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Voice Coaches Radio – #652 – Becky Smith Is Going For the Gold!
Voice coaches radio, everything. Voiceover and welcome back to a brand new episode of Voice Coaches Radio. My name is Marissa, and today we have another lovely guest as I have been, uh, kind of, uh, moving through some students lately, doing some amazing killer demos. I've got Becky Smith with me. How are you doing, Becky?
Hi, Marissa. I'm doing great. Uh, I know that you're, you're playing nurse right now, so I'm not gonna take a lot of your time. Yeah. Um, but, uh, but yeah, you've got a, a big baby of a man over there who had some knee surgery and I, I'm, I'm playing because I know he's, he's still doing plenty of stuff over there and not letting his Yeah.
Knee surgery, slow 'em down, but nope, it's just, uh, it's fun to know what you got going on. Uh, but so, so tell me, um. You got done with everything with us, and, and here we are. You've, you've crushed the demo and like, how are you feeling? 'cause like the demo wasn't all that long ago. Are you still on cloud nine?
Oh, sure. That was a, a really fun experience and challenging at the same time. Uh, I went in going, okay, you know, I'm not over practice. I'm not overhear. I, I know what it is that I'm doing and I remember you had said, I. You know, always bring a little bit more so we can pull you back and we still added more.
Yeah. Uh, that was interesting to see that, you know, bring more smile, more, um, expression, uh, just more, um, character, whatever the read was that on that particular instance. And then to hear it back and go, oh, okay, now I see what I did. Especially with that good of sound quality. Then you can go, okay, now I, you know, so you're saying this was good, this you could change a little bit.
What do you think? I totally agreed. And then we'd do it over and then it was, it was cool to kind of. Put that to bed to, for, to a certain extent to say, well, this is what I've been training for and here's what I produced. And I was really pretty, very happy with the result overall. Good. Good. I mean, and that was what I was gonna ask too, is like, uh, fir first and foremost, the, the whole like, you know, go, go further than you think you need to.
Like, I always say that for when you're getting ready to practice, especially when somebody has, you know, things that are maybe related to kids especially. Mm-hmm. But because you almost don't know what too much is or what, what, not enough is it, it's like you're, you're going above and beyond in, in your brain.
But then it's like, we get to demo day and you're like, oh, she meant more than that. Yes. Um, you know, but, but it just, it you, you don't realize what it takes until it's like actually happening. But then the, the second thing that I wanted to hit on here that you were talking about is, is that difference.
You know, the, the, when you did give them more smile and when you did give more energy and you did give more character, like, what was it like for you in those moments, you know, from take to take, hearing that difference in what it brought. Okay. I would say pretty light bulb and almost like, okay, that's, that's in the groove in the pocket.
That's where it needs to be. Um, you know, we did a few, a few different varieties of scripts, but it's like, okay, this is the energy level that needs to be brought. And all of the things that you're learning, they kind of culminate with that, you know, produced. Peace. Okay. You can sit there and it's like reading about how to do something is not the same as actually going forward and actually doing it and then hearing yourself and then talking about, well, which take did you like better?
Number one or number two, and the choices that I made on ways of saying things, I can just go, well. Um, definitely this one was better than that one. Whereas in the moment that you're doing it, it's not necessarily that clear. Yeah. So, um, that, that realization of, okay, this is what it's gonna take to get the pieces of the puzzle put together.
Yeah, well, the, the, the playback is vital and, and I don't think a lot of people really understand that, but I, I feel like they should just, because like, you know, we, we say it. From the jump, like we all have this weird skewed idea of how we actually sound like the first time anybody heard them. So I'm gonna date myself saying this.
Any, the first time anybody heard themselves on an answering machine, they're like, wait, that's how I sound? Yeah. You know? And it's like, ew, I hate myself. Um, but it's also because of the same things that we say all the time. It's like you go to do something. You, you lose part of yourself. Uh, you know, and, and that's what we're trying to always bring back, is bring more of who you are, bring your personality into it, and you know, that isn't as easy as people think it's gonna be.
And the only way to really. Hear it and know it and wa like, know that you've grown and know that you've gotten better and taken steps forward, is that that record is that playback. And some people don't, don't do that until demo day. And I know that wasn't you. Um, but like, it's still, it's still even like eye-opening on demo day because, you know, it's like, listen, I know you've had guidance 'cause of that, that guy we were talking about before, and we'll talk about him and, and how he's helped you too in a moment.
Uh, but, um, you know, it, it's like. You get somebody that's been working with you and, and then you know what they've been saying the whole time, but then it's like, it's real. It's in the moment you're actually doing it. And then you see how that one little tweak of something like a, just even a perspective change.
