Semantics Or A Matter Of Truth

This initially was going to be another video post but I feared becoming one of those blogs that do nothing but post the video crap that other people place up on the web. So I decided to give an update on the progress so far. Besides contacting a ton of people that I don't know about the book and my other scripts I had an epiphany. Apparently, there is a difference between advertising and publicity. You can advertise your butt off but it means nothing if people aren't interested enough to even read the flyer or pamphlet or whatever piece of crap that you wasted your hard earned money on. On the other hand, all you need is one strategic or famous or connected person to start talking about what you've done and BINGO you got some good publicity!!! Now some may say this is just a matter of semantics and colloquial interpretation but let's face it there is some truth to the statement. The real question is HOW does a person get publicity? Maybe I should add luck to my previous equation for success although I believe (and Oprah agrees) that there is no such thing as luck just a lot of ingenuity and timing.

Yamakasi And The ART Of The Human Body In Motion

First let me say that I have always loved seeing the human body in motion. There is something about the natural (some would say divine) design of form and function that makes me enjoy watching athletics and dance.
In some facets of my art I try to show the effect of force and energy on objects especially those thing derived from the natural world around us. However, there is something to be said about the mind as a factor. The video that I am showing is more than athletics. This guy has trained himself to do that which the average person can't. He used his natural talent and mind in such a way that the inertia that would cause great injury to average person is negated by simple physics.
It is scary to watch and I recommend that NO ONE SHOULD TRY THIS STUNT!!!!!!! EVER!!!!!!! *******Life is too precious to try a stunt like this because one miscalculation or change in the external factors and YOU ARE DEAD! *******

DRIVEN And My Equation For Success

I have been communicating with a wide variety of people from around the world and here in the U.S. lately. I really think that I have made enough (although enough is never enough) celebrity, industry, reviewer contacts that the future books and promo should go smoothly. There are extraneous factors like locations and contracts to consider but I feel with the right production team all these components will be resolved.

Experience + Drive + Resources (usually equals)= Success

Hopefully, this formula will work for me in the future and if it doesn't I will just have to rethink the process or enforce some other plan of action.

Jimmy Lee Phelan - Cinematography

I have been sort of out of the loop so I have to congratulate my buddy, Jimmy Lee Phelan. On 05/06 he got his MFA in Film from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. I met Jimmy (or Lee as he prefers to be called) on a commercial shoot. He had a lot of great ideas and after I saw his early reel I knew he had the talent to back up those concepts with action (click on the link above to see what I mean).
Lee if you read this I just want to say more power to you and thanks for showing me your willingness to work with all types of people. You have a bright future ahead of you.

Party Season Is Around The Corner

The buzz is in the air. So far I have had over four different requests to attend five different networking parties.
It is funny how people turn an event that only lasts for a few hours into a seasonal extravaganza! I guess that everybody likes to see each other and talk about the events that occurred since the last party. These upcoming gatherings should be really interesting seeing that several people actually had a pretty successful year. One of the parties involves a musician friend of mine that I haven't seen in 15 years. He has been playing in the NY area and I didn't know about it so clearly he is invited to any event I go to and hopefully vice-versa will be the case at his events.
Most of this stuff doesn't start until September so its all good in my mind. A lot of people have done what they promised and I feel that it is my turn to step to the plate. I admit that this Summer was unusual and sometimes stressful but overall I really didn't work the way I wanted to. I don't have any real hard feelings about this because you often can't control the circumstances that come your way in life. All I can do is live and learn.
As usual, I'd like to thank all my friends who helped me through the bad stuff and for all the love and support that was shared with my family.

TAKE CARE and KEEP A PEACEFUL STATE OF MIND :)

N8