Ethan Steimel
@ethansteimel.bsky.social
Lighting Designer | Podcaster @ Artistic Finance
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Ethan Steimel
@ethansteimel.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Missouri’s political landscape, some liberal voices I’m following.
Voices & Activists (1/2)
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@coribush.bsky.social
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Happy 4th of July!
In celebration... here is part two of the Artistic Finance episode with Broadway lighting designer Jane Cox.
Listen:
artisticfinance.com/193
#podcast #broadway #lightingdesign #thecreativelife #lightingdesigners
In celebration... here is part two of the Artistic Finance episode with Broadway lighting designer Jane Cox.
Listen:
artisticfinance.com/193
#podcast #broadway #lightingdesign #thecreativelife #lightingdesigners
July 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Happy 4th of July!
In celebration... here is part two of the Artistic Finance episode with Broadway lighting designer Jane Cox.
Listen:
artisticfinance.com/193
#podcast #broadway #lightingdesign #thecreativelife #lightingdesigners
In celebration... here is part two of the Artistic Finance episode with Broadway lighting designer Jane Cox.
Listen:
artisticfinance.com/193
#podcast #broadway #lightingdesign #thecreativelife #lightingdesigners
Reposted by Ethan Steimel
Lighting designer Jane Cox discusses life as a freelance theatre designer who has also taken on full time academic work.
Listen here:
artisticfinance.com/192
#broadway #lightingdesign #thecreativelife #lightingdesigner #lightingdesigners
Listen here:
artisticfinance.com/192
#broadway #lightingdesign #thecreativelife #lightingdesigner #lightingdesigners
June 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Lighting designer Jane Cox discusses life as a freelance theatre designer who has also taken on full time academic work.
Listen here:
artisticfinance.com/192
#broadway #lightingdesign #thecreativelife #lightingdesigner #lightingdesigners
Listen here:
artisticfinance.com/192
#broadway #lightingdesign #thecreativelife #lightingdesigner #lightingdesigners
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An update on the $6,000 of investments we made (without the advice of a financial advisor).
How do we compare to the S&P 500?
Listen
artisticfinance.com/191
#investing #thecreativelife #theatreinvesting #lightingdesigners #FinancialIndependence
How do we compare to the S&P 500?
Listen
artisticfinance.com/191
#investing #thecreativelife #theatreinvesting #lightingdesigners #FinancialIndependence
June 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
An update on the $6,000 of investments we made (without the advice of a financial advisor).
How do we compare to the S&P 500?
Listen
artisticfinance.com/191
#investing #thecreativelife #theatreinvesting #lightingdesigners #FinancialIndependence
How do we compare to the S&P 500?
Listen
artisticfinance.com/191
#investing #thecreativelife #theatreinvesting #lightingdesigners #FinancialIndependence
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Set designer Vincent Gunn talks about the benefits of tracking the hours that you work.
⭐️ Valuing your time
⭐️ Investing the money in your IRA
⭐️ Writing things down to get them out of your head
Listen:
artisticfinance.com/190
#theatre #setdesign #setdesigner #thecreativelife #scenicdesigner
⭐️ Valuing your time
⭐️ Investing the money in your IRA
⭐️ Writing things down to get them out of your head
Listen:
artisticfinance.com/190
#theatre #setdesign #setdesigner #thecreativelife #scenicdesigner
May 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Set designer Vincent Gunn talks about the benefits of tracking the hours that you work.
⭐️ Valuing your time
⭐️ Investing the money in your IRA
⭐️ Writing things down to get them out of your head
Listen:
artisticfinance.com/190
#theatre #setdesign #setdesigner #thecreativelife #scenicdesigner
⭐️ Valuing your time
⭐️ Investing the money in your IRA
⭐️ Writing things down to get them out of your head
Listen:
artisticfinance.com/190
#theatre #setdesign #setdesigner #thecreativelife #scenicdesigner
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TheatrIcal lighting designer Jason Lynch talks about freelancing in Chicago.
Listen or watch at:
artisticfinance.com/189
#theatre #liveevents #lightingdesign #thecreativelife #chicagotheatre #theatrepodcast #lightingdesigner
Listen or watch at:
artisticfinance.com/189
#theatre #liveevents #lightingdesign #thecreativelife #chicagotheatre #theatrepodcast #lightingdesigner
May 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
TheatrIcal lighting designer Jason Lynch talks about freelancing in Chicago.
