Episode 75 - Reinvent Yourself! | Frankie Says!

We start our conversation  with some fun Chaos! Jozlyn is definitely directionally challenged, Angela has door issues, Dan is early & shares his recent chaos with us while dropping off his son at Grad School in NYC. Jozlyn shares how she met Dan at VOA 2023 and a fun story about how they connected in the midst of a competition! We learn more about how Dan dived into audio & sound engineering,  becoming a producer, a voice over actor, a  voice over coach and an author of two books! He shares how finding your creative spark can propel your voice over and creative journey and career. How communication and learning how to convey emotion is key. 

Dan's Website -  https://sound4vo.com/
Book Links -
https://store.bookbaby.com/book/zen-and-the-art-of-voiceover
https://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore/BookDetails/292116-sound-advice

This is a shareable podcast with a group of creatives documenting their creative voice over & on-camera journeys to inspire not educate! This pod is not meant to be an educational podcast, even if their are golden nuggets of wisdom from guests or shared chaos by us along the way!
Follow all the Chaos -
Website - https://www.keepingupwithchaos.net/
FB - https://www.facebook.com/keepingupwithchaospodcast
IG - https://www.instagram.com/keeping_up_with_chaos/

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 technical issues...Jozlyn froze  while intently listening to Angela's booth drama & moving plans.  It's Chaos! So we’ll pick back up on where we are at now, with our current booth drama and goals soon...Stay tuned! 

*Booth details at the time we recorded this episode - 

*Jozlyn's referring to her Audiomute blanket, T-Pins, & the fact that she had her booth in multiple closets throughout her house, in order to find the perfect space and accommodate her families needs as well!

*Angela was getting ready for a BIG move from Las Vegas back to Colorado.

*Gaby was getting her home booth up and running, while adjusting her space.

*Lloyd was still training and hadn't built his booth space yet. 

This is a shareable podcast with a group of creatives documenting their creative voice over & on-camera journeys to inspire not educate! This pod is not meant to be an educational podcast, even if their are golden nuggets of wisdom from guests or shared chaos by us along the way!
Follow all the Chaos -
Website - https://www.keepingupwithchaos.net/
FB - https://www.facebook.com/keepingupwithchaospodcast
IG - https://www.instagram.com/keeping_up_with_chaos/

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 through an interesting, winding road as Jack shares with us the small, seemingly insignificant life moments, that actually all add up to and leads you up to the moment you are in now.

This is a shareable podcast with a group of creatives documenting their creative voice over & on-camera journeys to inspire not educate! This pod is not meant to be an educational podcast, even if their are golden nuggets of wisdom from guests or shared chaos by us along the way!
Follow all the Chaos -
Website - https://www.keepingupwithchaos.net/
FB - https://www.facebook.com/keepingupwithchaospodcast
IG - https://www.instagram.com/keeping_up_with_chaos/

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 a shareable podcast with a group of creatives documenting their creative voice over & on-camera journeys to inspire not educate! This pod is not meant to be an educational podcast, even if their are golden nuggets of wisdom from guests or shared chaos by us along the way!
Follow all the Chaos -
Website - https://www.keepingupwithchaos.net/
FB - https://www.facebook.com/keepingupwithchaospodcast
IG - https://www.instagram.com/keeping_up_with_chaos/

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 & mom, to accidentally learning Production by trial and fire, then randomly falling into radio, going to college to educate herself in the world of Production,  relocating to Texas and finding her Person... All her hard work, struggles, accomplishments and awards lead her to this moment in time and her success.    Plus in this episode, you'll find quite a few golden nuggets of wisdom shared by Jenna, from her learned experiences, sprinkled into the conversation like - "Always say yes!"  or "Know how to find and make the magic for others!" & "Practice, practice, practice"

Jenna's website - https://www.jennabirmingham.com/
Automotive Accountability Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/941164673812170/

This is a shareable podcast with a group of creatives documenting their creative voice over & on-camera journeys to inspire not educate! This pod is not meant to be an educational podcast, even if their are golden nuggets of wisdom from guests or shared chaos by us along the way!
Follow all the Chaos -
Website - https://www.keepingupwithchaos.net/
FB - https://www.facebook.com/keepingupwithchaospodcast
IG - https://www.instagram.com/keeping_up_with_chaos/

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 made for our own home set ups, with the budgets we had available, the struggles we came across during set up and some things we found super helpful or not helpful.  Of course connecting with an Audio Engineer to find the best tech & equipment for your voice and space is key.  

