Artistic Finance
Conversations with artists about money. Lighting designer Ethan Steimel interviews the entertainment industry about personal finances and takes deep dives into the business of show business. https://www.artisticfinance.com/
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Episodes
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Monday Sep 04, 2023
We return from summer break!
An update on the Artistic Finance 6k--the $6,000 of investments we made in May of 2021. A panel composed of a bond investment CEO and two lighting designer review how our investments compare to the S&P 500.
Quicklinks - Artistic Finance:
https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance
Video Version:
https://youtu.be/S4_JmxQck8c
Maithreyi Gopalakrishnan:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maithreyi-gopalakrishnan/
https://www.liquidificorp.com/
Ebony Madry:
https://www.instagram.com/ebmadry/?hl=en
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ebony-madry-6a9651139/
Amy D Lux:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-d-lux-953a7318a/
https://utopiadreamscape.com/author/luvlogica/
Ethan Steimel
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethansteimel/
https://www.instagram.com/artisticfinance/?hl=en
Instagram handles:
@ebmadry
@liquidifi
@utopiadreamscape
@ethansteimel
@artisticfinance
Affiliate links:
M1 Finance - Good for Long Term / Buy and Hold Investors - no sign up incentive:
m1finance.8bxp97.net/XxYPZg
Coinbase - Cryptocurrency Exchange - $10 of Bitcoin:
https://www.coinbase.com/join/steime_0
Vinovest - Wine Investing - 3 months of free wine storage:
https://app.vinovest.co?grsf=2p0wk3
Robinhood:
https://join.robinhood.com/ethans21
We Bull:
https://act.webull.com/pm/do1QnByzkAhA/a3j/inviteUs/main
ETF:
IVV - iShares Core S&P 500
Stocks:
VST - Vistra Corp
LAC - Lithium Americas
TAP - Molson Coors Beverage (owners of Blue Moon)
SKLZ- Skillz
Cryptocurrency:
Bitcoin
Wine:
Vinovest
Real Estate - REITS:
REG - Regency Centers Corp -Previously UBA
SRG - Seritage Growth Properties
VICI - Experiential Real Estate - Previously MGM Properties
STAG - STAG Industrial
Art:
Bret Slater - Artist
https://www.bretslater.com/
Photos of our Painting:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/64295618
Full story of commissioning the piece:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/61516832
Ian Dunlap - The Investor Ethan follows:
https://linktr.ee/themasterinvestor
...
Become a patron:
www.patreon.com/artisticfinance
Interview by Ethan Steimel
Monday Jun 19, 2023
Monday Jun 19, 2023
A discussion of the book Decolonizing Wealth by Edgar Villanueva, presented by Natasha Joy De Souza.
Topics:
⭐️ The Colonizer Virus
⭐️ Money as medicine
⭐️ The 7 Steps To Healing
Today’s show is a broadcast of the Financial Independence Club, brought to you in collaboration with Utopia Dreamscape.
Quicklinks:
https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance
Decolonizing Wealth - Book Affiliate Link:
https://bookshop.org/p/books/decolonizing-wealth-second-edition-indigenous-wisdom-to-heal-divides-and-restore-balance-edgar-villanueva/10784512?aid=86693&ean=9781523091416&listref=artistic-finance-books
Decolonizing Wealth Toolkit:
https://decolonizingwealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/DWP_Toolkit_fnl2.pdf
Natasha Joy De Souza:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/natasha-joy-de-souza-7127161a/
https://www.instagram.com/natashadjoy/?hl=en
Utopia Dreamscape & Amy D Lux:
https://utopiadreamscape.com/
https://www.instagram.com/utopiadreamscape/
Ethan Steimel:
https://www.ethansteimel.com/artistic-finance.html
https://www.instagram.com/artisticfinance/?hl=en
Instagram Handles:
@natashadjoy
@ethansteimel
@artisticfinance
@utopiadreamscape
Monday Jun 12, 2023
Monday Jun 12, 2023
Two interviews by director John Lampe. The first with actor Fredi Walker Brown about avoiding debt. The second with mortgage expert Chavi Kahan about the ins and outs of mortgages.
Fredi's Topics:
⭐️ Debt is the devil for arts workers
⭐️ Purchasing property without a mortgage
⭐️ Fredi’s money mindset gleaned from Rich Dad Poor Dad and Jackass III.