Listen or watch at:
artisticfinance.com/189
#theatre #liveevents #lightingdesign #thecreativelife #chicagotheatre #theatrepodcast #lightingdesigner
Listen or watch at:
artisticfinance.com/189
#theatre #liveevents #lightingdesign #thecreativelife #chicagotheatre #theatrepodcast #lightingdesigner
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New episode! Broadway projection designer Sven Ortel talks about career finances.
Listen on:
🎙 Patreon
🎥 Youtube
🎙 Podcast apps
www.artisticfinance.com/188
#theatre #broadway #videodesign #thecreativelife #projectiondesign #projectiondesigner
Listen on:
🎙 Patreon
🎥 Youtube
🎙 Podcast apps
www.artisticfinance.com/188
#theatre #broadway #videodesign #thecreativelife #projectiondesign #projectiondesigner
May 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
New episode! Broadway projection designer Sven Ortel talks about career finances.
Listen on:
🎙 Patreon
🎥 Youtube
🎙 Podcast apps
www.artisticfinance.com/188
#theatre #broadway #videodesign #thecreativelife #projectiondesign #projectiondesigner
Listen on:
🎙 Patreon
🎥 Youtube
🎙 Podcast apps
www.artisticfinance.com/188
#theatre #broadway #videodesign #thecreativelife #projectiondesign #projectiondesigner
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New podcast episode! Discussing designer pay and transparency with Broadway, Off-Broadway, and West End lighting designer Isabella Byrd.
Listen or watch
artisticfinance.com/187
#usa829 #broadway #offbroadway #lightingdesign #thecreativelife
Listen or watch
artisticfinance.com/187
#usa829 #broadway #offbroadway #lightingdesign #thecreativelife
May 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
New podcast episode! Discussing designer pay and transparency with Broadway, Off-Broadway, and West End lighting designer Isabella Byrd.
Listen or watch
artisticfinance.com/187
#usa829 #broadway #offbroadway #lightingdesign #thecreativelife
Listen or watch
artisticfinance.com/187
#usa829 #broadway #offbroadway #lightingdesign #thecreativelife
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Broadway lighting designer Beverly Emmons discusses a range of topics about commercial theatre practices for designers.
artisticfinance.com/186
#broadway #theatre #lightingdesign #thecreativelife #usa829
artisticfinance.com/186
#broadway #theatre #lightingdesign #thecreativelife #usa829
May 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Broadway lighting designer Beverly Emmons discusses a range of topics about commercial theatre practices for designers.
artisticfinance.com/186
#broadway #theatre #lightingdesign #thecreativelife #usa829
artisticfinance.com/186
#broadway #theatre #lightingdesign #thecreativelife #usa829
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New episode! Alvin Hough Jr, who’s currently the associate music director of The Lion King on Broadway, talks about career finances and a few things about musical theatre musicians.
artisticfinance.com/185
#pianist #broadway #thecreativelife #theatre #musician
artisticfinance.com/185
#pianist #broadway #thecreativelife #theatre #musician
May 2, 2025 at 3:07 AM
New episode! Alvin Hough Jr, who’s currently the associate music director of The Lion King on Broadway, talks about career finances and a few things about musical theatre musicians.
artisticfinance.com/185
#pianist #broadway #thecreativelife #theatre #musician
artisticfinance.com/185
#pianist #broadway #thecreativelife #theatre #musician
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Technical director Tab Birt discusses his journey through live entertainment, financial lessons learned along the way, and his dream of trading the stage for a glass artist’s studio in Norway.
artisticfinance.com/184
#thecreativelife #sounddesign #lightingdesign #technicaldirector #stagehand
artisticfinance.com/184
#thecreativelife #sounddesign #lightingdesign #technicaldirector #stagehand
March 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Technical director Tab Birt discusses his journey through live entertainment, financial lessons learned along the way, and his dream of trading the stage for a glass artist’s studio in Norway.
artisticfinance.com/184
#thecreativelife #sounddesign #lightingdesign #technicaldirector #stagehand
artisticfinance.com/184
#thecreativelife #sounddesign #lightingdesign #technicaldirector #stagehand
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A guide of financial resources, and where to find them, for freelancers working in theatre or other facets of the entertainment industry.
artisticfinance.com/182
#theatre #freelancer #liveevents #thecreativelife #theatrepodcast
artisticfinance.com/182
#theatre #freelancer #liveevents #thecreativelife #theatrepodcast
February 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
A guide of financial resources, and where to find them, for freelancers working in theatre or other facets of the entertainment industry.
artisticfinance.com/182
#theatre #freelancer #liveevents #thecreativelife #theatrepodcast
artisticfinance.com/182
#theatre #freelancer #liveevents #thecreativelife #theatrepodcast
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Live event lighting and media professionals discuss career finances.
