The Slack Jaw Voice Over - Episode 17 - Honesty

Hello everyone!  Today we are going to be talking about honesty.  It ties in nicely with last weeks episode so I thought it would be good to shoehorn it in here.

The main point I try to get across is, be honest with yourself first.  That will help you be honest with others.  (That sounds like it should be on a motivational poster with a cat wearing a top hat.)  This is true when it comes to your abilities, both in what you can do with your voice, and what you can do with your time.  Wow, that about sums up the episode nicely.  So I'll wrap it up here.  

As always, drop me a line.  You can subscribe to the podcast by clicking the RSS feed button over to the right there, or you can look us up on iTunes.   To download this episode click here.  If you like what you hear, go ahead and give us a 5 star review on iTunes.  It would really help us out. You may have noticed a new intro and outro music today.  We got that from Mevio's Music Alley.  That's David Wilcox's Modern World.  He is one of my favorite folk artists and I highly recommend if you like that type of music to check him out.  Also, don't forget to check out our Patreon page.  Thanks again and I look forward to talking to you soon!  Take Care!

The Slack Jaw Voice Over - Episode 16 - Professionalism and Customer Service

Hello everyone!  So today we talk about professionalism and customer service.  Frankly, they are one in the same.  As I mention in the podcast, this is one area where I can say I have a TON of experience.  My entire career, save one or two odd jobs, has rotated around customer service and professionalism.

So I have some tips to pass along and reminders of ways to provide good customer service and be a professional.  I hope this helps give you some ideas of things you can try.  Also do not hesitate to reach out with other ideas or situations we can talk about on the podcast.

One quick note I want to mention.  I will sometimes mention scenarios with clients that I have come across.  I want to be clear that while those situations may have happened, they may not have happened to me AND details have been changed.  I'm sure you can understand why.  These are just examples that I have run into myself or someone else has told me about.  It's a sticky situation to use client examples because I don't want to alienate a client here.  So I wanted to put this disclaimer in there somewhere.  (It will probably make it on the page in permanent place sometime soon.)  I mention this now so you know if you tell me a situation about a client, I will be sure to keep your name, their name, and any "telling" details out of it so you won't get in trouble with a particular client.  I want this to be a safe place for us to talk and help each other.

OK, now with that out of the way I will let you go.  Thanks again and I'll be talking to you soon!

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The Slack Jaw Voice Over - Episode 15 - Slowing Down, Script Prep, and Dealing with Rejection

Hello all!  Before I get started I just wanted to let you know there is an announcement below as well as at the end of the podcast so stay tuned!  We have an episode today that covers a lot of topics.  I felt all three of these fit together in their own way so I felt this would be good to discuss each of them.  First up we have "Slowing Down."  Don't rush through your copy, keep it a normal pace.  We also want to make sure we don't rush through the audition process itself.  That would be bad.  Quality is always better than quantity here.

I also talk a little bit about script prep.  It's good to take some time with the copy and analyze it.  Figure out how you want to audition.  What direction do you want to take this?  Once you have the figured out then you can go into the booth.

Finally I talk a little more about rejection and one thing I do to keep myself from getting down.

ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!!  Like the renaissance artists before me I find myself in the need of patron.  (I of course speak of Michelangelo, Leonardo, Donatello, and Raphael.)  But unlike those renaissance voice artists Townsend Coleman, Cam Clarke, Barry Gordon, and Rob Paulsen who had Viacom to shepherd them along, I need to get creative.   So, I don't know if you have heard of Patreon yet.  It's basically a way for content creators and artists to get a little financial help to continue to produce what they love.  (See what they did there?  It's a play on the word "patron." Clever huh?)  Basically you can support me by clicking on the below link and pledging a $1 a month.  (You can pledge more if you like.  It's entirely up to you.)  This will help me keep this podcast going as well as start up a few others that I'm currently working on.  If you want to help, great, if not that is perfectly fine.  I just wanted to give you the option.  Also, don't worry that I'm going to rub this in your face each episode.  Just a link in the blog entry and mention at the end of the show.  That's all.  Thank you so much for your support!

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The Slack Jaw Voice Over - Episode 14 - Patience

Hello everyone!  Thanks for stopping by.  Today we talk about patience.  This may seems like an obvious topic but that doesn't mean it's not important to remind yourself every now and again.  Frankly, I thought of the topic simple to be a reminder for myself to be patient.

In the podcast I talk a little about Mel Blanc.  I couldn't find a direct link to the interview where he tells the story I recount, but I found a link to another Mel Blanc interview that is just awesome.  I remember, it was an interview like this that I watched with Mel as a young child when I became fascinated with the voices behind the characters I loved so much.  This was before the internet so it was rare to see him do those voices on camera and I love it.

As always, drop me a line.  You can subscribe to podcast by clicking the RSS feed button over to the right there, or you can look us up on iTunes.   To download this episode click here.  If you like what you hear, go ahead and give us a 5 star review on iTunes.  It would really help us out. Thanks again and I look forward to talking to you soon!  Take Care!