Back safe and sound

So I have been back for a week, have feet back under me and am off to the races after a stay-cation for an extended weekend with the family.  Here is the link to see the pictures from the trip, and soon there will be a video of the experience.  Thank you to all of you for you love and support.

www.johnsalutare.com

I am outta here!

At long last and after years of wanting, and then weeks of planning I am departing for Europe today.  I have not posted much in recent weeks, however, I have been on the hustle just the same.  I have arranged several meetings that shall yield great opportunities for when I return.  For those not in the know, I am off to backpack Europe a few weeks.  I will be jumping on the net and updating some notes about the trip and the experience.  WHo knows, maybe I will make my own documentary about it???

To all my friends and fans, thank you for all your kind words and support, I will be back at the end of July and celebrating a big birthday and would like to see everyone there to welcome me home and kick off this year which is going to be the biggest and best yet.  The party is onJuly 30th.  Party will be taking place at COPIA 307 E533rd st/2nd Ave NYC. Shoot e an email for an evite.

Yours

Jsal

Its the weekend!!!

Just a quick note, had a few fun things take place yesterday in regards to the career.  First, had a great meeting with my writing partner and we have a few fun ideas to move forward on.  Second, had a few auditions come in, and a few potential modeling jobs to hear about. Lastly, I finally saw THE FIGHTER!! Let me tell ya, wow...you want to talk about why I am an actor and what its all about...see that movie.  It may not affect you the same way, but it definitely played on me.  Oh, and in keeping with telling stories and letting a little personality shine though in my blog, how about this one...I was talking to a girlfriend of mine and we got into a heated debate over District 9.  I wasn't fond of the movie, and she got mad because she thought I was saying it was a bad movie.  She was going on and on about it and how I am judging it without giving it a fair shake (I didn't make it through the whole movie).  The more we got into it the more intense it got, and then I came out and said, "your being a real bitch right now!"  Um, yeah then it hit me...I was working the conversation like an exercise from class.  Then it hit me even harder when she blew up and got extremely mad and turned beat red that I had been doing so for most of the convo...I couldn't help but laugh (internally-she really woulda flipped had I just laughed in her face when she was teeming! So thanks Esper and Mr. Mienser.  I really have been eating sleeping and thinking/dreaming acting...I wonder if this happened when I didn't catch on!  How do I feel...hahaha up tough call!

FRIDAY BABY!

    

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,

Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit

Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,

Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it. 

Omar Khayyam (1048?-1122)

Well, another week comes to an end and another weekend upon us, do we work for the weekend? I know some do, but the weekend is just another day to get better.  Another day to practice living right and to use to fulfill our enjoyment.  Now, anyone that knows me knows I like my weekends as much if not more than some, but everyday should be lived with the same zeal as our Saturdays or if your a Sunday Funday guy or gal, Sundays.  On that note, its been brought to my attention that I do not put enough substance it my blogs, that I should tell some more stories or jokes and put some more personality into them, and you know what its true.  So after this post I plan to put a little more meat and potatoes into the blogs.  Kinda funny considering what a character I am...so on that note I am off to acting class and then a fun friday...I wish you all the best and hope you have kick ass days!

Fitness Guru Jack LeLanne finished his amazing life

Fitness guru and American Icon, Jack LaLanne has passed away.  When considering the maturation of the fitness industry it is impossible not to mention Jack LaLanne.  Not only for what he has meant to the world of fitness as a business, but also Jack LaLanne the man and what he accomplished personally.  He proved that the number of days and years a person lives is merely a number that tracks such things and by no means is a definition of that person.  In an article about him in the Daily News today, he was quoted saying, "Exercise is King, nutrition is Queen, put them together you've got a kingdom." Jack LaLanne was a man ahead of his time, and in ways he was even ahead of the time we find ourselves in now.  With all the information out there pertaining to health and fitness and exercise we still have only delved only a few feet into a pool of knowledge that spans to depths of which we have no way of knowing how deep it goes.   I think, Jack LaLannes’ mantra in life was, whatever the mind can conceive it can achieve, and can serves as a road map to anyone interested in living a happy, healthy and fruitful life.  Here is a man that maintained an amazing physique and health level well into his eighties this proving a point he made in that, "the only way you can hurt the body is to not use it."  Thank you Jack for your dedication, guidance and passion for life and the example it awarded us.  Jack LeLanne has passed away, but not before he LIVED 96 years.

Happy Holidays

Hello one and all, it has been an eventful month to say the least.  Ahhh, the holidays...I wish you all a happy holiday season and all the best in 2011.

WHo knows maybe I will see some of you in the city, if you havent made your New years eve plans come see me at Copia as i will be bartending and bringing in 2011 right!! Contact me for details and tickets. john.salutare@gmail.com

Celebrate safely everyone.

Johnny Sal

What a week,

Whats up everyone, its official, I have been very very busy and all GOOD busy...I have had several auditions and have a few prospective jobs lined up, a few to takeplace this weekend...I am racing to get a video audition in for a fun new show that I would really like to land so keep your fingers crossed for me...I will post again this weekend with a full recap of all the exciting news but just wanted to get something out to quick to keep in touch...as always I hope your all well and life is treating you good.

