Monetizing Your Creativity - Pursuing a career in film, television, writing, theatre, music & design with your talents

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of Monetizing Your Creativity. I’m your host Marvin Polis. This is actually going to be a very short episode because I’m here to let you know that our podcast is going on hiatus for a while. In the meantime, we’d like to suggest that you dive into the archives for some inspirational episodes to help you launch and leverage your creative career. With 125 episodes, there’s something for everyone. Even if an episode seems like it might not apply to you, there are universal lessons everywhere. So for instance, if you’re an actor, do listen to the episodes about music … and so on. On behalf of my co-producer and co-host Fred Keating, we want to encourage you to stay subscribed so you’ll know when we have news to announce. If you want to keep tabs on Fred, you can follow him on Facebook and you really should check out an intriguing project he’s working on called Studio in the Sky. Just go to Vimeo and search for Studio in the Sky, new trailer. As for me, you can check out a professional development podcast that I produce for a local chapter of my professional association, the International Association of Business Communicators, otherwise known as IABC. This podcast also talks about earning a living with your creativity, although the focus is much more narrow than the Monetizing Your Creativity podcast. So if you’re interested in applying your talents specifically to marketing and public relations, go to iTunes or SoundCloud and search for IABC Edmonton. Thanks for listening, everyone.

Welcome to another themed episode drawing upon the advice and counsel of various guests on a single topic. The topic: When creativity meets business acumen Four multi-talented and experienced entrepreneurs prove it is possible to pursue your creative passion and make a good living from doing so. It helps if one’s passion for a creative career is balanced by an appreciation of (or skills in) the business side of show business. Toronto-based Todd Latham is the President of Actual Media. Growing up along with digital media, Todd’s success story runs from his first newsletter Newd Flash to his current publications on environmental subjects such as ReNew Magazine and Water Canada. He also produces the Canadian Water Summit and Water’s Next Awards as President of Blue Events. Todd discusses the creation and progression of business opportunities and partnerships that have allowed him to make his publishing and environmental conservation dreams come true. Lindy Sisson is a connector. As the presenter and administrator of a large arts society and venue, she connects her community audiences with arts activities and productions that she feels will resonate. Her advice about building trust with stakeholders can be applied to any of the various arts projects you may be trying to get off the ground. Sarah Klodt and Emily Tepper are the Geek Crossing girls. From simply seeking space to create their own geek-themed artwork outside of their already crowded homes, these two self-confessed geeks have created a business that provides them and many other artists with a place with which to earn a living. Geek Crossing is a community centre that boasts studio space, arts supplies, classes and a store through which artists can sell their work. Brian Keating (no relation to Fred) is a multi-media powerhouse. From his love of wildlife and wild places, Brian has built a career that involves speaking programs, writing books for children, creating a television series, regular radio appearances and taking people on tours to fantastic and remote corners of the planet. His success is all based on this own love of storytelling about the wonders of the wild world. If you cannot find a business entity willing to support your work, you may want to consider starting one. Nothing succeeds like success! SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE MONETIZING YOUR CREATIVITY PODCAST: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

Welcome to another themed episode drawing upon the advice and counsel of various guests on a single topic. The topic: Making it in LA. Four experienced individuals (a media entrepreneur, publicist, film festival founder and talent agent) share their own “Making it in LA” stories with Marv and Fred. They are proof positive that creative people need other creative people in order to earn a living in media industries. Nobody does it alone. Cachita Hynes is the founder of the style-revamp company, Style on the Spot. She’s also a model, TV host, blogger and former Marketing Director of Worldwide Distribution for MGM. Cachita currently serves a roster of clients as a digital marketing consultant, helping other companies and organizations get their stories to a global audience. Kelly Wilson is a connector. She brings together people who have stories to tell with people who need stories to tell. This young publicist has helped arrange some interviews for Marv and Fred at international events and locations. In fact, Kelly was the person who connected us with Cachita Hynes! Daniel Sol brought his event management abilities from Miami to Los Angeles and co-founded the annual Hollywood Shorts Festival that showcases emerging and mature filmmakers along with monthly film-related events. What a way to build a personal and professional network! Michael Levitt, successful businessman from Los Angeles, made a mid-life career change to become a talent agent in Vancouver, Canada. He attracted success through a combination of applying his mentoring skills to young performers and his business skills to casting directors. He's known for his effectiveness in getting his clients auditions and roles in film and television. SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE MONETIZING YOUR CREATIVITY PODCAST: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

Welcome to another themed episode drawing upon the advice and counsel of various guests on a single topic. This week's topic: Acting careers – stage and screen. Four multi-talented and experienced performers share with Marvin and Fred their own career stories and tips for navigating the tumultuous rapids of an acting career. Amy Shostak is a talented theatre artist whose improv skills in performance and directing have taken her to festivals and live special events all around the world. She also performs in the television series Tiny Plastic Men and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s radio series The Irrelevant Show. Amy describes why many professionals could benefit from improv workshops to learn about and sharpen their own abilities in collaborative work situations. Brothers Dann and Dave Florek join Marvin and Fred in Los Angeles to discuss the similarities and differences in technique required for performing on stage and on screen. Valuable tips emerge! Check their track records on imdb.com. The Florek Brothers’ lists of engagements in film and television alone read like the history of screen media over the last 40 years! Not many performers celebrate 25 years in the business at the ripe old age of 31! Vancouver-based actor and musician Travis Turner describes his formal training at the Langara College Film Arts program and his decision to form a company to benefit more from the “business” side of show business. For more information on the Langara College Film Arts program, listen to Episode 084 of our podcast with Garwin Sanford, the Head of Film Arts. SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE MONETIZING YOUR CREATIVITY PODCAST: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

Fred and Marvin have put together another themed episode that draws upon the wisdom of various guests on a single topic. Three multi-talented musicians share with you their own particular experiences in "The Business of Music”. Patched in from France, Mark Olson, an American horn player for European orchestras, shares his stories of breaking into the business, getting lessons from the best in the world and the challenges of auditions. And how the horn has been his ticket around the world for more than 30 years! Patrick O’Connell, a California-based musician shares his advice with budding musicians on everything from why musicians should TEACH as soon as possible and the self-managed approach to getting your music sold and listened to in the music business’ constantly shifting environments. Nashville-based Lera Lynn, who plays the bar singer on the HBO series “True Detective”, shares her stories about what happens when you "stay true to you”. She describes what she’s learned from other musicians (k.d. lang, T Bone Burnett) and about the power of relationships, while at the same time relying on yourself. SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE MONETIZING YOUR CREATIVITY PODCAST: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