Recorded LIVE @ LDI 2024
artisticfinance.com/181
#gaffer #ldi2024 #thecreativelife #lightingdesign #projectiondesign
Recorded LIVE @ LDI 2024
artisticfinance.com/181
#gaffer #ldi2024 #thecreativelife #lightingdesign #projectiondesign
January 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Live event lighting and media professionals discuss career finances.
Recorded LIVE @ LDI 2024
artisticfinance.com/181
#gaffer #ldi2024 #thecreativelife #lightingdesign #projectiondesign
Recorded LIVE @ LDI 2024
artisticfinance.com/181
#gaffer #ldi2024 #thecreativelife #lightingdesign #projectiondesign
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A discussion about improving financial IQ, the "starving artists" narrative, and various financial independence topics for people working in the creative industry.
Recorded LIVE at LDI in Las Vegas.
artisticfinance.com/179
#ldi2024 #lighting #thecreativelife #lightingdesigner #lightingprogrammer
January 15, 2025 at 3:02 AM
A discussion about improving financial IQ, the "starving artists" narrative, and various financial independence topics for people working in the creative industry.
Recorded LIVE at LDI in Las Vegas.
artisticfinance.com/179
#ldi2024 #lighting #thecreativelife #lightingdesigner #lightingprogrammer
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A conversation about designing and producing live shows for music artists. Balancing the creative vision of an artist with the logistical realities of large-scale budgets.
Listen or watch
www.artisticfinance.com/178.html
#ldi2024 #lighting #concerts #thecreativelife #lightingdesigner
Listen or watch
www.artisticfinance.com/178.html
#ldi2024 #lighting #concerts #thecreativelife #lightingdesigner
January 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
A conversation about designing and producing live shows for music artists. Balancing the creative vision of an artist with the logistical realities of large-scale budgets.
Listen or watch
www.artisticfinance.com/178.html
#ldi2024 #lighting #concerts #thecreativelife #lightingdesigner
Listen or watch
www.artisticfinance.com/178.html
#ldi2024 #lighting #concerts #thecreativelife #lightingdesigner
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Theatre director Oliver Butler discusses fees at non-profit theatres in NYC and has an honest and public discussion so we collectively don’t uphold the myth that director fees are livable.
Listen or watch
www.artisticfinance.com/177
#sdc #nyctheatre #offbroadway #thecreativelife #theatredirector
Listen or watch
www.artisticfinance.com/177
#sdc #nyctheatre #offbroadway #thecreativelife #theatredirector
December 23, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Theatre director Oliver Butler discusses fees at non-profit theatres in NYC and has an honest and public discussion so we collectively don’t uphold the myth that director fees are livable.
Listen or watch
www.artisticfinance.com/177
#sdc #nyctheatre #offbroadway #thecreativelife #theatredirector
Listen or watch
www.artisticfinance.com/177
#sdc #nyctheatre #offbroadway #thecreativelife #theatredirector
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Excellent, DC 👏
December 20, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Excellent, DC 👏
🤦🏼♂️
Because what the Democratic Party needs is subverting one of the biggest up and coming stars of the party for a 74 year old shoehorned to take her place.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Democratic panel picks senior Rep. Gerry Connolly over AOC for top Oversight post
The race between Connolly and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had been seen as a fight over seniority as younger Democrats pushed for new blood and generational change.
www.nbcnews.com
December 17, 2024 at 2:30 AM
🤦🏼♂️
This week lighting designer Travis McHale talks freelance business and finance.
⭐️ Self filing taxes
⭐️ Negotiating rates
⭐️ Reasons to be investing
🎧 Listen or watch:
artisticfinance.com/175
#usa829 #lighting #lightingdesign #thecreativelife #lightingdesigner
⭐️ Self filing taxes
⭐️ Negotiating rates
⭐️ Reasons to be investing
🎧 Listen or watch:
artisticfinance.com/175
#usa829 #lighting #lightingdesign #thecreativelife #lightingdesigner
December 12, 2024 at 11:06 PM
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To win back working-class voters, Democrats should adopt my pet issue (banning school Spirit Weeks for children too young to do the prep themselves).
