This Friday, I will be heading to Boston to film a commercial there! I will be administering a lie detector test to a man, asking him embarrassing questions like, "Is your Twitter name 'I heart unicorns?'" The filming is on Saturday and I will be back in time for the Super Bowl...ummm, if the snowstorm cooperates!
Commercial acting technique is different and I have to thank Jagger Kaye the most for teaching me what I need to know! I have him listed on my resume for just that! It's one way I can say "thanks!" to him. Following Jagger's approach, I won a commercial class in an acting competition to an acting school/casting office/and more place called Weist-Barron Studios, run by a very nice group of people. So far, I have had a class with Batt Jonson and one with Tod Engle. An excellent casting director, named James Calleri, also taught me some useful stuff, crucial for me to get this commercial, too. This commercial director wanted everything "under acted," just like James likes. This is a continuation of what Jagger teaches, and his motto, which I will paraphrase, "No acting allowed, only 'real' moments." Sorry if I messed that up, Jagger.
Tomorrow, I also have another meeting with an agent, a former bass player from Europe who now works in NYC. I must admit, I feel we've gotta hit it off! Several people I take classes from like this guy, too, so I already feel good about hopefully working together. We've chatted briefly once before and he seems super nice and very competent!
Here, an actor "freelances" with agents, sometimes called "dating," until one signs him/her. I hope to sign at some stage, too, but it'll be a tough choice. I'm currently dating two, excellent agencies that also happen to be downright nice people. This part of the business is still a mystery to me. Simply put, I'd like to make them ALL a lot of money!
This is similar to the system in Holland and I worked with about ten agencies/talent bureaus at my busiest in the 1990s. I once signed with one, who promised a Far East tour, and that was a huge mistake that lasted three years and killed my music career. The economy in the East went south, pun intended, and the tour couldn't happen, the agency split in half and I ended up in the wrong half.
I'm much more optimistic about my current situation!
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