What a week

So last week was definetly a productive one.  I did a shoot on Wednesday night that was a lot of fun and very porductive.  What was cool was even after countless shoots, it was a totally new experience.  Almost every shoot is distinct, but this one was different in its makeup.  It was a group of photographers that are part of a meetup group in which they gather pool resources and put together a shoot.  This one was a studio shoot and conisisted of roughly 10-12 photogrpahers a few different sets lighting equipment and 3 other models in addition to myself.  We did a variety of looks and pairings and it was a lot of fun and very prodcutive.  The attached pics are from the shoot and you can see additional pics at www.modelmayhem.com/johnsalutare and soon on my site as well. 

In addition to the shoot, I also had the opportunity to work on a popular TV show and got to meet some really cool people and have a good time while working. 

Lastly, I attended a 3 day seminar over the weekend that was truly one of the best workshops I have taken in the field of acting.  It was aimed at helping actors get out of their own way and approach their work from a better place and I happy to say I got a lot out of the work and I am confident that it will be leading to my working more and more as the days go on so stay tuned for more new and exciting news as the days and weeks of November unfold.  Its only a few days to Gobble Gobble day and this is one guy thats counting them down!

Have a great week everyone and keep those emails and comments coming.

Good week

Hello one and all and welcome to another exciting week.  I hope your all off to a good start and I am sure most of you are gearing up for one of my favorite holidays...Halloween.  I have to tell you I was looking forward to going bananas this weekend as I have not had an all out Halloween celbration weekend in to long to count, but I am choosing to be responsible and attend a 3-day seminar instead.  Granted its in NYC which means I will be highly tempted to go out and partake in the festivites, I am going to keep it calm and get the most out of the seminar that I am very excited to be taking part in...ACTING SUCCESS NOW with Michelle and Robert Colt!

IN other news, I have received a few shots from my latest shoot, and they came awsome! Cant wait to show all of you the full shot list.

Have a great week and stay tuned, I am shooting again tomorrow night in NYC and it looks to be a pretty great project with hopes of having an even larger one in the winds...

Columbus Day...happy day off I hope for some of you...

Whats up everyone, I know its been a few since I last posted a blog and for that I apologize. Since my lsat post, I have done a portfolio shoot with a very talented photographer and I am hoping to get those images any day now, and if there are as good as I am thinking they will be, I am confident they will turn some heads.  I attended a great workshop consisting of some top casting directors and professionals in the industry and it was very informative and inspirational and has helped me hone in on the direction I need to take with my career.  I have been booked no two modeling jobs that will be working at the end of this month and early next month and hoping to hear back about a few others that I submitted for yesterday...all in things are good, the ball is picking up momentum and LIFE is good, I hope the same goes for all of you...thanks for the support as always! Have a great holiday and most importantly, thank you MR. Christopher Columbus!

2 weeks is less than a month

Hello friends and fans, this past weekends events were a lot of fun and moreover let me know I am in the right line of work.  I was surrounded by models, actors and designers who already caught their breaks and fit right in, now its just time for my time to shine.  Thanks for all the support, it should be a strong finish to the month with hopes of landing major name representation by the start of October.

Sunday Sunday

Hello everyone and happy Sunday, I trust that you all had a good week, and looking at a good day of fun and relaxation today to gear up for another week ahead.  Its a big week for me as my birthday falls right in the middle of it.  I have to admit I am excited for it.  Everyday is meant to be spent like our birhtdays, but sometimes life just throws things at us too quickly to keep up...but when we get a few moments to breath we realize how good things really are...and if you dont do this...remember if you have air in your lungs, all the rest is small stuff!

That's a Johnny Sal original!  Have a great day my friends, see some of you this week to help me celebrate anther great year and gear up for the one that's about to start! Gonna be the best one yet!

Gorgeous day full of possibilities

A man sits under a tree and ponders...

He is in the shade created by the tree

as the rest of the world hustles by,

sun beaming down upon them,

although in the time the man sits there,

he notices not one person take a moment 

to enjoy the beauty around them.

Rather they run, scream, shout and fight

The man then sees a group of children

brought to the park to play

They too run scream and shout 

but their running is for fun 

and their screams are of joy! 

They have an adult with them

but she is not like the rest 

the man saw that day,

aside from her adult frame 

she seems much like the children,

happy to be alive...for they know

no other way!

Take a moment today to be like a child!

Life doesn'thave to be as hard as we make it!

Moving right along

Hello everyone I hope your doing well and summer is treating you like summer should.  I am hard at work updating all of my online materials which is sometimes a struggle since I do not have my own office set up in one location yet in NYC but I am undeterred I am keeping my head down and moving forward.  This week I will be printing up new photos and taking my portfolio by a few modeling agencies.

Also I was just published in OhLaLa Magazine. check it out at: http://www.ohlalamag.com/en/2010/07/ohlala-exclu-nyc-john-salutare-by-carlos-hernandez.html#more

Click my picture at the opening of the blog to see my new and updated portfolio and my new web page, its still coming together but its a lot closer to being done then ever before

Back in Business

Short and sweet for the moment, I am back in the NYC and getting things moving here and by the end of this month I am happy to report I will be fully bi-coastal!!!

The website after FINALLY IS 1 day away from being finished, and my training service is doing well with a revamp and relaunch back where it all started.  Visit it at www.terrainanywhere.com tell me what you think, its a rough under construction site so there will be typos I am sure so I am calling on all you grammar kings and queens to let me know what to change...thanks to all and talk to you again on Friday.