Chavi's Topics:
⭐️ Mortgages
⭐️ Mortgage rates
⭐️ Preapproval & how much you can afford
⭐️ The advantages of mortgages, even if you have the cash to purchase a property outright.
⭐️ Mortgage requirements for freelancers, including non traditional mortgages
Quicklinks - Artistic Finance:
https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance
Fredi Walker-Browne:
https://www.instagram.com/missyfrediot/?hl=en
https://bigspoonproductions.com/contact-us/link-tree/
Chavi Kahan:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chavi-kahan-bb465329/
https://crosscountrymortgage.com/chavi-kahan/
John Lampe:
https://www.johnlampe.com/?page_id=17
Lowe Lighting Templates:
https://lowe.lighting/pages/free-lighting-list-template
Instagrams:
@missyfrediot
@ethansteimel
@artisticfinance
Tuesday Jun 06, 2023
Tuesday Jun 06, 2023
A review of The Dirtbag's Guide To Life by Tim Mathis, presented by the author himself.
Topics:
⭐️ Simplicity
⭐️ Cool Begets Cool
⭐️ Living on the bare minimum
⭐️ Taking a gap month off of work
⭐️ The obligation for Dirtbag’s to travel and explore
⭐️ Social norms that you are not obligated to uphold - like reaching a certain financial status or being tied to one place for your entire lifetime
Today’s show is a broadcast of the Financial Independence Book Club, brought to you in collaboration with Utopia Dreamscape.
Quicklinks - Artistic Finance:
https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance
Financial Independence Club:
https://www.artisticfinance.com/bookclub
Tim Mathis:
https://www.timmathiswrites.com/
https://www.instagram.com/dirtbagguide/?hl=en
Utopia Dreamscape & Amy D Lux:
https://utopiadreamscape.com/
https://www.instagram.com/utopiadreamscape/
Ethan Steimel:
https://www.ethansteimel.com/artistic-finance.html
https://www.instagram.com/artisticfinance/?hl=en
Instagram Handles:
@dirtbagguide
@ethansteimel
@artisticfinance
@utopiadreamscape
Monday May 29, 2023
Monday May 29, 2023
A conversation between Dennis Size and Sheryl Wisniewski of The Lighting Design Group about what goes into creating budgets for lighting television.
Topics:
⭐️ How projects “walk in the door”
⭐️ Thought process in estimating
⭐️ Hidden costs we don’t want to miss
⭐️ How Designers and Project Managers collaborate in the budgeting process
Quicklinks - Artistic Finance:
https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance
Sheryl Wisniewski:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherylwisniewski/
Instagram - @swhiz321
https://www.instagram.com/swhiz321/
Dennis Size:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennis-size-0108234/
LDG - The Lighting Design Group:
https://ldg.com/
https://www.instagram.com/ldg_lightingdesigngroup/?ref=5rqdmdyz0usvw&hl=am-et
Sheryl Bio:
Sheryl joined LDG in 2002 as an Assistant Lighting Designer/Project Coordinator and has since warmed almost every chair in the Production Department. She has earned 8 Emmys for her work on projects including CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute, NBC’s Coverage of 10 Olympic Games, 5 Presidential Election Cycles, and 2 Royal Weddings. When she takes off her LDG hat, she spends her time learning to raise compassionate young humans.
Dennis Bio:
Bio - In his 40+ year career Dennis has designed lighting for shows on every major television Broadcast and cable Network.
His international design repertoire includes theatre, dance, live events, soap operas, talk shows, news magazines, government projects, corporate events/facilities, concerts, sporting events, political conventions, Presidential debates, award shows, and has lit every U.S. President since Ronald Reagan.
He has written for trade journals and taught design at several Universities, including Carnegie Mellon, Penn State, and the University of Scranton. He has been nominated for the EMMY Award 13 times, and has won five.
For an extended list of his, and LDG’s credits, log on to: www.ldg.com
Instagram Handles:
@swhiz321
@ethansteimel
@artisticfinance
@ldg_lightingdesigngroup
Monday May 22, 2023
Monday May 22, 2023
Stage manager Kat Landry and Theatre.Art.Life founder Anna Robb interview the provost of Baruch College, Linda Essig, about entrepreneurship within the arts.
They discuss Linda's most recent book ‘Creative Infrastructures: Artists, Money, and Entrepreneurial Action’.
