Artists need to keep in mind that their manager, lawyer, booking agent, and tour manager are a business and the record label is their banker with some distribution and political contact with large corporations.
Pianist and Composer, Paul Cardall » More Quotes by Paul Cardall » All Quotes
A very influential baseball executive once told us, "Nobody heard of [this team] until you guys put them on the map." It was the nicest complement we've ever received.
Sports identity designer & co-founder of Brandiose, Jason Klein
The baseball industry is a real family style fraternity. Everyone knows everyone. No matter what service you provide, the industry is great at promoting companies they love
When we started, we had no experience, and everyone was touting "design experience." We looked at the business world and saw all these 100-year old corporations with a ton of experience that provided terrible product and awful service. From that point we set out to deliver imaginative ideas and rockstar service, with no experience whatsoever.
There's this weird moment in every project when it's unveiled. It's no longer this club and Brandiose project - it's now the fans that own the identity. It has meaning and context, and lovers and haters.
Every time I see the Cincinnati Reds on ESPN, I think of where I was when it was just a blank Illustrator file.
Alex Bogusky once said, "If nobody's talking about your brand, it's dead." This plays a very important role in our [design] process and how we measure success.
We start [the identity design process] by visiting with staff, fans and community leaders and uncovering the soul of the franchise. Then we develop a universe that captures this soul. We fill it with characters, rituals, traditions, and logos
Challenging the status quo is in our DNA... [We] invented the first glow-in-the-dark on-field baseball cap for the Casper Ghosts, and the first on-field Rally Cap design for the Altoona Curve.
in most cases my customer is starting from a position of loss -- they currently have none of their data when their drive is on my workbench, so even having their drive with a data recovery professional represents some hope for them
Data recovery specialist, Craig Veness
Hard drives and flash memory alike are not designed with data recovery in mind.
digital storage media is cheaper than ever before, increasingly quicker and certainly more widely available in many forms, but the one thing that the market seems to be willing to overlook in exchange for this increased speed and capacity is reliability
It was around 2006 that hard drive reliability took a sharp turn for the worse... and since the widespread adoption of perpendicular recording, hard drives have become significantly less reliable than before (generally speaking)
Flash memory is a more recent invention but also has become generally less reliable with the move from Single Layer Cell (SLC) to Multi Layer Cell (MLC) technology, granting us greater speed and capacity than was previously possible at the cost of higher failure rates than ever before.
[The] constant push for speed and capacity at the cost of reliability seems to be accepted by a market which either doesn't care or doesn't know any better, and so my customers range from home users to educators and students to business users, both small and large.
We have no 'safe' long-term method of storing data except for 'factory stamped' CDs and DVDs (as opposed to light-sensitive 'burned' discs) and so if you value your data and do not backup, you will likely find yourself in need of data recovery when your hard drive or memory card inevitably fails!
There are specialist tools for all ... stages [of data recovery] and even for a smaller operation the costs will quickly add up to the tens of thousands of dollars - at a minimum
Qualifications are useful to guarantee a minimum level of knowledge and competency, however in IT in general I've found that experience and technical nous will trump qualifications every time.
Being a smaller operator I've therefore been very glad to offer significantly lower pricing than my competition, however sometimes for physical recoveries even my lower pricing can still be expensive to an individual. Not all recoveries go ahead, and indeed even for the relatively smaller jobs of a few hundred dollars it's not unusual to get a 'thanks but no thanks' response.
Usually the first experience with data loss is enough to prompt someone to investigate backing up if they've not done it before. It's honestly not difficult to do, so if you're reading this now and do not have a backup, take this opportunity to get something set up. Don't put it off!
I'd say ... that it isn't the reward that drives me in recoveries, more it's how I know some will feel if the recovery fails (and that does happen). I work very hard to generate a good result and it is always a pleasure to deliver the good news.
Keep two or more copies of your most important data, ideally with one off-site copy (that is, out of the room or building where your other copies are. If you have a fire or theft and everything in your computer room is stolen or destroyed, do you have somewhere else to go to get your treasured photos or work? If not, start today.
Consider using an external hard drive with automated backup software (Windows: Syncback or Windows Backup; Mac: Time Machine; Linux: Rsync or fwbackups to name a couple) and also maybe consider trying an online option such as CrashPlan (useful in case of fire or computer theft).
if all my work dried up tomorrow I'd be happy
Data recovery is certainly not a guaranteed 'fix' - it isn't always possible to recover lost data, depending on the cause of the data loss in the first place
you might call us an emergency parachute, which is used after the main 'chute has failed and the ground is coming up fast. Not inspiring... but that's the reality!
