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We have Randy Thomas with us we'll get her on in just a second and We have tech talk a little bit later on yes We do so if you got tech questions throw them in the chat room along with questions for Randy Because I'm sure there'll be a multitude of things you want to ask. Yeah, Randy's up first So we definitely want those questions coming in right away. Yeah, so yeah, I've been working on old radios Yeah, I keep mentioning this but and they keep filling the studio I know that we've got quite a pile of them out But I found a real rare one yesterday and you know, sometimes you'll reach into a radio and you shouldn't do this Sometimes you'll get a shock. Yeah, you know if it's like not set up, right? Yeah Well, my my Apple watch buzzes a lot and sometimes someone will call me. Oh, geez So you have your arm in there. Yeah, that's right. The watch vibrates at the perfectly wrong time. Yeah Well, I just dropped that $10,000 to let me ask you this about vibrate Do you have phantom phantom foam vibrations in your pocket? Oh, yeah, all the time that create creepy Do you get this maybe you don't because you don't probably keep your phone in your leg pocket. No, it's like You'll feel your legs a phantom phantom vibration. You're like, no, my phone. I amputated that phone It's creepy. Why don't we introduce our guest because she's so patiently waited for us here Randy Thomas is one of the top voices in the voice of a world today You hear on the Academy Awards and the Tonys and all sorts of stuff plus a lot of trailer work and promos and commercials You hear her you'll go. Oh her anyway, let's bring in our guest Randy Thomas Ducking the mics it's not easy position and doing it all live Welcome back Thank you. I have been here a few times You've been on this is actually your fourth time on the show the first one or two were from Florida One might have been in Florida, but I was in Buffalo and George was in Santa Monica. That's right. You hadn't moved here yet Right, so you've been here twice before yeah in this studio. Wow I'm starting to feel like a pest now, but it's time. You come it's real. It's a range Yeah, it's you know, we want people to like trip over things Wasn't there before cozy we like it first off gotta tell you I Was watching the the Tonys this year and the Academy You were fabulous this year. I mean it's the glue that ties that show together Because the speeches certainly are like he's going on You know what what does it take to really make that flow the way it does? What's the process there? You know, I have to say having done the Oscars ten times in 21 Tonys there is a flow that you get into and there's a rhythm to the evening and I Think at this point if I haven't figured it out, I should be in a different job criteria, but no I feel like There's a rhythm and a flow and I just When I'm there and I'm tapped into what it is we're doing I'm just present and I don't really think about it too much more than that You know like whatever happens from me happen right now. Are you in the truck? Are you in the actual hall or each time it's a different situation Who's directing and what they want to do? Yes, and and the venue so different venues have different situations the Oscars I'm in a truck a gelco in the back Towns in Coleman uses the same gelco I'm in when he comes in the next morning to do live with Kelly and Ryan the gelco You're calling that so is that the name of the truck the band? What is it? Yeah, I think so It's just called a gelco. Yeah, it doesn't have a bathroom in it. It's just a room. Okay. Yeah, that's on Locks the honey wagon somewhere else. I guess. Yeah, definitely no honey wagon But it's big enough for me and Tina can is our debone. She writes all the winter walk-ups and we work it together So but at the Tony's I'm in a dressing room up in a rocket dressing room at the Kennedy Center I am literally in the Carpenter's closet. It's gonna say carpenter or a broom closet Yeah, it's a carpenter's closet and it's very dusty and very you know They come in and they pull the curtain back and they're pulling out nails and hammers and Yeah, you're dressed for the occasion. Um, yeah on the night on the night of but usually, you know I'm just in rehearsal clothes. I'm a jeans kind of girl Yeah, so you like that you have a playbook or there's everything is a script for it and everything is Okay, it's page five everything is timed out every speech that's written for every presenter every introduction every bump to commercial It's all timed out so that hopefully by the time we're done if the the winners Actually keep their speeches within it and a lot of time Yeah, we're pretty much guaranteed to get off the air on time But most of the time it doesn't happen. It runs a little long sometimes the show runs long It's because of the speeches mainly, right? Yeah Yeah, it's just I would certain the bigger the bigger the roll or the bigger the celebrity the longer the less we will Permit it to go. Yeah, correct. Correct. Somebody has to make that call. Yeah, the director I guess the director is making the call and the producer and they're always on page But you know sometimes you don't expect a speech to be incredibly poignant and powerful And you never know when that's gonna happen and they're really listening to see the speech is going