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Self Promotion  
making smart choices
" Making It"
Knowledge, Wisdom, and Guidance
by
David Hamilton

 
Picture by D. Hamilton at UWM Milwaukee after a Dreammakers performance

Smart Choices
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After interviewing the " Dreammakers" ( Professional Dancers / Choreographers from New York ) I learned that all of the dancers that offered advice, all said that making smart choices with your art form, promotion of, marketing, presenting, etc....... started with educating.... and choosing close tight nit support. Making smart choices as to what you do and how you build yourself up start with learning from others mistakes. 

Let's say your a model, you need to pick and choose what shoots you do, who you let take your pictures, where you have your pictures taken, who you let see them, etc...... good decision making comes with knowledge, and knowledge comes from reading, asking questions, and actually going out and meeting models that work professionally. This is universal in Entertainment as a whole, the decisions you make early on will follow you through life, so make smart decisions now, and build up a good habit of analyzing the things you do.

Let's say your building the band........ You want the benefit of (the family), as in, a tight nit support group of musicians that all share the same goals and desires of success. Treat your counterparts as equals. The musicians in your band have a "dream" too! I get sooo frustrated when I see bands that treat there musicians like cattle or slaves to the art form. Regardless of whether it's a band, a film crew, or a dance team, treat your support team as if they were golden, they are just as talented as you are to help make your craft successful. I guess this is where the spiritual side of me shines through, do on to others as you would want done onto yourself at all times, karma has a funny way of showing and proving it's existence when you least expect it. As you will read later in this book, word of mouth is everything, and if you have 5 happy members of your group, troupe, crew, or band.... that is 5 people spreading word of mouth advertising ( 4 Times more than just you ! )  Bands like The Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi, Def  Leapord, Aerosmith, etc..... they are all for one and one for all. When Def Leapord's drummer lost his arm, they weren't quick to replace him, they became stronger and because of that, they became a mainstay band. 

If your in the art of acting, eventually you will have to decide on parts that can help you verses hurt. If your a model or dancer, you may have already been put in situations where you were un sure whether or not to take a job. Later in this book we will touch on management and making the right decisions while your promoting yourself. Choose your jobs and tasks carefully, always ! and always check references of the people that want you to do work for them.

I have spent a lot of time on the band scenario, so I want to point out that self promotion in acting, modeling, and film can all be directed to internet sites that promote you as well. Your art should be in the direction of being a mainstay artist, meaning, everything you do should be planned out and thought about before you make your moves. On the next page I will give you a really good example of how an aspiring model is self promoting herself...............

 

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