VIP IGNITE LIVE - Podcast

At the beginning of this podcast, Candace Barrow who is an actress and therapist told her audience why and how she became a therapist. She talked about her relations with the other people of the VIP Ignite community and her experience working with them as a team. She also told the audience how to not get affected by the negative energy of the people around us, who try to pull us down or demotivate...

In this podcast, Cassie Gleason, a make-up artist, and model told her back story as to how and why she decided to be a make-up artist and what consequences she faced to become one. She also talked about her make-up line and how as a make-up artist she is interacting with people virtually. She discussed the difference between working behind the camera as a make-up artist and in front of the camera...

You want to get signed by an agent? How valuable do you think it would be if you had the opportunity to get inside the mind of an agent? Michael Fomkin has developed relationships with some of the most powerful agents in the United States and abroad...and for this interview, he decided to call upon someone he has worked with for years to ask him the questions that will help any actor, model or mus...

Alycia Kaback and Michael Fomkin founders of VIP IGNITE go way back and talk about the one idea that has impacted thousands of talent worldwide. If you are interested in modeling, acting or music and what a behind-the-scenes look at how an internationally recognized brand started with an idea on a napkin this is your episode.   VIP IGNITE Michael Fomkin and Alycia Kaback talk about humble beginnin...

When today’s guest, Mark Christopher Lawrence began his career as an actor, he wanted to be a dramatic actor.  As he progressed in his career, he learned that he had a natural comedic talent. He’s learned many lessons over the span of his 30+ year career, but the most important one is what he shares that all actors, models and musicians can apply immediately on this episode of the VIP Ignite Live...

Are you a model or actor who is tired of waiting for that big break, that one moment that launches your career? On this episode of the VIP Ignite Live podcast, Deneen White interviews Michael Eland who shares his journey from assistant to owner of one of the hottest agencies not only in Los Angeles but in the world.  If you find yourself impatiently waiting for success to find you, listen to this...

On this episode of the VIP Ignite Live podcast, Deneen White interviews award-winning writer, filmmaker and producer Richard Stratton.  He shares some of the dangerous experiences he’s had along his path to success.  He also shares secrets he’s learned as a writer that any actor, model, and musician can apply to their career...and the simplicity of those secrets will shock you. Make sure you check...

On this episode of the VIP Ignite podcast, Deneen White interviews NYC Agent and Talent Manager Fuji Ruiz. He has developed some of the most well-known models of our time, and he reveals a shocking secret to success that anyone, no matter their age, height, or body shape can apply to have a successful career as an actor, model, or musician. “What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know...

Are you an actor who is looking for castings right now? Do you know how to get noticed by the casting director? On this episode of the VIP Ignite Live podcast, Deneen White interviews Allison Hall, one of New York’s busiest casting directors.  She shares the secret to not only getting noticed but getting booked as an actor, model, or musician, and why she prefers working with the talent she meets...

On this episode of the VIP Ignite podcast, Deneen White interviews Talent Manager Antoinette Stratton. Antoinette began her career in the entertainment industry as a model.  With her organizational and people skills, she took lessons she learned while a model to create a dynamic career as a talent manager, working with well-known actors such as Sean Penn and filmmaker, producer and director Oliver...

When it comes to finding success in show business, Mark Schoenfeld has proven again and again that it’s not just about knocking on doors—it’s about knocking those doors down .  His career took off when he knocked on the door of the home of the then-president of Epic Records, Ron Alexenburg. He did so one random morning, unannounced, and uninvited. After Alexenburg screamed at him to get off his pr...

On this episode of the VIP Ignite Live podcast, we will be answering the question, "How do I get acting jobs without experience and without an agent?" Can actors get work without representation? When I meet young actors at the start of their careers, or actors of any age who are not represented by an agent and/or manager, they ask me this question. I passionately believe that the answer...