somewhere I'm not gonna play them off. Gotcha. Or all of a sudden they'll start to play them off And just as they were thanking their deceased what you know, I mean, it's like But that's a call that they have to make to just keep the show I would just love to hear what the director is saying like get her off of there Was that ever happening or I think yeah, I you know people say things. They're just It's like watching television, you know, sometimes you're talking to the television They're talking to the screen in real time. What are you hearing in your headset? Well, I like to hear everything Some announcers only want to hear their cue So they only want to hear the show and then when it's time for them to speak to me Half the fun is being in on the whole PL and listening to everything the production So I'm hearing cameras being called camera three one two that's there are different channels when they're talking to cameras I am in the main channel with the director and the AD and Anyone else that has to cue me or anyone that has to talk to the director AD they come into that PL Yeah, and it's so but what I ask them to do is to Flip it so I want the show in my left ear and I want my voice and the director in my right Okay So I want the PL in my right because as soon as they call me I Put it behind my ear, and I'm only listening to show oh, I see so you don't ask them to split it left and right You'll get everything in both sides and that's so when you're like focused mad meeting that script You can't be hearing all that I can't read and listen to people talk to you just have a go You just have a motion you do the headset correct correct because I have the director so loud Because I want to not miss a cue that once my mic is hot, which I'm putting on myself I'm afraid they can hear him yelling cues because he was so and I'm not fumbling for volume controls I'm just you just haven't I hit my mic on and once they've cued me it goes behind my head So if they're trying to stop me, I'll never hear it So I mean you didn't do it for a few years I mean you said you you've done the Oscars like ten times and then they had some other people doing it And now we're doing it again. Thank goodness because you're marvelous at it. Well, thank you How did you get that gig back? It generally is the producer that Decides what their show is gonna look like and they select the voice talent So every year when you have a different producer coming through they want to make that choice and put their sound in the show and for me when I moved back here in 2016 Glenn Weiss it would have been it was then his second year doing the Oscars and second third so he just finished his fourth year and He brought me back the producers were happy with the job that I did So they brought me back that following year and then that worked out okay And so I got brought back this past year for the no-host which was kind of a big deal was a Crazy night, but it was super fun. He called it the no-host the no-host Oscars had no oh the no-host So the Emmys is not having a host they're going the same way trend setting Well, but you're the perfect person because you know how it all works and then Tie it all together. Yeah, I mean, it's I'm really blessed that I get those shows and that I really love to do them They're just a part of who I am and I think it's because of we talk about our radio backgrounds But I do think it's because I was on the radio that I'm super-duper comfortable when they say we're going live in three two I'm there like we do here That's right, I mean and doing it live is you know, it's spontaneous It's fun and that's really what makes it work and and and that really comes from radio where it's like, you know If something goes wrong, it's like don't panic, right? You know, what are they gonna do to us? Exactly like people don't know the few things that happen just before we hit air But I also think that's why the OBS is such a great show because you guys are live You're not putting it in the can you are talking to people you know You have a live audience and I think it just adds something to your energy. Didn't you agree? I think yeah Yeah, yeah, by the way if you're just joining us live Vo BS yes, Randy Thomas is with us And if you've got a question for her throw it in the chat room and I believe mr. Whitton is monitoring that or somebody's actually Mike hats brother Matt Mike. Okay. We got the Brother Mike is on yeah, he's he's monitoring the chat and Sue who usually is doing it is running late. So but it is a family affair. Yeah, her son's back her up It's pretty amazing. Yeah, and there you go. There he is right there Anyway, if you got a question throw it in the chat room and we'll get to that question just a bit so You started in radio and there's a it was over at your studio the other day and seeing the pictures of you and radio And it's like boy. I remember those days, right? How did you make that transit? Well? How long were you were you doing radio? Where were you doing it? And how did you make that transition to? Just doing what the rest of us do which is voice over, right? Well, I started in Detroit where I finished high school started junior college Great people come out of Detroit, Michigan, but that's where I started in radio and then I moved to New York I was on WPL J in New York, and then I was on K zoo in