I'd say the most common cause of data loss we see is from a dropped or damaged external hard drive, where photos or other important data is stored there and only there.
Hard drives fail. They're far from indestructible! In fact, there is no brand of consumer storage that you would consider 'safe'. We've sacrificed safety for capacity
Someone who lives and breathes to photograph, will know and respect their subject matter to the point where it becomes a part of them, and can present it in new and compelling form.
Nature Landscape & Travel Photographer, Alan Majchrowicz
most people don't understand that the actual traveling and photographing is only about 10-20% of the job. The rest entails many hours of solitude in the office or studio editing, marketing, advertising, delivering images to clients, networking via social media, archiving and organizing images, and a myriad of other mundane tasks.
[As a travel landscape photographer] I never get to sleep in motels or eat meals at regular hours. I constantly deal with foul weather and am frustrated with poor lighting, plagues of insects, and subzero temperatures and wind to name a few. Many of my images demand that I backpack or ski many miles to a remote location and be ready to go to work after arriving, or sit and wait hours or days for the right lighting conditions.
Winter photography yields some of the most beautiful images but is the most difficult and physically demanding time of the year.
being a successful professional photographer ... means working in locations that have been photographed many times over
For better or worse ... cliched subjects always sell.
Sometimes it seems like everything involved in this business comes down to luck, whether in the field waiting for light or in the office looking for that dream client. I go to great lengths in preparation for a trip to minimize the luck factor ensuring that I'm at the right place at the right time.
I've ... had viewers comment that seeing my photos in a calendar or poster has brightened an otherwise dull day at the office or home. It's a great feeling to know that in my own small way I can have a such a positive affect on people.
In the stock [photography] arena ... the advent of royalty free and micro-stock means that a photographer needs to produce many times the quantities of images to earn the same income he did a few years ago.
The images that sell the best for me are generally those of well known classic locations in the National Park system, but of course a visually striking image from just about anywhere will sell.
I've had mixed reactions turning down covers. Some art directors respect it, some may never call again. It’s always a difficult thing to do.
Book Cover Designer, Kirk DouPonce
The mission of the cover is essentially an advertisement to sell the book. But they’re art as well. They literally give the book a face.
If you want clients to keep coming back, it’s important to give them what they ask for without trying to push your agenda upon them.
I can’t wait for creativity to strike while projects pile up. Sometimes it’s gotta be forced out of its hole and wrestled to the ground. Hunting the wild boar seems the most appropriate analogy.
I still get a kick out of seeing my work at book stores, websites and every now again on television. I admit whenever my wife and I are at someone else’s home, I scan their bookshelves looking for my covers.
I didn't want my children to grow up knowing that their father was a hero, I wanted them to grow up knowing their father.
A Former Superhero
When it comes to jokes, I am always working on making it better or finding a different way to do it ... It's like when I drive to my friend's house ... I know a few different ways to get there. Sometimes, I take the scenic route and sometimes I take the most direct route.
Comedian, Nick Thune
Without charm, wit is useless. I think Nick Thune said that.
When I'm on stage I'm fighting to keep tens maybe hundreds of people's attention. It's rehearsed.
I've abandoned a bit before; although, I hate myself for it every time. It's the easy way out. Other times I have suffered an onstage death.
I don't feel any pressure to be funny when I meet a fan. I do feel pressure to be heroic. Do they feel pressure to be funny? I'm not sure.
I like the hit song format rather than the tune that takes you to unexpected places that sound cool to a composer but make no sense or are uncomfortable for the audience.
Pianist and Composer, Paul Cardall
What most people don't understand is that a record label is an investment company, known as a venture capitalist. However, because of the digital world it’s becoming easier for an artist with a business and marketing mind to cut out the label.
[The record label takes] a large cut of the pie leaving your business with anywhere from 9-25%. If you run the show yourself with your team, you guys can make up to 70% of profits.
Every recording has been to pay the bills ... I think every working artist will agree although they won’t admit it.
I wouldn’t mind changing careers. Maybe write a film, or work in advertising.
My heart defect has been a tremendous blessing.
the most popular caps sported the initial(s) of the city. the Red Sox "B", the Yankees or Mets "NY", the Dodgers "LA", the Cardinals "StL", the Cubs "C", the Phillies "P"
Hat Designer, Jim MacLeod
It makes my job harder if citizens do not stay involved or let me know about things they believe will better the community.
22 Year Old Mayor, Corey Harbison
Strength is in numbers and if you are being perceived as being effective, you will find it easier to actually be effective because everyone wants to be on the winning team.
