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It’s Valentine’s Day, and Painter Laila Cola Weeks’ Birthday
These works physically draw you in like they’re eye magnets, and then they become heart…
Happy Valentine’s Day from Sam Miller & the Whole Music Industry of Seattle
It’s fun to use lit cigarettes in photos with blue puffed-up smoke in the air…
Love’s Unloving Battlefield
This post, using Grenville Zuzax’s stand-up lament on marriage, is dedicated to the battle scars…
Dead Can’t Dance, part II
In order to create, to really write from your heart, you must have access to…
I Am An Artist #2
From Edie Everette’s “I Am An Artist” series.
El Anatsui: Generator of Ideas
Let yourself think big and then bigger still. Expand your impact.
My Geeky Analog Checklist
It shows me, in a series of clean black and red lines, what I’m spending…
Films for Free, or How I Stopped Worrying About the Budget and Got On Craigslist
Your dollars will go further and you might come up with something you’d never imagined,…
Sample Assignment Agreements for Obtaining Music Rights
Below you’ll find two sample copyright assignments: 1) a basic all-purpose assignment; and 2) an…
Dear Rich: Can Artist Copyright Art and Text Together?
You can copyright a combination of images and text, even if the text by itself…
How to Write a Music Video Treatment: ‘Ferraris On Ice’
It’s a simple, effective way to organize and communicate your ideas, and is an essential…
I Wear Many Hats, Vol. I
I don’t want to admit how many shows I’ve failed to book (at least two)…
Honesty Won’t Fly In Hollywood
I went straight to work in Alex Cox’s production office after that disastrous brush with…
Where’d I Put My Big Girl Pants?
If we want to be working writers, the only thing that really matters is that…
4 Things to Know When Applying for a Reporting Job
Even if you are a social media maven who gets tons of web traffic, your…
Painters: Your Fancy Tools May Be Holding You Back
For an artist, there’s a momentum of exponential discovery and growth that comes with steady…
Tour Brain
Woe to the musician lost in endless halls, quietly trying her room key in a…
What’s In a Story?
Without a connection to the authenticity and story, a project can be hard to see…
Moonlighting Brings Me Closer to My Passion
To help ride the waves of inconsistent finances I have a few different side jobs,…
A Day in the Life of a Filmmaker in Berlin
Wow, I’ve had two of the most incredible days ever. Such highs and lows. This…