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A lively discussion between lighting designers about their design tools and the associated costs.

 

A broadcast of a LIVE recording that took place at LDI in Las Vegas.

 

Topics:

⭐️ The essential software for entertainment lighting

⭐️ The costs and considerations of that essential software

⭐️ What software we expect to be essential in the near future

 

LDs:

Ebony Madry.

Carolyn Wong

Ariel Benjamin

Dani Deutschmann

 

Worksheet

https://www.patreon.com/posts/163-live-from-vs-108861929?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

 

Video version

https://youtu.be/3SwwOTGx-Yw

 

Artistic Finance

https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance

 

LDI:

https://www.ldishow.com/

 

LDG:

https://ldg.com/

 

Vectorworks

https://www.vectorworks.net/en-US/spotlight

 

Lightwright

https://www.lightwright.com/

 

Capture - Previz

https://www.capture.se/

 

Twinmotion

https://www.twinmotion.com/en-US

 

Vision

https://www.vectorworks.net/en-US/vision

 

Lightning Tapes

https://lightningtapes.com/

 

AutoPlot

https://www.autoplotvw.com/

 

Moving Light Assistant

https://www.movinglightassistant.com/wp_folder/

 

VOR

https://getvor.app/

 

Filemaker Pro

https://www.claris.com/filemaker/

 

ETC Software

https://www.etcconnect.com/eos-software/

 

Luma Light Meter

https://lu.mu/

 

Monday

https://monday.com/

 

Asana

https://asana.com/

 

Trello:

https://trello.com/

 

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolyn-g-wong/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ebony-madry-6a9651139/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-lighting-design-group/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/livedesignldi/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethansteimel/

 

Instagram Handles

@ldishow

@ldg_lightingdesigngroup

@cwong619

@ebmadry

@ajbenjam

@ducksrusdani

@ethansteimel

@nicolevsteimel

 

Interview by Ethan Steimel

 

Lighting designer Carolyn Wong discusses the finances of her New York-based dance and theatre career. The most recent decade has been spent as the Worldwide Associate Lighting Designer for Disney’s The Lion King. 

 

We discuss:

⭐️ Investing in yourself

⭐️ Keeping living expenses low 

⭐️ The sustainable hustle of freelancing

 

Video version

https://youtu.be/bjqiT4rxJ1Q

 

Artistic Finance

https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance

 

Carolyn Wong

https://www.wongnumber.com/

 

The Lion King

https://lionking.com/

 

Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man:_Turn_Off_the_Dark

 

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival

https://www.jacobspillow.org/programs/intern-programs/

 

Bates Dance Festival

https://www.bates.edu/dance/bates-dance-festival/

 

Capture - Previz Software

https://www.capture.se/

 

Monarch - Money Management Software

https://www.monarchmoney.com/

 

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolyn-g-wong/

 

Instagram Handles

@cwong619

@ethansteimel

@nicolevsteimel

 

Interview by Ethan Steimel

A discussion about Financial Feminist by Tori Dunlap hosted by Amy D Lux and Amy Pett. 

 

Topics:

⭐️ Negotiation tips

⭐️ Your financial health prioritization

⭐️ Your values versus society's values

⭐️ Statistics of pay for women and men

 

Today’s show is a broadcast of the Financial Independence Club, brought to you in collaboration with Utopia Dreamscape.

 

Quicklinks:

https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance

 

Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love - Affiliate Link

https://bookshop.org/a/86693/9780063260269

 

Tori Dunlap:

https://herfirst100k.com/

 

LDI Session:

https://www.ldishow.com/ldishowcom/ldi-schedule

 

Amy Pett:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-pett-1583a91b?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app

 

Utopia Dreamscape & Amy D Lux:

https://utopiadreamscape.com/

https://www.instagram.com/utopiadreamscape/

 

Ethan Steimel:

https://www.ethansteimel.com/artistic-finance.html

https://www.instagram.com/artisticfinance/?hl=en

 

Instagram Handles:

@ethansteimel

@artisticfinance

@utopiadreamscape

 

 

Can anyone beat the market? More specifically, did we beat the market? Photographer Marc Santos joins us for an review of the investments we made for the Artistic Finance 6k - our self designed index fund.