“When we created the VIP elite town Academy, one of the first things that we wanted was for it to be a family. We wanted it to be a community of people that come together and support each other in a way that maybe their friends and family don't.” Eric Heard is one of the few people who have been with the VIP Talent Academy since its start. In this podcast Deneen White, Eric talks about the pu...

“I'm glad that for the first time in years you've realized that you're no longer at a dead end because we were opening the world of possibilities to you, but you had to be the one to take that first step and get on the call and say us and take action.”   In this podcast, Deneen White talks to Andrea Willaims from Chicago. She shares that she is really happy and excited since she joi...

“I really do enjoy the one that Mark Christopher Lawrence gave out. Those Shakespeare challenges. It's definitely not something I would do, but he said that every single time I presented I sounded better.” This podcast is a conversation between Deneen White and Sarah Pao on Sarah’s experience with the VIP Elite Academy and how it is helping her in lockdown.  Sarah works at a grocery store and...

" The community definitely gives me inspiration. It gives me reassurance that there's other people out there who have the same goals, different types of goals, but same industry and that we're all trying to make it together." This podcast is a conversation between Deneen White and CJ Andrews, an artist from Washington DC.  He says that according to him the best way to stay busy...

"It is really encouraging to have someone who is so well established in the industry, take time out of his day to look at my portfolio. It means a lot to get feedback from him." In this podcast, Deneen White interviews Jenna Solich, a model with a boutique agency in Chicago. Jenna shares how she is using her lockdown time, and how VIP Academy has been helpful to her in interacting with i...

" Photography is a whole package... From your hair to your dress to your shoes, you need to know how to blend all that together and come out as a whole person." In this podcast, Deneen White talks to Joan on a variety of subjects related to how she is pushing herself through this Quarantine lockdown. She reveals that she works from 5 am to 3:30 pm, and uses her remaining time to take coa...

" They’ve inspired me to be who I am today, and what I want to do in the future so that I can inspire people too. Now I want to inspire other people and I really love that assignment because it really took my time to reflect on Connor. How my future is going to be like. Maybe I will end up working with one of them." In this podcast, Deneen White is in a conversation with Kenny Flores, an...

" When I got the invitation to try an interview with VIP Ignite, I had just lost my job and I was already struggling within my entrepreneurship as an independent artist. But music and acting is something that I am so inspired by." In this podcast, Deneen White talks to Heather Prescott, an artist from Baltimore. She is part of the 1400 musicians underground jam in Baltimore. She talks ab...

" I feel like a lot of times, especially in our modern world, Shakespeare is kind of the elephant in the room that everyone knows is there, but no one really wants to acknowledge because it does seem unattainable at times." In this podcast, Deneen White talks to Staxx Coredo on her experience with joining the VIP Elite Academy. Staxx shares that she feels fantastic and has recently finis...

I had been on the fence about it and I just went with it and it's open for everyone. We’re not all professionals so to speak. So I just went in and just did the best that I could. In this podcast, Deneen White is in conversation with Charles Massey, an artist from New York City. He talks about how he found VIP exactly at the time when he was looking for opportunities to enhance his acting car...

" Our purpose of doing these podcasts and interviews is twofold. First of all, we want to create inspiration and second of all, we are doing this for the planning of building of what's needed to continue pushing forward in a career As an actor, model or musician." In this podcast, Deneen White introduces the series of VIP Ignite Live podcast and explains the purpose behind it. This...

On this episode of the VIP Ignite podcast, your host Deneen White interviews Naomi Vivian. Her goal as an entertainer is to reach out to people like herself who are trailblazers in their family, who instead of pursuing a career in medicine or law decide that they want to pursue acting, modeling or music. If you can relate to following the path that others choose instead of the one that you choose...

On this episode of the VIP Ignite Live podcast, your host Deneen White interviewed up and coming musician Josh Freda a.k.a. Jakub Mercy on the show.  He currently practices law in Washington D.C.  His dream, though is to rock the world with my music.  Josh has always been an artist but he didn’t know he could sing until law school.  During his first year he auditioned for UVA Law’s comedic talent...