Quicklinks - Artistic Finance:
https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance
Theatre.Art.Life:
https://www.theatreartlife.com/the-theatreartlife-podcast/
Linda Essig:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/linda-essig-a7a70aa/
Creative Infrastructures - Book:
https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Infrastructures-Artists-Entrepreneurial-Action/dp/1789385717
Kat Landry:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/katlandry/
Anna Robb:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-robb/
Instagram Handles:
@theatreartlife
@ethansteimel
@artisticfinance
@anna_lorraine_robb
@creativeinfrastructures - Linda Essig
Monday May 15, 2023
Monday May 15, 2023
Theatre.Art.Life founder Anna Robb interviews costume designer Jessica Champagne Hansen and the Deputy Managing Director of Centre Theatre Group, Camille Schenkkan.
They discuss navigating a career in technical entertainment. That is the title of their recent book which explores tools & strategies for navigating an artistic career in design and technology in entertainment
Quicklinks - Artistic Finance:
https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance
Navigating a Career in Technical Entertainment - Bookshop.org:
https://bookshop.org/a/86693/9780367510442
Theatre.Art.Life:
https://www.theatreartlife.com/the-theatreartlife-podcast/
Camille Schenkkan:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/schenkkan/
https://www.instagram.com/camischenkkan/?hl=en
Jessica Champagne Hansen:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-hansen-84114230/
https://www.instagram.com/jchansendesigns/
Anna Robb:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-robb/
Dad Jokes:
https://www.fatherly.com/play/mothers-day-jokes
Instagram Handles:
@theatreartlife - IG Collaborator
@ethansteimel
@artisticfinance
@camischenkkan
@jchansendesigns
@anna_lorraine_robb
Monday May 08, 2023
Monday May 08, 2023
An update on the Artistic Finance 6k--the $6,000 of investments we made in May of 2021. We’re joined by three lighting designers, a bond investment CEO, and a data analyst to review how our investments compare to the S&P 500.
We also discuss fees, and how that plays into investing.
Quicklinks - Artistic Finance:
https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance
The Importance of Fees:
https://investor.vanguard.com/investor-resources-education/how-to-invest/impact-of-costs#:~:text=Why%20do%20costs%20matter%3F,for%20years%20into%20the%20future.
Ebony's Plots of the Week:
https://www.livedesignonline.com/news/plot-week-ebony-madry-mktg
https://www.livedesignonline.com/lighting/plot-week-ebony-madry-spring-awakening-texas-tech-university
Katie Buhrman:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherinebuhrman/
https://brokercheck.finra.org/individual/summary/6520240
Maithreyi Gopalakrishnan:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maithreyi-gopalakrishnan/
https://www.liquidificorp.com/
Ebony Madry:
https://www.instagram.com/ebmadry/?hl=en
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ebony-madry-6a9651139/
Amy D Lux:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-d-lux-953a7318a/
https://utopiadreamscape.com/author/luvlogica/
Ethan Steimel
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethansteimel/
https://www.instagram.com/artisticfinance/?hl=en
Instagram handles:
@ebmadry
@liquidifi
@ktbuhr
@utopiadreamscape
@ethansteimel
@artisticfinance
Previous Episodes of Interest:
Cryptocurrency with Najah Roberts:
https://www.artisticfinance.com/episode/JM5QCXLUhsqOfRDC8Dd2/Cryptocurrency-Bitcoin-with-Najah-Roberts
Bond Investing - aka I-Bonds - with Maithreyi Gopalakrishnan:
https://www.artisticfinance.com/episode/Ls2svcghok0FemQVcNBp/Bond-Investing-with-Maithreyi-Gopalakrishnan
Wine Investing with Anthony Zhang:
https://www.artisticfinance.com/episode/G7sKrzcmEwJeor6iAy4t/Wine-Investing-with-Anthony-Zhang
Affiliate links:
M1 Finance - Good for Long Term / Buy and Hold Investors - no sign up incentive:
m1finance.8bxp97.net/XxYPZg
Coinbase - Cryptocurrency Exchange - $10 of Bitcoin:
https://www.coinbase.com/join/steime_0
Vinovest - Wine Investing - 3 months of free wine storage:
https://app.vinovest.co?grsf=2p0wk3
Robinhood:
https://join.robinhood.com/ethans21
We Bull:
https://act.webull.com/pm/do1QnByzkAhA/a3j/inviteUs/main
ETF:
IVV - iShares Core S&P 500
Stocks:
VST - Vistra Corp
LAC - Lithium Americas
TAP - Molson Coors Beverage (owners of Blue Moon)
SKLZ- Skillz
Cryptocurrency:
Bitcoin
Wine:
Vinovest
Real Estate - REITS:
UBA - Urstadt Biddle Properties
SRG - Seritage Growth Properties
VICI - Experiential Real Estate - Previously MGM Properties
STAG - STAG Industrial
Art:
Bret Slater - Artist
https://www.bretslater.com/
Photos of the Painting:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/64295618
Full story of commissioning the piece:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/61516832
Ian Dunlap - The Investor Ethan follows:
https://linktr.ee/themasterinvestor
...
