• In the following pages, you will experience what was like to be a rock star drummer behind Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, and The Original Drifters on British and French tours.
• What it felt like to fear for your life at a concert riot at London’s Saville Theatre attended by all the big rock stars of the day.
• Experience the exhausting life on the road in England & Europe with my six musician buddies from Victoria, including my good friend and now famous Hollywood Music Producer David Foster.
• The secret that allowed me to change from a 26-year-old beginning photographer to an established press photographer with an estimated 4,000 published photos.
• What it took to overcome the lack of a high school diploma and find a way to be accepted to study film at Columbia College in the center of Hollywood.
• How I created a children’s dramatic outdoor survival film that went on to international fame along with having the pleasure of watching one of my films broadcast four times across Canada by CBC.
• How My partner and I overcame the struggles and created Vancouver Island’s first film training school.
• The importance of the support from your friends and family as you move toward your goals
• Believing in my communication skills and then becoming a public speaker.
• “You have a lot of knowledge”, she said, “you should write it all down”…and so I became a published author.
You can do everything that I did
and more, once you decide to…
“Become Who You Were Meant To Be”
So let’s get started...
"Voted Most Popular live action film at Chicago International Film Festival" A survival story about a boy who gets lost in the woods. During a camping trip with his parents, he goes to explore the forest and forgets his way back. He spends the night alone using survival tips he learned from a TV show.
“Barry Casson has packed a lot of information about creating corporate videos into this 115 page book. A corporate video is an important business tool in this day of YouTube. The business owner could read this book and become the producer.” - The US Review of Books “This book is a keeper, a tiny jewel. Every sales and marketing manager of every small to mid-sized company in the country should have a copy if they have even considered making a corporate video or local TV commercial…” - DON ANGUS, Editor, Canadian Society of Cinematographers Magazine “An excellent book for anyone who wants to understand how a film shoot really works. Peppered with illuminating first-hand examples from Casson’s film and video making experiences. This book will save you a lot of time and money, and is a great read.” - TIM MOSHANSKY, Author, A to Z Guide to Film Terms