December 10, 2024 at 1:44 PM
To win back working-class voters, Democrats should adopt my pet issue (banning school Spirit Weeks for children too young to do the prep themselves).
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Heading to Vegas / Live Design & LDI Tradeshow to record some episodes!
Swing by the podcast studio and say hi! W326
TOMORROW (Sunday) 11a - Chatting with lighting designer Erica D. Hayes and Show Director Zachary Berget.
#ldi2024 #lighting #concerts #thecreativelife #lightingdesigner
Swing by the podcast studio and say hi! W326
TOMORROW (Sunday) 11a - Chatting with lighting designer Erica D. Hayes and Show Director Zachary Berget.
#ldi2024 #lighting #concerts #thecreativelife #lightingdesigner
December 7, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Heading to Vegas / Live Design & LDI Tradeshow to record some episodes!
Swing by the podcast studio and say hi! W326
TOMORROW (Sunday) 11a - Chatting with lighting designer Erica D. Hayes and Show Director Zachary Berget.
#ldi2024 #lighting #concerts #thecreativelife #lightingdesigner
Swing by the podcast studio and say hi! W326
TOMORROW (Sunday) 11a - Chatting with lighting designer Erica D. Hayes and Show Director Zachary Berget.
#ldi2024 #lighting #concerts #thecreativelife #lightingdesigner
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Today's episode is with lighting designer Don Holder talking advice for young designers, managing finances as a freelancer, and advantages of filing taxes as a C Corp.
🎧 Listen or watch here:
artisticfinance.com/174
#theatre #use829 #broadway #lightingdesign #thecreativelife
🎧 Listen or watch here:
artisticfinance.com/174
#theatre #use829 #broadway #lightingdesign #thecreativelife
December 4, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Today's episode is with lighting designer Don Holder talking advice for young designers, managing finances as a freelancer, and advantages of filing taxes as a C Corp.
🎧 Listen or watch here:
artisticfinance.com/174
#theatre #use829 #broadway #lightingdesign #thecreativelife
🎧 Listen or watch here:
artisticfinance.com/174
#theatre #use829 #broadway #lightingdesign #thecreativelife
My latest interview is with stagehand and GrandMA programming teacher Amanda Gougelmann.
An interview with Amanda Gougelmann, part of the Software Support Team for ACT Entertainment and a freelance stagehand.
🎧 Listen or watch here: artisticfinance.com/173bonus
#LDI2024 #liveevents #stagehand #thecreativelife #freelancefinance
🎧 Listen or watch here: artisticfinance.com/173bonus
#LDI2024 #liveevents #stagehand #thecreativelife #freelancefinance
December 2, 2024 at 4:28 PM
My latest interview is with stagehand and GrandMA programming teacher Amanda Gougelmann.
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Australia passes social media ban for children under 16
www.investing.com/news/economy...
www.investing.com/news/economy...
Australia passes social media ban for children under 16 By Reuters
Australia passes social media ban for children under 16
www.investing.com
November 28, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Australia passes social media ban for children under 16
www.investing.com/news/economy...
www.investing.com/news/economy...
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Everything in this 🧵 but it is important to say that when you see trans rights activists coming out against articles like this we're not disagreeing with the idea that minds have to be changed
As the thread points out, every tactic that's supposedly "confrontational" is a normal protest tactic
As the thread points out, every tactic that's supposedly "confrontational" is a normal protest tactic
Even by the abysmal standards of the NYT's coverage of trans rights this is shocking
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/u...
Transgender Activists Question the Movement’s Confrontational Approach
Facing diminishing public support, some activists say all-or-nothing tactics are not working. “We have to make it OK for someone to change their minds.”
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Everything in this 🧵 but it is important to say that when you see trans rights activists coming out against articles like this we're not disagreeing with the idea that minds have to be changed
As the thread points out, every tactic that's supposedly "confrontational" is a normal protest tactic
As the thread points out, every tactic that's supposedly "confrontational" is a normal protest tactic
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Just a random thought but to my fellow dudes out there if you too have been getting Matt Walsh, Daily Wire, or other right-wing content on social media check in with your independent/apolitical guy friends
Bros don't let their bros fall for propaganda
Bros don't let their bros fall for propaganda
November 27, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Just a random thought but to my fellow dudes out there if you too have been getting Matt Walsh, Daily Wire, or other right-wing content on social media check in with your independent/apolitical guy friends
Bros don't let their bros fall for propaganda
Bros don't let their bros fall for propaganda