Our attendance numbers have shown that wins and losses have no relation to fan support. We have not had very good records the past two years but have drawn more people than we did a few years ago when we had the best record in minor league baseball.
Minor League Baseball GM, Zach Burek
Sober people that have a sense of humor and like to listen and laugh are the best audiences for me.
Comedian, Jimmy Dore
I know of lots of unfunny guys that swear their heads off. And I know lots of unfunny people that never swear on stage. I also know lots of very funny people that swear on stage and lots of very funny people that never use profanity on stage.
people remember certain things and that's what they remind you about all the time. They'll come and they'll say, "that ball that you got Allan Border out with", now it wasn't a great delivery, but people remember it and that's more what kind of sticks because that's what they remember
Cricket Player, Richard Snell
I remember the Test match and I remember getting four wickets in both innings. The thing that sticks out though is that I had Lara dropped at first slip for nought. That’s the thing you kind of remember.
I wasn't really nervous bowling, but I would say that most of the guys, when they walk in to bat, are nervous and I think for most of them it's important to be nervous because its helps your concentration.
I'm constantly evaluating and critiquing. It's very hard, nearly impossible, for me to turn off my internal editor! It's a moment of great delight to me to be taken by surprise in a film or TV show
Writer, Christy Marx
I would argue that TV series are on their way to being as immortal as movies, when you look at the way old series are released on DVDs, are found on YouTube and find new life all over the internet.
I see it as interesting characters with interesting things to say and do, expressed with a clear beginning, middle and end that leads to a satisfying resolution. There are exceptions to this, of course, but a good story must give you someone or something to care about
I've been hearing more and more talk about bringing back adventure games. I don't think it was the audience who lost interest in them, I think it was the studios, publishers and developers.
A brilliant script can be utterly destroyed by producers, a lousy director, lousy acting, etc. But a poorly written script cannot conversely be saved by good directing or acting.
When you're working for someone else and have a client to satisfy, you may have to be merciless in ways that make you unhappy, but that's part of the cross you bear when someone else is paying you to work for them.
I'm not a language purist, though. I see language as a living entity that grows, changes, mutates and evolves. We need to maintain a certain base of common understanding, but we can't fight the evolution either. It's going to happen, whether we fight it or not.
There were a couple of times I sabotaged my career in ways that I wish I had avoided. I would tell my[ younger ]self: a) don't pass up a potentially excellent opportunity just because it isn't perfectly, exactly what you feel like doing; and b) keep your peevy rants to yourself until the contract is signed.
I think the publishing industry is at a point where - for the first time - technology is starting to be something that adds to their control of content instead of just threatens it
Entrepreneur, Aaron Stanton
suddenly, instead of saying, "Cool, if it works," when they see it, people just say, "Cool."
at some point in my life I had to decide to trust somebody or not trust somebody and I decided to trust them and the net gain of trusting somebody to not screw you over, to not steal whatever you're trying to do and claim it for themselves, has been overwhelming
taking a chance in life you risk either dying by fire or dying by ice and that in general people die by ice far more than they die by fire
we wake up and say "how can we save the publishing industry today?" which is incredibly audacious for twelve people in Boise, Idaho
my close friends and family have a "jaded" view of magic now. My career is mostly "ho-hum" for them, except for the major events. But, for day in and day out shows, it's just "another job" to a lot of my close family and friends!
Magician, Jason Hudy
Some tricks/illusions will take months and months to get into my show, because it needs to be 100% sure-fire, that I can do it in my sleep before it makes it into the show
I probably make my living on less than 30 tricks/illusions that I use on a consistent basis. With an average of 8 routines per show, a group can have me 3 years in a row before I start to have to bring in repeats.
Some of my cherished memories is when a group of magicians get together, and I ALWAYS look forward to these times! Magicians are a special bunch when there are a bunch of them together.
The biggest challenge [in designing logos] is having buy-in from the ultimate decision maker, if you can't get that, you will always be battling an uphill battle.
Identity Designer, Armin Vit
[Identity design work] for high profile cultural institutions like, say. the Whitney or MoMA, could be in the $75,000 to $150,000 range.
With people that I have met since becoming a footballer it is often hard to reach an understanding that goes beyond me as a footballer.
Footballer, Nick Kenny
there are still often times(eg. seeing team posters or watching on TV) when I pinch myself
I also remembered as a young fan asking one of my heroes for an autograph and he said no, and I remembered how upset it made me. I made a promise to myself that day that if I ever had a public profile in sport I would never reject someone for an autograph.
hearing the commentators (famous ex players) talk about you and things you are doing on the field while you are watching is always a thrill
