I woke up this morning to this email via my Facebook from Kevin Teichroeb, who does some of the technical/website stuff at The Alliance for Arts and Culture. Hi Rebecca, We’re excited about a new PSA we’ve just uploaded to […]
Today is an aggregate post, a bunch of links and news items about what I’ve been up to and what’s coming up. First off, I have just finished a major rewrite of my Guide to Getting Started with Social Media […]
Earlier this year, I wrote a post on how to use moving pictures to promote your show. That was 10 months ago, and things are changing at a rapid pace. It is estimated that YouTube attracts one billion (billion!!) views […]
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve written a series of posts on how to use the Flip Video Camera. You don’t really need a Flip–any video camera that allows you to dump your files onto your computer so you […]
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the business we are in and how hard it is to continuously be motivated. As artists, we are one-man-shows, chief cooks and bottle-washers. For the most part, when we write that song, sketch […]
Fourth post in my series on using video (specifically, shot with a Flip video camera) to market your art practice. The last post dealt with how to edit your video on a Mac using IMovie. Today, I’ll focus on those […]
The third in my series of posts on using video to promote your art practice. Editing can be optional. If your video is short, you may not need to edit it at all. But when I do interviews, I don’t […]
First off, I’m excited to say that a profile piece on me was published yesterday in The Vancouver Observer. Alfred DePew interviews me about the recent cuts to the arts, and how Social Media helped us to organize our protest […]
This is the second in a series of posts dedicated to my new Flip video camera and how to use video to promote your business. I spent an hour or so yesterday shooting footage for a Hallowe’en show that I […]
Here in Canada, we are celebrating thanksgiving today. It’s also my dad’s birthday, so as I write this post, I’m running back and forth to the kitchen, checking on my pies and frosting the cake. On Friday, I finally invested […]