Independance Day

As most of you have already learned, I have been released from a 5 year contract from the first porn company I worked for. Also, I moved out of my ex-manager's house and I am now on my own. I am grateful for the concept, but the execution did not help me and quite honestly has damaged a part of my life. Now that all of that is over and I am independant, you will be seeing alot more of 'me' and alot less of the concept person known as 'blair mason'. I am blair mason, but now I can be who I really want to be. Now I can make my own decisions and make my own goals and actually follow them without anything in my way except myself.

There have been a few things I have learned along this rocky road. One of which is that hapiness is more than security. Joy does not come from having a place to sleep at night. Contentment is more than having food in your stomach. All those components are nothing more than surviving. Nothing more. Nothing less. Survival is key to life obviously but who wants to only survive and not have a full life? I needed more, so I jumped off the train heading towards destruction and I find myself now in a green valley of opportunity. These things I have learned I wish I would have known then.

I have learned these things and I want to share them with you. To upcoming stars---
1. Always read a contract with a lawyer. Never get into something based on someone's word. Always read each and every detail. On that note, don't sign a contract unless it will benefit you more than freelancing.
2.Never live with the person you work closely with. Especially if that person does not know you very well. You don't know someone unil you are around them in a living siutation. They could be a completely different person when you live with them.
3.There is always someone who pays better. There are always going to be better opportunities to get known. Don't settle for anyone. If you want to make a ton of money in this business as an actor, go with more than one company. You don't have to go with a ton, just two ro three that pay good.
4. lastly, you are the prize. Do not let anyone belittle you or tell you that you won't make it without them. This is a tactic used by people who are desperate and don't want to share you with anyone.

To new producers---
This is coming from a star's point of view. What I am about to say is what we are all thinking but are sometimes too afraid to say because we look up to you and we depend on you to make us whatever we are to become.

1.Make your models happy at all cost, especialy if you believe they can make you money. They are your money makers. Do not make them feel ugly or dirty or unappreciated.
2. Pay is going to be low for actors when you first start out. That is fine, but don't trick them into thinking that what you're paying them is good if it's not. If you tell them in the beginning what they are getting into and that the pay will not be amazing, but ok, they will respect you more and they will be happy to work for you from time to time. I grew up in a not so prosperous situation and when someone told me I could make $500 for a week, I thought it sounded great. When they told me I could be making 'the real money' after a couple months, I thought that I should stick with them. I soon found out it was a tool to catch me like a stupid fish. Don't sugarcoat anything, tell the truth. If you have hot models, it is a good insentive to work, but don't lie about the pay being good. Try and set them up with other companies also. If all the studios helped each other out, you all could make a ton of money.
3. Don't have a model sign a contract without a lawyer present. This is not only unprofessional, but quite vindictive and sly. Let them read the contract for a few weeks. Do not tell them what the contract contains. Do not highlight the strong points verbally. Many people get into this industry while they are young and without much legal or business sense. 18 years olds have just come out of high school, they are still learning what the world is al about. Many are scared and nervous about money and paying bills on time. Do not take advantage of that. It is low and it will not get you any respect from the actor when he finds out he was tricked or misleaded.
4. Make hot porn. Take suggestions. Let the models pick who they would like to work with. Do not tell them you will cut their pay if they don't bottom for three days in a row and take a didlo in the ass on the fourth day and cum everyday. Would you have sex for hours on end for a week straight? Don't expect your models to be supermen. We get tired and our emotions are on edge during shooting.
5. Don't let models live with you unless they have nowhere else to go. This idea sounds amazingly fun at first, but it soon turns into a nightmare for both parties. Let them be independant. Don't cripple their ability to live.

I hope anyone who reads this doesn't think that I don't have any say on this subject. I hope you understand that this is all my own peronal perception of the industry. I hope any of this helps someone.. if not, I said my peace at least.