I took my podcast to the entertainment capital of the world. I took my podcast to Los Angeles "L.A." I want that to sit for a minute and soak in. My podcast has no MAJOR sponsors yet, its independent; its self produced, black owned and its the number one podcast in the city of Houston! I took it to L.A. and I linked up with FOUR AFRICAN AMERICAN women who are nothing sort of amazing. This episode is the first podcast of the next four that I will drop in L.A.; so its like your first child going off to college parents. (Rest in Peace to my boy BABY D!) My first stop in Tinseltown was to a college friend. Ajia and I were psych majors at the University of Houston. The gems that Ajia gave on this episode were priceless! Gems such as the best advice that she got as an actress was to keep acting or If you want to act you Must act in stage plays, theater or college films! Which doesn’t strictly pertain to living in LA! She broke LA down into three things 1) the Culture of LA which would be that everyone has a relative who knows someone in the film industry whether it be directly or indirectly! She mentioned that film as well as the up incoming actor feeds the city of L.A. 2) the Fantasy of LA meaning it’s not as glamorous as people would think and the tourist spots become watered down as you as the Actor begins to deal with the grind of LA and 3) the Basic survival of LA in it being a dog eat dog mentality! She refers to LA as the Lonely City and her advice to those embarking on an acting career is to get your head shots, get a reel for to the film schools on college campuses and be in the student films and market online! We talk about her podcast Stories & Poems Podcast on SoundCloud and Apple Podcast. A fact I was reminded of was that’s the opportunity is far greater in LA! She tells me what brought her out to LA and states that she’s out there for a reason and LA isn’t home! I’m so appreciative of Ajia and the extended arm she gave me with not only this podcast but episode 29 and 30. This episode is also dedicated to my son! I love you John Ross Dike II bka Baby D rest in paradise! Sit back, relax and enjoy Episode 28 of the Whats Next!? Podcast a production of Still Visionary, Inc.

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