Dallas, and then I went to Florida and was on spending the tunes Yeah, Waxie and Zeta 4 and WSH E and then I came out here in 1986 on KMET we all got fired in mass to become the wave and then every station I went to three radio stations. We all got fired. They changed formats LA is a crazy market for radio. So You always get we're going in another direction. Yes. Well, and that's what they tell you when you don't book an audition Right. Yeah, we went in a different direction. So for Radio the day that I got to do the Oscars I Pretty much realized that this was going to be my future And it was confirmed a few months later when I got fired and that was my last radio job But it was right at the time when radio Imaging was coming about and and there were no women out there in the radio imaging world So my husband was in the promotion end of the business and he started putting me on radio stations as the voice Their imaging voice and for those of you that don't do imaging Basically, it's the voice that's not the DJ that connects all the records or whatever it tells you we're going into a 50 minute music Sweep or thank you for listening to the perfect music for at-work listening and things like that So I started doing that and that led into my television career Mm-hmm still doing any of the imaging work. Yeah, I've got I've got some stations Less than 10 at one point I had about 40 stations But it's a big responsibility to those women that do major radio imaging the and a wigs and Rachel McGrath's Like I honor you because it's a lot It's a lot when you and they have way more stations than that So they are the thing about radio imaging is that it's a little bit forgiving You don't have to turn it around within an hour like if you're doing TV or affiliate work My radio stations if they send it to me by noon if I get it to them first thing in the morning They're happy. Oh, okay, so it's not even an or unless they write really urgent sales department needs this Of course, I'll jump on it. But otherwise it's a comfortable turn around Well night nightline today Yeah, they give me a heads up it's coming up that we're doing a show tonight and I get a promo that will put in Kimmel and within Five minutes of him sending me the copy. He was like, so what do you think and I'm like here comes boom and Then he turns it around. He's like, hey, can you get the tag a little faster boom Turned it around. He's like perfect and then I knew I was good to go You have a set window and that happens pretty much. Yeah, because nightline is East Coast and if I'm in the in show it starts at six So that would have been problematic for us today, right because I have to they dial me up They think they're dialing ISDN, but really they're dialing me on my IP DTL, right? And that's been pretty seamless now that has been unbelievably seamless this IP DTL thing is working I've got the the set numbers. So they they dial the same two two one three phone numbers that are very LA numbers and They find me there the only tricky part is if I don't know they're dialing All of a sudden like like make sure you never talk about your clients You're on IP DTL because you know like at least with ISDN, you know, you you get that little sound Yeah, the blink blink and but on IP DTL is like, hey, Randy. Oh, whoa So some people just send music I think to let them know you're there and but I'm not that sophisticated But yeah, so that's how I work with them and it's it's great. It's it's a really amazing Show to be a part of it's been around for so long, but Nightline really does many documentaries every night. They give us such in-depth reporting since the Iran hostage crisis Absolutely Right, I remember when that first came out and that was 1979 yeah, wow, that's that's a long-running show. Yeah, it really is so but it's taken on a you know And now we have so many Reporters and hosts and it's it's a great show to be a part of yeah, so are you still doing commercials? Yeah, you're obviously you're auditioning all the time and doing what the rest of us are doing trying to find commercial work I audition like crazy. Just like you guys do. Yeah, I booked some things. I don't book others But I would say you know when we talk about knowing who you are and and what you do in this industry for me, it's promo live-announce and Narration and I'm moving into trailers. It's the the one that's been a little bit more difficult for women to find their footing But I find that that is completely changed. There are women now the Roberta Solomon's in Debbie Harada's and People like that that are booking trailers doing great work and Melissa Disney, of course Who really is the first woman to break through with a major trailer? It's changing And so that's why I'm doing this a little get-together thing up in solving. Yeah Well, I was gonna say what a great segue that we can talk about about Vio Mastery What's first talk about you've been doing Vio Mastery for how many years now? This would be six years six years, but the first four were all events So I would sell a hundred seats and bring a bunch of coaches through and Doing so a little different this time Well, everyone seems to be doing that you know and there's a rather big one that happens more in November That I've always competed against and I don't want to compete with anyone and plus I found that when I did a