Keeping Up With Chaos From The Booth And Beyond

This is a From the Vault episode from before our Pod merger! Here we touch on different choices about our booths as we were all closer to the beginning of launching and getting our individual VO careers off the ground.  This is definitely a throwback episode, short and sweet, about us chatting and sharing, our booth goals and a tiny bit of internet chaos… Of course we get interrupted due to techni...

This week we take a dive into the origin story of Jack de Golia, as we ride the wave of audiobooks!  An award-winning audiobook narrator, e-learning voice, video game actor, and storyteller with a PR & stage-acting career spanning four decades. Jack brings a seasoned and always fresh approach to voiceover work. It’s been said he has the voice of “every man’s man.”  Strap in as we navigate thro...

S 5, EP 157 Where is everybody at?!? This is a "from the vault" episode...where we recorded this episode awhile ago and relaunching it again.  Angela and Joz chat about the choices they each made, when it comes to Pay 2 Play platforms, after they first launched their voice over businesses a few years back.  Now, they both have added more Pay 2 Play platforms to their workflow.   This is...

Tonight, Gaby and Jozlyn "drive" into a fun conversation with Jenna Birmingham! Jenna is an award winning voice over actor, producer, coach, mentor...The Automotive Queen!  Tonight she shares how at a young age, she always knew being a creative was  going to be her path and was always in her soul.  From traveling the world with her family as a child and then as an young adult, wife &...

This is a relaunch episode, where we get nitty gritty with our tech & equipment choices when we first started our voice over and on-camera careers.  Now we have definitely expanded, added and grown with our booth and on-camera audition set-ups thus far...BUT wanted to revisit this episode again after we blended our two podcasts together! In this episode we share how we came to the choices we m...

This week the whole gang's here! Our guest John McClain joins us to chat production, voiceover, and his start into the creative realm.   John McClain is the founder, owner and lead sound designer/mixer at Monster Sound & Picture in Las Vegas, Nevada. John's professional experience ranges from award winning sound design for companies like Chevrolet, Dodge, Intel and MGM Resorts to a G...

Happy New Year! We  are kicking off 2024 with an episode about Big Wins, Big Losses, Takeaways and New Goals. As we set professional goals, it is important to remain consistent but also flexible.  Set realistic goals and be kind to ourselves if things do not totally go to plan. Do not be afraid to ask for help.  Join us as Angela, Gaby, Joz, and Lloyd share their successes, their struggles, and th...

Astoria Redhead aka Mandy Fisher joins us!  As a child actor, Mandy was invested in the theater and film scene in Atlanta, Georgia. At the time, there were only a handful of girls her age doing voiceover.  One day while at school, her mom pulled her out of class and took her to the studio where she was told she was going to be recording a national radio commercial. She had never done anything like...

From the vault originally released on 10/13/2022. Jozlyn is juggling many people and too many things! Frankie and Jozlyn talk about auditing an online acting class they are planning to take. Angela finally got home and has yet to unpack and is figuring her life out. Gaby joins us from her phone and then that gets us on a whole conversation about phones. Angela shares her plans to get her booth goi...

Jozlyn and Gaby share their chaos and our resident world traveller (Gaby) shares some packing tips. They also chat about the struggles of being "un-shortlisted" and how that affects your confidence as a VO artist. They are then joined by Milena Tinoco to share about her journey in the Creative Realm.  Milena is a Colombian-American Bilingual Voice Over Talent with over 10 years of experi...

On this very special episode of our podcast, we chat with Jacob Zalewski who is the Founder/President & CEO of the One Step Closer Foundation (1SCF) and also Gaby's friend.  The 1SCF is a non-profit, charitable organization whose main goal is to improve the lives of those who suffer from cerebral palsy along with various disabilities. The 1SCF, through multiple fundraising efforts, suppor...

Angela, Gaby & Jozlyn chat about where and what the heck Angela has been up to lately and the chaos she has been experiencing.  Then, we are joined by Jennifer James & Jill Stanley.  They are sisters and creators, producers & co-hosts of the Common Mystics podcast and co-authors of the new book "Common Mystics Presents Ghosts on the Road, Volume 1: Murders & Mysterious Deaths&...

