GigNews for Thursday, January 05, 2006
Issue: 18 - Tips on Making Clients Pay and other useful info

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Freelancer Tips on Getting Paid for Your Work. How to Make Clients Pay
Make Sure You Get Paid for Your Projects...Get Your Money: There are
many strategies to deal with delinquent clients, but there are also
many precautionary measures that you should take in the beginning of
your client - freelancer relationship.
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Tips for Costumers
How do you darken shoes and leather?
Why keep stocking the costume wardrobe?
What is the vodka for?
Three interesting and useful tips for your costume department
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The Three Nevers of Auditions
According to Janice Lynde in Ten Minutes to the Audition (Tallfellow
Press):
1. mNever panic if you are asked to read for another role. Recognize it
for what it is--a compliment. It says they like your work and want to
find something for you in their project. Ask for time to go over the
script.
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Under the Weather Business Tips
Under the Weather
Bad weather sometimes means canceled performances. The Fargo-Moorhead
Community Theatre has a well-thought-out policy called a
"Snow/Raincheck."Should the weather become disruptive (as it often does
in North Dakota), FMCT will cancel a performance for the safety it its
patrons, volunteers, and staff.
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1st Team Production Assistant
Emmy-Award winning reality program Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is
seeking responsible 1st Team Production Assistant. Expereince running
1st Team is a must, please no first-timers. Position will be solely
responsible for all five cast members of the show.
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MODELS, ACTORS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS
FASHION TV PARIS, 24HOURS NETWORK WITH 500 MILLION VIEWERS WORLD WIDE IS
CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR MODELS, ACTORS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS IN CALIFORNIAIF
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in the Cassisfieds.
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Cyberset / New site development
Friend and Gigdirectory.net Member Michael Gosney of Verbum Publishing
and Cyberset Records sent me a link to their beta test new site. It has
a great online compilation you can listen to while your are on the
computer.
Go to the site link below
Image from Earth Dance - Dancing the Dream Awake, compliation available
through Cyberset.cc
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Passages: Lost luminaries of 2005
From Pope John Paul II, who traveled the globe to unite his flock, to
Terri Schiavo, the Florida woman whose death split the nation, the
world mourned many luminaries in 2005.
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Game Jobs
Game Jobs = jobs in games and anim
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Job Smack
Job Smack Recrutiment site for the interactive community.
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gamedev.net
gamedev.net Game developers network with jobs.
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Gamasutra
Gamasutra resource with news and jobs in animastion games.
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Dreamworks
Dreamworks = Animation Film and Game company
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Disney Careers
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Cutting Edge
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Creative Cow
USA Creative Cow = lots of forums for film, video, digital effex, sound,
anim, graphix with the odd job.
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Young Producers Project
In a world that speaks to youth as mere consumers of images and not
their makers, The Young Producers Project is dedicated to teaching
young people the critical viewing skills it takes to be creators of
their own identities. At 911 Media Arts Center in addition to classes
on media literacy we provide multimedia production and education
workshops and classes that introduce middle and high school students to
alternative forms of media production as well as providing video editing
facilities, multimedia authoring stations and a screening venue for
finished productions.
Get Involved To volunteer, mentor, teach or participate in any YPP
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USA 3d Cafe = Resources and jobs
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Event Date: Jan 05, 2006
Theater - Women on the Way Festival:
Thursdays through Sundays, January 12-29, 2006 Shows at 8 pm except
Sunday, Jan. 15 at 7
Advance tickets at www.ticketweb.com
or call 1-866-468-3399
or TIX Booth on Union Square
FEATURING:
Amanda Moody
Sean Dorsey of Fresh Meat Productions
Jane and Tair Chen of Chinese Clown Cabaret
Alma Esperanza Cunningham Movement
Funsch Dance Experience
Talismanic Physical Theatre
Davalos Dance Company
Eat Cake Productions
danceNAGANUMA with guests
Amy X Neuburg and Sue Li Jue
FAMILY FUN NIGHT!
WOMEN OF THE WORLD
Sunday, January 15th at 7 pm
Dance, music and theatre from around the world for all ages
GRRRL Brigade, Youth Dance Ensemble
NATyA, Dance from India
Taiko Ren, Japanese Drumming
Davalos Dance Company
danceNAGANUMA
Jane/Tair Chen, Chinese Clown Cabaret
Hearan Chung, South Korean Dance
MC, Mina Liccione
Find out more. :
http://www.gigdirectory.net/index.php?module=PostCalendar&func=view&Date=2006011\
2&viewtype=details&eid=74&print=

Event Date: Jan 05, 2006 - Jan 27, 2006
Exhibitions - Atmospheres and Iterations - Art Show and Performance:
Gallery 276 presents artist
Will Cloughley
"Atmospheres & Iterations"
Mixed Media Prints on Canvas,
Media Installation & Live Performances
with AXIS MUNDI Trance Dance Celebration on Jan. 21st
Join us for a special gallery experience, offering the premier showing
of "Atmospheres and Iterations" - a series of nine 24x30 archival
prints on mounted canvas that explores the boundaries between natural
and man-made self-organizing systems, a companion media installation,
and performances including Gongs, Spoken Word, Didjeridoo and Drum
Trio, and a Saturday night World Beat Trance Dance Celebration.
