Artistic Finance
Artistic Finance provides theatre makers with honest, no-pretension insights into managing money in the entertainment industry. Hosted by lighting designer Ethan Steimel, this podcast delves into the personal finance challenges and business realities of show business, offering candid advice and practical tools tailored to creatives working behind the scenes. https://www.artisticfinance.com/
Episodes
TheatrIcal lighting designer Jason Lynch talks about freelancing in Chicago.
Topics:
⭐️ LLCs
⭐️ Estate Sales
⭐️ Keeping our humanity
⭐️ Investing in the S&P 500
⭐️ Some of Jason’s recent design fees
⭐️ Moving to a big theatre city, that’s not New York
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Jason Lynch
Projection designer Sven Ortel talks about career finances.
Topics:
⭐️ Being persistent
⭐️ Insisting you get credit for your work
⭐️ Organizing your taxes and writing it down
⭐️ Separating the production budget from the design budget
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Sven Ortel
Discussing designer pay and transparency with Broadway, Off-Broadway, and West End lighting designer Isabella Byrd.
Topics:
⭐️ Dealing with the IRS
⭐️ Union pension, healthcare, and the union ledger
⭐️ Commercial theatre fees (aka Broadway) versus off-Broadway fees (aka non-profit theatre)
⭐️ CDs, as in Certificates of Deposit
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Today is the 5th anniversary of Artistic Finance. A quick thank you to mark the occasion and announcing a non-AEA casting notice for NYC!
Broadway lighting designer Beverly Emmons discusses commercial theatre practices for designers.
Topics:
⭐️ Adding riders onto your contract
⭐️ Theatre Law which aims to protect investors’ money
⭐️ W2 and 1099 and how that impacts copyright for designers
⭐️ The history of the theatre design union - United Scenic Artists
⭐️ Those union contracts, what they protect, and how they’re helpful for expediting theatre negotiations because...
Alvin Hough Jr, who’s currently the associate music director of The Lion King on Broadway, talks about career finances and a few things about musical theatre musicians.
Topics:
⭐️ Dollar pizza
⭐️ Being a saver, not a spender
⭐️ Living off per diem while touring
⭐️ Rehearsal call versus a performance call
⭐️ Rates of pay for different numbers of instruments
⭐️ The differences between the piano and the keyboard
⭐️ Working a double,...
Technical director Tab Birt discusses his journey through live entertainment, financial lessons learned along the way, and his dream of trading the stage for a glass artist’s studio in Norway.
Topics
⭐️ Glass blowing
⭐️ Not selling yourself short
⭐️ Getting on a stagehands union call list
⭐️ Burning out, being cynical, and the joy of theatre
⭐️ The secret investment vehicle called a ROTH IRA
Video Version
Today’s show is an “ordinary and necessary” episode in which we learn about prepping and filing taxes for freelancer 1099 income.
Topics:
⭐️ Documentation matters!
⭐️ Personal expenses versus business expenses
⭐️ Tracking your expenses as you go
⭐️ Missing expenses are the number one way to pay more in taxes.
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Aja M Jackson
A guide of financial resources, and where to find them, for freelancers working in theatre or other facets of the entertainment industry.
⭐️ Unions
⭐️ Job boards
⭐️ Scholarships
⭐️ Financial Planning
⭐️ Taxes / Accountants
⭐️ Financial Communities
⭐️ Educational Worksheets & Supplements
⭐️ Community Resources - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
⭐️ Episodes of Artistic Finance - separated out by career focuses
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A panel of live event lighting and media professionals having a Q&A about career finances.
⭐️ Theatre Lighting Designer Christina Watanabe
⭐️ TV Lighting Designer Mike Grabowski
⭐️ Media Designer Zak Borovay
⭐️ TV Gaffer Seán Linehan
Topics:
⭐️ Taxes
⭐️ Agents
⭐️ Contracts
⭐️ USA 829 / LORT Contracts
Youtube Version
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An interview with television lighting designer Josh Hutchings about how intimate and taboo it is to discuss finances.
Topics:
⭐️ Compound interest
⭐️ Not having a financial plan
⭐️ Investing early and consistently
⭐️ It’s an industry based on relationships
⭐️ How intimate and taboo discussing finances is
⭐️ Making a financial life plan with the help of professionals
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Artistic Finance
A discussion of various financial independence topics for people working in the creative industry.
Topics:
⭐️ Improving Financial IQ
⭐️ The “starving artist” narrative
⭐️ Empowering confidence in personal financial decisions
A live episode recorded at LDI in collaboration with Amy D Lux / Lobolux Design's Financial Independence Club.
Video Version
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Artistic Finance
Learn about the process of designing and producing live shows for music artists with our Los Angeles based guests: lighting designer and programmer, Erica D Hayes and COO and Show Director at Wasted Potential, Zach Berget.
Topics:
⭐️Balancing the creative vision of an artist with the logistical realities of large-scale budgets.
⭐️ The workflow behind developing these narratives and visual elements.
Video Version
Theatre director Oliver Butler discusses the state of pay for theatre directors.
Topics:
⭐️ Director Fees at Non-Profit Theatres in NYC
⭐️ Giving credit to the non profits that pay above the SDC minimum.
⭐️ Actionable steps to address the issue both for individuals and institutions.
⭐️ Discussing theatre pay honestly and in public so we don’t uphold the myth that it’s livable.
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Theatre designers and their agents come together for an in-depth discussion on navigating agent-designer relationships, contract negotiations, and strategies for fair compensation in the theatre industry.
Topics:
⭐️ Preparing for contract negotiations
⭐️ Challenges and solutions when negotiating
⭐️ Meeting and building relationships with agents
⭐️ Advice for early, mid-career, and high-profile designers
Youtube Version
Lighting designer Travis McHale talks business and finance as a theatre designer.
Topics:
⭐️ Self filing taxes
⭐️ Negotiating rates
⭐️ Reasons to be investing
⭐️ Paying off mortgages early
⭐️ The magic of compound interest
⭐️ Stress and negativity of credit card debt
Patreon Resource Version
A conversation with lighting designer Don Holder.
Topics:
⭐️ Advice for young designers
⭐️ Managing finances as a freelancer
⭐️ Advantages of filing taxes as a C Corp
Video Version
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Don Holder
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The Lion King
An interview with Amanda Gougelmann, part of the Software Support Team for ACT Entertainment and freelance stagehand.
Topics:
⭐️ Networking for advice
⭐️ Finding the market rate for a job
⭐️ Invest in yourself and your future
⭐️ Having multiple jobs to smooth over slow times
⭐️ Getting a job by starting a relationship at a trade show
⭐️ Donating and raising money for causes while still paying the bills
Video Version
An interview with Ulrike Storch: a business coach for circus performers.
Topics:
⭐️ Whether or not to work for free
⭐️ Marketing and social media curating
⭐️ A frank look at rates and negotiations
⭐️ Authenticity in professional communication
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Stagelync Episode
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Alex Pendleton, manager of Netgear’s ProAV Systems Engineering department sits down with Ellen and Ethan to talk personal finances.
Topics:
⭐️ Paying yourself first
⭐️ Investing as much as possible
⭐️ Long term investing apart from news cycles
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