Artists' Prosperity Home Study System

YAY!! IT'S HERE!!

After a long silence (mostly because Adam has been on a movie and I have been working on producing our new home study system), it has finally hit the shelves, so to speak.

The Artists' Prosperity Home Study System is now available, and I really think it is a great service. It is a 4 CD set and accompanying workbook, with step by step assignments designed to really get you into action around your finances, plus downloadable forms and worksheets, and FREE GIFTS worth around $300. Plus if people don't like it they can claim their money back ny time up to one year after their purchase.

So anyway, go to Artists' Prosperity System to find out more details about the prgram, your free gifts, and our 100% money back guarantee, and I look forward to hearing your comments about what we have to offer.

In the meantime

To your prosperity!

Acting Article on IMDB

An interesting article posted by The Actors' Enterprise - 

SAG granting waivers to independent filmmakers

Glad to see SAG are working with producers in the run-up a potential strike.

We are gearing up to launch a new CD set "The Artists' Prosperity System" shortly, so there will be more news about that soon. In the meanwhile, don't forget to visit Abundance Bound regularly to keep up on what is going on.

New Business Website

Adam and Eben, his creative partner, have started a new website - an online cooking show!

It was actually originally conceived as a way to make the bulk of our groceries tax deductible, and if it generates income as well, so much the better!

One of the things I teach at Abundance Bound is building business based around your existing skills. I also know that having a home-based business of some kind opens up all sorts of tax deductions not available to those without one. Adam is a great cook (I hate to cook, so it is a good thing he does), so doing something around that seemed like a natural fit...

...anyway, I wanted to let you all know about it as an example of a business that could lead to some additional money, and eventually a decent side income to help support all your acting careers and artistic endeveours. 

Also, here is the website:

M2 Cooks

Enjoy, and I would welcome your thoughts!

LA Times Acting Career Article

Another interesting article in the LA times that I wanted to pass along...

LA Times Article

It has an interesting definition of the "middle class" member of SAG - those who earn enough to get their insurance, but less than $100,000. What is interesting is that this "middle class" accounts for only 5% of actors, the vast majority not even qualifying for insurance... what a career we have chosen!

What I do keep coming back to, however, which none of the recent articles I have read and passed along have mentioned, is that it comes down to longevity. The longer you are able to actively pursue an acting career (or any other artistic endeavour), the greater chances of eventual success you will have... the trick is not being stuck in depressing, dead end jobs until that happens, but creating something parallel to you artistic venture that supports you over what could be a long time...

...this is what I am all about, of course, with Abundance Bound, but I like finding articles like this because I feel they get necessary conversations going. That in mind, I would love and welcome any comments - please feel free to write!

have a great weekend

Miata

To Audition or Not - Acting Blog post

Nice, quick, simple post from David August that I wanted to share.

To Audition or Not - Los Angeles Acting blog by David August

Los Angeles Times Acting Article

I came across this article in the LA times, and thought it worth passing on.

 

The main thing that jumped out at me - and will do to you now as well - is the phrase "You can be recognised on the street and still live in a  studio apartment", because it shows how precarious our income as actors can be. There are a few other things the article references which are interesting, so it is definitely worth a read, but I am also amused by the idea stated in there that working as a waiter can be good because it allows you to "network with customers" - that is certainly not something that I have ever heard of, let alone experienced, but maybe some of you have... I would love to hear about it if you have.

Anyway, here is the link LA Times Article.

As always, don't forget to check out the free stuff on our own website if you haven't already got it (click acting schools to go there), and I hope you find the article interesting.

To your prosperity.

SAG negotiations - alternate perspective

Something Adam came across from Michael Bay - in typical bombastic mode - but who none-the-less makes some relevant points. Read on...

SAG wants more than Directors and Writers? That's a smart tactic I guess. When are people going to understand, most importantly actors - we are at war - we are facing a major recession - our country is in dire need of being fixed - our country also has no money because we have given trillions to the Iraq war and we have NOT even started to pay for it - it is just paid right now by printing more money on presses - China owns our ass in every way. Why not strike on a business in a down fall. Just like the writer's they made pennies on the four extra months striking - when you do the real math and they are paying the price for it still - so many writer's out of work still!!! I want this business to thrive - I know the studio heads and they will punish those that defy them. Okay, be an idealist - but you will never get a better deal then the writer's or directors - only the same - the studio's will never allow it, don't kid yourself. The working actors don't want a strike - they have said so. Too many non working actors have a say which is crazy - maybe there are just too many actors?? Gosh I'm even a member of SAG, but I don't feel I've earned the right to vote in this guild.

One hunch, the leaders of these guilds seem to like the limelight they get in the press, it becomes more about the ego in the room rather than something smart. Striking is not smart. Through the history in America, strikes in businesses have only gained the union worker 6% at the max - so take the emotion out of it and go for the 6%. A path to strike is not smart for the the hundreds of thousands of people in this business. Sanity needs to prevail here - talk real and talk the same talk as your union brothers - not more!

What I think he misses is that there are simply more actors than writers or directors - where you have one director, and two writers, you have fifty actors, so that having the same deal puts significantly less residuals into their pockets...

... not that actors should get 50 times what Director's do, but it seems to me that the deal should be somewhat sweeter  than the other two unions.

I would welcome any thoughts on this!

For now

To your prosperity,