Gallery Hours:
Thursdays through Saturdays > noon to 6pm
and by appointment - 510-418-5960
Special Evening Events:
* Jan. 14th - OPENING RECEPTION - Free - 7:30 to 10pm,
with Karen Stackpole & the Cosmic Harmonic GONGS
* Jan. 21st - $10 - 9pm-12am AXIS MUNDI World Trance Groove
- Live World Beat Trance Dancing & Raw Food Treats by Shakti
* Jan. 27th - Free - Spoken Word "Nature IS"- with Guest Poets &
Didjeridoo & Drum Trio
COST & REGISTRATION:
Jan. 14, OPENING RECEPTION Free and Jan. 21, TRANCE DANCE $10.
About Gallery 276:
A new fine art Gallery in SF focusing on leading edge and emerging
artists.
Find out more. :
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Event Date: Jan 05, 2006
Networking - Bay Area Women In Film And Television:
(BAWIFT) Host Local Film Commission Directors
Local Film Commission Directors Brenna Bailey, San Mateo County,
Stephanie Coyote, San Francisco, and Ami Zins, Oakland, kick-off 2006
with the Bay Area Women in Film and TV on January 18 in a panel
discussion about the future of film and television production around
the San Francisco Bay Area. Once known as a hub for major film and TV
productions outside of Hollywood, film production work has dwindled in
recent years throughout Northern California as other cities and
countries offer increasing incentives to major studios. Join BAWIFT
members and other women media makers to learn what our local film
commissions are doing to revitalize the industry and put Bay Area
filmmakers back to work.
Note: BAWIFT is a Women Only Event, Members Free, Non-Members, $5 at
door.
When: January 18, 2006, 7:00PM to 9:30PM
What: Bay Area Women In Film & Television (BAWIFT) Meeting
Who: Film Commission Directors: Brenna Bailey, Stephanie Coyote, Ami
Zins, Moderator: Lorrae Rominger
Where: A Traveling Jewish Theatre, 470 Florida Street, San Francisco, CA
94110
Cost: Free to BAWIFT Members (Women Only) and Non-Members $5.00 at the
door
Public Info: www.bawift.org or 415-364-1860
Event PR/Media Contact: Liz Nord, BAWIFT Board Member and PR Committee
Chair, 415-377-7274
About BAWIFT:
Bay Area Women In Film and Television (BAWIFT) brings together a vibrant
community of women media makers throughout Northern California to
inspire creative collaboration, networking opportunities, and
professional development. Evolving from a grassroots group called
Cinema Chicks, BAWIFT launched in 2003 as a 501(c)3 non-profit
organization and chapter of Women in Film and Television International
network (WIFTI). BAWIFT, 3288 21st St., San Francisco, CA 94110,
www.bawift.org.
Find out more. :
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Event Date: Jan 05, 2006
Workshop - Winter Aerial Dance for GIRLS:
YOUTH AERIAL DANCE CLASSES AT STUDIO 12
Taught by Cherie Carson, the Youth Aerial Dance Classes are STUDIO 12’s
newest addition. STUDIO 12 is located across the hall from Jim Beatty’s
Ha Ha This a Way classes in the Sawtooth Building in Berkeley.
GIRLS WHO FLY
Hanging, spinning, climbing, sitting and dancing on trapeze, hoops and
slings, GIRLS WHO FLY is for 9-13 year old girls. The focus is on fun,
skill development, social interaction, large movement activities, and
presentation. No experience required.
GIRLS WHO FLY
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS
4:15-5:45 PM
Begins Jan 18th
WEEKDAY AERIAL KIDS
This is the core aerial dance program offered during school hours, for
kids with flexible schedules who can attend classes during the school
day. Provides a cooperative physical environment for homeschool and
flex-hour kids. Call to book your group of 6 or more.
WEEKDAY AERIAL KIDS
call for fees and schedules
space rental also available
Find out more. :
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Event Date: Jan 05, 2006
Screenings - The Greater Circulation (2005) a film:
Vertical Pool and Red Poppy Art House
presents the San Francisco premiere of
"THE GREATER CIRCULATION" (2005; 93 min.) a feature film by Antero Alli
incorporating Rainer Maria Rilke's
"Requiem For a Friend" (as translated by Stephen Mitchell).
