Artistic Finance

145: 6k Investing Special - 2 Year Review

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

144: Pricing Out A Previz Station with Sovereign Candle Collective Lighting Designers Kent Sprague & Luther Frank

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

143: The Little Podcast of Common Sense Investing with Karimah Gottschalck

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
 
 

142: Show Me The Money - Light Talk Takeover with Ellen Lampert-Greaux, Stan Kaye, Steve Woods, and David Martin Jacques

A simulcast with the world’s number one lighting podcast - Light Talk!
 
A group of lighting designers, educators, and Ellen, the creative director of Live Design, chat about the finance and business side of careers in entertainment lighting.
 
Topics:
⭐️ Unfair taxation
⭐️ Working for “free”
⭐️ How to invest $10,000
⭐️ Investing to beat inflation
⭐️ Career financial mistakes
⭐️ Dividend funds versus Growth Funds
 
Quicklinks - Book Club - Newsletter - Patreon:
https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance
 
Light Talk:
http://www.lighttalk.org/
 
Steve Woods on Artistic Finance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4wh8Emxf00&ab_channel=ArtisticFinance
 
Stan Kaye on Artistic Finance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O36ocVMbn2I&list=PLW6sWaidg3uu-KSFrM65koFpK5DnsvHzM&index=17&t=98s&ab_channel=ArtisticFinance
 
David Martin Jacques on Artistic Finance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Hrl05CBZxc&list=PLW6sWaidg3uu-KSFrM65koFpK5DnsvHzM&index=12&t=8s&ab_channel=ArtisticFinance
 
Ellen Lampert-Greaux:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellen-lampert-greaux-2abb351b/
 
Steve Woods:
https://www.stevenwoods.org/
 
David Martin Jacques:
https://home.csulb.edu/~djacques/
 
Stan Kaye:
https://www.skdllc.com/
instagram handles:
@stankaye 
@ethansteimel
@artisticfinance
@stevewoods1603 
@davidmartinjacques
Ellen Lampert-Greaux is not on IG.
 

141: Liability Insurance for Magicians & Circus Performers with Heather Zenzen and Lynn Lunny

Insurance agent Heather Zenzen and circus performer Lynn Lunny discuss insurance for magicians and circus performers.
 
Topics:
⭐️ Certificates of insurance
⭐️ The law of large numbers
⭐️ Various insurance providers
⭐️ Annual costs for low risk and high risk policies
⭐️ Insurance for individuals versus insurance for companies, studios, or property
 
Quicklinks - Book Club - Newsletter:
https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance
 
Specialty Insurance:
https://www.specialtyinsuranceagency.com/insurance/performer-insurance
 
Heather Zenzen - LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/heatherzenzen/
 
Lynn Lunny - Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/lylunny/?hl=en 
 
Stomping Ground:
https://stompinggroundstudio.org/
 
Thimble:
https://www.thimble.com/general-liability-insurance
 
MFE Insurance:
https://www.mfeinsurance.com/insurance/
 
Ryan Specialty:
https://ryanspecialty.com/programs/
 
International Brotherhood of Magicians - Insurance:
https://www.magician.org/resources/liability-insurance
 
Next Insurance:
https://www.nextinsurance.com/
 
Front Row - Insurance for studios / instructors:
https://www.frontrowinsurance.com/en-us/
 
American Circus Educators:
https://www.americancircuseducators.org/
 
Magician Episodes:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW6sWaidg3ut2ayZXC9lFGDGrIL4Le4yv

140: Family Planning with CFP® Matt Kweller

On today’s show I chat with CFP® Matt Kweller about financial steps for expecting parents and parents with newborns.
 
Topics:
⭐️ Cash flow
⭐️ Education costs
⭐️ Family money values 
⭐️ Life & disability insurance
⭐️ Wills and Estate Planning
⭐️ Health Insurance and Employee Benefits
 
Financial Checklist for Expecting Parents:
https://www.patreon.com/artisticfinance
 
Quicklinks - Book Club - Newsletter:
https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance
 
Matt Kweller - LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewkweller/
 
Trust and Will:
https://trustandwill.com/
 
Checklist for Expecting Parents:
https://www.parents.com/pregnancy/considering-baby/financing-family/a-nine-month-plan-for-getting-your-familys-finances-in-order-pre-baby/
 
To Get 529 Tax Deductions in NYS
https://www.nysaves.org/
 
529 State Deductions:
https://www.savingforcollege.com/article/how-much-is-your-state-s-529-plan-tax-deduction-really-worth
 
Life Insurance Calculator:
https://lifehappens.org/
 
College Savings Planner:
https://vanguard.wealthmsi.com/csp.php
 
Budget Planner: 
https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/finance/budget-worksheet?trk=nw_gn_5.0
 
Life Insurance Episode: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjexH-xAFK8&ab_channel=ArtisticFinance
 
The Ultimate Guide to Finding A Financial Planner:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFEkgeQMYtk&ab_channel=ArtisticFinance
 
The Ultimate Guide to Finding A Financial Planner - Part 2: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALwy55eZlTM&t=12s&ab_channel=ArtisticFinance
 
Instagram Handles:
@mattkweller
@ethansteimel
@artisticfinance

139: Get Good With Money - Financial Independence Book Club with Emilie Crimmins

A review of the book Get Good With Money by Tiffany Aliche. Presented by Emilie Crimmins, the owner of custom photo booth company FotoBoo.
 
