Gig News 1/5/06

GigNews for Thursday, January 05, 2006

Issue: 18 - How to Make Clients Pay and other Useful Info

Here is this weeks GigNews
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Tips on Getting Paid for Your Work.
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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http://www.gigdirectory.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=298

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 Read More...:
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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 YOU ARE INTERESTED PLEASE register a free membership on Gigdirectory.net by clicking New User Sign Up! and check out our notice 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 Read More...:
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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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Latest Resources in The Production Directory and Gigdirectory

Game Jobs
Game Jobs = jobs in games and anim
http://www.gigdirectory.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Web_Links&file=index&req=visit&lid=201

Job Smack
Job Smack Recrutiment site for the interactive community.
http://www.gigdirectory.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Web_Links&file=index&req=visit&lid=200

gamedev.net
gamedev.net Game developers network with jobs.
http://www.gigdirectory.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Web_Links&file=index&req=visit&lid=199

Gamasutra
Gamasutra resource with news and jobs in animastion games.
http://www.gigdirectory.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Web_Links&file=index&req=visit&lid=198

Dreamworks
Dreamworks = Animation Film and Game company
http://www.gigdirectory.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Web_Links&file=index&req=visit&lid=197

Disney Careers
Disney Careers = Film TV Entertainment Company
http://www.gigdirectory.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Web_Links&file=index&req=visit&lid=196

Cutting Edge
Cutting Edge = recruitment agency since 1996
http://www.gigdirectory.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Web_Links&file=index&req=visit&lid=195

Creative Cow
USA Creative Cow = lots of forums for film, video, digital effex, sound, anim, graphix with the odd job.
http://www.gigdirectory.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Web_Links&file=index&req=visit&lid=194

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 program,
http://www.gigdirectory.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Web_Links&file=index&req=visit&lid=193

3d Cafe
USA 3d Cafe = Resources and jobs
http://www.gigdirectory.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Web_Links&file=index&req=visit&lid=192

Latest Product Reviews
Scouting Locations Without Leaving Your Desk Gigdirectory Moderat gave it a score of 10 out of 10 http://www.gigdirectory.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=11Scouting
Locations Without Leaving Your Desk

Portable P.A. Tours Chicago Zoo
Gigdirectory Moderat gave it a score of 10 out of 10 http://www.gigdirectory.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=10Portable
P.A. Tours Chicago Zoo

Mackie Quad Series Rack-Mount Processors Gigdirectory Moderat gave it a score of 10 out of 10 http://www.gigdirectory.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=9Mackie
Quad Series Rack-Mount Processors
Elation's Vision Color 250
Gigdirectory Moderat gave it a score of 10 out of 10
http://www.gigdirectory.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=8
Elation's Vision Color 250

Carnegie Staging is Revamped
Gigdirectory Moderat gave it a score of 10 out of 10 http://www.gigdirectory.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=7Carnegie
Staging is Revamped