Rebel Creative

Today's REBEL is William, a long-time #Rebel4Life who is inquiring about how to set up his creative fee structure. What should you charge people for what you do and how should you go about informing them of what to expect financially when they hire you? Tricky stuff sometimes, but highly necessary if you ever want to move from amateur to professional. Deane gives the rundown on how he approaches informing, expecting, and collecting on his creative fees and provides some food for thought on Rebels might begin to think about their approach as well. Submit your artistic business questions to Deane for potential inclusion on a future REBEL CREATIVE episode by heading over to http://rebelcreative.net and clicking the big "Start Recording" button on the page.

Deane takes one last opportunity to challenge Rebels everywhere to not fear the refresh — the important but not-so-easy event of pushing the "do over" button on life, career, relationships, and everything else. On the eve of his relocation to the island of Bali, Deane broadcasts his final message from the Jakarta Musicave. Submit your artistic business questions to Deane for potential inclusion on a future REBEL CREATIVE episode by heading over to http://rebelcreative.net and clicking the big "Start Recording" button on the page.

Today's REBEL is Deane himself and 30 or so emails he's received from REBELS all over the globe. The gauntlet has been thrown down. From 30,000 feet. A special challenge from the Rebel Leader. Submit your artistic business questions to Deane for potential inclusion on a future REBEL CREATIVE episode by heading over to http://rebelcreative.net and clicking the big "Start Recording" button on the page.

Today's REBEL is Jeremy, who is dealing with a business partner who recently went through a major personal loss and hasn't yet regained strength to return to the grind. How much personal time should you give a colleague while you shoulder the business as a solo act? What if your partner is making personal choices that are negatively affecting your business opportunities? Submit your artistic business questions to Deane for potential inclusion on a future REBEL CREATIVE episode by heading over to http://rebelcreative.net and clicking the big "Start Recording" button on the page.

Today's REBELS are Markus, Shannon, Dino, Julia, Robert, Jasen, and Chad -- all hardcore #rebels4life who are coming to this Flash Round episode with a potpourri of interesting questions for Deane on a variety of subjects. Submit your artistic business questions to Deane for potential inclusion on a future REBEL CREATIVE episode by heading over to http://rebelcreative.net" and clicking the big "Start Recording" button on the page.

Today's REBEL is David, an independent singer/songwriter who is gearing up to release his own music in album format. The problem is that he doesn't know where to start, much less how to plan it all out. Deane uses his own first two solo album releases, EASTERN CHRONICLE (http://bit.ly/chronicle13) and KWELA (http://bit.ly/kwela15) as examples of how he ramps up project releases and how he plans out the schedule of work that needs to be done in order to launch a successful international album release campaign. Submit your artistic business questions to Deane for potential inclusion on a future REBEL CREATIVE episode by heading over to http://rebelcreative.net and clicking the big "Start Recording" button on the page.

Today's REBEL is Ken, a legendary music producer, and friend of Deane's, who challenges Deane to compare philosophies on disruptive technologies and their effects on commercial art futures. Using Spotify and digital music streaming as the jumping off point, Deane finally lays out his long-asked-for REBEL CREATIVE theology on why he believes that disruption should be embraced rather than run from. Submit your artistic business questions to Deane for potential inclusion on a future REBEL CREATIVE episode by heading over to http://rebelcreative.net and clicking the big "Start Recording" button on the page.

Today's REBEL is LeAnne, a New York visual artist who is having a heck of a time getting people to pay her. It's not that people don't want to pay her, they do. They just don't want to do it quickly. Deane has spoken on this show before -- recently, in fact -- about how you should bring up money earlier rather than later… but what is the best way to do that when the time feels right? How do you keep a client from avoiding the issue or even bailing completely when you start asking to be paid? Submit your artistic business questions to Deane for potential inclusion on a future REBEL CREATIVE episode by heading over to http://rebelcreative.net and clicking the big "Start Recording" button on the page.

Today's REBEL is Otto, an East Coast #Rebel4Life drummer who is worried that circumstances in his life that are beyond his control are wreaking havoc in his creative life, but because he can't control them he doesn't know what to do about them. What a problem! And a frequent one, right? We all deal with this. But, in this super-duper long RC episode, Deane examines this problem in a light that perhaps we don't always think about. Submit your artistic business questions to Deane for potential inclusion on a future REBEL CREATIVE episode by heading over to http://rebelcreative.net and clicking the big "Start Recording" button on the page.

Today's REBEL is Nick, a #Rebel4Life in Tasmania who is concerned about how his remote location could be affecting his ability to build a solid network of colleagues. In this 2nd part of Rebel Creative episode #83, where Deane answered a question about networking online versus networking face-to-face, Nick's question introduces new information to the debate on whether you can build a network without actually being physically present. Should you move to an art mecca to have a better chance at deepening your resume? What are the benefits of being "in the room" versus on the phone or on Skype? Submit your artistic business questions to Deane for potential inclusion on a future REBEL CREATIVE episode by heading over to http://rebelcreative.net and clicking the big "Start Recording" button on the page.