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		<title>The Business Behind Fame</title>
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By Sept 2002 I had lived in LA for over a year, had been to a crazy number of auditions, and I wasn&#8217;t getting anywhere.  I was working a desk job to &#8216;pay the bills&#8217; and &#8216;fall back in case acting didn&#8217;t pan out&#8217;, but I reached a point where I realized I didn&#8217;t move [...]]]></description>
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		<title>@SXSW &#8211; Can &#8216;Likes&#8217; on Facebook or &#8216;Follows&#8217; on Twitter = Money In Your Pocket?</title>
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A recent study featured on Mashable.com suggests that Facebook likes are more valuable than Twitter follows.  Let&#8217;s talk about this as it applies to performers.
I find these conversations fascinating because with so much attention being given to the importance of Social Media, it fails to address the true disconnect: Quantity of followers vs Quality of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gigsmacked.com/2012/03/15/sxsw-can-likes-on-facebook-or-follows-on-twitter-money-in-your-pocket/</link>
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		<title>GUEST POST by Weston McCready: If Opportunity Knocks</title>
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Acting isn&#8217;t working.
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By that I mean it takes more than auditioning and waiting for the phone to ring if you want to stand out in this industry.
Thanks to Weston McCready for saying this so succinctly in his guest post, below.
Be sure to follow Weston on Twitter @westonmccready and subscribe to his blog.
-Kahlil (at) gigsmacked (dot) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gigsmacked.com/2011/12/22/guest-post-by-weston-mccready-if-opportunity-knocks/</link>
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		<title>GUEST POST by TJ Dawe: Irons In The Fire</title>
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This is a guest post by TJ Dawe, an award winning (and published) writer/performer/director, whose solo credits include Totem Figures , The Slipknot and Tired Cliches, and whose credits as a collaborator include Toothpaste &#38; Cigars (in development as the film The F Word), 52 Pick-up, The Power of Ignorance, Dishpig and The One Man Star Wars [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gigsmacked.com/2011/11/14/guest-post-by-tj-dawe-irons-in-the-fire/</link>
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		<title>Talent Isn&#8217;t Enough: The Performer of The Future</title>
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This article originally appeared on Seth Godin&#8217;s Domino Project Blog, and in it he referred to authors.  I&#8217;ve substituted the word authors for actors, and writing for acting, but you get the idea.
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&#8216;Many successful, serious actors are in love with the notion that they get to be serious and successful merely by acting.
There was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gigsmacked.com/2011/10/26/talent-isnt-enough-the-performer-of-the-future/</link>
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		<title>How To Become A YouTube Sensation: Angie Johnson and Dan Dunn</title>
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My friend Angie Johnson has the world at her feet. An appearance on Ellen, a viral video on YouTube, and every major media outlet in the US fawning for her attention.  After seeing her YouTube video, Carson Daly got her a private audition for The Voice on NBC and Perez Hilton has blogged about her.
Here&#8217;s an excerpt [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gigsmacked.com/2011/09/12/how-to-become-a-youtube-sensation-angie-johnson-and-dan-dunn/</link>
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		<title>How To Make Your Talent Stand Out</title>
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If people who don&#8217;t know you love what you&#8217;re doing, don&#8217;t ever give up.  If it&#8217;s only friends who tell you you&#8217;re great, hang it up.
-Anonymous
Kahlil (at) gigsmacked (dot) com

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		<link>http://gigsmacked.com/2011/07/22/how-to-make-your-talent-stand-out/</link>
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		<title>I Want To Be A Loser &#8211; Like Frank Sinatra</title>
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The Montreal Just For Laughs Festival is pretty amazing.  It feels good to finally be here, doing my thing.  But when I read this article by Bob Greene which originally appeared on CNN.com, it reminded me how fleeting fame is and how important it is to stay grounded and surround yourself with people who don&#8217;t care [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gigsmacked.com/2011/07/17/i-want-to-be-a-loser-like-frank-sinatra/</link>
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		<title>When does rejection become opportunity? EXAMPLE:</title>
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The Montreal Just For Laughs Festival is the largest and most respected comedy festival in the world.  It has long been a dream of mine to perform Basic Training there and after selling out several major festivals around the world, I thought this one would be a great opportunity.  On July 14-22 I will be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gigsmacked.com/2011/06/30/when-does-rejection-become-opportunity-example/</link>
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		<title>Carmen Electra and The New Triple Threat (and its not singing and dancing)</title>
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Resumes are useless.  I don&#8217;t even know why they ask for resumes at auditions any more &#8211; they&#8217;re just going to Google you when you leave the room anyway.  And if you haven&#8217;t proven yourself in the room you&#8217;re not going to book the gig, regardless of how many times you&#8217;ve been a unicorn [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gigsmacked.com/2011/06/16/carmen-electra-and-the-new-triple-threat-and-its-not-singing-and-dancing/</link>
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