Topics:
⭐️ Envisioning your future self 
⭐️ Anyone can start now & make a plan
⭐️ Finding support and community to discuss finances
⭐️ Becoming financially whole by mastering the fundamentals
 
More topics:
⭐️ The Noodle Budget
⭐️ Pizza banking accounts
⭐️ Updating beneficiaries on all your accounts
⭐️ Switching savings accounts to higher interest banks
 
Today’s show is a broadcast of the Financial Independence Book Club, brought to you in collaboration with Utopia Dreamscape. 
 
The Sovereign Candle Collective provides our prizes this month - travel mugs, notepads, and a training session on GrandMA, Eos, or Previz in their New York office.
 
Quicklinks - Artistic Finance:
https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance
 
Book Club:
https://www.artisticfinance.com/bookclub
 
Instagram Handles - for prizes:
@artisticfinance
@sovereigncandle
@utopiadreamscape
https://www.instagram.com/artisticfinance/
https://www.instagram.com/sovereigncandle/
https://www.instagram.com/utopiadreamscape/
 
Emilie Crimmins & FotoBoo:
https://fodoboo.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/emcrim/
 
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
 
Sovereign Candle Collective - Lighting Production Company:
https://www.sovereigncandle.com/
 
Instagram Handles:
@fodoboo
@emcrimm
@lutherlights
@dara.jay.bird
@source4man
@ethansteimel
@artisticfinance
@nicolevsteimel
@sovereigncandle
@utopiadreamscape (make collaborator on IG)
 
 

138: Paul Tazewell - Costume Designer

A conversation with Paul Tazewell, the costume designer of Hamilton and the 2021 remake of West Side Story.
 
Topics:
⭐️ The Wicked movie 
⭐️ Broadway costume designer pay
⭐️ Learning how to communicate about budgets
⭐️ How designers get paid when a show transfers
⭐️ Advocating for yourself by letting an agent do it
⭐️ How costume designers for films and movies get paid
⭐️ Figuring out what you want out of life in deciding how you want your career in entertainment to work out; whether that be working in academia, freelancing, or full time work.
 
Artistic Finance - Patreon / Book Club:
https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance
 
Paul Tazewell - Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/paultazewell/?hl=en
 
Paul Tazewell - Website:
https://www.paultazewelldesign.com/
 
Paul Tazewell - Internet Broadway Database:
https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/paul-tazewell-25200
 
Wicked - Movie:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1262426/
https://www.instagram.com/wickedmovie/?hl=en
Instagram:
@paultazewell
@ethansteimel 
@artisticfinance

137: The AEA Showcase Code - Producing A Showcase Code In NYC and LA with Robert W. Schneider and Caleb James Grochalski

A discussion with Caleb James Grochalski, AEA Showcase Committee Member, and Robert W. Schneider, Artistic Director of The J2 Spotlight Musical Theater Company, Inc, about how professional actors can create their own work with the blessing of their union. 
 
Topics:
⭐️ What is a showcase
⭐️ Showcase Contracts for Producers and Actors
⭐️ 99 Seat Waiver Code - The LA Showcase Code
⭐️ The now retired AEA "points" method to join AEA
⭐️ The internet can now showcase performer talent which was the first purpose of a showcase code
⭐️ The cross section of AEA and Non Profit Producers in the development of a new AEA Showcase Contract
⭐️ The financial benefits and liabilities of the abolishment of the Equity Membership Candidacy Program - the "points" system
 
AEA Showcase Code:
https://www.actorsequity.org/resources/contracts/Showcase-NY/
 
Robert W. Schneider:
https://www.robwschneider.com/
https://www.instagram.com/robwschneider/?hl=en
 
Caleb James Grochalski:
https://www.calebjamesgroch.com/
https://www.instagram.com/calebjamesgroch/
 
J2 Spotlight Company:
https://www.j2spotlightnyc.com/
 
Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/artisticfinance
 
Bookclub:
https://www.artisticfinance.com/bookclub/signup
 
Rob Schneider's Previous Episode of Artistic Finance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn6ZZx-aae8&ab_channel=ArtisticFinance
 
Instagram:
@actorsequity
@ethansteimel
@artisticfinance
@robwschneider
@calebjamesgroch
@broadwaycurtainpodcast

136: Liability Insurance for Lighting Designers & Live Event Production with Phillip Powers and Bill Rios

Lighting designers Bill Rios and Phill Powers join the show to discuss liability insurance for lighting designers and live event production.
 
Topics:
⭐️ Types of insurance available
⭐️ Annual pricing and coverage limits
⭐️ How union contracts affect insurance coverage
⭐️ Results of the AF insurance survey for lighting designers
 
Types of Insurance:
⭐️ Auto Liability
⭐️ Workers Comp
⭐️ General Liability
⭐️ Key Person Insurance
⭐️ Inland / Marine / Property
⭐️ Excess Liability / Umbrella
⭐️ Professional / Errors & Omissions
⭐️ AD&D Accidental Death and Dismemberment 
 
Survey Results:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/liability-survey-79605830
 
Bill Rios:
https://www.billrios.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-rios-a167298/
 
Phillip Powers:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/phillip-w-powers/
https://powers.lighting/
 
Luna Lux (pronounced Luna Loose):
https://www.lunalux.us/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/luna-lux-llc/
Instagram Handles:
@mrdots
@bill_rios_42
@lunaluxllc
@ethansteimel
@artisticfinance