In another of our themed episodes, Marvin and Fred visit the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS) convention and speak with four champions of motivational speaking. They pepper their presentations with humour and great advice on building and living a creative life. The two themes explored in this episode are “Getting Started” and “Everything You Do is Grist for the Creative Mill.” Comedian, author and comedy coach Judy Carter describes the difference between public speaking and stand-up comedy. You'll want to pay special attention to her “59 Refusals” story! As a refugee from Vietnam, Vinh Giang grew up in Australia. How can changing your environment change your life? This accomplished magician explains how to have more confidence. It’s easier than you think. But listen carefully … You are your main competitor! Corey Perlman, President of eBoot Camp and author of the bestseller “Social Media Overload!”, discusses the challenges facing millenials in navigating the various types of social media and interpersonal relationships and how that can inhibit creative activity. And Second City comedy veteran Ron Tite, Team Leader at the Tite Group, explains how to circumvent the “traditional” routes to creative success by taking charge of your own destiny. Getting started and moving forward! Everything you’ve experienced up to now is still waiting to be utilized in your ongoing and upcoming adventures! Listen and learn. SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE MONETIZING YOUR CREATIVITY PODCAST: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

In this next of our series of themed episodes, we continue on the topic of speaking professionally. Marvin and Fred talk to four more contemporary champions of motivational speaking at the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS) convention. The common undercurrent is: “You need a little help from your friends in business.” Getting acquainted with the business side of show business is important. Things like bookkeeping, accounting and contracts. That can be a lot to learn, so it might make more sense to find people who not only are experts in those activities, but also enjoy doing them the same way you enjoy acting, music, dance, painting, etc. Those people exist. You simply need to expand your personal and professional network to a point where you have a group of experts in different arenas of show business to help you make decisions that are in your best interest. In this episode you’ll hear: Patricia Fripp on how to generate conversations at social events that could lead to professional engagements. Hint: Once again it involves friends promoting each other for mutual benefit. Peter Legge on the need for initiative and creative promotional strategies. Michelle Cederberg on the importance of drive coupled with fitness so that your creativity is stoked by your healthy balance of sleep, diet and exercise. Hugh Culver on the importance of creating a team of associates to assist in supporting your blog so that your audience is served without you having to be deeply involved on a daily basis. Once again we learn that no one of us is as smart as all of us! SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE MONETIZING YOUR CREATIVITY PODCAST: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

Question: Where do professional motivational speakers go to get motivated and trade trade secrets? Answer: The annual national CAPS Convention. CAPS stands for Canadian Association of Professional Speakers but professional speakers, business coaches, corporate trainers and meeting facilitators from all over the world gather there each year to learn from one another. Marvin and Fred set up camp right in the middle of the busy exhibit hall and interviewed some of the superstars of public speaking. In this themed episode, we interview the Executive Director and organizer of the convention, Sheri Bricks, as well as bestselling authors and speakers Vince Poscente (former Olympian) and Dan Thurmon (author of Off Balance on Purpose). Behind every inspiring speaker there is an inspiring story and you’ll hear some of them in this episode produced right in the middle of the convention. SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE MONETIZING YOUR CREATIVITY PODCAST: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

In this specially-themed episode, Marvin and Fred speak to three contemporary writers of non-fiction and discuss the steps in the writing process that take place prior to and after the actual “pounding it out” on the keyboard. Tracey Friesen shares with you how ideas for subject matter present themselves and how to locate natural partners to assist in bringing your book to publication. Eric Termuende describes the importance of a team consisting of other writers, editors and promotional efforts to get the book polished, published and then properly distributed and sold. Patrick Dillon, opera critic and interviewer in New York City, suggests ways to act upon your particular passion and generate writing assignments for yourself. Once again, we find there is no ONE way to pursue a career in creative arts endeavours … there is only YOUR way. But where writing careers are concerned, there are thousands of willing role models such as other writers, editors, publishers, design artists and public relations professionals eager to share their ideas for success with you. Begin here with these three professionals: Tracey, Eric and Patrick. Then get to work! SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE MONETIZING YOUR CREATIVITY PODCAST: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

Welcome to the first in a series of themed episodes of Monetizing Your Creativity. In this edition, Marvin pulls segments of Fred’s interviews with arts specialists who dedicate time and energy not only to their own studio work but also invest in the development and teaching of other individuals. Chrysalis is an organization that discovers the abilities in individuals with disabilities and trains them for volunteer or part-time / full-time employment. As part of programming to explore and develop a variety of latent artistic talents and mastery of social situations, artists who are excellent in their own personal arts activities encourage the learners to expand personal and professional horizons through various forms of art … painting, sculpting, movement, speech and music. A variety of these specialists spoke with Fred about how their teaching of arts to others actually enhanced their own creative energy and output. Both the therapists and their students have found ways to monetize their own creativity in a way that allows them to do what they love on a daily basis. In fact, the very process of creating artwork is therapeutic and the products of that energy can be sold in order to earn money to continue the production of more art. Whatever craft category you may love to work in, don’t deny yourself the pleasure of sharing the love you have for the artist and talent in you with others. Water those human seedlings and watch them grow and thrive and create more original work to share with the world. SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE MONETIZING YOUR CREATIVITY PODCAST: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

After the shooting for top-notch television or film production comes the phase rarely seen by civilians: the mysterious world of post production. This is where all the production elements come together in one final burst of creative collaboration. Sound, editing, music, colour correction, and a variety of necessary tweaks take projects from persistence to perfection. Marvin re-visits Vancouver’s post production guru Randy Egan in his brand new Post Pro Media facility and gets a tour courtesy of Randy, Project Manager Kylie Kumar and VID (Very Important Dog) Bandit (who doesn’t actually say too much but adds attitude and atmosphere). And atmosphere is important for Post Pro Media’s staff and clients as it is a space where many short timelines make for many long days, Hospitality is key! And on this tour of Randy’s much-expanded facilities almost every aspect of the premises aims to make visiting clients feel right at home. A combination of public and private working spaces makes the final creative processes comfortable and productive for all participants. Kylie’s path from producing in the advertising world to serving advertising clients is an interesting one if for no other reason than her ultimate description of why she loves her job: At the end of the day, it’s meant to be fun! SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE MONETIZING YOUR CREATIVITY PODCAST: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

When Marvin was recently strolling the bilingual boulevards of Montreal, Canada he visited the workshop of Greenfield Guitars* to interview some of that city’s best musicians. Composer and studio musician Kevin Tighe is one of those outstanding people. Kevin's specialty is creating music that underscores television and theatre productions. Although Kevin doesn’t perform his own work live in public, his compositions have been heard by millions of people around the world! His unique success in music and the media industry is based on relationships. Human connections. Knowing people who know people who need the kind of work that Kevin can produce. You’ll hear why Kevin considers professional resumes irrelevant. And how the new and constantly expanding digital music libraries offer both opportunities and challenges to musicians. And the importance of becoming familiar with collecting the royalties due to composers based on how often their music is used. Kevin’s practical approach to his craft and his advice to you echoes one of this podcast’s recurring themes: Monetizing Your Creativity is do-able. Not necessarily easy. But do-able. Kevin Tighe tells you how he’s done it. *Listen to Episode 098 as Michael Greenfield describes making and selling custom guitars for the stars, including Keith Richards from the Rolling Stones! SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE MONETIZING YOUR CREATIVITY PODCAST: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

