From The Booth and Beyond

Jozlyn has done her hair and is wearing make-up, a rare occurrence, preparing for a possible night out on the town. Angela has very romantic ideas of the rain. We realize Angela has muted everyone! Lloyd had his wisdom teeth take out but he is doing well. Stay ahead of the pain! We start by discussing the personality test results from last time and then we go into Frankie and Angela's results. Jozlyn and Lloyd have a disagreement when it comes to rules and their personality types are showing! Everyone is turbulent except for Coach Gaby and, after hearing the definition that Lloyd found, it one hundred percent rings true for us. We are all introverts except for Jozlyn and no one was surprised by that.  We discuss how your personality traits can be applied to your voice over career. We also discuss how we can flip some of these "negative" traits and look at them through a positive lens. Then we get into a very interesting conversation about how it affects dating and other aspects of life. Angela shares her experience going on a first date in a while. Takeaway: "The real sentence is everything before the but" - Angela  "How do you moan like an elf?" - Gaby

In the first part of this two-part series, Jozlyn, Gaby, and Lloyd go into their discoveries after taking the 16personalities test. Was the test accurate? Were there any surprising findings? Tune in to find out! Frankie and Angela dive into what they found on the next episode.

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16personalities

Bonus

Jozlyn talks about her acting training experience. Angela talks about an intimidating partner read she struggled through. We talk about the harsh reality of facing the real VO world, outside of class, once you are ready to venture out.  Jozlyn and Angela discuss the pay to play sites that they utilize to find VO work, which are working for them, and which are not.

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Voices

Voices123

Backstage

Bunny Studios

Fivver

VO Planet

The Voice Realm

Frankie shares his new backdrop as he continues to move forward with his acting training. Joz shares another success in her VO career. Gaby booked another gig! Angela booked a major Quaker Oats job! Gaby has only been booking jobs in Spanish. Angela has not been feeling well but nothing some whiskey (and honey) can't fix! Lloyd makes some short statements hat could turn into long stories. Lloyd releases some work related frustrations and his struggles with self-esteem. What is the is the ideal way to put your best forward? Carefully curating your content or just do your own thing and be real? 

We must find valid reasons to be happy, like seeing a butterfly on a unicorn - Angela.

Joz takes an Improv class and talks about her experience. We talk about the concept of "Failure is fun" and how we can incorporate it into our lives as we pursue our artistic endeavors. Life is hard as it is so don't be too hard on yourself, allow yourself to fail because there are lessons in those failures. Gaby shares a bit about her experiences with failure and how she is changing her mindset. Lloyd shares the frustration of being told he was "close" to being ready to record his demo when he was expecting a yes and how an unexpected comment from a coach helped him. Embrace the suck and growth will come.

We are all over the place on this one! We start with some technical issues from Angela and we all try to troubleshoot. Frankie shares some exciting news about his new acting career path. We talk about how VO and Acting cross over. Frankie shares how meaningful it was for Joz to join him for his first acting class. It is important to have buddies to go along your journey. Joz shares the acting class experience from her perspective. Then, Gaby shares her new VO booth! Angela shares some of the struggles with audio she is facing in her new space.

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The Online Acting Studio

Snap Studio Portable Vocal Booth

iZotope RX Elements

Memory Foam Mat

Audimute Sound Absorption Sheet Soundproofing

Apogee HypeMic USB Cardioid Condenser Microphone

Shure MV88 Microphone

Frankie and Lloyd discuss life, struggles, goals and everything in between. Life can often get in the way but you've got to stick with it, good things come to those who persist. Let's hear it for the boys!

Jozlyn had not been feeling well for the last couple of weeks and during this time got her biggest audition opportunity to date. The show must go on so she just had to push through. Angela joins us as she is still settling in after her big move and into her new life after radio. This gets us talking about big transitions in life that change your way of life. Like going from a job where you get a paycheck every other week to a job where you are solely responsible to search for opportunities to make money. Such as being a Voice Artist or Actor and auditioning for projects in order to make ends meet. Angela is still trying to figure out her booth space to fully go into audition mode. Angela admits that she does much better when she has a concrete schedule, which is something she is actively working on. Don't get stuck in the booth! Make sure you take breaks because self care is important to keep you energized and motivated.

Jozlyn shares the booth struggles while dealing with her kids and pups. Lloyd is feeling better and ready to start taking classes again. There is no diving into Audibooks, it requires a great deal of training. We do dive right in to our conversation though, we talk about accepting jobs where you question your morals or the pay that they are offering as compared to the amount of work required. What is fair when you are starting out? What if it is in Perpetuity? We then discuss whether or not we would accept jobs with messages and/or beliefs that we don't agree with. As Jozlyn mentioned, maybe if you are not able to connect with the copy that does not align with your morals perhaps it will not sound as good or authentic. Do you have a price? We get derailed, as we often do, and start talking about the Backstreet Boys, Milli Vanilli, Karaoke song selections, and how Lloyd has never been to a concert. The takeaway? Your booth your rules, do what you need to do to move forward and create the career you envision, make choices you are comfortable with, and trust your gut. Also, you can't moan good when your throat is tightening up! 

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