Whoowee! DavidJr.com has sure been busy since he won the Rik Cordero Creative Invite almost three months ago. He filmed the latest episode of Deranged Fan, an online musical series created by award winning producer Rik Cordero, titled “They Mostly Come Out At Night”, and was interviewed by KarmaloopTV.

We recently had the opportunity to ask David for some advice to give to the creative community on Talenthouse:

What do you do when you hit a creative road block?
If you hit a road block… can’t write, edit, shoot, etc…. just do something anyway, even if it “sucks” you can always edit it and it might get your adrenaline going to do something great.

If I’m stuck editing I sometimes listen to music WHILE I’m editing a video, even if the video has an audio track to it…. it’ll help push me to focus… kinda like a brain editing enema.

So if you’re stuck don’t just mope around, figure out creative ways to get yourself creating.

What advice can you give to actors?
I’m not an actor but if I were one I’d be doing a new monologue and putting it on the web daily. I know lot’s of actors who are great but they don’t show consistent work anywhere.

What advice can you give to aspiring directors?
If you wanna make films a budget or crew shouldn’t matter….. I’m glad I haven’t had to rely on anyone to make my videos. You just gotta be at the right place at the right time and have your work ready to ROCK.

What advice can you give to the creative community on Talenthouse?
Just put yourself out there and see where the velcro sticks.

DavidJr.com and Rick Codero on KarmaloopTV

What inspired DavidJr.com for this episode?
I figured out, “Well, what mostly comes out at night”? I was thinking maybe vampires and really utilized NYC at night, shooting in a way where it doesn’t look like there’s anyone on the street.

What inspires Rik Cordero?
I know a lot of directors, especially from NYC, like David who are constantly shooting whenever he’s inspired, and that’s what inspires me.

They Mostly Come Out At Night

Directed by DavidJr.com for the Deranged Fan series

Introducing Dunder B. Louie! Isn’t he adorable?! Our graphic designer, Byron, picked up this handsome little guy on Wednesday at 8 weeks old. We’re all very excited to meet him, congratulations Byron! You know you are already giving in to that cute face of his!

Help spread the word to filmmakers about our newest Creative Invite with Era and you could win a new brand new Apple iPad!

To enter, follow us on Twitter and simply tweet and/or post to Facebook the following:

Submit your film or animation reel to be featured on MTV/VH1, plus $10k! Check out the Era Creative Invite on @Talenthouse http://pea.to/era

Each tweet / Facebook post counts as an entry. The winner will be randomly selected on May 24th, 2010.

Update: Congratulations to Miguel Angel Gaytan as the lucky winner and thank you to everybody who participated!

Robert Michaels is a creative executive with a successful history leading animation, digital and live campaigns for premier brands. Over time he has established an impressive track record of producing award-winning work by motivating teams to deliver excellence, develop innovative strategies, and create unique concepts. A few of the brands he has worked with are Tiffany & Co., Harry Winston, Nickelodeon, and PBS.

Robert is our Featured Artist in Film this week!! You can view some of his work for Tommy Hilfger, Food Network, and Sesame Street on Talenthouse at http://www.talenthouse.com/robertmichaels

Talenthouse team member Yan came to the office with his brand new Talenthouse-green Mini today:

We love it! Well deserved and enjoy this cutie

Just a few days ago we launched a Creative Invite with Leonard Pospichal from Austria. Leonard has been discovered in the European Teenage Rockstar contest and is already highly respected in the music community, as a world-class guitarist, having shared the stage with some of Germany and Austria’s biggest stars, such as Christina Stürmer and Alkbottle.

The winner of this Creative Invite will be part of Leonard’s upcoming debut album, which is going to be released internationally on a major record label. We are looking for a unique and talented singer/rapper to collaborate with the ten-year-old prodigy.

We are also very excited to announce that we partnered with the German TV station ProSieben for this and future projects. The partnership with ProSieben is our first one with a major German network. ProSieben is featuring Leonard’s CI on their website and also across some of their shows.

Participants of this Creative Invite are asked to submit an MP3 file that showcases their vocal talent by either uploading a pre-recorded song or using the instrumental that Leonard provided.

Alternatively you are also welcome to record your performance via our current partners at TheStage.tv. They are the first live video portal where audience feedback determines whether a performer gets to remain on stage. The audio of your concert can be uploaded directly to Talenthouse – all you would have to do is go to TheStave.tv and show what you got!

Take your best song and upload it now!

We’ve heard of many success stories from artists being discovered for opportunities through their Talenthouse profile. The Talenthouse Porfolio Player is designed for you to upload all your creative work – whether you have images, music, videos – or all of the above. It’s a great way to build your presence in the creative community and showcase your talent.

Follow these three steps to get started:

1. Go to your profile page
2. Click “Edit portfolio” at the top of your portfolio player
3. Click “Add new project” and start uploading your work!

Start now by signing in or joining Talenthouse.

Videos are in and we’re all blown away by these amazing Ryan Leslie submissions!

Record producer, singer-songwriter, musician and entrepreneur Ryan Leslie recently invited Talenthouse musicians and aspiring producers to check out this video of Ryan working in the studio and then be as creative in making your own version with original music.

What was created by the participants is simply amazing!

The Talenthouse community, friends and supporters have until Wednesday, March 17, 2010 (3PM PST) to vote for these talented musicians.

Starting voting now!

Wet n wild, the #1 value cosmetics brand in the country, has joined forces with Talenthouse to find the two new faces of wet n wild. The two women who will be ‘discovered’ will go on to be part of the brand’s 2011 global campaign.

This Creative Invite lets aspiring models get their work in front of beauty editors at major cosmetics brands.  All models who submit photos will then be judged by the Talenthouse community with finalists to be presented to wet n wild for final selection. Two beautiful women will get the contract gaining mass exposure and be featured at the Beauty Editor Launch event in NYC with over 70 of today’s leading beauty editors.

If you’ve ever dreamed of being a model, now is your chance. Read more about this opportunity at Talenthouse!

The whole team would like to thank you for an amazing first six months of Talenthouse, for your support and feedback, your participation and engagement, we highly appreciate it!

We built this platform for you, a place to collaborate, to present yourself and to discover great talent and projects, a home for all artists.

Stay tuned for lots of new Creative Invites and exciting projects in the new year!

Please keep your feedback coming and your help in spreading the word

Happy Holidays, a Happy New Year and a huge Thank You from all of us here at Talenthouse!

The Talenthouse Team