Lindy Sisson was born into a showbiz family and grew up taking tickets, printing posters, and dancing in productions put on in the community theatre group created and sustained by her parents and surrounding regional audiences. That combination of artistic and administrative talent has come in quite handy. Lindy is now both the Executive Director and Artistic Director of ACT, a Canadian arts centre that incorporates performing, teaching and art studio spaces for professional and student participants to hone their skills in creative arts activities. Lindy describes the challenges of creating “your own family” in the arts in the absence of support within your home, school or community environment. Belief in your own success and confidence in your own production skills – whatever they may be – is critical to a healthy and happy pursuit of a career in the arts. Lindy also recommends exploring one of the recurring themes of this podcast: often the most effective way of generating support for your creative endeavours is to start by supporting the creative work of others. Helping others achieve their artistic goals simultaneously builds your own personal and professional networks. All sorts of amazing results can materialize in ways one can’t imagine … Imagine that! As Lindy’s father used to say, “Make a difference in the world and have a lot of fun doing it!” SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE MONETIZING YOUR CREATIVITY PODCAST: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

He is introduced on set to newly arrived actors as the “Voice of Fargo” on the Emmy Award winning TV series. That’s because dialect coach and actor David LeReaney is in charge of ensuring the authentic distinctive Minnesota dialect in Fargo’s cast of characters whether those performers come from various parts of America, the UK, or Australia. In addition to his service as dialect coach in the first seasons of the show, he is now a regularly featured character on the series. Marvin and Fred caught up with David just after one of his workshop presentations to performers on accents and dialects. David has built himself a bulletproof approach to success in the performing arts. He has been an actor, director, dialect coach, voice artist and teacher. His aim was always to find a way (or ways!) to make a living doing what he loved to do and he has done it! And now, when not on location, David delights in sharing his skills with others in workshops designed to help other performers increase their skills. Believe in yourself and PERSIST! Visit davidlereaney.com for more information on how you could benefit from working with David LeReaney. SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE MONETIZING YOUR CREATIVITY PODCAST: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

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In this episode, Fred and Marv chat with Dana Gonzales, a Primetime Emmy Award winner for his work on the television series Fargo. Dana was also an integral part of the Oscar winning film Crash. Dana's rise through the ranks is impressive - from truck driver to Director of Photography! His path was punctuated by several time-outs, giving him an appreciation of the various craft categories that work around a cinematographer and make the filmmaking process a more collaborative one for all concerned. Learn how Dana has really steered his career in a business that he unabashedly loves. This mentor has great thoughts for you about job interviews and “chemistry” between artists when all the competitors for the job are equally capable. He describes the advantage of telegraphing to others what you want to do and achieve as a means of generating great referrals that lead to new opportunities. As an accomplished Director of Photography, Dana knows that looking through a lens is more than just looking at life (or ‘pretend’ life). He gets to create a mood in the world of the story being told on the screen. He's living his dream. And he tells you how he got there! Lots to learn from this chat … no matter what your craft category. SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE MONETIZING YOUR CREATIVITY PODCAST: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

How can you go viral without even trying? One way is to strike a strong emotional chord and have fun while doing it. Satire is a strong pull. Dave Carroll sang his way into YouTube history and about 400 textbooks on customer service and public relations with his viral video, United Breaks Guitars. He also made Time Magazine's list of top 10 viral videos in 2009. Impressive! Dave started as a musician with his brother in a group called the Sons of Maxwell and they made a good living touring the world for 20 years. Then an incident one fateful day in 2008 on the tarmac at O’Hare Airport in Chicago triggered a series of events that changed his life forever. It also … eventually … caused many changes in customer service at large corporations around the world. Dave tells the story behind his meteoric rise as a storyteller in this interview at the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS)2016 convention in Edmonton, Canada. This convention took place (ironically!) at a hotel attached to the Edmonton International Airport! CAPS is dedicated to the professional development of motivational speakers, keynote presenters, business coaches and meeting facilitators from all over Canada. Many of their busiest members also belong to the National Speakers Association (NSA), the American version of CAPS. Displaying an attitude associated with Canadians, one of Dave’s more essential messages in this interview is: “Saying ‘sorry’ is never a bad idea.” Hear Dave out and then … For a little YouTube flashback visit, the full story and a glimpse of all three versions of the United Breaks Guitars song visit www.unitedbreaksguitars.com For all other media insights, stick with Monetizing Your Creativity! SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE MONETIZING YOUR CREATIVITY PODCAST: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

Marvin is on the loose again in Montreal and back at Greenfield Guitars to interview African percussionist Moise (MO – eez) Yawo Matey. Moise asks you to consider the cost of participating in the music business and the necessity of recovering, if not exceeding, those costs. Otherwise, you may end up playing for free until you decide not to play at all! Moise has made Montreal his home since 2005 and is an integral part of the music scene in that city. His connections with a variety of musicians and musical groups has given him the opportunity to play all over North America and Europe. He describes the networking – both personal and over social media – that every musician needs to spend time on as you never know when an opportunity may present itself … but you need to be there to take advantage of the gift! Moise and his unique percussion sounds and skills have struck partnerships with other musicians and musical styles from jazz to up-tempo African traditional to Celtic! Spread the sound around in your own particular style and keep in mind that it helps to adapt the sound principles of traditional business to show business! SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE MONETIZING YOUR CREATIVITY PODCAST: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

In this episode of the Monetizing Your Creativity mentorship podcast, Fred flies solo into the heart of Vancouver, Western Canada's media centre. He talks with documentary film producer and author Tracey Friesen. Tracey's book "Story Money Impact" is THE guidebook for emerging and active documentarians seeking information and support to share their stories on screen. There are many reasons to listen to this episode, but the top three are Tracey's take on: 1) Preparing the interview or pitch for your dream job and building trust. 2) The National Film Board of Canada's premises and procedures (Tracey is a former executive producer at the NFB). 3) The amazing story behind the making of "Being Caribou", a Canadian classic documentary. Tracey is the go-to person on the tricky business of documentary production from story to fundraising through production and distribution. Visit: www.storymoneyimpact.com SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE MONETIZING YOUR CREATIVITY PODCAST: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

