Hometown To Hollywood w/ Bonnie J Wallace

Today my guest on Hometown to Hollywood is Mae Ross.

Mae is founder of 321 Acting Studios, an acting school in Los Angeles and an industry veteran. She began her career at the age of 10 with a 64-city tour of The Music Man, and quickly added singing, dancing, and modeling to her career. But she discovered her passion was working with children, teens, and young adults. Mae has now taught acting for over 25 years, and launched 321 Acting Studios in 2007.

321 Acting Studios offers training in scene study, improv, cold reading, auditioning, modeling, and TV commercials. They also offer talent showcases and acting career seminars.

You can find Mae and 321 Acting Studios HERE:

Website:

http://321actingstudios.com

FaceBook:

321 Acting Studios

Twitter:

@321Acting

Instagram:

321actingstudios

Free online acting lessons:

http://321talentshowcase.com/video-acting-lessons

 

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Do you have questions about knowing if and when your young actor is ready for representation? Or how to approach helping them start a career? Buy my book, The Hollywood Parents Guide on Amazon! Or if you’ve read the book but need some one-on-one questions answered, contact me at [email protected] for a consultation! One hour on Skype or over a cup of coffee in LA can save you thousands of dollars and months of time.

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Today my guest is Molly Kaye, founder of B Major Music. Molly has spent the greater part of her career working for various publishing companies in Paris, New York, and Los Angeles. She also spent 5 years working in A&R, for Columbia, Warner Bros. and Mercury Records, before founding B Major Music.

Molly has experience in every creative facet of music publishing from songwriter development to catalog exploitation in Film and TV to Artist Relations—she is the perfect person to talk with to learn more about how the music industry actually works!

Molly represents music writers, artists and producers.

Find her online on her website: http://www.bmajormusic.com/

My guest today on Hometown to Hollywood is Ryan McCartan. Ryan is best known for his off Broadway role of JD in Heathers the Musical, and the role of Diggie on Liv and Maddie, as well as roles on Royal Pains, The Standoff, Summer Forever, Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls; AND he will star as Brad in Rocky Horror on Fox October 20, 2016.

 

Some of my favorite quotes: “Focus on the ‘what’, not the ‘how’.”

“Your life has to be more than just, ‘I booked something’.”

“The struggle is the training.”

 

Find Ryan here:

 

Twitter @ryanmccartan

Instagram @mccarya

Facebook @therealryanmccartan

 

Interested in the Young Arts program that Ryan spoke about? Find it here:

 

Young Arts: https://www.youngarts.org

Young Arts Twitter: @youngarts

Young Arts Instagram: @youngarts

Young Arts FaceBook: @youngarts

 

Do you have questions about knowing if and when your young actor is ready for representation? Or how to approach helping them start a career? Buy my book, The Hollywood Parents Guide on Amazon! Or if you’ve read the book but need some one-on-one questions answered, contact me at [email protected] for a consultation! One hour on Skype or over a cup of coffee in LA can save you thousands of dollars and months of time.

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My guest on this week’s podcast is novelist Melissa De La Cruz. Melissa is the #1 New York Times, #1 Publisher’s Weekly and #1 Indie Bound bestselling author of many critically acclaimed and award-winning novels for readers of all ages. Her books have also topped the USA Today, Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times bestseller lists, and have been published in over twenty countries. Melissa’s the author of the Blue Bloods series (with three million copies in print), the Beach Lane series, the Ashleys Project series, the Heart of Dread series and the semi-autobiographical novel Fresh off the Boat.

She is ALSO the author of The Isle of the Lost, the prequel to the Disney Channel Original Movie Descendants, which spent thirty-seven weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, fifteen at #1 and has over a million copies in print, as well as author of its sequel, Return to the Isle of the Lost.

We talk about what her writing process looks like, how she approached writing the prequel for a movie that was already in production, advice for would-be writers, her new novel, and much more. Join us!

Look for Melissa’s new novel, which comes out THIS WEEK, called Something In Between, and is available on Amazon.

Find Melissa:

Twitter: @MelissadelaCruz

Instagram: @authormelissadelacruz

Website: http://melissa-delacruz.com

 

Do you have questions about knowing if and when your child is ready for representation? Or how to approach helping them start a career? Buy my book, The Hollywood Parents Guide on Amazon! Or if you’ve read the book but need some one-on-one questions answered, contact me at [email protected] for a consultation! One hour on Skype or over a cup of coffee in LA can save you thousands of dollars and months of time.

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This week’s guests on Hometown to Hollywood are Stuart Alexander and Krisha Bullock, the founders of Scenebot, a new free, safe platform that promises to revolutionize the access that young actors have to top-notch agents, mangers, and casting directors.

Krisha is an award-winning Hollywood casting director, with credits that include iCarly, Victorious, Sam & Cat, True Jackson VP, Zoey 101, DeGrassi: The Next Generation, Henry Danger, and much more. Stuart is a former child actor, as well as a director, writer, and producer.

In addition to covering Scenebot, our conversation ranges from audition advice to set etiquette for parents of actors, how to find affordable training, and much more.

A few of my favorite quotes from this podcast:

“The best actors listen.” - Krisha Bullock

“Make great choices, feel confident, and then walk out.” - Krisha Bullock

“Perform your audition like it’s a show.” - Stuart Alexander

 

Find Scenebot here:

 

Website: http://www.scenebot.com

Twitter: @scenebot

Instagram: @scenebot

Facebook: @getscenebot

 

Find Krisha Bullock here:

 

Website: http://bullockandsnowcasting.com/

Twitter: @BullockAndSnow

Instagram: @bullockandsnowcasting

Facebook: @BullockAndSnowCasting

 

Do you have more questions about knowing if and when your child is ready for representation? Or how to approach helping them start a career? Buy my book, The Hollywood Parents Guide on Amazon! Or if you’ve read the book but need some one-on-one questions answered, contact me at [email protected] for a consultation! One hour on Skype or over a cup of coffee in LA can save you thousands of dollars and months of time.

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My guest on Hometown to Hollywood this week is Luke Benward. Luke has done MANY film and TV projects, but he is best known for his roles in How to Eat Fried Worms, Because of Winn Dixie, Minutemen, Cloud Nine, Girl Vs. Monster, Good Luck Charlie, and Ravenswood.

Luke also stars in the upcoming Melissa McCarthy comedy, Life of the Party, which hits theatres spring of 2017.

Luke shares what it was like to be an actor starting at the age of 5, how he managed to balance school and acting, what he feels is important for success, audition advice, how he stays positive, and much more. One of my favorite quotes:

“If I’m true to myself, I feel like I’m being true to the art I’m supposed to be putting out there.”

 

Join us for some thoughtful, inspired conversation!

 

You can find Luke on social media here:

Twitter: @lukebenward

Instagram: @labenward

Snapchat: @labenward

 

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