I was emailing another LD and asked Brian (Scorched LD) if he knew him. He didn't and asked why. I told him I was looking for more people to work with and he started making a few suggestions, telling me that when I email to tell them I had just worked with him and we had a great time. The sound designer for Scorched overheard and started suggesting people too.
People want to work with people that are fun to work with. The only way to know? They've worked with someone you can ask.
Whenever I find people I'd like to work with I always check out their resumes and see who they've worked with.
Three reasons:
1. If they've worked with someone I know I can ask the mutual friend about this new person to see if I really want to work with them AND if I do maybe the person I know will offer to be a reference.
2. I may want to work with some of those people on the resume that I don't know too! If I'm looking at a really well established designer, I want to assist some of the people that have assisted him before I assist the well known designer.
3. It never hurts to be specific. If I've seen something they've done, heard about it, worked at a theatre they worked at, or worked with someone they've worked with, I reference it in my email. It shows that I am not just mass emailing a bunch of designers. Also, as Martha Mountain told me, people always respond to flattery.
Social Networking aka Stalking
In other news, based on my recent outburst of adding a bunch of DC Theatre people as friends in the last few months facebook is making awesome friend suggestions for me. I don't friend them, but I definitely look them up when I see our mutual friends are all established DC people. Sometimes I check out their websites, I just emailed a lighting designer facebook suggested. I didn't tell him how I found out about him, of course. That'll be a story for years from now when we are life long friends laughing over scotch. Anyway, thanks facebook!
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