How Song Performance Skills are Developed
How Song Performance Skills are DevelopedIn general, there are 3 steps: 1) Learn Your Craft. Like anything else worth learning, song performance skills take practice. Practice often. Put in the time and effort necessary not just to be good, but to be excellent … wow them! 2) Explore Your Inner Universe. You are capable of…
Read MoreThe actor’s tools of the trade
Tips for Actors: 1. Shoot new headshots and commercial shots at least once a year. Repetition is good, but casting directors get tired of seeing the same old photos. 2. Actors’ photos should look like them. We disappoint casting directors when we don’t look like our photos. 3. Know in which category we and our…
Read MoreBalanced Meals
Eating balanced meals is another key to good nutrition AND to maintaining or losing weight. EVERY meal should contain a combination of proteins, high fiber carbohydrates, and healthy fats. In other words, we NEED the macronutrients found in all THREE types of food: proteins, carbs, AND fats. When we eat balanced meals every four hours,…
Read MoreChampionship Networking Tip – Create Hooks!
Eric Shaw’s networking tip: Create Hooks! When you attend a networking function, organized or otherwise, don’t be afraid to share a personal tidbit or two. In other words, consciously extend a personal hook for others to latch onto. Personal hooks are like seeds, once planted, they take root. When choosing someone to work with, wouldn’t…
Read MoreMakeup should be used as a tool to enhance natural beauty
Actor, Nina Fehren (“Resident Evil 5”) hosts this segment of “Being Beautiful,” based on the DVD “Being Beautiful Inside & Out,” actor and former super-model, Ann Marie Crouch. Learn some of Ann Marie’s makeup hints that may provide more job opportunities and enhance our natural beauty. The smallest make up changes can make the biggest…
Read MoreCareer Cues – 10 Helpful Headshot Hints
HEADSHOT HINTS Every actor needs a headshot – it our calling card to the entertainment industry.What makes a great headshot great? It’s up to you and your photographer to put together the best image that will sell you as an actor, a picture that captures everything that is unique about you. Ten helpful hints to…
Read MoreLittle Fish in a Big Pond – a support guide to actors,” Should you stay in Hollywood?
So, you’ve just arrived in Hollywood to be an actor? Imagine hearing the words…Get on a bus and go home.! . As actors, we have chosen one of the most difficult careers to conquer. As rewarding as it can be … is as heartbreaking as it mostly is. Those that persevere, learn quickly that, with…
Read MoreFollow your dreams
“Hi, I’m Marta” is the Actors Reporter inspiration corner. Coming to Hollywood? This webisode is directed to those young actors thinking of coming to Hollywood to be an actor, writer, producer or director. Marta McGonagle shares her experience of coming to Hollywood on her own with determination and spirit in her heart in order to…
Read MoreMeal Portions
The amount of food we eat per meal IS one of the keys to good nutrition. Our blood sugar levels are influenced by what we eat and when we eat it. Understanding blood sugar, fat storage, and fat burning in our bodies is one thing, but actually making it work in our real life so…
Read MoreThe Key to a Successful Performance
Song Performance skills vary according to the goals and proficiency of the performer. Please click on the Song Performance Skills Toolboxlink for your basic list of some of the skills that all performers should keep in mind when they are on and off the stage. Articulation and Diction Audience Connection Audience Psychology Audition Skills Believability…
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