Jozlyn, Gaby and Lloyd with our guest Loren Cellentani, host of Witchy Wellness Radio Podcast.  We chat about how our bodies are a tool to help guides us to navigate through life.  Loren Cellentani is a Manifestation Coach and Host of the Witchy Wellness Radio Podcast. She helps ambitious woo-women manifest their calling with passion, purpose and ease. Her method incorporates breathwork, movement...

This week Gaby, Lloyd and Jozlyn chat with the fabulous VO Artist Milla Rutland aka Pink Lady VO and Spiderella! Milla is a creative through and though, who wanted to be an actress since she was little. She talks about how theater and acting have always found a way into her life.  She eventually found her way to Las Vegas and into the world of Burlesque, Murder-Mystery Dinner Theater, and Voice Ov...

This episode was previously launched on the original From the Booth and Beyond podcast but it was so good we just had to share it here!   On this episode, Jozlyn, Frankie and Lloyd share some of their ups and downs and how nobody really knows everything.  We chat about rabbit hole moments, why people love scary things, and the scary moments we have encountered ourselves. Jozlyn tries to say a big...

Jozlyn, Angela, Gaby, and Lloyd chat with Troy Holden. Troy is the host of VO Life Podcast and It's Another VO Podcast.  Troy shares with us his perspective on the Voice Over business and how it has shifted in the last 3-4 years. This is something that we have had a feeling about for a while now but it is interesting to hear someone else's take.  It is tougher now to get into this indust...

Straight from the vault, into your ears...Failure can be fun!  We all experience failure along our creative paths, but perspective is key.  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, al...

S 4, EP 142  Lloyd, Jozlyn and our Guest Dave Kaechele who is currently a Television Traffic Reporter in Southwest Michigan. He shares with us his journey from On-Air Radio Personality, to Television Traffic Reporter along with Joining a Local news/traffic podcast. Dave is the salt-of-the-earth kinda guy, who loves yo stir the pot on anything nobody really cares about, a single dad, has been in Br...

We start off by giving Lloyd his well-deserved flowers. Then, Angela, Gaby, Jozlyn & Lloyd chat & dive into Lloyd's trials and tribulations while recording his very first audiobook.  He discovered there was so much more to consider when working on an audiobook. Lloyd touches on a lot of important details which are great for those who are considering audiobooks. Jozlyn shares a few rec...

Gaby, Joz, and Angela speak with Veronica Boneta. Veronica is a charismatic enthusiast of the arts, a mother, and author. Having worked in theater for many years, she turned to the field of Psychology while also bringing with her the knowledge she had acquired as an actress. Now a full time Psychotherapist, she looks forward to furthering her research in the intertwining of Psychology and Acting....

As VO artists, our office is often a closet. We often struggle to make sure the space works for us and what we need but it is also a comfortable space that will allow us to spend hours auditioning and working. Angela and Jozlyn chat about rearranging their booths and adding some acoustic treatments and equipment. Jozlyn shares some on-camera journey news for herself and her son. We are training, a...

Jozlyn, Gaby, Angela, and Lloyd chat with the host of La Vida Mas Chevere Podcast, Paulette Erato, and discuss the childfree experience. As per Paulette, being childfree is the least interesting thing about her. But it is a core identity. And finding other childfree Latinas or Latines like her hasn’t always been easy. They are routinely slandered and made to believe there’s something wrong with th...

Angela, Gaby, Lloyd and Jozlyn chat about where they are at with strategizing in creative biz.  There's a lot going on in this episode! Jozlyn discovered, through on-camera acting, that sometimes you just have to go where the energy flows and be flexible when it comes to adjusting your strategy depending on what is working for your career. Lloyd does not have all his duck in a row but he has...

Joz forgot the chili beans and chaos ensued when she got invited to the premiere of her first student film! Lloyd has been too busy to go to dinner and Gaby calls in from an undisclosed location. Later, Gaby, Angela, Lloyd and Jozlyn talk to Martha McBride, who is the host of My Aloof Vagina, an irreverent podcast about perimenopause and midlife dating, sex, & relationships. Martha calls in fr...

S 4, EP 135 -   (Recorded Winter of 2023) After a month, we all get back together and check in. This one is a bit of a rollercoaster of emotions but we get through it, together. Angela has a new look! And we love it. Apparently she changes her look every time she has a crisis. We all chat about life updates, career successes, and some losses. Life is full of ups and downs,  the difficult moments c...