hundred person Vio event by the end of the weekend I would ask myself how many people did I really connect with for more than two minutes and the answer is like less than 10 so last year I decided to rent my besties Villa up in solving and little town. It's so cute. I love solving. Yeah It's it's a Danish town that they picked up and just move from but the wineries there now the restaurants. It's amazing. So 10 participants and I'm bringing like four coaches. I've Melissa Disney David Albin Scott Rummel who's not a coach, but just a major Trailer artist who is leading the way in trailers And then Brett Wynn from the refinery is coming So and I take 10 to 12 people and I put them in this Villa where we're learning and connecting and taking things to a different level So are you tapping right different classes? Yeah, so well, yeah, it's like a flow through the evening like Melissa We're gonna open it with Melissa Friday night. We're gonna have incredible food the outside the pool the You know that outside bar and grill and it's just a beautiful villa. I mean It's an amazing Environment we look out over the hill Fergie's winery is across the hill literally walking to distance from town and Because we have men and women. We're putting men in a separate Airbnb and the women stay in the villa Great, I think it's the right thing to do and of course you have to go to the ostrich farm Which is just down the street. Oh, I don't know the ostrich. Oh, you got to try the ostrich farm Okay, they don't eat the ostrich though there, right? No, thank God there, but oh God Well a lot of us are vegan now We were up there during the holidays this year and you know, Jacob insisted We stopped at the ostrich and we had a great time there. It was a lot of fun. Are they nice? I'm afraid they would like snap They keep their distance. Hey Joe unless you're feeding Kind of interesting open and then a little farther down the road is Buolton where Anderson's is where you have to get the pea soup The pea soup. Yes, that's a legendary place in California. Not legendary pea soup It is though, isn't it? Well, it is legendary until you actually try and go why they make a lot of this stuff When you make it by the hundred gallon Giant baths of it. Yeah, that's true. So you still have a couple of seats left for this I think as of today, we have two seats available and how can someone contact you to per take? Oh, well, thank you I do hope someone would be interested our email is Vio Mastery 2019 at gmail.com and Vio Mastery 2019 at gmail.com and We'll give you the 411 on how everything works. It's September 6 7th and 8th and I'm really looking forward to this incredible group of people that we have already signed up fine fine artists that are Really working at a high level that just can't wait to get into this environment where we're all gonna Take the game to the next level, right? And of course those are the guys that have to bring the road rigs with That's right. That's right and build their little voice over shrine in there just in case they have to Do something yeah, we are gonna do some recording of Vio. So I'm gonna set that up. That'll be great. Yeah, so Yeah, so thank you for asking about that. No problem. All right Our guest is Randy Thomas again if you've got a question for Randy about trailers or promo We're at the Oscars and the Tonys or all these other things that she does Put them in the chat room. We'll be glad to ask her those and we'll be right back with Randy right after these incredibly important messages Before time began there was V. OBS dot TV. I'm giving a hat like recommendations Well, hello there. I bet you weren't expecting to hear some big-voiced announcer guy on your new orientation training for snapchat Were you this is virgin radio? Well, okay? We're not that innocent There's jeans for wearing and there's jeans for working Dickies cuz I ain't here to look pretty. 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This is the Latin Lover narrator from Jane the Virgin Anthony Mendez and you're enjoying Dan and George on the voice of her body Shaw And we're back here on voice of her body shop Randy Thomas is our guest again if you've got a question throw it in the Chat room George you were you were interested in something you want to ask her well I mean so much seems like a lot of the voice over work now is shifting from where you're getting direction Live over ISD and source connect IPTL and everything Do you see that shifting for you for the kind of stuff you do or are you still getting a lot of live direction? so For me when I'm doing live live live live, right? I don't get directed right my live announce is something that I have found my voice. Yeah, and so I Always want to check with producers like is this exactly what you want? And I somehow find like a slightly different voice for everything I do the Kennedy Center sounds a little different than the Tony's And the Oscars sounds different than everything for some reason I can compartmentalize Where I am what show I'm doing and then which voice how much of a smile how? Deep and pushed is it or is it more warm and friendly, right? So I do self-direct a lot on that most of the stuff I do the Pre-records for those shows all are directed because it's a completely different thing and they're looking for a different feel It's more of a narration