Talents & Skills

You Never Know Until You Ask

I’ve been at my career (life) for a long ass time. I’ve had some really amazing moments along the way.  I’ve learned a ton. I developed an insane network of incredible people. At this point in…

Listening isn’t Just Hearing

A million years ago, I spent my days designing and studying the creation of sound through the technology of analog and digital synthesizers. My nights were occupied by pushing audio faders and tweaking EQs as…

The Internet is a Resource, Not a Mentor

I know I’ve written about this before but it is so important that I thought I’d do it again. Before you get all, “Your generation doesn’t understand how we get our information. Your old ways…

Left/Right isn’t just for Politics

Being a Digital Engineer, primarily hardware engineering, and being a “Creative”, primarily Video, Music and Writing, I’ve been told I use both sides of my brain. Apparently, neuroscience had said that is unusual.   Well now…

Speaking First Doesn’t Make you the Leader

Waiting your turn and laying back in a creative collaboration environment is more beneficial then leading the conversation. The creation of an episodic show, a movie, a play, a song, etc. all need to blend…

Will the Real Storyteller Please Stand Up

Lights, Camera, Action… Is that all it takes to bring a story to life? Some lights, a camera and go for it? As all of you in the biz know, that’s not even close to…

Is a Degree the Only Way In?

Let’s start with one the questions I’ve been asked for the last thirty years by hundreds of different people, “do you need to go to school to be in the entertainment production industry?” Do you need to? No. Should…

Nerves Lead to Success

Them: “When will I stop being nervous at the start of a gig?” Me: “NEVER!!  And that’s a good thing.”   Anatomy of pre show nerves  When I started writing this post I was also in the…

Creatives…You Need to Relax

Calling ALL creatives… “You need to relax…” How many times have you heard someone tell you that! Easy to say … but hard for most of us to do.  If your career depends on you being…

Capturing 9/11 Historically

TOO LONG FOR A POST …BUT WORTH YOUR TIME With the passing of yet another 911 anniversary I am always drawn to the day and the flood of emotions it created. For all of us…