Comments on: Q&A: Can someone get me into the entertainment industry? http://www.backbonerecords.com/blog/2011/08/16/qa-can-someone-get-me-into-the-entertainment-industry/ Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:46:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Carrie G http://www.backbonerecords.com/blog/2011/08/16/qa-can-someone-get-me-into-the-entertainment-industry/#comment-28 Carrie G Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:40:30 +0000 http://www.backbonerecords.com/?p=20#comment-28 No one gets you into the entertainment industry. You get YOURSELF in. And the first thing you need to do is FOCUS. If you want to get into this business, you have to know exactly what you want to do. It's great that you love entertainment, but so do a lot of people. What kind of experience and skill can you bring to the field? What are you good at? Are you persistent? Motivated? Patient? Willing to work a day job? I highly recommend reading Linda Buzzell's "How To Make It In Hollywood." She offers the best breakdown of industry jobs I've ever seen--and that's just the tip of the iceberg. I'm serious. Read her book, think about what she says, and then decide if entertainment is really for you. Breaking in will require personal sacrifice and very hard work, and almost no aspiring industry people are sufficiently prepared for either. No one gets you into the entertainment industry. You get YOURSELF in.

And the first thing you need to do is FOCUS. If you want to get into this business, you have to know exactly what you want to do. It’s great that you love entertainment, but so do a lot of people. What kind of experience and skill can you bring to the field? What are you good at? Are you persistent? Motivated? Patient? Willing to work a day job?

I highly recommend reading Linda Buzzell’s “How To Make It In Hollywood.” She offers the best breakdown of industry jobs I’ve ever seen–and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. I’m serious. Read her book, think about what she says, and then decide if entertainment is really for you. Breaking in will require personal sacrifice and very hard work, and almost no aspiring industry people are sufficiently prepared for either.

]]> By: Mandy S http://www.backbonerecords.com/blog/2011/08/16/qa-can-someone-get-me-into-the-entertainment-industry/#comment-27 Mandy S Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:54:34 +0000 http://www.backbonerecords.com/?p=20#comment-27 Yeah, cuz it's that easy...... Yeah, cuz it’s that easy……

]]> By: richardkumm http://www.backbonerecords.com/blog/2011/08/16/qa-can-someone-get-me-into-the-entertainment-industry/#comment-26 richardkumm Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:17:21 +0000 http://www.backbonerecords.com/?p=20#comment-26 Build your resume grow where you are planted. I have had a nice local career and if I was younger and still interested I could easily go to a bigger city etc. But, you have to pay your dues no one will give it to you unless you are already connected etc. so get into the school or community play, audition for local commercials on radio or television memorize Shakespeare get a guitar start singing Make a timed plan for yourself after 2 or 3 years of building experience go to the next biggest city in your state work there a couple of years make contacts build resume make a film, record, get pro photos done Then Go to an even bigger city if you can make it there Try New York if all else fails try God. Build your resume
grow where you are planted.
I have had a nice local career and if I was younger and still interested I could easily go to a bigger city etc.
But, you have to pay your dues no one will give it to you unless you are already connected etc.
so get into the school or community play,
audition for local commercials on radio or television
memorize Shakespeare
get a guitar
start singing
Make a timed plan for yourself
after 2 or 3 years of building experience go to the next biggest city in your state
work there a couple of years make contacts build resume
make a film, record, get pro photos done
Then Go to an even bigger city
if you can make it there
Try New York
if all else fails
try God.

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