or whatever. So So what equipment do you have in your studio? pretty much because of George I basically have let go of my Avalon and my My manly and the Vox box. I I'm down to my 416 my Apollo twin and my Mac Yeah, my work here is done, right? I mean, that's all I have I still have a big rig It but I I don't plug it in looks cool But I can't even plug it in and so that we see the pretty lights because I'm in this booth that I Luckily was able to get from D. Bradley Baker That I don't have enough power I think in the garage to have all my pretty lights and I'm trying to keep it cool I mean as you know with a hundred degrees Temperatures, it's been a challenge and yeah, and Dan came over and and saved my butt the other day He's really ridiculous So you ready to take a couple questions from our massive Bond the world we got all right first ones from Paul Stefano and What is an event that you have not announced? I don't know something Intergalactic maybe I don't know first communications with another realm. I'm not sure I mean I was very blessed that I got in I was the first woman in history to do the Democratic National Convention And then when Obama took the office when he accepted the nomination in Denver, they brought me in just for that That was pretty thrilling. Um You know, how about esports? Esports. Oh my gosh No, and I'm not the right demographic. They don't want me announcing anything for them. They want they'll take my daughter They'll take your daughter. They'll take grace over there in the couch. They don't want anyone my age doing anything This one came in from a Camille Camille Jay Simon Some of the questions she asked you you really kind of covered, but I think one that Um, what percentage of your work is done at home now? I would say 90% the only things I don't do from home are the um The big shows oscars, tonys Kennedy center rock and roll hall of fame. I can do all the pre-records from home Oscars is the one exception. We do it all There um usually at um sound design to get everything perfect because we're we're recording packages You know the that eventually they replace my voice and put the presenter's voice on those packages So everything has to be really pristine and perfect for the pre-record, but the live is the live It's it's what it is But as far as auditions nightline everything I do it's it's all from home. It's why we call our job a golden handcuffs, right? Yeah, yeah, so you're not really you're not you haven't been called out to any major studios in town at all to do No, I don't do that. You know the I love Hearing Tara Strong and Debbie Dairyberry and these are animation people They all get to go to a studio and record together like that just sounds like the greatest thing ever You know, we live very solitary lives. I walk into a studio. I do my thing. I leave sometimes they go to a voice actor's home I won't name any names but sometimes the ones that aren't really in LA maybe a little further away I'll sometimes I'll never get to leave They're like I have a person a human here Don't give up adult conversation It's true. We're very lonely especially the empty nesters The ones that still have kids at home at least they have something to do but the ones that are like emptying that are like They're like don't leave george I need human contact. Yeah. Well, let's that's have the fun of what we do and getting it You know getting to meet people in various places true dad And you know and getting to share what their lives are all about and what your life is all about But that is why connecting is so great and and I do find that the people in the voiceover industry The actors they do They like their Connections they like, you know, and and we all have a shared You know loneliness and a shared Pride of what we do. So it is it's great to uh, so let me see laura lotten. You have her up next Yeah, dan. You want to read this one? Yeah, sure Laura asks what's your best advice for someone who wants to get started in life Start where you can if you have kids start with your kids school and volunteer to do the voiceover for the auctions or Whatever events or Do it the football games whatever it is that's a live situation try to put yourself in it Get in touch. Well, you have to train obviously do some training with people that will train you in live announce and then There's a whole bunch of ways to find it locally find it regionally Um, if you live in a town where you have a lot of hotels and convention spaces They're always looking for announcers. They Generally bring in productions that provide their own announcers But there's always a chance that they might need an announcer So I would have an announced demo and I would make sure that everyone that needs it has it so Excellent, um, marise a scott. Oh, hi marise. How do you handle voice acting and traveling? Nervously You know it got to the point where I couldn't travel during the week So if I would fly I'd fly on a sundae so that I could get where I need to be set up my booth in the hotel room And be ready for whatever work would come my way monday through or whatever days i'm there So it's very tricky, especially if you have to go east you lose an entire day from la going to new york It's you're really gambling That someone's going to need you and they won't be able to get you and and let's face it in the world of vio Most