 

May 5, 2021 we invested in stocks, REITs, cryptocurrency, and wine. This is a check in three months later to compare them to the market.

 

Affiliate links:

M1 Finance - Good for Long Term / Buy and Hold Investors:

m1finance.8bxp97.net/XxYPZg

 

Coinbase - Cryptocurrency Exchange:

https://www.coinbase.com/join/steime_0

 

Vinovest - Wine Investing - 3 months of free wine storage:

https://app.vinovest.co?grsf=2p0wk3

 

Robinhood - Free Stock Trading - Intuitive and easy to use:

https://join.robinhood.com/ethans21

 

We Bull - Free Stock Trading - Design for Traders - I find it difficult to navigate:

https://act.webull.com/pm/do1QnByzkAhA/a3j/inviteUs/main

 

Our co-host Marc Santos is now an IATSE apprentice at the Metropolitan Opera. Congratulations Marc!

 

Marc is a fine art photographer who specializes in dance movement. Long flowing motion blur is a hallmark of his style. Showing motion in this way allows the viewer to time travel within the image.

 

His work has been show in solo and group exhibitions in the United States and abroad, and is held in several private collections.

 

Mark Santos - Dance Photographer:

https://www.marcsantosphotography.com/

https://www.instagram.com/pixmarc/?hl=en

 

Enterprise Value Versus Market Cap:

https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/111414/whats-difference-between-enterprise-value-and-market-capitalization.asp#:~:text=Market%20capitalization%20is%20the%20sum,weaknesses%20that%20market%20cap%20cannot.

 

IATSE Apprenticeship Information - the stagehands union:

https://iatselocalone.org/public/Become-a-Member/Three-Ways-to-Join

 

ETF - the S&P 500 index fund we hold:

IVV - iShares Core S&P 500

 

Stocks:

VST - Vistra Corp

LAC - Lithium Americas

TAP - Molson Coors Beverage (owners of Blue Moon)

SKLZ- Skillz

 

Cryptocurrency:

Bitcoin

 

Wine:

We own one case through Vinovest

Vinoest

 

Real Estate - REITS:

UBA - Urstadt Biddle Properties

SRG - Seritage Growth Properties

MGP -MGM Growth Properties

STAG - STAG Industrial

 

Art:

Bret Slater - Artist

https://www.bretslater.com/

 

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Interview by Ethan Steimel

  Support Artistic Finance by becoming a patron:

www.patreon.com/artisticfinance   www.artisticfinance.com

Steve Keen talks about his comic book eCONcomics that critiques mainstream economics. 

 

Steve Keen is an Australian economist and professor emeritus at London's Kingston University.  He now resides in Bangkok, Thailand and continues publishing books on economics. He wrote the bestselling book, Debunking Economics, which is a critical analysis of Neoclassical economics.

 

Twitter - @ProfSteveKeen

https://twitter.com/ProfSteveKeen

 

Steve's Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/ProfSteveKeen

 

eCONcomics - FREE digital version:

https://www.arkhaven.com/comics/comedy/econcomics

 

eCONcomics - paperback for purchase:

https://www.amazon.com/eCONcomics-Taking-Economics-Steve-Keen/dp/9527065976/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=econcomics&qid=1628788007&s=books&sr=1-1

 

Debunking Economics - Artistic Finance affiliate link to independant booksellers:

www.indiebound.org/search/book?keys=debunking%20economics

 

Monet's Cathedral At Rouen - painting:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rouen_Cathedral_(Monet_series)

 

