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Expert Profile: Peter Messaline

Expertise: Career advice for high-school students and beginning performers. Canadian tax advice for artists of all sorts. Research resources for those looking for performance-related answers.

Experience in the area
I am a Canadian performer, tax preparer and writer.
I have supported myself as an arts entrepreneur for thirty-five years.
I am the most-published writer in the business of being a Canadian artist.
I have written on arts tax matters and prepared performer taxes for fifteen years.

Organizations belong to
ACTRA, CAEA, AEA, British Equity.

Publications
CAEA Newsletter
ACTRA Branchline
The Agents Book
Actor's Survival Kit
Tax Kit 2000+
Making It (Federal government career management for culture workers)

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Something interesting about this subject that others may not know: Almost all actors, worldwide, rely on a regular job to pay their bills.

Something controversial or provocative about this subject Very few actors know how to turn their vocation into a living.

Average Ratings
Prestige Points: 778
Knowledge	9.68 Best of the best
Clarity of Response	9.64 Best of the best
Timeliness	9.95 Best of the best
Politeness	9.95 Best of the best
Number Of Questions (in Past 24 Hours)		0
Max Questions to be Asked (in 24 Hour period)		5
Total Questions (since joining AllExperts)		84

Recent Reviews from Users

Knowl	Clarity	Time	Politeness	Date
10	10	10	10	06/02/08
10	10	10	10	04/10/08
10	10	10	10	01/19/08
9	9	10	10	01/02/08
9	10	10	10	12/27/07

User Comments

Very great!
(Mohammad on 04/10/08)

I found this extremely helpful. With his advice I was able to tailor my audition in a way that used the time alloted in the most effective way. Thanks!
(Daniel Mayeux on 01/19/08)

It was excellent advice but I think I will go for the audition because I have researched the casting agency and have seen that it is one I can trust.
(Charlie on 01/02/08)

He tells it to you straight, but remains polite. He knows what he's talking about for most things.
(Mary Hope Funderburk on 12/27/07)

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Recent Answers from Peter Messaline

2008-06-12 Sandra Thomas, Tyler Briggs: Well done for searching around. By now you will have seen the complaints about this company. I searched their name too -- One interesting fact that emerged was that they are connected with a spam operator...

2008-06-09 JRP: The simplest thing for you to do is enter "John Robert Powers" into a search engine. Google gave me ten pages: half of each was advertisements of the various JRP schools, and the other half was a series...

2008-06-02 acting and college: Congratulations on your research sources so far. You might also look at the many sites featuring advice from Bonnie Gillespie. Also read books like Micheal Shurtleff's Audition, and other books in the...

2008-04-10 Acting and School: You will not get an agent who will be any use to you. You say yourself there is no work in the area and you can't move. No legitimate agency would set up in an area where there is no work. Agents live...

2008-03-07 A legal agent in the Seattle/Tacoma area: Here are the SAG and AFTRA franchised agents in WA. http://www.aftraseattle.com/franchisedagents.htm http://www.sag.org/local-resources-6 "Franchised" means that they have agreed to behave ethically...