Marvin is on the loose in Montreal again! In this episode of the Monetizing Your Creativity mentorship podcast, Marvelous Marvin elicits great advice for creative entrepreneurs from fashion designer, stylist and boutique boss Manika Gaudet. Manika describes moving from creating dresses for her childhood dolls to real live fashion models and actors. Whether designing fashion for runway and retail, or wardrobe for television shows, Manika creates pieces that are distinct. She understands that standing out from the crowd is a key aspect of marketing yourself. Manika shares all this and other very worthwhile advice for entrepreneurs in any business or creative venture. From working at home to building a team, from selling online to outreach via social media, Manika Gaudet is a role model who knows how to manage and promote her creative career internationally. Meet Manika at: www.manikfashion.com/en https://www.facebook.com/manika.gaudet SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE MONETIZING YOUR CREATIVITY PODCAST: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

Many people think of the term “arts administration” as an oxymoron. Similar to “deafening silence”, “living dead” or “jumbo shrimp”. People wonder what arts have to do with administration and what administration has to do with arts. Plenty. And the proof is personified in Julian Mayne, a musician who has capitalized on his management expertise to enhance the performances of many great stars by producing their concerts, converting and creating space where art can take place in a city, and pulling teams together for massive arts infrastructure projects. Yet, he still finds time for the personal pursuit and pleasure of his own performance talents. Julian shares with you some very personal decisions as to why his particularly stable (and successful) career has given him and other artists the opportunity to create more spaces and involve more faces in a city’s active arts scene. Arts administration gives an artist an opportunity to stay gainfully employed and keep his or her talent flourishing just as it gives an administrator unique experiences supporting the arts generally, and artists specifically, as they do what they do best. Successful and effective arts administrators get directly involved in shaping the creative process. Arts administration is a leadership profession that brings people together to accomplish the kinds of achievement they could never experience without the support of others. BTW: Are you aware of Marshall McLuhan’s influence on various media arts in the world? If not, look him up! This interview was conducted in the dining room of his birth home in Edmonton, Canada. No, he was not at the interview. But his spirit was! SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE MONETIZING YOUR CREATIVITY PODCAST: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

“I pay attention to life.” So says a documentary filmmaker who actually gets “the shivers” when she senses the spark of a story that needs to be told. Some have been taught to follow their bliss. Viveka Melki (After Circus) taught herself to follow her instinct. And that has led to some incredible stories being shared with audiences around the world. Can history disappear? Are we doomed to forget? What if stories have been told and retold by millions but you have yet to do your version? Trust your vision. Use your voice. Find the stories that resonate with you and tell them from your perspective. What is YOUR perspective? (Ah, that’s the question!) Where is your community and who are you in that community? Viveka shares her perspective with you. Your move. Your turn. SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE MONETIZING YOUR CREATIVITY PODCAST: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

Want a case study in crowdfunding for creative projects? You've come to the right place! Producer Kelly Wolfert of Leven Creative describes SpiderMable The Film, a full length feature documentary about a six-year old kid with cancer who has morphed into a heroic seven-year old global ambassador for charitable fundraising. As we've said many times, if you have a compelling story to tell, people will support you. Kelly reveals some of the details of the story, the challenges of crowdfunding and how similar projects could be developed by creative teams contributing their time and talents to the development of great stories. Long story short: this particular tale is a terrific example of how you can put your talents into the production of someone else's great story or cause. Your participation, in turn, showcases your talent, develops your own professional network and increases opportunities for your own career. Everyone wins! Just sayin’. BTW, although the lessons in this episode are timeless, you really should listen as quickly as possible if you want to contribute to SpiderMable's crowdfunding campaign and help tell a great story. SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE MONETIZING YOUR CREATIVITY PODCAST: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

In this episode, Marvin is on the loose in Montreal where he visits le maison de Mark Krupa (White House Down, Sum of All Fears, Assassin's Creed, The Wild Hunt). Mark is a fluently bilingual (French and English) photographer, actor, producer, screenwriter and reality television host. As Marv chats with Mark, it becomes clear that V stands for victory. And V stands for versatility. And often one V leads to another! The phrase "One river, many streams!" comes to mind. Mark Krupa refuses to be out of work. He explains to you how and why he has created so many options for himself. From his acting in "White House Down" to voicing and mo-cap (motion capture) work for numerous characters in the "Assassin's Creed" video game, Mark enjoys all aspects of creative adventure. Mark's motto: "You need to do what you need to do!" Should you have a Plan B or leap without a parachute? It's a question we ask a lot of our guests. Find out which approach Mark prefers. SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE MONETIZING YOUR CREATIVITY PODCAST: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

Content is King! If you are pursuing a career in a creative activity, what kind of content are you creating to take to the marketplace? What have you written, painted, composed, photographed, played or recorded lately? Are you using social media tools such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, IMDb and/or Twitter to share that content with the world? Have you done a TED Talk? Consultant and author Eric Termuende (pronounced Tur–Monday) does all of the above. And so can you. Eric is one of the founding principals of Dryver. The team at Dryver helps organizations find people who fit their organizational culture and also shape the culture that keeps team members happy and productive. In this episode of our podcast, Eric describes an important insight. If your work is what defines you, finding the right place to do that work is essential to your well-being and the quality of your work. Creative people know that work isn't drudgery that you HAVE to do. Work is what you GET to do and look forward to doing. If you are lucky and prepared, that is. And if people are aware of your skills and want to seek you out, how easy would that be? If Marvin and Fred were trying to research you as a possible interview subject, how easy would it be to find evidence of your capabilities? By the time you read this, Eric's book Rethink Work: Finding and Keeping the Right Talent will be available on Amazon. You might want to check out the book and then create some of your own content today that alerts the world to the quality of creative work you have to offer. Content is King! SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE MONETIZING YOUR CREATIVITY PODCAST: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

Need answers to questions from caring friends and family about the usefulness or transferability of training in theatre? Well, creative artists are some of the most independent, entrepreneurial and strategic individuals inside or outside of major organizations and industries. Just ask the many doctors, politicians, union stewards, lawyers, teachers and other professionals who have studied improv, acting or other basic performance skills. They will tell you they've increased the quality of their interactions with clients, industry audiences and co-workers. This can be really effective in interviews, meetings and presentations. In this episode of the Monetizing Your Creativity mentorship podcast, Marvin is in Montreal, Quebec, one of North America’s most cosmopolitan of cultural bastions with a distinctly Continental flair. And like a moth drawn to a flame, Marvin flies into a tour of the nooks, crannies and corridors of creativity at the National Theatre School of Canada. His guest is the English Section’s Artistic Director, Alisa Palmer. The school also has a mirror-image French Section in a nearby venue Click to listen and hone your ability to express yourself because, as Alisa reminds you: You are your own living resume. Remain resilient. And you won’t need a Plan B. SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE MONETIZING YOUR CREATIVITY PODCAST: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

