This week on the podcast is part one of our interview with Weston Dombroski. He's the Director of Legal Services at Lawyers for the Creative Arts in Chicago, where he works directly with artists and creative organizations navigating contracts, intellectual property, and organizational structure. Before that, he developed programs at lawyers-for-the-arts nonprofits, worked on legal teams at platforms such as Patreon and Discord, and helped found artist-run music co-ops.

Weston has helped artists operate as sole proprietors, LLCs, nonprofits, cooperatives, and platform-based businesses--and he’s seen how those choices play out over time. You won't want to miss his thoughts on how artists should approach business! https://law-arts.org/staff

This week on the podcast is part two of our interview with Larry Heyman. He’s an internationally recognized and award-winning freelance scenic designer based in Cleveland, Ohio. Larry has over 30 years of experience in set design, as well as properties design, fabrication and supervision, across theatre, film, opera, television, commercial projects and higher education.

Companies he’s worked with include: The Goodman Theatre, The Huntington Theatre, Prague Shakespeare Company, The Cleveland Playhouse, Paramount Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, and MTV.

Stream the episode to hear how Larry incorporate in-depth research and problem solving to give his clients what they want. https://www.historyofchairs.com/

This week on the podcast is part one of our interview with Larry Heyman. He’s an internationally recognized and award-winning freelance scenic designer based in Cleveland, Ohio. Larry has over 30 years of experience in set design, as well as properties design, fabrication and supervision, across theatre, film, opera, television, commercial projects and higher education.

Companies he’s worked with include: The Goodman Theatre, The Huntington Theatre, Prague Shakespeare Company, The Cleveland Playhouse, Paramount Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, and MTV.

Stream the episode to hear how Larry incorporate in-depth research and problem solving to give his clients what they want. https://www.historyofchairs.com/

This week on the podcast is part two of our interview with Dan Gorman. He’s a Co-Founder of Route 8 Studios, a collaborative graphic design and illustration studio featuring comic book artists and designers. He’s worked on over 150 Licensed Trading Card sets with dozens of well-known brands such as Marvel, Star Wars, the Game of Thrones, AMC's The Walking Dead and more. As a comic book penciler, his works have been published in numerous publications.

Dan is a member in good standing of the National Cartoonists Society and runs and promotes several local comicons and Pop Culture Cons. Make sure to visit his website to see samples of his illustrations! www.dangormanart.com and https://www.route8studios.org/

This week on the podcast is part one of our interview with Dan Gorman. He’s a Co-Founder of Route 8 Studios, a collaborative graphic design and illustration studio featuring comic book artists and designers. He’s worked on over 150 Licensed Trading Card sets with dozens of well-known brands such as Marvel, Star Wars, the Game of Thrones, AMC's The Walking Dead and more. As a comic book penciler, his works have been published in numerous publications.

Dan is a member in good standing of the National Cartoonists Society and runs and promotes several local comicons and Pop Culture Cons. Make sure to visit his website to see samples of his illustrations! www.dangormanart.com and https://www.route8studios.org/

This week on the podcast is part one of our interview with David Cote. He’s a playwright, librettist, and theater critic based in New York City. When we recorded his interview, his opera, Blind Injustice was performed in New York at Jazz at Lincoln Center, and in Cleveland at Playhouse Square. Last year his opera Lucidity premiered with On Site Opera in New York and then had its Northwest premiere at Seattle Opera. Next year Lucidity has its European premiere in Germany.

As a journalist, David’s TV and theater writing appears in The A.V. Club, Observer, 4 Columns, American Theatre and elsewhere. He was the longest serving theater editor and chief drama critic of Time Out New York, and is the author of popular companion books about the Broadway hits: Moulin Rouge! The Musical; Wicked; Jersey Boys and Spring Awakening. https://davidcote.com/

This week on the podcast is part one of our interview with David Cote. He’s a playwright, librettist, and theater critic based in New York City. When we recorded his interview, his opera, Blind Injustice was performed in New York at Jazz at Lincoln Center, and in Cleveland at Playhouse Square. Last year his opera Lucidity premiered with On Site Opera in New York and then had its Northwest premiere at Seattle Opera. Next year Lucidity has its European premiere in Germany.

As a journalist, David’s TV and theater writing appears in The A.V. Club, Observer, 4 Columns, American Theatre and elsewhere. He was the longest serving theater editor and chief drama critic of Time Out New York, and is the author of popular companion books about the Broadway hits: Moulin Rouge! The Musical; Wicked; Jersey Boys and Spring Awakening. https://davidcote.com/

This week on the podcast is part two of our interview with Jack DiIanni. He’s had a portfolio career for over 50 years. As a performer, he's shared the stage with ensembles such as the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, the Pittsburgh Ballet, and the Blossom Festival Band. For 8 years he was on the percussion faculty of Carnegie Mellon University, and as a businessperson, he held management positions at Volkwein’s Music going back to 1981, becoming the owner in 2017.

Join us and be inspired by Jack's enthusiasm for life-long learning in the music business!