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Thomas J. Bellezza and JD McGibney have over 20 years combined experience in the entertainment industry. The two own a production company that consults, markets, and develops projects in all aspects of entertainment. This show is dedicated to breaking down the process of succeeding in the entertainment industry.
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Why Are You Still Having Trouble Getting Over That Hump To Success | Should you be further? from 2021-07-08T16:00:15
Nothing is easy, there is no quick fix to make it in entertainment. That perfect song is not going to change your life. An acting role of a lifetime will not make everything come together. Your bes...
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What We Desire Most But Can't Seem To Attain | How to Obtain Our Wants from 2021-07-01T16:00:16
There was an article I read which explored a number of critical life and career questions. Out of 771 individual responses, their answers were riveting. People desire and long for things in life, y...
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When time feels like it is controlling you | Time Management and ways to take back control from 2021-06-24T16:00:04
Time can seem controlling. There are far too many things to do in a day. When you allow things or tasks to dictate what, where, and when you do things, time is now controlling you. JD McGibney and ...
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What You Do Is Not Your Job | When Craft Becomes Products For Products Sake from 2021-06-17T16:00:04
If effort is placed into a making a product, say a film, music CD, or even a book, you are not influencing your future. One off things are considered "right now" ideas. How does one turn a "right n...
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Conversations need two or more people to be emotionally interested | Where does this conversation go from 2021-06-10T16:00:07
What is there to talk about today? We like to roll the dice and see where it goes. The best part is that I said best part. BBR Productions is not opposed to being silly. I'll prove it, I was just s...
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I Am Right, Cause I Wrote It | Learning To Kill Your Babies In Creative Outlets And Life from 2021-06-03T16:00:08
Taking responsibility is more than accepting what you have done. It is a part of an overall reform to your bias to anything attached to your existence. When creating, speaking, listening, conversin...
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Common Misconceptions Entertainers Have About Their Dream Career | Surprising Truths from 2021-05-27T16:00:05
Ares of the entertainment industry all have misconceptions about it that people hold while looking in from the outside. Entertainers, artistic people, who want a career in the industry they believe...
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Do As I Say, Don't Do As I Do | When Actions Speak Louder Than Words from 2021-05-20T16:00:02
Cognitive Dissonance: Do As I Say, Don't Do As I Do | When Actions Speak Louder Than Words
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Today is the first day to start again | Yesterday is over so now what from 2021-05-13T18:46:12
There is something to ask yourself but what could that be? Who knows, we're asking ourselves those same tough questions.
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What is the point of life if life itself is not fulfilling your existence | Be more than A Dream from 2021-05-06T16:00:18
How can you make something happen in life if you don't have a plan? First figure out what you want to do to feel value to your existence. Next, workout a plan.
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What is there to know to have a career in entertainment | Is it all worth it from 2021-04-29T16:00:21
Let's see where this show goes? We're just two people who have been there, done that, and are doing it.
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The Nightmare of trying to live the Dream | The sacrifice needed to achieve success in entertainment from 2021-04-22T16:00:03
We all have dreams of succeeding in a career that makes us happy. When our passions become the paycheck. What most forgot to consider, or even do not know about, is the nightmare of trying to live ...
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Branding has value so what is the value of branding | Changing your brand up from 2021-04-15T16:00:21
JD McGibney wanted to talk about changing your brand up today and the value of branding. I will be watching in excitement as he explains to me all the values of the subject. From there we will brea...
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Advice to get your entertainment career going | Become an actor, writer, musician, comedian from 2021-04-08T16:00:17
There is a lot of advice given out there to people who want to be successful in their chosen career. Entertainers share information that seems general, and yet at the same time, focuses on the art ...
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Life As An Entertainer | What People Don't Tell You from 2021-04-03T20:01:40
The dream of being an entertainer comes with the glory of celebrity, money, and success. What does it take to maintain this idea once achieved, or even the act to achieve it? Is trading your morals...
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Mental Health in Entertainment | Overcoming Your Mental Health To Build a Career from 2021-03-25T16:00:05
People that struggle with their mental health tend to be attracted to artistic and creative careers. This makes sense as to why there are so many stereotypes about the struggling or depressed artis...
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What Does It Mean To Be Successful In Entertainment | Can Anyone Make A Living Doing What They love from 2021-03-18T16:00:05
I want to be successful in "BLANK" but really, what does that even mean? We really take time today to go over that very question "what does it mean to be successful in entertainment | can anyone ma...