OK, here's a really interesting twist on a creative career. Go to film school and then don't actually produce films. Instead, get into marketing for the creative industries! Promoting major international media events for people who often produce major international media events themselves is quite a challenge and a great career. Scott Benzie tells you all about it. Scott is the Director of Marketing at Brunico Communications where he arranges the websites, promotional content, media releases and marketing strategies for the company, as well as facilitating business meetings and opportunities for delegates at events such as the annual legendary Banff World Media Festival. Scott finds the appeal of marketing is that your success can be measured objectively in the numbers achieved in the various tasks you are assigned. And one can still do business and socialize with the movers and shakers in media as “they often need your services as much as you need their business." Describing the many steppingstones to his current position, Scott has found that the various puzzle pieces in your career present themselves when you are ready to work them into the mix. Our favourite piece of advice from Scott: “Never fall in love with your job. Fall in love with what you do.” We’ll let Scott explain why. SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE MONETIZING YOUR CREATIVITY PODCAST: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

How often do you as an artist contribute in practical ways to the success of other artists? And how will those supportive activities contribute to your own success, generate revenue for your business and fuel your own creative output? In this episode, Marvin is on the move in Montreal with custom guitar maker for the stars, Michael Greenfield. Marv tours the workshop of this musician and craftsman who has created unique instruments for some of the outstanding musical artists of our time. Michael shares the story of how Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones became a return customer! Michael also describes the challenges of keeping a business alive with such a narrow niche of purchasers of his high-end instruments. Agreements with artists regarding their support for his business as well as opening his workshop several times a year for well known musicians to play small informal concerts are among the marketing strategies Michael uses. And how does your own approach to your creative business resemble a freight train? Michael Greenfield explains. All you have to do is listen. You can learn more about Michael at www.greenfieldguitars.com Subscribe to the free Monetizing Your Creativity podcast: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

Welcome to the Red Carpet episode from the 37th Annual Banff World Media Festival! In June 2016, Marvin and Fred interviewed some amazing award-winning celebrities at the internationally coveted Rockie Awards. Tip of the Iceberg cubes are listed here. The full context will be unleashed when you listen to this fantastic mentorship episode. “Don’t burn bridges!” Gerry Dee (Comedian and Co-creator of CBC TV’s “Mr. D”). “Help that guy. Follow that guy!” Don Carmody (Producer of the Resident Evil films, Pompeii, the Meatballs and Porky’s franchises). “Expect criticism. Use it to improve! Share your talent.” Producer Louise Lynch and Director David Barnes (Award-winning Sleeping Lions - BBC 2 drama for youth). “I heard the word ‘no’ but I didn’t really hear it!” Matthew Rodrigues (Reporter and Producer at POPSUGAR, the international media current events blockbuster series on television and the web). “What’s funny is honesty. When it’s about you, nobody can steal it.” Russell Peters (Global funny man/movie star from Last Comic Standing, The Jungle Book, with a new international television series in production). “Your story matters. It’s gonna be alright! Relax!” LeVar Burton (Roots, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Reading Rainbow, Big Bang Theory). These professionals know how to pursue success in the media business. And they share their secrets with you! Subscribe to the free Monetizing Your Creativity podcast: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

Not everyone can say they fired their music teacher at age 6 and then went on to compose music for a worldwide audience of 4 billion people! But Jan Randall can. Jan uses his "perfect pitch" to create, produce, direct and perform music for radio, film, television and live events (we'll let him tell you the story about the audience of 4 billion). His skills allow him to work where and when he wants. In addition to his many contract gigs in the entertainment industry, he currently teaches at the Victoria Conservatory of Music on Vancouver Island, Canada. On the outside, Jan Randall is a real person. But inside, he is a world of music. He doesn't "live" in a world of music. He IS a world of music. Jan may have started earlier than most on the road to his music career and that road has had its own unique collection of twists, turns and bumpy stretches ... but his success was no accident. He tells a compelling story about how his fine-tuned networking skills, plus a keen understanding of a producer's vision, can cause one gig to beget the next. As they say, one thing leads to another. As Jan's career challenges became a bit more complex, he was constantly learning, adapting and acquiring the necessary tools to more quickly identify and deal with opportunities and obstacles. You can learn a lot from Jan the mentor! Have a listen. Subscribe to the free Monetizing Your Creativity podcast: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

Two. Two. Two generations for the price of one! Sometimes a business passes from father to son when father retires and son takes over. And sometimes … there is a delightful overlap. Such is the case with Rantdog Animation Studios duo Norm and Chris Fassbender. Marv and Fred tracked down the talented twosome at the annual Banff World Media Festival. After many years spent pitching ideas at Banff, this year father Norm hands the reins to son Chris who takes the lead with the pitching. The in-house intergenerational dynamics are refereed by producer (and mother!) Kate Holowach. Mother, father and son all bring perspectives to Rantdog that are influenced by their unique life experiences. It's a complex dynamic that creates fantastic results. Don’t have a parent in the business to give and take advice? That’s what mentors are for. You might be surprised at the ways your youthful energy and approach to your craft might contribute to a veteran’s creative output. Network, Network! Network! Create your own alliances. You have more to contribute than you might think. Rantdog Animation has a bumpy barking approach that works for them. There’s yippin’ and nippin’ but the results pay off. Subscribe to the free Monetizing Your Creativity podcast: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

What does it take to develop marvelous harmonies in your music career ... or any creative career for that matter? The three singing-songwriting sisters who make up The Staves share their thoughts with you in this episode. Marvin caught up with the UK-born trio in Canada at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival where Emily, Jessica and Camilla Stavely-Taylor describe the organic growth to the development of their group and the popularity gained over several years before finding a record deal, manager and producer. They also talk about the importance of collaboration. You can't do it alone! They talk about collaborating with Justin Vernon of Grammy-winning Bon Iver. Justin himself has been a collaborator with Kanye West (one of the most awarded artists of all time). It's all a virtuous circle. The women each share their own perspective on creative careers. Some of the lessons have to do with the unproductive practice of comparing yourself to others rather than focusing on finding your own voice. The story is still being written as The Staves tour internationally and their following grows. You cannot predict the future but you can continue to influence it on a daily basis. Subscribe to the free Monetizing Your Creativity podcast: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

What can we tell you? The woman likes to make people happy. From improv onstage (TheatreSports League) to writing comic sketches on radio (CBC Radio’s The Irrelevant Show) or working as part of a team in television series writing rooms, Diana Frances knows what she needs to keep herself happy as well. Apparently there’s a lot to be learned waiting tables! In this interview from the Banff World Media Festival, Diana talks about taking responsibility for other peoples’ experience. She also shares thoughts on passive-aggressive workplaces and what it takes to please individuals in an audience who are paying to be served … whether the product is French fries or a side order of satire. Diana is serious about being funny. And very honest about how hard it can be to juggle what you love to do with what you have to do until you can make a decent living doing what you love to do. So do what you need to do to make that happen. Run yourself like you are your own business. Cuz you are! Diana Frances is a story that needs to be told. And she tells it best. Subscribe to the free Monetizing Your Creativity podcast: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