of us got some of the jobs we have because someone else wasn't available They they tried us they liked us and that other person kind of locked down right time and you got to deliver So that's why we're all like really paranoid about not having what we need in order to do the job that we have to do Um, so yeah, so I travel nervously for that reason But there's studios, you know, I do mostly major markets anyway So i'm in new york or if we're doing brooklyn or cleveland for rock and roll or washington I could find a studio if I absolutely have to yeah All right, scottie went or do you want to get that fred north? Yeah fred north rhymes with or You mentioned you started in detroit, but didn't mention the station. I uh, he grew up in ckl w Of course that part of the world raf w w w w and w a b x where were you wait you left keener off w k and r pat st john those guys um Yeah, I'm started on w4 my very first radio station and the deal was you had to know how to say w w w w detroit like today people go w w Right they don't no one says w the way you're supposed to but that was the litmus test to get on w for um w a b x I was on there for a short time w r i f I was on there And then I left so I only was in detroit for a short time even though that's where I was from Judy fawesome mather Do you provide coaching for live announcing via skype zoom and that kind of thing? And if not would you recommend or who would you recommend hi judy? Yes, I do coaching so I do Uh, I coach via zoom. I was gonna say skype zoom And um, I that's the one I like I prefer zoom we've been using it for what how many years George at least five years Yeah, yeah, no, I love it. So I do coach via zoom I Go by the hour if you buy three hours you get a better rate than if you just buy the one But even if you buy the one especially when I start working with people who are somewhat working pros Like we can do a lesson and then I can bank a couple of You know some of the time for when you get an audition and you really need someone to listen I I find that that works well for a lot of people. So the answer is yes, and it's randy thomas vio.com I do a similar thing sometimes people will book an hour of consulting and we'll get to a half an hour and just like Okay, you you're fine or You need to go do these seven things right and come back to me and we'll do the other half Because if you know george's rates, you really you need to save But but in the long run you do save people money because you you do the the right thing Get right the first the way you eq'd my I didn't even know I could eq my apollo Like I didn't even know what that interface was because I could never eq my scarlet I don't know. No, you can't right. So yeah, I went from scarlet to apollo So, yeah, I think that's brilliant and you know, Dave walsh I'll work with Dave walsh when I need something and we had a session and I had time I'm like, can I just bank this like when I have a really super important. He's like, of course, of course Yeah, great coach. Dave's a fabulous Jonathan arara asks hi randy. Do you have a background in singing and music? No, not at all people pay me not to sing No, I'm really a bad singer. I have been told that I'm tone deaf Which is very unusual for being a voiceover artist. I I literally I can hear a song. I think I'm in key and I'm not so It's weird, but then again, but barbers dry sand cannot speak like I speak. So that's the trade-off and I've told her that In person and what was her reaction? She was horrified Elise Elise Rossi I says I still have another still had your book voice for hire. Am I missing another one you've written or will you write another? You know, I do hope to write another book one of these days. Thank you. I'm glad you have the book I hope it answered some questions for you and if you ever have questions reach out on my website. Let me know Yeah, books are a massive commitment. Yeah. Well, you know, I just did a ted talk in farga Really? What's it a ted x? So is it ted x about a certain it doesn't about a certain thing like a certain Right. Well, it actually just celebrated 10 years, but ted x is meaning it's more like affiliates. It's little But even though an x is considered little in fargo. It's the largest in the country I've spoken for the 2100 people the scariest thing i've ever done in my entire life Like if you tell me we're going live on the oscars to half a billion people i'm like i'm good I have a script i have my headphones i But you put me on a stage No copy i have no Promptor i have no cards in my hand I just had to remember the story that i was supposed to tell exactly as i should have told it And and in a certain time in within yeah, they wanted 10 minutes as your max and i came in 9 minutes and 58 seconds I don't know it's that innate body clock and i had a one minute um video of my You know of my my work that i do. Yeah, i created a one minute reel Thank you michael klein for doing that and i created a reel and Between the one minute and my talk was nine So it's going to be out at the end of september. I'm kind of excited but a little nervous and i just hope that um That the talk that i gave that people relate to it, especially women because that's really who i'm speaking to in my story And those are live i mean when they when they release as live as it gets Oh, yeah, when they go. Yeah, yeah, then