Salvador Dali's Madonna and Child - painting:

https://www.wikiart.org/en/salvador-dali/madonna-and-child-1947

 

NAIRU - Non Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment:

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/n/non-accelerating-rate-unemployment.asp

 

Reflections on the New 'Secular Stagnation Hypothesis' by Larry Summers (created the term FERIR):

https://voxeu.org/article/larry-summers-secular-stagnation

 

Larry Summers - economist who warns of inflation:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Summers

 

Paul Krugman - economist who says inflation should be managed not run from:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Krugman

 

Phlogiston - theory on how candles burn:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlogiston_theory

 

Minsky Software: https://sourceforge.net/p/minsky/home/Home/   Miguel Guerra's Artistic Finance Interview: https://www.artisticfinance.com/episode/zBOzS1WTeoRrrdZsF68k   MMT Episode: https://www.artisticfinance.com/episode/BQPWlJPsGNgNRK7yk1m9/MMT-Modern-Monetary-Theory-with-Miguel-Guerra  

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Interview by Ethan Steimel

  Support Artistic Finance by becoming a patron:

www.patreon.com/artisticfinance   www.artisticfinance.com

 

Part two of a discussion on the finance related demands of We See You WAT, the movement calling for racial equality in American Theatre.

 

Listen to part 1 here:

https://www.artisticfinance.com/episode/CVO8NDKdbdnemQajgTCF

 

Alaina Newell is a multi-hyphenate black, female, cisgender artist dabbling in acting, singing, directing, and writing. A recent BFA graduate, Alaina has taken her experiences from oppressive institutions and formed an artistic form of release. She created Fourth Wall, a podcast that brings on the players on both sides of the industry to investigate discrimination and bias in the theatre.

 

We See You WAT:

https://www.weseeyouwat.com/

 

List of Demands (29 page document):

https://www.weseeyouwat.com/demands

 

List of Demands Related To Money (list by AF):

https://www.artisticfinance.com/episode/CVO8NDKdbdnemQajgTCF/We-See-You-WAT-with-Alaina-Newell-Part-1-of-2

 

Alaina's Instagram - @alainanewell:

https://www.instagram.com/alainanewell/

 

Fourth Wall - Alaina's Podcast:

https://anchor.fm/fourthwall

 

West Side Story - Broadway Revival 2020:

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/west-side-story-523117

 

Broadway Black - Drew Shade:

https://www.broadwayblack.com/author/admin/

 

African American Hair & Makeup - Bridging The Gap In Theatre:

https://bridgingthegapintheatre.com/

 

Jerrilyn Lanier Duckworth on Artistic Finance:

https://www.artisticfinance.com/episode/qlngnlv91ML3rSlGOsbf/Bridging-the-Gap-in-Theatre-with-Jerrilyn-Lanier-Duckworth

 

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Interview by Ethan Steimel

  Support Artistic Finance by becoming a patron:

www.patreon.com/artisticfinance   www.artisticfinance.com

 

Learn how to produce musical cabarets with NYC cabaret producer Rob Schneider.

 

Robert W. Schneider is one of the leading cabaret producers and directors in New York City, primarily associated with Feinstein's/54 Below, which The New York Times has called "Broadway's Living Room." At 54 Below he has produced over fifty cabarets.

 

As a director, Robert has worked with such theatres as Center Theatre Group, Walnut Street Theatre, Manhattan Theater Club, York Theatre, Second Stage Theatre, and Lincoln Center Theater, as well as for PBS and Fox Seachlight. His directorial work has been acknowledged with the Ovation Award, BroadwayWorld Award, and he was nominated for BroadwayWorld's Best Director of the Decade.

 

Robert is the Artistic Director of The J2 Spotlight Musical Theater Company that does full productions of neglected works from the past. In addition to that, Robert is the co-host of the podcasts Behind The Curtain: Broadway's Living Legends, Gay Card Revoked, and the soon to be launched This Was A Thing.

