Great to hear such a rousing endorsement for Agents!
On 10/25/06, Kent Nichols < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > UTA is our agency. > > From my experience -- no one cares about you and your interests except > for the people that are on your team. The big media players all want > to buy you and your content for nothing. They want to lock you into > deals that benefit them. > > Agents bring experience and tenacity. They only make money if you > make money. Agents know how the big boys have negotiated in the past > and bring that experience to you. > > If you don't want make money, don't get an agent. But even if you > accept $100 and you have to sign a contract, you should start thinking > about the long term implications of what you're doing. > > The biggest thing I've learned is that while I may have an instinct > for business, I do not have the tools or the experience to get the job > done. > > I want to be the next Spielberg or Rodriguez, telling stories on a big > scale, but I can't get there without good advice and great negotiations. > > People like Brent Weinstein, Barret Garese, Jay Gassner and Larry Salz > at UTA, and John Elliott at Gold/Miller are now giving me that advice. > > That's not to say that I don't have to educate them about the new > realities of creating content in the online world. Some of them think > I'm weird for wanting to self-publish our DVD. But it's a learning > curve on both sides. > > -Kent, askaninja.com > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > "Jan / The Faux Press" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/25/technology/25agency.html?ex=1319428800&en=108d1702877c6b89&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss > > > > *http://tinyurl.com/y9ernm > > > > "*LOS ANGELES, Oct. 24 One of Hollywood's top five talent agencies has > > created an online unit devoted to scouting out up-and-coming creators of > > Internet content particularly video and finding work for them in > > Web-based advertising and entertainment, as well as in the older media." > > > > XO > > Jan > > * > > * > > -- > > The Faux Press - better than real > > http://fauxpress.blogspot.com > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > -- Ted Tagami Universus Networks, LLC U N I V E R S U S . N E T Human Powered Expedition: www.expedition360.com/journal [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
