Image the work we could do without memory. If we worked without remembering all the times we failed: the product we announced would change the world. the novel we’d finally finish. the instrument we’d learn to play. the video that would go viral. the screenplay that’d give us our break. the blog we [...]
According to a statistic I thought sounded great and didn’t bother to verify, of the annual one million freshly minted Los Angeles transplants looking for entry into the entertainment business, only 5,000 stick it out past year one. We’re talking about point-five-percent — only half a percent stay in Los Angeles past their first year. [...]
Several months ago I decided the following mantra would define the next year: “Work for anyone, on anything, for any amount of money.” I still was (am) new to Los Angeles and the entertainment business. I figured regardless of what I did, I’d learn something new. More importantly, a blanket “yes” without regard to my [...]
Allan soured his face as I explained his duties as the bus driver for today: keep your phone on. Answer the calls. Make sure you’re constantly looping back here from LAX — don’t just stay at the airport. He had this “I-can’t-believe-my-lot-in-life-is-driving-a-bus” expression on his face. The sentiment seeped into his posture, and into his [...]
“My catchall, general advice to everyone who moves out to Los Angeles is this: if there’s anything else you can do, anything else that’s your calling, go do that instead. It’s a pat answer,” he admitted, “but this is just too hard…” Which immediately raises the question: why is it hard? Because people will be [...]
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Chris moved from NY to Los Angeles to build his entertainment background and create content. He writes about that here. [more...]