 

Rob's website:

https://www.robertwschneiderdirector.com/bio

 

Behind The Curtain - Broadway's Living Legends:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/behind-the-curtain-broadways-living-legends-podcast/id1080144159

 

Feinstein's 54 Below - NYC Cabaret where Rob has produced 70+ shows:

https://54below.com/

 

Our Town - play:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Town

 

Company - musical: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_(musical)

 

Nathan Brewer - musical theatre director who knows a lot about old Broadway musicals:

https://nathanbrewer.net/

 

Patti Lupone - Broadway performer:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patti_LuPone

 

Marilyn Maye - cabaret performer:

https://www.marilynmaye.com/mobile/index.aspx

 

No Strings - Forgotten Broadway musical:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Strings

 

Seesaw - Forgotten Broadway Musical:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seesaw_(musical)

 

Green Room 42 - NYC Cabaret Space:

https://www.greenfignyc.com/#the-green-room-42

 

The Cutting Room - NYC Cabaret Space:

http://thecuttingroomnyc.com/

 

Don't Tell Mama - NYC Cabaret Space:

https://www.donttellmamanyc.com/

 

The Duplex - NYC Cabaret Space:

https://www.theduplex.com/site/cabaret-theatre

 

The Producer's Club:

https://producersclub.com/

 

Birdland - NYC Jazz Club:

https://birdlandjazz.com/history/

 

Rocky Paterra - Cabaret Parody Comedian:

https://www.instagram.com/rockypaterra/?hl=en

 

Roger Miller - Country Western Composer:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Miller

 

Rockabye Hamlet - musical version of Hamlet:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockabye_Hamlet

 

BMI - Music Rights Management:

https://www.bmi.com/

 

ASCAP - Music Rights Management:

https://www.ascap.com/

 

Harry Shearer - called out Rob on Twitter:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Shearer

 

Gobo - lighting:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobo_(lighting)

 

Ken Billington - Broadway lighting designer:

https://www.artisticfinance.com/episode/VGQZlvyQFnMeL1pRA5OB

 

Links from the Patron Episode:

 

John Lee Beatty - Broadway set designer:

https://www.artisticfinance.com/episode/OpgExflo4ya6zwKeU8k1

 

Ain't Misbehavin' - musical:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain%27t_Misbehavin%27_(musical)

 

Golden Rainbow - musical:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Rainbow_(musical)

 

Johnny Mercer - musical composer:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Mercer

 

The Bandstand - musical:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandstand_(musical)

 

J2 Spotlight - Off Broadway musical company where Rob is Artistic Director:

https://www.j2spotlightnyc.com/

 

Roger Miller Museum - closed in 2017:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Miller_Museum

 

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Interview by Ethan Steimel

  Support Artistic Finance by becoming a patron:

www.patreon.com/artisticfinance   www.artisticfinance.com

 

 

We check in with lawyer and magician Sara Crasson to find out how Flavors of Magic is turning from a virtual event into an in-person magic show.

 

Listen to part 1 here:

https://www.artisticfinance.com/episode/RhWVzltRlefhFAL9ut6e/How-To-Produce-A-Magic-Show-with-Sara-Crasson-Part-1-of-4  

Links from the episode:

 

Flavors of Magic - Free Virtual Shows and soon-to-be LIVE Shows:

www.flavorsofmagic.com

 

Sara Crasson Instagram @magicianatlaw:

https://www.instagram.com/magicianatlaw/?hl=en

 

RJ The Magician:

https://www.rjsmagic.com/

 

Eric Walton - Mind Reader and Magician:

https://www.ericwalton.com/'

 

David Copperfield - Illusionist (who is welcome on the show anytime!):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Copperfield_(illusionist)

 

The Russian Samovar - Venue for Flavors--Live!

https://www.russiansamovar.com/

 

Darren Brown:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZFjYOyCdMxbt59vZNuqBpw

 

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Interview by Ethan Steimel

  Support Artistic Finance by becoming a patron:

www.patreon.com/artisticfinance   www.artisticfinance.com

A discussion on the finance related demands of We See You WAT, the movement calling for racial equality in American Theatre. In June 2020 they published a list of demands for making American Theatre more equitable. Theatre artist Alaina Newell joins us for the first of two episodes discussing each finance related demand. Some are free or inexpensive, which theatre companies of any size can accommodate. Others require a bit of money and are aimed at bigger theatre companies and commercial productions including Broadway.