This is a shareable podcast with a group of creatives documenting their creative voice over & on-camera journeys to inspire not educate! This pod is not meant to be an educational podcast, even if their are golden nuggets of wisdom from guests or shared chaos by us along the way!
Follow all the Chaos -
Website - https://www.keepingupwithchaos.net/
FB - https://www.facebook.com/keepingupwithchaospodcast
IG - https://www.instagram.com/keeping_up_with_chaos/

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 Grammy nomination in 2000 and a Grammy win in 2001 for his work with the late, great George Carlin. His work as a voice talent, composer, sound designer and mixer brought him to the small screen in 2010 with the Comedy Central short series Shmitty, Mcfunkle and Stump. 

We had such a great conversation with John, it went from Dad jokes, to Dungeons & Dragons, to music and production. Also, there are two rules John believes we can all benefit from! Want to learn what those are? Gotta listen!

This is a shareable podcast with a group of creatives documenting their creative voice over & on-camera journeys to inspire not educate! This pod is not meant to be an educational podcast, even if their are golden nuggets of wisdom from guests or shared chaos by us along the way!
Follow all the Chaos -
Website - https://www.keepingupwithchaos.net/
FB - https://www.facebook.com/keepingupwithchaospodcast
IG - https://www.instagram.com/keeping_up_with_chaos/

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 their hopes for this new year.

This is a shareable podcast with a group of creatives documenting their creative voice over & on-camera journeys to inspire not educate! This pod is not meant to be an educational podcast, even if their are golden nuggets of wisdom from guests or shared chaos by us along the way!
Follow all the Chaos -
Website - https://www.keepingupwithchaos.net/
FB - https://www.facebook.com/keepingupwithchaospodcast
IG - https://www.instagram.com/keeping_up_with_chaos/

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 this before.  After the initial nerves, she let loose and just had fun being herself. That set off a career trajectory that she never anticipated. And she never looked back. Since then she has worked with companies like Audible, Kohls, Macy's, Disney, SquareSpace, QuikTrip, Crayola, WholeFoods and many more. In addition, she also coaches people pursuing their Voice Over dreams and has started her own podcast, Disaster Human. Her passion for voiceover and genuine love of helping people inspire her to work with actors of all stages of their career. With a theater background, she brings her training to guide copy analysis and character creation. As an industry vet of 15 years, she has witnessed the changes and understands the ebbs and flows of the business. Mandy created her own voice over business from the ground up and has a successful and replicable model to help actors build their own successful businesses. All of this adds up to a coach who can provide audition and career advice while helping actors become the best they can be! She truly has so many amazing tips, you don't want to miss it!

This is a shareable podcast with a group of creatives documenting their creative voice over & on-camera journeys to inspire not educate! This pod is not meant to be an educational podcast, even if their are golden nuggets of wisdom from guests or shared chaos by us along the way!
Follow all the Chaos -
Website - https://www.keepingupwithchaos.net/
FB - https://www.facebook.com/keepingupwithchaospodcast
IG - https://www.instagram.com/keeping_up_with_chaos/

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 going in her new home.  We discuss VO websites, Jozlyn worked with a website developer and talks about the struggles that come along with that, like how difficult it can be to communicate your ideas to someone else. Then Gaby shares the difficulty of taking on the task of creating her own website and producing the content she envisions for the website. Jozlyn talks about the process of getting her website created, from photography to fonts to design, she experienced some hiccups but ultimately was able to get it done. Angela had a hard time finding her tagline. Jozlyn had a tagline but forgot about the logo so she created it after the website was completed. We then discuss about what parts of your demo to put on your website and how to do it. How do we find our essence? Jozlyn shares what influences she pulled from to find her essence. All of this and so much more! Enjoy!

"Developing your website is almost like planning a wedding" - Jozlyn

Updates as of 12/6/2023:
Jozlyn has added a new clients section, additional voice samples, rebranded with Celia Seigal, added a page for her son who is booking voice actor and budding on-camera actor. There is now a featured page specifically for automotive voice over, and she too has expanded into on-camera with this addition on website.

Gaby has yet to launch her website because she has to finish her photos. She is half way done but her MUA went through some tough personal stuff so they will not be able to finish until January. Gaby is currently stalled but expect her website launch in 2024!

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This is a shareable podcast with a group of creatives documenting their creative voice over & on-camera journeys to inspire not educate! This pod is not meant to be an educational podcast, even if their are golden nuggets of wisdom from guests or shared chaos by us along the way!
Follow all the Chaos -
Website - https://www.keepingupwithchaos.net/
FB - https://www.facebook.com/keepingupwithchaospodcast
IG - https://www.instagram.com/keeping_up_with_chaos/