Film clip URL: http://www.fractalvideo.com/HTML/TGCFV.html
Excerpt from the filmthreat.com review
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"Rainer Maria Rilke's "Requiem for a Friend" (via the lyrical Stephen
Mitchell translation) is the heart, soul and mind of "The Greater
Circulation," by Berkeley filmmaker Antero Alli. The film has a
deceptively simple concept: an experimental theater company in
Berkeley, California, stages a performance ritual based on the poem,
and during the course of rehearsals and production the impact of the
poem comes to challenge and haunt the various people involved in this
endeavor. But beyond that concept is a deep, provocative and often
disturbing drama which poses questions of love, art, mortality and
grief with the grace and majesty of Rilke's work..simply
astonishing..."
Phil Hall, filmthreat.com (5 stars out of five)
The review in its entirety:
www.filmthreat.com/index.php
about the filmmaker
www.verticalpool.com/aavision1.html
"Requiem For a Friend", the entire text
www.paratheatrical.com/requiemtext.html
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Event Date: Jan 05, 2006 - Jan 22, 2006
Music - World Music Blowout 'globalFEST':
Annual World Music Blowout 'globalFEST' Reveals Planet's Traditions
Transformed - The festival takes place Saturday, January 21 and Sunday,
January 22, 2006 (NYC)
Artist Roster:
Auktyon (Russia)
Daara J (Senegal)
Daby Touré (Mauritania)
DJ Dolores (Brazil)
Emil Zrihan (Israel/Morocco)
Frank London's Klezmer Brass All Stars (USA)
Juan Carmona (France)
Keren Ann (France/USA)
Las Ondas Marteles (France)
Lura (Cape Verde/Portugal)
Niyaz (Iran/India/USA)
Roxane Butterfly's Worldbeats presents 'Djellebah
Groove' (France/USA/Morocco)
Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys (USA/Louisiana)
Returning for a third year after two consecutive sold-out concerts,
globalFEST ˜ New York's world music extravaganza ˜ announces the
line-up for what has expanded to a two-night event. The festival takes
place Saturday, January 21 and Sunday, January 22, 2006 at The Public
Theater, with the same 13 acts performing each night.
As in years past, globalFEST 2006 challenges audiences to re-think the
parameters of world music. As the Village Voice's Carol Cooper
described the first year, "Few, if any, of these acts were obsessed
with the 'purity' of their music. Authenticity and purity are not the
same, and if festival participants chose to bend and blend genre
categories, it was only after serious study of those root musics they
hoped to update or alter. If anything, the participants in Manhattan's
first globalFEST proved it's possible to respect the past without being
forced to preserve it forever unchanged." Isaac Guzman wrote in The
Daily News, "Aside from the high quality of the artists, what's
striking about globalFEST is that it does away with typical notions of
what constitutes world music."
Since its 2004 launch, globalFEST has served as a beacon for
international musicians hoping to boost their presence in North
America. The festival seeks to showcase artists for fans and
impresarios alike. Scheduled to coincide with the annual Arts
Presenters conference˜a performing arts event where most North American
performing arts centers and festivals book their coming
seasons˜globalFEST identifies artists on the cusp of success here and
gives them a springboard for further accomplishment on the touring
circuit.
Url: www.globalfest-ny.com
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Event Date: Jan 05, 2006 - Jun 23, 2006
Screenings - African Diaspora Cine Club:
African Diaspora Cine Club - Columbia, SC
Teachers College, discussions of films from Africa and the African
Diaspora. Refreshments will be served.
Every last Friday of the Month
Find out more. :
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Event Date: Jan 05, 2006
Networking - THE FILM INDEPENDENT LEAGUE OF MARIN:
THE FILM INDEPENDENT LEAGUE OF MARIN meets the last Monday of each month
at rhe Aroma Cafe in San Rafael. Network with writers, actors, crew,
producers,and directors.
INVESTORS: Find out how to make and finance an independent film or
documentary.
PRODUCERS: Share your project; meet directors, actors, writers, and
investors.
DIRECTORS: Find out about new projects in the Bay Area. Meet producers,
actors, and writers.
SCREENWRITERS/WRITERS: Get your script read by actors, network with
producers and filmmakers.
ACTORS: Practice your script reading skills. Meet local producers
directors and agents. Great opportunity awaits you.
To find out more, visit our web site at http://www.Lunaventure.com "News
and Events"
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Dr. Jimmy's delightful debut album of intoxicating ethnic melodies held
together by strong rhythmic
Dr. Jimmy's delightful debut album of intoxicating ethnic melodies held
together by strong rhythmic patterns and angelic voices to build a
beautiful blend of electronic and organic styles. Dr Jimmy is available
for comosing, arranging and DJ.
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