Two Tales and the Truth: why I’m a union member in a right to work state
THE RUNDOWN As a young singer, fresh out of college with a music degree from one of the most prestigious music schools in the South, I sang [...]
Movie Speak by Tony Bill
If you walk onto a set, you have to talk the talk. – from Movie Speak: How to Talk Like You Belong on a Film Set by Tony Bill [...]
The Actor’s Life by Jenna Fischer
You cannot possibly get every role you audition for, so don't put that kind of pressure on yourself. ... Your job is to go in, time and time again, [...]
Year-End Reflections on 2017
nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight – from "Lovers in a Dangerous Time" by Bruce Cockburn [...]
Fascinate by Sally Hogshead
The most fascinating option wins. Everything else goes extinct. – from Fascinate: How to Make Your Brand Impossible to Resist by Sally Hogshead I [...]
2016 Business Review
2016 was the fourth year in a row of financial growth for Riggs Creative Services! 2012 - 2016 RCS Gross Income I've just begun my year-end chores [...]
Born Standing Up by Steve Martin
Photo Credit: Amazon I forget exactly how and why I came across this book on my library's website and downloaded it to my Kindle. Except that I [...]
Self-Management for Actors by Bonnie Gillespie
You are who you are, and opportunities are out there. You're in this for the long haul and you can start whenever, wherever you are. Always move forward to [...]
Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris
I've always admired the well-rounded entertainers who crossed the fields of music, film, and stage effortlessly. Entertainers like Gene Kelly, Bing Crosby, and Fred Astaire. And this is why [...]
The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer
To erase the possibility of empathy is to erase the possibility of art. Theater, fiction, horror stories, love stories. This is what art does. Good or bad, it imagines [...]
Talent is Overrated by Geoff Colvin
I recently finished listening to an audiobook by Geoff Colvin titled Talent is Overrated: what really separates world-class performers from everyone else. It's a scientific look – a sometimes very [...]
Letters to a Young Artist by Anna Deavere Smith
Mentors are extremely valuable in any career. Valuable and, in my experience, very hard to come by. In the arts, the people who could potentially be the most helpful [...]
Murphy’s Laws of Songwriting by Ralph Murphy
Author, guitarist, and my friend, Chad Jeffers introduced me to this book. Ralph Murphy is a songwriter / producer / publisher and an executive for ASCAP. I've been reading [...]
