Ron Lindeboom
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[Tim Wilson] “Also available in packs of 12 for only $50.99.”
And the OFFICIAL show headwear for ALL cow leaders.
Right, Timmie?
Ron Lindeboom
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Hi Sam,
We just post the press releases as sent by the public relations firms representing the respective firms.
I noticed during the credits that Vince Pace was not the DP but was listed with a far different title — I remember as we did an interview with him which has not yet appeared online.
Would you have Vince’s title handy? If so please let us know and we will correct the press release.
Thanks, Sam.
Ron Lindeboom
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I had to chuckle this morning as I swung by Yahoo.com to see the latest box office on AVATAR.
$351,114,898 so far.
I don’t think that James Cameron cares one twit about his critics or who thinks his story is simplistic or trite.
As I said somewhere else: Cameron has already done more to affect the psyche of future generations (regarding tragedies such as happened in North America, Africe, Australia and elsewhere when indigenous peoples were eradicated) than all of the documentary filmmakers and authors that have addressed the subject heretofore.
Using these two yardsticks to measure what is success or not, I think I can see why Cameron is going to laugh all the way to the bank in the face of his critics.
Man, I’d like to fail like him when I grow up.
Ron Lindeboom
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[Bob Zelin] “I am not sure if I like Ron’s example. John Fogerty from Creedence worked very hard, and continues to work hard…SO what does all of this mean? It means that Creedence (both Fogerty and the remaining members, now playing apart) have a PASSION to work hard, because they love music – this is what they do. While most other musicians (who didnt’ become rich like Shania Twain) when to work for WalMart, or UPS, or some other job.”
But [Ron Lindeboom] originally said “Creedence Clearwater Revival are a perfect example of this phenomenon… they worked hard and had enough talent to find a groove and work it successfully.”
And only the musicians that needed to eat and who were ignored by the music industry and radio and who got tired of playing to 4 and 5 people, went to work outside music.
I have worked with far too many musicians who have had their careers stolen by corrupt attorneys, accountants, record company moguls, managers — and left with nothing.
They persevered in the music because they loved it. But the looked elsewhere for their groceries.
Nearly none of the musicians I know gave up, they just looked elsewhere.
My point about Creedence is they didn’t write symphonies, they were not the best musicians on the planet, either — but they worked hard and committed themselves and they were good enough to succeed by doing so.
There is a lesson in that for artists in any ilk.
Ron Lindeboom
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Once again, we do it on our terms, Bruce. Not because you think that someone has to do it or else.
How was your year? Hope you found the job you were looking for.
Ron Lindeboom
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[Jeff Bonano] “Of course if I stop posting in about a month, You’ll all know it didn’t work out as planned…haha.”
To be honest, we have had this happen more than once over the last 15 years or so that we have been building communities online.
Maybe that is one of the reasons that the traffic is so light in the Preparing for Extreme Video Jobs forum. (Another reason might be because it would help if the forum weren’t but minutes old started as a gag to chide you for not looking for that forum before posting here.) ;o)
Have a great New Year, Jeff. And as they used to say on Hill Street Blues: Be careful out there.
Ron Lindeboom
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[Jeff Bonano] “Yet honestly, I couldn’t find the forum called “preparing for extreme video jobs””
Jeff,
Don’t be lazy…it is right here, where you expected it, listed under Preparing for Extreme Video Jobs.
;o)
Don’t let the lack of traffic deter you, it’s just that most of the rest of us are either too damned scared to bid on that kind of job, or some might argue they are not foolhardy enough.
Happy New Year,
Ron Lindeboom
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[Chris Blair] “talent alone is no guarantee of success.I think you must have some talent…and at the very least you need a solid skill set, but often people with lesser talent and better work ethics and marketing skills become bigger winners in the end.”
Creedence Clearwater Revival are a perfect example of this phenomenon. They were not the best band in the world and many people joked that they wrote the same album, over and over.) But they worked hard and had enough talent to find a groove and work it successfully.
In the end, they proved that you don’t even need to write three-chord rock n roll to succeed — as some of their songs only had two chords, as I recall. ;o)
But I see people in the COW all the time whose parents are paying to put them through film school or art academy and it is clear that they have next to no talent whatsoever. It is sad, as you know that the parents are working their fannies off to put them through school and it is going to be another case of “holds a degree that they’ll never use” in the end.
You may not need tons of talent to make it, but you have to have at least some talent — and then work your butt off from there.
Ron Lindeboom
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It never ceases to amaze me the number of “artists” that think that talent and craft will win out in the end. It ALMOST never does. Oh there are exceptions to every rule — but maybe there is an exception to that, too! — and I wouldn’t want to bank my future or the future of my family on the Rule of Exception.
There is a reason that people talk about “starving artists.”
;o)
Too many artists are “above” selling themselves, to them, that would be tantamount to “selling out” — and so by not selling themselves, they sell themselves right out of the market.
Ron Lindeboom
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[Nick Griffin] “Bob- Here’s a tip: the coffee pot with the green handle is usually decaf. You should try it sometime.”
Here in California, the black handle is regular coffee and decaf is the orange handle. But that said, I’d hate to see Bob reach for the orange (or green) handle as we’d likely miss all these wonderful Zelinesque quips, quotes and posturings.
Ron Lindeboom