Become a patron:
www.patreon.com/artisticfinance
Interview by Ethan Steimel
Monday May 01, 2023
Monday May 01, 2023
Discussing previz for lighting designers with Kent Sprague and Luther Frank of the Sovereign Candle Collective.
We discuss:
⭐️ Previz software
⭐️ Price of creating previz stations
⭐️ The software and hardware needed
⭐️ Tips and tricks to help you previz your project
Quicklinks - Artistic Finance:
https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance
Sovereign Candle Collective:
https://www.sovereigncandle.com/
Heather Gilbert:
https://www.hgilbertdesign.com/
Drama Desk Awards:
https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/arts/2023/04/27/2023-drama-desk-award-nominations
So You Want A Visualizer?
https://learnstagelighting.com/want-lighting-visualizer/
Custom Built Computers - with support and warranty:
https://www.pugetsystems.com/
LIST OF PREVIZ SOFTWARE:
GrandMA 3D:
https://www.malighting.com/special/grandma3-software/
Augmented 3D - ETC:
https://www.etcconnect.com/Support/Tutorials/Expert-Topics/Augment3d.aspx
Capture:
https://www.capture.se/
WYSIWYG:
https://cast-soft.com/wysiwyg-lighting-design/
Depence:
https://www.syncronorm.com/products/depence2/overview
Unreal Engine:
https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US
Unity:
https://unity.com/
Light Converse:
https://lightconverse.eu/
Chamsys:
https://chamsyslighting.com/
Avolite:
https://web3.avolites.com/software/latest-version
Vectorworks Vision:
https://www.vectorworks.net/en-US/vision?showModal=vision-trial-form
Instagram handles:
@lutherlights
@dara.jay.bird
@source4man
@ethansteimel
@sch1z0fr3n1c
@sovereigncandle
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Monday Apr 24, 2023
A review of The Little Book of Common Sense Investing by Jack Bogle. Presented by Karimah Gottschalck, Chief Brand Officer of Boisson.
Topics:
⭐️ Minimizing fees
⭐️ Index Fund investing
⭐️ Compounding & asset allocation
⭐️ Simplicity in Investing, including Occam’s Razor
Today’s show is a broadcast of the Financial Independence Book Club, brought to you in collaboration with Utopia Dreamscape.
Boisson provides our prizes this month - a non alcoholic spirits package.
Quicklinks - Artistic Finance:
https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance
Book Club:
https://www.artisticfinance.com/bookclub
Instagram Handles - for prizes:
@boisson.sips
@artisticfinance
@utopiadreamscape
https://www.instagram.com/boisson.sips/
https://www.instagram.com/artisticfinance/
https://www.instagram.com/utopiadreamscape/
Karimah Gottschalck:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/karimahgottschalck/
Boisson:
https://boisson.co/pages/non-alcoholic-drinks
Utopia Dreamscape & Amy D Lux:
https://utopiadreamscape.com/
https://www.instagram.com/utopiadreamscape/
Ethan Steimel:
https://www.ethansteimel.com/artistic-finance.html
https://www.instagram.com/artisticfinance/?hl=en
VTSX - Total Stock Market Index Fund:
https://www.google.com/finance/quote/VTSAX:MUTF?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiG76zYssL-AhVchIkEHasaCVIQ3ecFegQIFhAf&window=1M
Financial Freedom by Grant Sabatier:
https://grantsabatier.com/books/financial-freedom-book/
Instagram Handles:
@boisson.sips
@ethansteimel
@artisticfinance
@utopiadreamscape