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The In And Out Of The Entertainment Industry | The Process To A Career In Entertainment from 2021-03-11T17:00:16
During the pandemic or working full time with no restrictions, a career in entertainment can seem impossible. It takes 10 years to be an overnight success. What if it took less time? JD McGibney an...
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Earn the Right To Push Your Creative Products | When Is Paying For Advertisement Worth It from 2021-03-04T17:00:16
You are currently a producer trying to earning a living in the film and television industry, or you want to become one. Making a living in this industry has a process. In this episode Thomas J. Bel...
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Become Your Own Boss | Guest; Kimberly Spencer [Crown Yourself] from 2021-02-25T17:06:39
You are currently a producer trying to earning a living in the film and television industry, or you want to become one. Making a living in this industry has a process. In this episode Thomas J. Bel...
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How to be successful in entertainment | Let's Talk Business from 2021-02-18T17:00:04
You are currently a producer trying to earning a living in the film and television industry, or you want to become one. Making a living in this industry has a process. In this episode Thomas J. Bel...
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The Power Of Conversation | Building Relationships To Advance Your Career from 2021-02-11T17:00:06
You are currently a producer trying to earning a living in the film and television industry, or you want to become one. Making a living in this industry has a process. In this episode Thomas J. Bel...
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Why I'm Not Successful In Entertainment | Failing As An - Actor, Writer, Musician, Comedian from 2021-02-04T17:00:03
You are currently a producer trying to earning a living in the film and television industry, or you want to become one. Making a living in this industry has a process. In this episode Thomas J. Bel...
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How To Make Money As A FILM/TV Producer | What Is Your Job As A Producer from 2021-01-28T17:00:11
You are currently a producer trying to earning a living in the film and television industry, or you want to become one. Making a living in this industry has a process. In this episode Thomas J. Bel...
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When Creating With The Artist Brain It Misleads The Business Brain from 2021-01-21T17:00:20
The art is valued for the creative mind. It focuses on creating projects, developing ideas, and believes you have to have a product to sell to make money and be successful. Thomas J Bellezza and JD...
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HOW THE MUSIC INDUSTRY WORKS WHEN YOU'RE A MAJOR BAND from 2021-01-14T18:12:48
JD McGibney and Thomas J Bellezza have a nice conversation about the music industry and how a major band walks through the system to stay afloat even during a pandemic. Thank you to Chen Balbus fro...
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New Year, New Goals | A Year In Review As We All Plan For The Future from 2021-01-07T19:18:11
This 2020 year was intense, most of all it shutdown the world around us. For entertainers our opportunities vanished as it did for other industries. What was this year like for us, how will we see ...
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HOW TO SUCCEED IN ENTERTAINMENT | The Misconceptions Of Your Industry from 2020-12-31T17:00:19
You want to make a living with your passion. Whether you're an actor, musician, writer, comedian, or even a producer, what you know is all you know. Here's some misconceptions of your industry you ...
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Can You See Yourself Doing Anything Else? | Success In Entertainment Is Loving What You Hate from 2020-12-24T17:00:10
You really want to succeed in entertainment. To make a living playing music, acting, writing, doing something in the arts you must learn to do what you hate. This is why if you can see yourself doi...
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Why Don't People Like My Artistic Efforts | Love Your Artistic Efforts For Yourself from 2020-12-17T17:00:04
Entertainers who create rely on their artistic ventures to make them money. The problem with art is the response is based on opinions. You must love your creative efforts first. When the project is...
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Money Management as an Entertainer | Developing Wealth in the Entertainment Industry from 2020-12-11T18:05:52
Making a living in entertainment is one thing. Working job after job, performing, getting your works heard, seen, felt. Wealth growth in entertainment is the secret to longevity, choice, and the ab...
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Tips For A Successful Career | And Some Bad Advice to Ignore from 2020-12-03T17:00:17
Success is something different for everyone. We are trying to make our way up that hopeful ladder of possibility. Today JD McGibney and Thomas J. Bellezza talk about a few helpful tips for a succes...
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Building Your Social Media Presence | How Interaction Creates Reaction from 2020-11-26T17:00:09
How to grow your social media presence without coming off to aggressive is a process that requires selfless proactive effort. The greatest return on social media, when really working to grow your b...