they're forever. I know we have quite the active audience tonight Yeah question from ali hurley Uh, what recording program do you use twisted wave? It's really simple. It's the only Recording program i need you know when i first got into voiceover I learned on pro tools because that's what the pros were using But then i don't know if it was george or people like bow or dan Twisted wave best program out there easiest thing i just taught grace how to edit on there Because she wants to learn how to do this stuff and Easy peasy bow at bow was the first one that told me about it. Yeah, i don't know how long now I have some tutorial on my website. That's from 2010 that i did So it's been at least that right and he put it. He's the first to put it on his ipad too Yeah, he's always he likes to be the bleeding edge for sure. Um in terms of I don't know if you have any good recommendations from for diane are she says what are Some key factors to consider when selecting a voice training Company or service great question. So i would say This is just me talking When you start training with whoever it is Please don't make a deal To do the demo with them. Yeah, I just think Just say I want to train with you and if it works out well, let them Court you into doing your demo let them learn who you are you learn about them And you decide is this the right person that when i'm paying a lot of money to create a demo That they're going to be able to get me in that read and i'm going to be able to give the best possible read So I say separate the companies that insist on doing your demo. You may choose them later anyway But I don't like these Come on in and then we're going to do your demo when they have this whole plan regimented out Yeah, like train our students by numbers. No, it's not and you should train with different people before you even make a demo Make sure that you've got enough variety and the ability to maneuver from one director to another as you will have to in your career You know, yeah, absolutely. Last one. Yeah from trey finish line We're crossing the finish line trey our buddy trey. Kendrick mosley says, uh, hey randy speaking of radio Did you ever work? Ever worked greg buddell and hawks? Yes, so greg buddell and I worked together on waxy in fort lauderdale He was a great morning guy. Uh, and he went on. Uh, I believe his whole career now is talk shows, right? I believe he's a talk show host. Okay, but Funny funny guy. He was literally like a brother to me. Um, just I don't know why I'm thinking of this But a very sad thing in 1980. We were both on the air. He did mornings. I did midday on waxy My brother died june 1st of 1980. He was found drowned By october Greg's brother had died. So the two of us were on this radio station and we had It was so sad and and we both went and got help together and it was Really kind of a beautiful thing, but it was sadness that brought us together and bonded us I would think that was a little bit unusual in that at that age at that time 1880 that people would yeah in works in a workplace come together that way, right, right? Yeah, it was and you know, um So he's a great guy and we we've kind of lost touch over the years But anytime I hear the name greg buddell, I think of how funny Great one last question I think i'm going to ask every guest this now. Okay, and when when when we're done and that is What is it if there was one thing that you thought you think you should have known Or would have liked to have known when you started off in voiceover That would have helped you a whole lot. This is going to sound like the craziest answer. That's okay That's a crazy show because obviously everyone knows you need training. You need this you need that Had I realized at the beginning of my career that when I was in school I should have paid more attention to learning to type I should have taken computer classes just from the standpoint of knowing how to make your own marketing pieces and things like that and um Taken some business courses to have been better as an investor, you know Luckily, I'm married a really long time and my husband's been involved with You know the money side of of our relationship But I wish that I had paid more attention because I think when you're going into a business if you go You know what one day I'm going to be really really successful. I'm going to make lots of money So I want to know what to do with it and how to handle it I think if everyone went into a business believing that then maybe that would be their eventual thing I you know, I wasn't smart enough to think about those things. So thank you for asking because that's my advice Everybody needs to listen. That's a great answer because we're entrepreneurs. This is not about being a star I want to like know someone like you who is a bit of a voiceover star But we're it's about getting work and being an an entrepreneur and a private business person and that's an excellent Excellent stuff to know Alrighty, Randy. Thanks for being with us today. Thank you. Always a pleasure to see you Thanks for coming in. Thank you both. I love it here and um, I really appreciate the time and thank you guys for Submitting all your questions. Yeah, and once again the the email for uh, for vo mastery vo mastery 219 at gmail. All right All right. 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