Justin Sudds and Kahlil Ashanti have guided the careers of countless artists to international recognition and financial success beginning with their own.  GigSmacked.com is your chance to not just see how we did it but to gain the tools and insight about how our value system and methods can work for you.

Justin Sudds is a Talent Manager with S.L. Feldman & Associates based in Vancouver, BC. They are responsible for the careers of artists such as Norah Jones, Diana Krall, Elvis Costello and James Taylor. He wears many different hats including Talent Buyer (casinos, theaters and in the past a few colleges), Agent for acts in the music, comedy and theatrical world, but his passion lies in talent management and helping artists shape their creative businesses into success stories like these:
www.paintjam.com
www.onemanstarwars.com
www.smartcookies.com

Kahlil Ashanti is an ActorPreneur with a long list of accomplishments. He is most well known (and respected) for his critically acclaimed one-man show called Basic Training which has toured the world successfully since 2004. He has been named New York Times Critic’s Pick, won an Edinburgh Fringe First Award and has sold out theatres from Dubai to Scotland to Melbourne.

Prior to Basic Training, he got his start touring the world several times as part of the elite military entertainment troupe Tops in Blue while serving in uniform in the US Air Force. He’s got credits in film, television and theatre, he’s tour managed artists in all different genres all over the globe, he’s consulted on performance skills for various artists, and hell, he even had his own one man show at Caesar’s Palace in Vegas. You can learn more about him at the links below.

http://www.kahlilashanti.com or

http://www.basictrainingnyc.com

For direct contact please email us sudds@gigsmacked dot com or kahlil@gigsmacked dot com.

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