Networking

I hate “Networking”…I do not have “The American Smile and Hand Shake”

I am uncomfortable in crowds of more than One

Once, a special other said, “Get yourself out there” So, I did

Volunteering to be a Grip, Humping Lights around, told to do This and That by a wonderful Friend and Photographer from San Diego, Ken Williams

He looked at every picture I had taken, and was Harsh in his comments – like Daggers sometimes. But, on occasion he would throw out his Iconic Statement of Approval “Well Seen” (now I use that on occasion, only)

 Ken is not with us any more, but strangely he Opened a Door for me as I have met so many amazing people since that time. I guess it was the start of “Networking”. It still terrifies me!

I kept pushing myself and opportunities somehow arise. I do a lot of “Free” work – Events, Models, etc. Why? Because it pushes me to be a better Photographer!

Yeah, so what you say? Because….

There are so many Creative People all around you, Musicians, Writers, Designers….Just reach out! Creatives will enrich your Life

I met Melanie Monsters from “Networking”

Listen to Her Music…I think it is Profound….

https://soundcloud.com/mlala3

 

Melanie Monsters is a Cassically trained pianist that has been playing piano since the age of 5. Even in elementary school she remembers writing music and entering it into contests and was in every school band since fourth grade up until high school. After college, Melanie did a brief stint in a funk band and later joined the ska/ reggae/ jazz band, “The Amalgamated” and also the band “Unsteady” 

 

“Piano: First you must learn to play by the Rules. Then you must forget the rules and play from your heart.”

“Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable” – Leonard Bernstein