The change of who you're talking to, you maybe you had the wrong person that you were talking to the first time. You know it. It's like that change of person can, can drastically change something. It, it might be just, um. Just like the, the thought of like, uh, you know, where this is being heard or, or anything like that.
And, and it's, it's just something so small and next thing you know, boom, it's made the world of difference. How about like, there, maybe this happened like once or twice in your session. I don't think we did it a lot, but like. Did I gr at any point ask the producer to grab a line from another take and put it into another one?
You did? Yeah. Because how, how was that? I, I, I veered off one of them's like, I could tell, it's like I was present. I was, uh, okay, this is who I am. I was very defined about who I was and who I was speaking to, and then maybe for some reason I kind of dropped it, whether it be getting caught up in just reading it and making sure I was reading it correctly.
And I heard that. And then on one of 'em, I didn't start out that great, um, for whatever reason. And then about halfway through. I was there, I was just, I heard it and it's like I transported myself in the scene and also my voice relaxed. It just sounded so much more natural than just worried about the technique and all of the, um, just trying to make it perfect.
Birth is okay, this is what I'm saying. And if someone was listening, it was an audio book when I believe. That they would just be transported to that scene that I was in. That's when I was like, oh yeah, that's what it needs to sound like. So, yeah, like it's always fun to, uh, uh, for me, because I have been doing this for so long, you know, I'm, I.
I've also been told that I'm, I'm what, I guess somebody might call an audio file where I'm not even necessarily writing it down, but it's like in the back of my brain. I'm like, oh, she killed line two in that. Uh, but let's have her do it again. And then I might be like, Hey Mike, can you do me a favor? Can you take line two from take three and throw it on to take four?
And like, I wanna just hear that together. And all of a sudden it's like the piece just comes to life. It like comes together and it's like one stupid little thing that my brain was like, Hey, go grab that. Um, you know, and it's just. That, that's the fun of it sometimes on, on this side, is that puzzle that we're putting together to really allow you to, to just, you know, really shine.
Um, so I do wanna mention your husband just because I feel like what a beautiful in that you have, uh, slightly here. 'cause I feel like that's, that's a great, you know, opportunity in itself. Um, but your husband, he, he works for, it was the ESPN you said. Well, he has numerous, uh, broadcast clients now as a talent coach, but previously he was a producer and produced documentaries, all kinds of corporate media and commercial work, and gave me an opportunity to do a commercial.
This is about, I don't know, eight or nine years ago, so I need a mom voice. Come on in here. And the, the recording was done in, in a closet actually at that particular time because we needed it so quickly. I have been into the studio and done some recording there as well. And he, you know, the demonstrative way of, um, say a producer says, I want you to do it this way.
That's the way he would do it. And so I could copy what he was doing and somebody, he'd say, well, you know, slow it down. Or You need to get in, get into lower tones of your voice, just a little bit more on this piece. And so having sort of a, a coach right there telling me how to do the voiceover. Then I didn't do 'em for a long time.
I wasn't needed. And I was like, in the back of my mind, well now wait a minute, I wanna get back to doing that. But so now he's doing, you know, more work that is, uh, not related to production. Um, you know, I haven't had the opportunity to do any voice work for him, but he's very encouraging to me. And says, you know, all you need to do is get the skill where it needs to be and, and like you're always telling me, practice, practice, practice and read cold a lot, which I have been doing, especially in narrow columns because you think it's not gonna be that hard, but it really is.
And then it just hones those skills of being able to read. Then like once I have felt like, okay, my, my cold reading skills. Pretty locked in. Then it's the rest of the, okay, who am I? Who am I speaking to? What am I trying to say that I can focus on that? And then that, that's when it really gets fun. Yeah. I just love that you, you know, you would come into class and you're like.
To Tony's like, tell me to do this. And then I, so I do this, but then he is like, no, do it like this, you know? And I'm like, well, one time he's like, I wanna hear your boss lady. I was like, ah, I don't think that's what Marissa wants me to do. It is just funny 'cause it's like, I, I, you know, you're like, I've got my coach, but I've got my coach.
Uh, you know. Exactly. And I, you know, it's teamwork and I know that he, he's like helping develop talent in a little bit of a different way. And what I think is real fun is that. I can almost like hear, hear the sports analysts in you, just the way that you present certain, like, you know, topics. Um, but it, it's just, um, you know, like some of it is translating very nicely for you.
'cause I think it's like you've got just a natural ability to, to have a conversation and to, to be. Kind of like already a little bit more upbeat, which allows you to be naturally engaging. It's just sometimes I have to be like, Hey, Becky, can you smile so uncomfortably big that it's gonna make your cheeks hurt?
