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EP 24 – Tools to GROW on from me to YOU
Books: Actor-y An Actor Prepares (Stanislavski) - tried and true about how NOT to act in novel form The Second Circle (Rodenburg) - prior recommend - about acting, being present and harnessing your life-force for good! Acting In Film (Caine) - it’s a quick read and some if it seems a bit trickster-like, but it’s a unique point of ...
EP 23 – A Story About Embracing Your Own Diverse Diversity
How a delightful dancer from Columbia and a cunning production guy from Quebec created a successful multi-media entertainment company in LA. This is the story of Rene and Donald. Rene Veilleux and Donald Lopez are partners in business and in life. I went to their Verite Entertainment offices in the heart of Koreatown to get to know ...
How Important Is My Voice?
This week it’s me talking to you about your voice. I’ve been noticing people are paying more attention to the way people sound -- especially with the growing popularity of podcasts -- and there have been many studies done of late about how your voice affects both listener and consequently, you. I give you some homework ...
EP 21 – Dazed and Confused is Ok
This week Jenny Walters is back to help us break up the hard stones of self-criticism and just curious about our confusion. From the Wiki for Sankhara: The Buddha taught that all such things are impermanent (arising and passing away, subject to change), are essenceless (not worthy of reifying attachment or aversion), and are not reliable ...
EP 20 – Web Series Chat with Best Supporting Actress Winner Darcie Siciliano
This week it’s all about web series and all about winner for best supporting actress,Darcie Siciliano! We chat about her popular web series, He’s With Me ( http://www.heswithme.tv/), and about how she learned to accept herself as one who does not fit in to typical “actress” molds, and how she got more comfortable about her own ...
The Candidates and Their Voices – Part Two – The Bern
Now to the other lefty, the-old-that-is-new-again, Mr. Sanders or “Feel The Bern” Bernie. As we know, Bernie is from Brooklyn and boy does he SOUND like it! I found an interview with him from 1988, when he was mayor of Vermont and not on the campaign trail. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL8BpbWP7_8 It’s nice to see him more relaxed, though fascinatingly, he is ...
EP 19 – Voice Over World, Part Two – Audiobooks with Nancy Linari
In today’s episode, I have the pleasure of chatting with my pal Nancy Linari about voice-over and particularly the world of Audiobooks! Nancy began her career in Chicago with the famed improv comedy group, The Second City. She appeared in David Fincher’s Academy Award-winning The Social Network and Oliver Stone’s World Trade Center. Her numerous television ...
EP 18 – Good Friday
Hey Easy Speakers, Some recommendations from today’s Good Friday hodge-podge-cast! Podcasts I like: http://offcamera.com/ http://www.wtfpod.com/ http://www.onbeing.org/ Book oriented podcasts I like: http://booksonthenightstand.com/ http://bookriot.com/category/podcast/ Audio books: http://www.audible.com/ Song of Achilles (Miller) Paying Guests (Waters) Check out the Hillary C post on the website: https://firstbreathspeech.com/voice-notes-on-our-us-political-candidates-part-one-hil/ Love Ya! Speak well….