
“Natural Position” is a term used in professional sports to describe a position that an athlete is “naturally” built to play. This natural ability is driven by either experience, physical characteristics or an innate aptitude, as opposed to a position he / she is being forced or asked to play other than their natural position…
Read MoreONE MAN CANNOT SUMMON THE FUTURE
When we look back to how things were done in the past, we usually say, “wow they must have loved what they did because it took so much time and work to accomplish.” Now imagen seventy-five years from now what people will say about us, “wow they must have loved what they did because it…
Read MorePUT UP OR SHUT UP.
Some people train daily for hours in a gym, some study a single subject for years, many spend a life time honing their skills to a fine edge. All preparing in anticipation of an opportunity that hopefully will just show up at their front door. Then there are others who just walk onto the playing…
Read MoreMASTER GLASS BLOWING IN A WEEK!
MASTER GLASS BLOWING IN A WEEK! I was thinking I wanted to become a master glass blower. I set aside a week or two figuring that’s more than enough time. I watched a few videos on You Tube and it looked pretty easy. Well after several few weeks of burning my hands, wasting a lot…
Read MoreWHEN WILL I EVER NEED TO KNOW THIS…?
Remember saying those words, “When will I ever need to know this…” while sitting in algebra, earth science or any other class you had no interest in. Well, you may not have ever used the exact formulas you memorized for the algebra test BUT without realizing it you probably learned how to solve life problems.…
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