One man. Many voices. Bryce Papenbrook is a martial arts warrior who morphed into the man of many voices for hit TV series and video games including Call of Duty, Attack on Titan and Sword Art Online. Marvin and Fred caught up with Bryce after an autograph session at Animethon in Edmonton, Canada. At this annual conference, anime fans (10,000 on this day) get to meet the people who voice their favorite anime films, TV series and games. The same skills of discipline, practice and repetition that fuelled Bryce's martial arts career come into good use in the sound booth. Knowing how to deliver (and take!) a punch helps Bryce provide realistic vocal and physical reactions that bring authenticity to fight scenes. His stamina and energy allow Bryce to move easily from one booth and story to another in what can sometimes turn into an eight-hour day voicing eight or more characters. Bryce shares his approach to finding and staying in character in the booth, as well as staying collaborative during the audition sessions. Yup, even the best talents have to audition for each opportunity. Where the mental and physical aspects of competition and character meet … you’ll find Bryce Papenbrook. Or, at the very least, hear him! Subscribe to the free Monetizing Your Creativity podcast: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

Keena Herman is one of a team of writers, animators and designers called Castle Acadia in Calgary, Canada. The group provides services to corporate clients as well as developing their own original projects. Having won a major competition for seed money for their latest animated fantasy adventure series called “Noonright”, Keena and team attended the Banff World Media Festival to pitch their concept to broadcasters and production studios. That's where Marvin had Keena pitch the series to him as she put it to her prospective buyers. There are certain principles of pitching to keep in mind prior to, during and after you put your project on the table. Keena describes for you the preparation process and the items one should have on hand to share with potential funders. Do you have a sizzle reel that demonstrates your proposed story and execution, should people ask to see samples of your work? Could you create a video portfolio so that the work can be seen and experienced? Yes, you could. Remember the old adage: One picture is worth lots and lots of words. Moving pictures are even better. (Or something like that). To view the sample animation for the series Noonright visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEO4NV1XS10 Subscribe to the free Monetizing Your Creativity podcast: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

To some, he’s the master of the horses from the Lord of the Rings. Yes, Lord of the Rings! Those famous battle scenes? John Scott was the genius behind them. Yet to others, John is the ultimate western gentleman ... a western legend. More than 25 motion pictures, TV series and commercials have been shot on his ranch in southern Alberta, Canada where he had three western towns built for this very purpose. How did one of the world's most sought after stunt coordinators and head wranglers get his start? By cleaning out horse trailers in Hollywood ... for free! Over the years, John rose through the ranks training thousands of horses and riders for blockbuster movies like Lord of the Rings, Legends of the Fall (Brad Pitt) and Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood) ... to name just a few. John Scott has positioned himself in the film industry as the provider of services from livestock, riders, stunt coordination, western locations and set decoration pieces such as tack, weapons and period furniture. In this interview from his barn in the foothills of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, John describes for you the opportunities awaiting newcomers to the film business. From the corral to computer graphics suites and everything in between, John understands where the opportunities are. For those willing to work hard, the sacrifices are many. But so are the rewards. How can you bend the mighty motion picture industry to help shape your career? Identify the needs of the moment and the movie … and fulfill them. Learn more from one of the industry's most experienced crew members. Subscribe to the free Monetizing Your Creativity podcast: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

Ashley Comeau’s advice to you all: “Never fail the John Cleese test!” We’ll let her share with you the story behind the quote. Ashley has cobbled together a career in a variety of creative endeavours. All of which have contributed in some way to her current success. She has worked in writing, performing and producing for the prestigious Second City troupe in Toronto, as well as at Montreal’s Just for Laughs Festival. In this interview from the Banff World Media festival, you'll learn how Ashley manages the hard work and intermittent income of the entertainment business. On the one hand, there may be months of six nights and eight shows per week. Then there might be months of working at a desk job or restaurant serving gig to pay the bills and fund your upcoming creative project. All these life experiences can sharpen the mind and body to remain alert to improv opportunities both on stage and off. And Ashley has certainly exercised her own performing and writing skills in both arenas. You might find it interesting to learn that, in addition to performers, people from professions such as law, education and medicine also flock to improv training sessions where coaches such as Ashley help them with their skills in listening and improvisation. Bottom line: Get to the work you need to do to get to the work you want to do! And never fail the John Cleese test! Just be nice! Subscribe to the free Monetizing Your Creativity podcast: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

We know there is a business side to show business. How much do you know about the business side in the art world? And what can you learn about the mindset of an agent, regardless of your creative discipline? Your best insurance for success is to understand how the business or administrative side of your art form works to promote your success and access to wider audiences. Barbara Pelham, owner and director of the world famous Canada House Gallery in Banff, Canada gives us a peek behind the canvas at the interactions between the artists, collectors and agents (galleries) that facilitate the movement of art from artists’ studios and galleries to the homes, offices and museums of collectors around the world. Dedicated to serving Canadian artists and a global network of art collectors, Barbara’s staff coordinates the marketing and promotion of artists and the pricing of their works globally in a unique win/win/win situation. One of the more successful practices is to arrange gatherings where artists and potential purchasers get to meet each other and create personal as well as professional relationships. One of the best training grounds for developing artists may be to work in a gallery atmosphere for a time to get a feel for how the deals are done and relationships are built. Learning to communicate with the gallery’s clients may in fact serve budding artists well in eventually marketing their work … especially if they’ve found their own niche and applied their knowledge, expertise and technique to create works that are unique. Barbara fills you in on the role each of these players play in a way that will inspire you to rethink your own approach to your own creative work. In whatever form it may take. More information and a great deal of gorgeous artwork can be seen at www.canadahouse.com Subscribe to the free Monetizing Your Creativity podcast: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

Can you get hired to do professional work while you are still in university? Caitlin Glass did! On a tour of a large voice recording company, she stepped into a booth, read a line of dialogue for a producer and embarked on a dream career as a voice artist in anime and video games. In addition to voicing lead or large roles in anime classics such as the Fullmetal Alchemist series, Caitlin can be heard as various characters in video games such as Street Fighter V, Battleborn, Dragon Ball and Pokemon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction. She has sharpened her related skills in writing dialogue and directing ADR (Automated Dialogue Replacement). ADR takes place after the original recording of voices to assist in matching the English dialogue with the mouth movements of animated characters. In this interview from Animethon in Edmonton, Canada, Caitlin reminds us that there is often no such thing as a “typical day” in the voice and animation business. And that a positive attitude among co-workers and quality of relationships go a long way to making any studio a fun place to work. While most people have voices and use them on a daily basis, voice artists are so-called because of their training in acting as well as advanced vocal skills. Most major markets have voice coaches available to help you train for this special skill set. A familiarity with animated productions and video games would be a big help in identifying the quality and quantity of opportunities for work in this area. Caitlin’s career is a great example of Monetizing Her Creativity. A comprehensive list of her credits can be seen at: www.imdb.com/name/nm1708798/ By the way, our earlier interview with Deb Munro (episode 009), an accomplished voice artist and coach, can provide you with more detail on how to get started in this line of work. We'll also hear more from Deb in future episodes. Subscribe to the free Monetizing Your Creativity podcast: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

