Need actors, musicians, etc – Resource pool
Some basic rules first – no spammers, no flamers, no second chances. This list was created for serious inquirers only. It is also restricted to ..Western NC…
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read each entry carefully. Some individuals have chosen the option of direct contact, others (any w/o contact information) would prefer to go through the webmaster.
I am also absolutely not interested in any gossip or rumor mongering. I have received some – as “blogs” for the page and I have told the authors to politely to bugger off.
I will, however, accept blogs of relevance – and this includes performance blogs or “interview” blogs.
Finally, there will be no second chances for individuals who abuse this site or this list. You will be banned after the first offence.
I sincerely hope to expand this list as much as possible in the near future, so if you’d like your name on it, please contact me at decwrites@gmail.com.
Please include the basic information as listed below:
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People sending in resumes with headshots are more likely to be considered for position availability but all comers will be placed upon the list.
IMPORTANT:
If you are an actor, please send a basic description (b/m/34) or a headshot photo. If you fall into one of the other categories and have special needs include them. By the way, professionals have their own equipment and transportation; if you don’t please do not attempt to place information here. Thanks.
Name: D. Elaine Calderin
Email: decwrites@live.com
Website: saintaspie@deviantart.com, www.myspace.com/decwrites, www.expand-mind.com, www.litmuse.com, www.wrongplanet.net
Phone: 828-980-4588
Published works: Who Better to Play the Devil? James A. Rock Publishing
Equipment: pen, mind
Transportation: Yes
Distance traveled: As needed
Photo: Yes (See the photo gallery)
Specialty/Profession: Varied, see below
Affiliation: Lost Playwrights of ..Western North Carolina.., Rutherford Community Theater
Interview available: No
Location: ….Rutherfordton.., ..NC….
Payment required: Gas Money helpful
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Computer experience (if relevant): See below
Bio: More of a list of skills. My bio is on the MySpace page for those who want it.
WARNING: I am a high functioning Asperger’s Autistic with all that entails. If you have trouble contacting me. Try again, please…..
Computer services. Novice to high intermediate level of services. Basic HTML and Java. Help with MySpace, eBay seller pages, Amazon.com, cdbaby.com, deviantart.com. Tutoring for Microsoft Office, Quicken, Microsoft Money, and various other software programs. Online help with DiscMaker orders. Specializes in computer cleaning, basic hardware installations, very minor repairs. Contact for price estimate.
Very basic sound. Basic PA and speaker system hookups. Guitar and Bass guitar tuning. General grunt work, setup and breakdown. Experience as roadie to Steve Sarant, Bill Wells, Sherri Cafaro, Baker Music Enterprises. Has own equipment and means of transport. Requires gas money and fair payment of services. Novice level skills.
Very basic digital photography. Digital stills only. Photoshop CS-trained. Requires gas money. Internet contact preferred.
Graphic arts. Photoshop CS trained. Specialize in music posters and CD covers. Experience includes posters for the Johnny Ferrara Trio, The Sherri Cafaro Trio, The Russ Wilson Trio, and the Steve Sarant Trio, the current brochure for Foothill Studio owned by Bill Wells, and CD covers for David Routh and Steve Sarant.
Name: Sam Stone
Email: ratsss@juno.com….
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Specialty/Profession: Varied, see below
Affiliation: Lost Playwrights of ..Western North Carolina..
Interview available: No
Location: ….Hendersonville.., ..NC……..
Your instrument (if you have one)
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Director/Techie/Facilitator/occasional Actor (w/m/65yrs)
Theatre Fundraising, Management, Playwriting Contests, Advertising and Sponsorships
Electronic Designs for Print including Posters, Playbills & Rack Cards
Resume’ Designs
Sets/Specials - Design & Fabrication – Experience with Transportable Lightweight Sets
Instruction in management and operations from back of house to backstage and all between
Stageplay/Screenplay Formatting/Reformatting
List Management, Form Letters, Mail Merges, Label & Advertisement Designs/Printing
Seminars
Name: Ned Condini
Email: nedcon@bellsouth.net
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Published works: The Cauldron
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Photo: Yes, see gallery
Specialty/Profession: Writer, translator, lit. critic
Affiliation: Many, Lost Playwrights of ..Western North Carolina..
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Ned Condini, writer, translator, and literary critic, was the recipient of the PEN/Poggioli Award for his versions of poet Mario Luzi (New York, 1986) and of the Bordighera Prize for his rendering of Jane Tassi’s ANDSONGSONGSONGLESSNESS (Boca Raton, Florida, 2002). In 1972 Gribaudi published his experimental novel, The Descent. Later he was literary reviewer for the daily Stampa Sera (..Turin..) and foreign correspondent for L’Avvenire (….Milan….). Short stories and poems of his have appeared in TRANSLATION, New York, THE MISSISSIPPI REVIEW, PRAIRIE SCHOONER (Nebraska), THE PARTISAN REVIEW, MID-AMERICAN REVIEW (Bowling Green, Ohio), NEGATIVE CAPABILITY (Mobile, Alabama), ITALIAN AMERICANA (Rhode Island), YIP REVIEW (Yale, Connecticut), CHELSEA, THE VILLAGE VOICE (New York), andAbsinthe. In November 2002 Condini placed first in the Winning Writers War Poetry Contest. In September 2004 Chelsea Editions published his selection of Giorgio Caproni’s poetic works, THE EARTH’S WALL. For the MLA, ….New York…., Condini has just edited an anthology of Modern and Contemporary Italian Poetry. In January 2006 he was awarded first prize in the short fiction contest, Writers of North Carolina, ….Asheville….. In February 2008 Chelsea Editions published AWAKENINGS, his translation of Carlo Betocchi’s poetic works. His third novel, THE CAULDRON, has just come out at PublishAmerica. With his wife Marilyn and two female cats, Condini lives in Western North Carolina, a few miles away from Carl Sandburg’s home, ..Connemara… ….
