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Ballston Spa Community Band
The Ballston Spa Community band was formed on February 1st 2006 as a course within the Continuing Education program of the Ballston Spa School District. Not knowing what level of “expertise” to expect, director Tracy DeRagon, selected a mix of pieces which were...
5 Quick Tips To Find Time To Create
[php slug=post-meta] With a busy work schedule, grocery shopping, cooking, and cleaning it is often difficult to find time to do what you love. Whether you're creating magnificent paintings, intricate jewelry, or heartfelt songs, you will come across periods in your...
How to Keep Website Visitors Coming Back
[php slug=post-meta] Creating a website that will get visitors to stay and look around and hopefully come back, involves a lot of thinking about not only the design of the site but how the content is presented. People love to be entertained so it is important that the...
Bringing More Visitors to Your Website: Our Top Ideas
"If you build it, they will come." While that held true in Field of Dreams, reality for the rest of of is different. You finally took a jump into your creative career by building a website to display your content and information. Now you may face the problem of how to...
Successfully Building Your Brand
Your brand is your promise to your customer. It tells them what you have to offer and differentiates you from your competitors or others who are in the same field as you. Having a strong, distinguishable brand is an extremely useful way to solidify who you are and...
General Networking Advice
It is important to understand that knowing people can get you places. Networking opens new opportunities that were most likely not available to you until you made a significant connection with another individual. Anyone has the ability to network any day and anywhere,...
Barbara Downs
Barbara Downs works in multiple mediums with little allegiance to specific subject matter, though my bodies of work are conceptually and aesthetically connected. While disassembling and reorganizing the visual information and materials at hand, she investigates themes...
Creating a Portfolio: Photographer Edition
A photography portfolio could take on a couple of forms. For example it could be composed of your best work, or it could be composed of images that form a series with a unified theme. When choosing between your best work or collection of work that has a unified theme...
Creating a Portfolio: Musician Edition
A musician portfolio, commonly known as a press kit, is created to demonstrate your musical background, work history, and potential. A press kit will contain images, genre, style, and achievements. It is important to remember that a press kit will always be a work in...
Creating a Portfolio: Writer Edition
A portfolio is the evidence of your talent and shows off your ability to write. Having a great portfolio to go alongside your resume is a very professional way to show potential employers and publications that you are extremely organized. It will also show them what...