“Jump!” “Take that Risk!” “Leave your comfort zone!” Those are the key messages, but comedian / sitcom writer / supervising producer Andrew Carr (CTV's Corner Gas)will fill you in on the details in this incisive interview about life in the writer’s room on a hit comedy series. Another key insight in this interview from the Banff World Media Festival ... stuff your ego in a sack and throw it in the lake. Get used to the fact that people are going to shred your best ideas and produce a much better script than you could ever have done on your own. Whether you're writing comedy or any other genre. Hard to swallow? Yes. Part of the process? Yes. What’s the lesson? No ONE of us is as smart as ALL of us! It's a very different mindset than doing stand-up comedy where the audience reaction, applause and gratification are immediate. Not even the great comedians fly solo. They have teams that require intense collaboration and mutual respect for every aspect of the presentation and the people who make it work. A conversation with Andrew Carr offers you insight and may incite you to JUMP! Take that risk! Leave your comfort zone! Subscribe to the free Monetizing Your Creativity podcast: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

“Life is a rollercoaster!” says Jesca Hoop, an American singer-songwriter whose recordings and live performances have attracted a large following around the world. Jesca's success has been sustained with solo work, plus strong collaborative relationships with other musical artists such as Sam Beam and Tom Waits. In this interview from the Edmonton Folk Music Festival, Jesca discusses the importance of relationships with listeners, agents and record companies. In fact, her career demonstrates a balance between art and business. Jesca's straightforward thoughts and opinions on an artist’s unique combination of preparedness, limitations, satisfaction and the ticking of the clock have been forged from high and low points in her career. What responsibilities and agreements need to be met when you reach a level of success such as Jesca’s? And how do you keep working before, during and after that level of success has been achieved? Work with what you’ve got. Decide what you need and how to get it. Or, perhaps, consider some other line of work. You have more choice than you know. Subscribe to the free Monetizing Your Creativity podcast: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

Garwin Sanford is a professional actor and the Head of the Film Arts Program at Langara College in Vancouver, Canada. He has been cast in hundreds of projects including recurring roles in over 16 television series. The program at Langara College is a very successful example of the kind of short-term intensive production programs available to those who have the time, talent and inclination to take advantage of them. This particular film arts program has actors, writers and directors working together as a group and also in their own separate professional streams. This approach gives each student a broader appreciation of what their colleagues experience and are responsible for in related craft categories. Students arrive from all over the world and the mix of cultures increases exposure to the various ways that stories can be shared with collaborators and audiences. You may need to realize (or be told!) that you’re just not ready for an intensive program such as this. But you won’t really know until you apply, audition, interview and are assessed. And being told you’re not ready yet is not a “no” … it’s an invitation to continue to sharpen your skills elsewhere and re-apply at a later date. Do you have the spark that creative leaders such as Garwin Sanford seek in aspiring students? There’s only one way to find out. And listening to this episode would be a good way to start! You can learn more about Langara College at www.langara.ca Subscribe to the free Monetizing Your Creativity podcast: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

Namara Represents is a creative agency founded by agent and producer Natalie MacNamara. The agency represents a stable of experienced photojournalists with expertise in still and moving images. Harnessing the ability for award-winning photojournalism to connect us visually and emotionally with people and places around the world, Natalie’s team explores new approaches to visual storytelling that are now being adopted by corporate enterprises. Everyone has a story. Every place has a story. In this interview from the Banff World Media Festival, Natalie shares with you some tips and techniques for getting started in photojournalism as a career. Spoiler Alert: As in many of our interviews, you’ll hear once again about the importance of relationships in building and sustaining a career in your creative endeavours. “Rapport before representation” is how Natalie puts it. While you master your craft, find out what you can about the current masters and what rules they play by, their ethics, ideals and practices. And, armed with that information, explore your own ethics, ideals and practices. What sets you apart from others aiming at the same target? It may well be the quality of your relationships as much as the quality of your work. Natalie MacNamara shares sound and sensible advice. You win! For more information, you can visit http://namarareps.com Subscribe to the free Monetizing Your Creativity podcast: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

Michael Brooks is the CEg (Chief Executive goLancer) at goLance Inc., a global platform that connects freelancers with clients. The ability to trade on your talents in writing, design, animation, editing and many other skill sets allows you to generate work for yourself on an international level ... online through a secure service. If you are putting together your own productions as a producer, goLance allows you to access the skills of a variety of craft categories in a transparent, flexible and accountable manner that may well quicken the process as well as instantly add to your own personal and professional networks. With goLance, you can register as a freelancer, employer or both. Then search the list of talented freelancers to get your project started immediately or post your project to get bids from professional freelancers around the globe. The result? New relationships. New streams of revenue. Practising and sharpening your skills and creating for yourself a digital reputation that will increase opportunities for your future. The global search for freelance resources is a great idea. One of our previous guests, comic book publisher and filmmaker Brandon Rhiness, found his ideal illustrators by seeking out bids from around the world … and ended up with just the right fit to illustrate his stories. You can listen to Brandon's story in episode 058. goLance Inc. could make the process more effective for Brandon and many others like him. For more information, you can visit www.goLance.com Subscribe to the free Monetizing Your Creativity podcast: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

Derek Heisler is a Creative Director who specializes in photography, working for clients such as National Geographic, Sports Illustrated, NASA and the NHL (National Hockey League). He suggests that you contact those who are successful in your field of interest for information or even to offer assistance on projects they may be working on. In doing so, you can initiate relationships and learn more about your creative pursuit. Do you truly know how some of the big names in your profession would respond to your mentorship request? You’ll never know … unless you ask. As a self-taught photographer who came late to the picture-party (he started his career as an engineer), Derek still relies on advice from others further down the path and now shares with you some of those lessons learned. What is “conceptual development” and why is it important on creative projects? How do you establish credibility in a profession you are just entering? How do you market yourself and your work? What do you need to know about copyright law and licensing to protect your work? Derek shares principles and practices that apply to many craft categories. Draw your own conclusions! And make friends with someone in your craft category so you are comfortable asking them for advice and counsel. To see some of the art that Derek has created, visit www.derekheisler.com “You never score on the shots you don’t take!” - Wayne Gretzky, former NHL Superstar Subscribe to the free Monetizing Your Creativity podcast: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