 

Alaina Newell is a multi-hyphenate black, female, cisgender artist dabbling in acting, singing, directing, and writing. A recent BFA graduate, Alaina has taken her experiences from oppressive institutions and formed an artistic form of release. She created Fourth Wall, a podcast that brings on the players on both sides of the industry to investigate discrimination and bias in the theatre.

 

We See You WAT:

https://www.weseeyouwat.com/

 

List of Demands (29 page document):

https://www.weseeyouwat.com/demands

 

List of Demands Related To Money (list by AF):

https://www.artisticfinance.com/episode/CVO8NDKdbdnemQajgTCF/We-See-You-WAT-with-Alaina-Newell-Part-1-of-2

 

Alaina's Instagram - @alainanewell:

https://www.instagram.com/alainanewell/

 

Fourth Wall - Alaina's Podcast:

https://anchor.fm/fourthwall

 

Lift The Curtain - End Unpaid Arts Internships:

https://www.facebook.com/Lift.The.Curtain.End.Unpaid/

 

Williamstown Apprentice Drama:

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-07-20/williamstown-theatre-festival-sound-crew-walks-out

 

Stop Clause - Beetlejuice vs. Music Man and Scott Rudin:

https://broadwaynews.com/2019/12/16/beetlejuice-brings-attention-to-broadways-stop-clause/#:~:text=The%20stop%20clause%20has%20been,leave%20its%20theater%20in%20June.

 

August Wilson: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Wilson

 

Anything Goes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anything_Goes

 

Choir Boy:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choir_Boy

 

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Interview by Ethan Steimel

  Support Artistic Finance by becoming a patron:

www.patreon.com/artisticfinance   www.artisticfinance.com

 

Lawyer and magician Sara Crasson talks about Flavors of Magic, the virtual magic show she created in 2020 to highlight the diversity of the magic community. This is the first of four episodes following Flavors of Magic as it develops from a virtual event to an in-person live production.

 

Sara is a Law Clerk to a New York State Supreme Court Justice. Previously she worked in private practice at Mintz Levin and the Pillsbury law firm covering intellectual property disputes.   Sara is the official “Resourceress” of the Society of American Magicians (S.A.M.), the world’s oldest international magicians’ organization, and sits on their Ethics Committee.  Sara also produces “Flavors of Magic,” a show that highlights the diversity of the magic community.   
Sara is the author of Own Your Magic: A Magician’s Guide to Protecting Your Intellectual Property. The New York Law Journal called her “the leading authority on how IP law applies to magic.”  

Links from the episode:

 

Flavors of Magic - Free Virtual Shows and soon-to-be LIVE Shows:

www.flavorsofmagic.com

 

Sara Crasson Instagram @magicianatlaw:

https://www.instagram.com/magicianatlaw/?hl=en

 

College of Magic - Capetown, South Africa:

https://www.collegeofmagic.com/

 

Omar Olusion - Flavors Creative Team:

https://omarolusion.com/

 

Rogue - Flavors Creative Team:

https://www.roguethemagician.com/

 

Eve of Destruction - One of Sara's Favorite Events:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu3qDFSMpfg&ab_channel=JohnDiMartino

 

The Tank:

https://thetanknyc.org/

 

Brown Paper Tickets:

https://www.brownpapertickets.com/browse.html

 

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Interview by Ethan Steimel

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