2016 September 18 The purpose of writing a spec script (movies, plays, musicals, etc.) is spending the time to flesh-out an idea that an artist believes in and then finding a team of people and production company to make it all happen. It’s risky, because nobody has asked you to…
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2016 August 19 Soundgarden | Superunknown. Herbie Hancock | Future Shock. Red Hot Chili Peppers | Mother’s Milk. These are just a few of the albums that Michael Beinhorn has produced. His book Unlocking Creativity: A Producer’s Guide to Making Music and Art is not another book about the correct…
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2016 August 18 A remarkable interview of stage and movie director Peter Brook by Charlie Rose. Question | You’re a director. Peter Brook’s response | “I’m not a director, I’m a collaborator.” Question | You’re always thinking about the future… Peter Brook’s response | “I’m thinking about the present, what…
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2016 August 17 With the resolution of digital camera sensors approaching that of 35mm film and the cameras themselves becoming relatively affordable, an interesting glitch has been occurring: as you’d expect, mass-produced cameras have variations in sensor location front and aft of the designated film/sensor plane. Prior to the advent…
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2016 August 15 Writer and Director Betty Rigg’s gospel play, A Mother’s Heart, Sunday, August 28, 7:00pm at the Royal Oak Music Theatre, Michigan. An explosive new gospel stage play written and directed by Detroit native Betty Riggs, makes the statement that drugs have no respect for race. Riggs returns to…
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2016 August 13 As an artist, the biggest challenge I’ve had is how to successfully get the word out about my art. I’ve tried everything from traditional media ads (TV, radio, newspapers, billboards) to social media (Websites, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, Google Ads, etc.), to stores (Amazon, Etsy, Apple,…
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2016 August 12 Results of my 2016 entertainment survey for men. Here’s some of my survey results and observations. If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to Contact Me. Observations Unlike my survey results for women, men were polarized in a different way: Regardless of age, men either…
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2016 August 11 Results of my 2016 entertainment survey for women. Here’s some of my survey results and observations. If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to Contact Me. Observations With the exception of women over the age of 60, two distinct groups emerged: 1. Women who…
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G2, the working title for my second Null Paradox book, is well in the works. I have 7 story arcs written. Obviously, Gertrude and Grace are back. Seth and Victoria, the later being alluded to in the first book but never named, have a tumultuous history and play major roles…
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In 1666 Isaac Newton began research which eventually lead to his realization that light was likely made up of individual particles, later known as photons, that appeared to also have wave-like properties. Over 200 years later, this idea plus Newton’s Universal Law of Gravity and his invention of calculus lead to physics beyond what…
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