Name: Shellie Putnam
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Website: www.myspace.com/esputnam
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Specialty/Profession: Writer
Affiliation: Lost Playwrights of ..Western North Carolina..
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Name: Richard Brown
Email: rv_warlock@bellsouth.net
Website: www.myspace.com/rv_warlock
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Specialty/Profession: Actor/reader (w/m/40)
Affiliation: Rutherford County Community Theater
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Location: ….Rutherfordton.., ..NC….
Payment required or volunteer status: Payment preferred
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Bio: Recently in “A Christmas Pudding” as presented by the RTC
Name: Austin Smith
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Bio: Recently in “A Christmas Pudding” as presented by the RTC
Name: Les Beale
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Phone: 1-828-447-4434
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Equipment: Lighting trees, dimmer pack, PA head, monitors, microphones
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Specialty/Profession: Director, musician, technician (sound and light)
Affiliation: Rutherford County Community Theater
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Location: Rutherfordton
Payment required or volunteer status: Prefers paying gigs.
Your instrument (if you have one): Guitar and some bass
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Bio: Very experienced, very large repertoire. Theater and show. Master level skills.
Name: Natasha Hays
Email: natashathomasovna@gmail.com
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Published works: Rolling the Dice
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Transportation: Yes
Distance traveled: 1 hour from home if payment is involved
Photo: Yes, see gallery
Specialty/Profession: Actor, singer, writer, pianist – some choreography
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Payment required or volunteer status: Payment for writing; otherwise will consider paid or volunteer
Your instrument (if you have one), voice, piano
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Name: Daniel Lynn Calderin
Email: softwaresorcerer@gmail.com
Website: wearyone.deviantart.com
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Published works: Six illustrations and cover for book Who Better to Play the Devil? James A. Rock Publishing
Equipment: Computer – Photoshop CS, Poser 6 and all kinds of repair work
Transportation: Yes
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Specialty/Profession: Graphic artist, computer repair technician
Affiliation: Free lance
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Location: ….Rutherfordton.., ..NC….
Payment required or volunteer status: Requires fair payment
Your instrument (if you have one)
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Bio: Degrees in computer programming and repair from NC State, graphic arts in private sector – book illustrations, covers, posters. May require stock materials such as photos from customers.
Name: William “Bill” Wells
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Website: www.foothillstudio.net
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Published works: Many musical artist CDs as sound technician, some symphonies
Equipment: Full studio and full mobile studio
Transportation: Yes
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Specialty/Profession: Sound technician and studio master – specializes in true acoustic sound recording
Affiliation: Self-employed
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Location: ….Rutherfordton.., ..NC….
Payment required or volunteer status: Payment required
Your instrument (if you have one)
Your equipment familiarity (if relevant): Very high
Computer experience (if relevant)
Bio: “We Do Acoustic Right” Referral preferred: tell him Elaine Calderin sent you.
Name: Vance Terrel Taylor
Email: vancettaylor@gmail.com
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Phone: 1-828-669-4277
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Specialty/Profession: Master level computer technician, website designer, etc
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Location: AVL
Payment required or volunteer status: $40 an hour
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Computer experience (if relevant) : VERY SKILLED
Bio: VTT Computer Services.
Master level skills. Website services in full spectrum start at $500.
COMPUTER NETWORKING AND REPAIR SERVICES
Vance Terrel Taylor. VTT Computer Services. (see above)
Master level skills. Full spectrum service. Contact for price estimate.
..Musicians……
..(All musicians have own equipment and transportation…..
Gas money is usually expected upon hiring.)……
Steve Sarant….
Paying gigs only….
Fute, bass guitar, guitar ….
Reads treble scale, a little bass scale. Very experienced. Can play by ear…..
Latin, Classical, Brazilian, Jazz….
Holly Hamrick….
Paying gigs preferred. Negotiation possible.….
Vocalist, mezzo-alto…..
Show tunes, theater repertoire….
Actress….
Angelina Spencer….
Vocalist, alto ….
Show tunes, theater repertoires….
Actress…
Clarke Spencer….
Vocalist, tenor….
Acoustic guitar….
Show tunes, theater repertoire, rock….
Les Beale….
828-447-4434….
Paying gigs only….
Guitar, some bass….
Show tunes, theater repertoire, country, folk, blues….
Can read or play by ear, very experienced…..
Jay Seagrave….
Dreaming on ..Main……
Piano, composer (incidental music), sheet music retailer….
828- 286-2901….
Paying gigs only….
Erik Jensen….
828-429-6336….
Drums, vocals, upright bass, vocal arrangement, studio work….
Payment required, though negotiable….
Will travel within 2 hours (if payment covers expenses). Lives in ….Forest.. ..City………
Plays full drum kit as well as numerous hand drum equipment; world sound is a specialty, as is jazz, but repertoire is wide….
Johnny Ferrara….
Piano….
864-316-6531….
www.myspace.com/johnnyferrara….
Paying Gigs Only….
Very experienced pianist. Specializes in Jazz and swing, but did variety as Bob Hope’s pianist…..
Russ Wilson….
Drums and Vocals….
www.myspace.com/russwilsonnpojazz….
www.myspace.com/mightymightymen….
Paying Gigs Only….
Very experienced and skilled jazz and swing era drummer, vocalist and conductor. ….