Alexandra (Alix) Blum is the Vice President of Global Public Relations and Partnerships at Fairmont and Raffles Hotels International (FRHI). She is responsible for the company’s relationships with the ad agencies, photographers, copywriters and crews who create promotional campaigns celebrating the luxury treatment on offer from FRHI's hotels and resorts. While Alix often deals with large ad agencies that assemble the most appropriate teams for her promotional projects, she has great respect for freelancers who stay sharp and reliable ... and hungry for creative challenges. Her message: You don’t have to relinquish your creative spark and spirit when you work for a corporate organization, either as a staffer or freelancer. You may be exactly the breath of fresh air those businesses need to promote their products or services. For instance, Alix talks about the work Natalie MacNamara's photographic agency (Namara Represents) has done for FRHI. We'll post an interview with Natalie very soon. In this interview from the Banff World Media Festival, Alix suggests that a “warm introduction” or endorsement by friends and clients who are impressed with your work is a great way to expand your personal and professional relationships. But if a cold call puts you in the sights of a potential engager of your services, you better have your two-minute “elevator pitch” rehearsed to perfection so you can take advantage of that opportunity to advance your career. Turn your perceived obstacles into stepping stones. Find the lessons hidden in each of your professional encounters. And, like Alix, focus on the people who help you succeed. You can monetize your creativity by building bridges with corporate clients. They may provide an environment where you and your creative ideas can thrive. Subscribe to the free Monetizing Your Creativity podcast: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

Production Coordinator, Kim Goddard–Rains describes what it takes to coordinate every aspect of a major film or television series. The production coordination team is “first in, last out” in the production process. In between entrance and exit they are the calm in the eye of the production hurricane and interact with every other department in terms of travel, accommodation, immigration issues and a lot more. On a daily basis, Kim specializes in the “business” end of show business. In this Vancouver-area interview, Kim describes for you the specific personality traits it takes to run such a complicated combination of tasks and team needs, all of which seem to require immediate attention. She also discusses how "what goes around comes around" in the area of mentorship and authentic relationships. And how, after years of making the rounds and looking for work, people start looking for you to work with them. Very rarely is there a smooth rise to the top. A small sample of the advice Kim offers you about running the high-pressure hub of a major production: "Keep your smile on!" Kim will fill you in on all the details! (It’s what she does.) Live it. Love it. If stung, rise above it! Listen and learn. Subscribe to the free Monetizing Your Creativity podcast: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

Los Angeles-based actor/director Dave Florek (Seinfeld, Ghostbusters II, Grey's Anatomy)has had the advantage of being on both sides of the audition table – choosing who he wants to direct in a production and, often, hoping to be chosen as part of a cast. Dave's resume reads like a history of television and film over the last four decades (visit his IMDB profile). He's an accomplished actor and director in live theatre as well. In addition to sharing some valuable audition tips to use in your own tryout adventures, Dave reminds us all that you need to remember which elements of the casting process are within your control and which are not. Do your best, leave your audition in the room and let the powers that be ... those wizards behind the curtain who make the final casting decisions ... decide whether or not you will be a part of their team. Staying in the game is half the battle. Each audition, whether you recognize it or not, is taking another step and getting you that much closer to your goals. Listen carefully. Dave's a great mentor! Subscribe to the free Monetizing Your Creativity podcast: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

Whether you're a fan of Border Security or The Bachelor (Canada) you have been privy to the more than 500 hours of screen time John Ritchie of Vancouver's Force Four Entertainment has put on television around the world. John has pitched (and has been pitched to) for over 30 years. In this Banff World Media Festival interview, John describes for you the importance of: - Preparing your pitch - Delivering your pitch - How the way you take no for an answer determines your future success or failure - How to create authentic, mutually beneficial relationships between you and the potential purchasers of your wonderfully creative ideas John discusses the delicate topic of "polite tenacity" and how it may be your passport to a long and successful series of personal and professional relationships. It's an effective and realistic approach to becoming a long-term player in the media industry. You can learn more about Force Four Entertainment at www.forcefour.com Subscribe to the free Monetizing Your Creativity podcast: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

Erin O’Connor is the General Manger of the shiny new Calgary Film Centre – three huge soundstages and multiple bays on an eight-acre area to service local, national and international television and film productions. In fact, the TV series Tin Star (Kudos Film and Television, UK) was prepping in the background as we recorded this interview. Wow! Erin has a dream job! A unique blend of both performance and technical expertise, Erin has strong opinions about teambuilding and what it takes to make headway in the media industry. That job you hate? Learn what you can from it. What do you love? Learn from that too. You never know when that knowledge will come in handy. Nothing is wasted. It’s all grist for the mill. Erin describes: What it takes to get those entry-level jobs. What information your resume should share with a potential employer. What you can do in a face-to-face interview (or afterwards) to distinguish yourself from the competition. How to keep the job once you get it. Erin speaks to you about the importance of being able to read your team environment, see what needs doing (and do it), and then report what you’ve done so others can get on with their responsibilities. Avoid being the problem on your production project. Solve the problem. Report it. Repeat. Move on and move up. That’s the goal. You can learn more about the Calgary Film Centre at http://calgaryfilmcentre.com Subscribe to the free Monetizing Your Creativity podcast: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

Do it. That’s the two-word mantra of one of the world's most successful YouTube producers, Aaron Bidochka. Your dreams become possible only when you DO something to make them come true. If opportunity isn’t knocking … build a door! (That’s another one of his). This eight-year overnight success has 1.2 million subscribers to his YouTube channel. At the time of this interview, he was closing in on 800 MILLION overall views of the 1,000 episodes he’s posted on his passion for radio-controlled vehicles (trucks, cars, boats, planes, drones) from miniatures to full scale skid steers! Aaron is a total believer in “letting your passion lead your job destiny”. Our Part 1 interview with Aaron (episode 024) took place at the Storytelling Summit at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. In Part 2, we visit Aaron at his Calgary-area ranch (complete with racetrack, lake, canal and film studio). Aaron takes us on a tour and shares tips with you on how to turn your hobby into a business. Instead of costing you money to support your hobby, you can make money with with Google and YouTube. Bonus: the assets of your business can become redefined as legitimate business expenses. (Talk to your accountant about this. We're not great with math.) Aaron has turned his passion for RC vehicles into a business that still brings him as much joy on a daily basis as when it was merely a hobby outside of his day job. Aaron reinforces the need for relationships to help you get where you want to go, how to maintain creative control over your pet projects, and how to have international impact on people who love the same activities that you do. Check out Aaron’s videos and ratings at www.rcadventures.com or www.rcsparks.com or connect with him on LinkedIn. Subscribe to the free Monetizing Your Creativity podcast: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2 While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: www.monetizingyourcreativity.com Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity