Monetizing Your Creativity - Pursuing a career in film, television, writing, theatre, music & design with your talents
Monetizing Your Creativity explores how use your creative talents to pursue a career in film, television and related media (theatre, music, gaming, design, publishing). Industry veterans and mentors Marvin Polis and Fred Keating interview people who've been there and done that. Subscribe: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monetizing-your-creativity/id1082894462?mt=2 Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity in your podcast app on your mobile device. Please leave comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity
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March 25, 2017 • 1 min
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 ...
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March 24, 2017 • 23 mins
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.
To...
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March 23, 2017 • 25 mins
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...
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March 18, 2017 • 23 mins
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 ...
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March 10, 2017 • 24 mins
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 au...
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March 4, 2017 • 27 mins
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 coac...
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February 25, 2017 • 22 mins
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...
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February 17, 2017 • 22 mins
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 exhi...
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February 11, 2017 • 19 mins
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...
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February 5, 2017 • 21 mins
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 / ...
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January 28, 2017 • 23 mins
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...
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January 21, 2017 • 17 mins
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 ...
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January 14, 2017 • 18 mins
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, te...
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January 7, 2017 • 19 mins
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...
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December 28, 2016 • 41 secs
111 Holiday Greeting by Marvin Polis and Fred Keating
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December 24, 2016 • 17 mins
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...
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December 17, 2016 • 17 mins
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 gro...
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December 10, 2016 • 15 mins
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 mus...
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December 3, 2016 • 23 mins
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 episo...
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November 27, 2016 • 15 mins
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...
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