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Finding Ways To Better Motivate Yourself | You Are Capable If You Start from 2020-11-19T19:49:15
When you feel unmotivated to do anything in life for your career how do you find a will to do more? What does it take to find new ways to motivate yourself? You are always going to be capable of do...
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Your Circle of Influence | Building and Cultivating Relationship to Succeed in Entertainment from 2020-11-12T17:00:09
Your circle of influence should influence you to create new habits that help elevate your mental direction. A career is strongest when you surround yourself with successful people. For the 5 people...
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These Are The Nominees | The Results Of Last Night's BBR Short Film Festival from 2020-11-05T17:00:07
Every award show has their winners. We go over the results of the first Annual BBR Short Film Festival of 2020. JD McGibney, and Thomas J. Bellezza give their insight into what they were looking fo...
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How The Hell Did This Crap Make Money | When Crap Multi Media Sells from 2020-10-29T16:00:16
When you hear a song on the radio, watch an actor in a film, listen to a comedian, wonder how this book is even a thing... and say to yourself... how the hell did this crap get made?! This episode ...
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The Process of Writing Creatively in all Art Forms | What is the Narrative of my idea from 2020-10-22T16:00:10
The structure of storytelling has a full narrative molded within the tools of the trade. Whether writing a song or a script, how a narrative fills up the character's motivations is a process that h...
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Collaborate With Artists And Entertainers | The Value Of Loyalty from 2020-10-15T16:00:08
Working and collaborating with artists or even entertainers comes with it a struggle or a success. The value of loyalty can add opportunities to working together. What does it mean to truly collabo...
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The process of to get into a Film Festival | Producing your own films&projects from 2020-10-08T16:00:14
What is the process of getting into a Film Festival if you're producing your own films and projects? We speak with producers Elissa Piszel and Debra Lord Cooke. They talk with Thomas J. Bellezza an...
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How the Film Industry Works | A Look at the Process Through The X-Men Franchise from 2020-10-01T16:00:11
The film industry is filled with many pathways to succeed. How the film industry works is not always what we think it is. Thomas J. Bellezza and JD McGibney take a look at the process through the X...
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The Streaming Debate | The Boys, Cobra Kai, and the Business of Streaming from 2020-09-24T16:18:48
The Streaming Debate brings Amazon Prime's "The Boys" and Netflix Cobra Kai in the conversation. Which format is better for audiences. Laying out the full season in a chunk for binge watching or an...
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When others discourage you | Your success is defined by you not others from 2020-09-17T16:00:08
Behind The Scenes - When others discourage you | Your success is defined by you not others. You have a dream to succeed in entertainment. You want to be a successful actor, writer, musician, comedi...
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Who's responsibility is it to draw an audience | What it takes to run an event from 2020-09-10T16:00:05
Who's responsibility is it to draw an audience | What it takes to run an event. Recently on social media bands, comedians, and actors have been speaking out about shows and venues closing down. Say...
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What To Do When Releasing A Media Project | Steps to Release a Film, Album, or even Comedy Specials from 2020-09-03T16:00:17
What To Do When Releasing A Media Project | Steps to Release a Film, Album, or even Comedy Specials. You finished creating your band's album, or that independent film you've been working on for a y...
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Artists Holding Themselves Back | Is Fear Holding You Back From Success from 2020-08-27T16:00:13
Artists Holding Themselves Back | Is Fear Holding You Back From Success on this episode of "I Don't Make This Stuff Up" with JD McGibney and Thomas J. Bellezza. This episode talks about how an arti...
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Misconceptions of success in entertainment | Be so good they can't ignore you from 2020-08-20T15:36
Misconceptions of success in entertainment | Be so good they can't ignore you. Steve Martin once said "Be so good they can't ignore you" in his book; Born Standing Up. It's an amazingly powerful qu...
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My Plan B Is My Plan A: Is a survival job right for me until I get my big break in entertainment from 2020-08-14T17:07:10
My Plan B Is My Plan A | Is A Survival Job Right For Me till I Get A Break? In this behind the scenes look of these two filming their podcast, I Don't Make This Stuff Up", Thomas J. Bellezza an JD ...
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Defining Success in the Entertainment Industry from 2020-08-07T02:11:14
Defining Success in the Entertainment Industry | How Does The Industry Work. What you do is not your job. Your job is more than the doing what you do. Your job will reward you financially to do wha...
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