Tag Archive for the term: advice

Funny how some movies just jump out of the humdrum fog of all the gillions that get made to become iconic. The Big Lebowski is clearly one, and I wonder why. It met with unenthusiastic reception when it opened but became a cult classic. How do some movies or tv shows manage to skip over [...]

Every two weeks or so I get a phone call from my aunt and, and sometimes my uncle too, checking in and offering me a sounding board for my Indyish plans and problems. My aunt Marion has all kinds of corporate experience and training in “leadership coaching” including Myers Briggs and emotional intelligence and organizational [...]

It would be a mistake to assume that everyone wants monogamy, or that heterosexual monogamy is the best way to be because of some sort of cosmic Create Progeny! priority, at least if your circles are at all alternative or indie or in any way diverse or contemporary. That mode is outdated for many. Despite [...]

One thing that defines my relationship with my lover man over here, and that I think might be a characteristic of a thing called “Indie Love” (if such a thing exists) is that we keep really weird hours. We work for ourselves, from home, we set our own deadlines, so at different times we might [...]

There are some nice insights around marketing indie on a website called Tales of the Rampant Coyote: Adventures in Indie Gaming today, and the author has a few more going up tomorrow or soon. The author is Jay Barnson who founded and runs indie game company Rampant Games and has been “creating both indie games [...]

Well, running your own wool business, theatre, webzine, film company, or record store may not be totally akin to launching an internet start-up, still I think you might find these different sets of Rules for Start Ups funny and informative if you’ve ever tried to run any kind of independent small business. Not every business [...]

Help in Toronto - photo by Blair Stirrett.

Today I’m sitting in Toronto, thinking about art and business and making a living. We drove over from Montreal for a quick weekend mission, and rather then just see Fringe shows and enjoy the 20th annual Toronto Fringe theatre fest and drink beers, I decided to try [...]

Yes, this is an Indie Love article about race.

More Colours by Szeretlek_Ma

Call me crazy but I think if you are falling flat in loveland you should try getting out of your bubble, as far out as you fricken can, and you should do so by aiming for people and events that are culturally [...]

Lots of things don’t work when it comes to getting press, and I think I’ve tried a number of them. I have however had the opportunity to get a lot of great advice about press over the years, and the bits that work are worth remembering:
1. Make an event/project/happening that’s newsworthy and match your project [...]

I feel like I’ve had to learn a lot in the ongoing process of trying to get cool video of our Indyish events. Video is hard, it takes amazing hours of work and even then it’s unbearably easy to end up with something that’s kinda crappy looking or not totally compelling. I definitely don’t think [...]