Uh, which they did At the end of that demo, my face was hurting from smiling so much. Yeah. Well, hey, you know, hopefully it was a mixture of me telling you to do it and you just enjoying yourself. Yeah. I noticed the difference in the way that it sounded and, and it was like, okay. It's more engaging, it's more interesting, uh, to listen to.
And it, it just, I don't know how to, uh, explain it, but your, your ears are just more perked up to it versus, you know, the first reads where I was like, okay, this, this is the way it just sort of, um, my first read would be, and then after the second time and I put the smiles in and even more tried to just, um.
Kind of be authentic to the character, place myself there in time. Uh, then it would be like, okay, now that sounded much better. Yeah. Yeah. And you know, I think, um, it, it's. It's a, like the smile. It's bringing a nice warmth, which is just, you know, kind of tantalizing to the ear. But what a lot of people don't realize is like, you may already be making some nice pitch choices in, in this like nice rollercoaster of conversational speak, but then all of a sudden you smile and they're enhanced and like you might make another choice that maybe you wouldn't have made in the previous take.
That is such a natural moment. That it makes it feel even more real. Like, like if it's an audio book, especially like your first person, you're just being this character, all of a sudden you are the character. Like, that's your story. And it, it's just such a, a nice, um, thing. And, uh, yeah, my face doesn't hurt when I do this now.
Uh, this is just who I am. So you'll get there, Becky. It's just, uh, in my case, it's taken 20, almost 20 years. So, um, but, uh, so, so what, what do you think? I mean, um. I'm sure I'm, I'm sure Tony's already getting you like, in the moment of like, all right, here's what you gotta do. Uh, but what, what do you wanna do?
What, what? Well, actually, he, he's not, he's, he's all about just, he's so busy with, with his own work that he's just encouraging me to, to go for it and do whatever. Uh, sounds interesting. And, you know, one of my largest areas of interest is health and wellness. And he says, how could you possibly combine? Um, you know, voice work with, uh, that subject matter and don't have the answer to that question, but it's certainly needed based on, you know, the stats and the health of our country and how it's not really going in the right direction that we would all like it to go.
And there's a lot more than just the technical aspects, just like in voiceover with being healthy. You know, you can eat well and you can exercise, get good sleep, all of those things. But you know, how, how is it really coming together to. Im improve your, your health, your attitude and you know, I recently heard you talking about how anxiety is an at, at an all time high and you know, the mental health challenges that we're facing.
Well, you know, that right there is huge And, and my theory more than a theory really is the healthier that we are okay. The better that we feel that whatever work we're gonna do okay is gonna, um, not only be performed better, but more successful. And probably more monetarily beneficial to us, but then also the work that we're giving, it's gonna benefit other people too.
So that's kind of where I'm thinking. I mean, yes, reading audio books I think sounds like a lot of fun and I wanna have fun. Yeah. And I feel. Having fun. Okay. That, you know, the pieces of the puzzle are coming together. I, I had some great bosses that were all like, you know what, we wanna work hard, but we wanna have fun doing it.
And I'm, I'm a big believer in that, that, you know, if you're enjoying what you're doing, and it is fun, that the, the work is, is not gonna be as like, arduous and, um, sort of, uh, impeding upon your health, mentally, physically, et cetera. So, um. Those are kind of some of the thoughts going on in my head. I do like the, the work pertaining to kids and doing characters.
That's an awful lot of fun. I was very big into cartoons as a kid, and, um, so just anything that I feel like I could be successful at Marissa, so, yeah. Well, I, I know there's so many people that are like, I. Do I wanna do somebody's voicemail? No. But if they're gonna pay me, I'll do it. Um, and it's like exactly the first gig.
Sure. Um, and, and, you know, everything can lead you to where you wanna be. It's just a matter of like, how, what steps you take, you know? Yes. So, like, and I, I do think, like, listen, you've got a great support system. I already know that. And like, I think that you've got the, the right mentality on. Like the, you, you're kind of, you seem to me like, like a regimented person.
Like you're gonna, you're gonna make a plan, you're gonna go for it, and you're gonna put everything you have into it. And like, that's, that's really how you get it done. Um, you know, like you can't, you can't just. Kind of do it like you have to do it, you know, and Right. And some people, they, they put in some, some effort, but it doesn't get them very far.
And I, I realize life can get in the way. Uh, sure. But, you know, if, if this is truly something what you want, you're gonna make, you're gonna find the time and you're gonna make it, you know, a, a thing and, and, uh, and, and put all that love and, you know, fun into it. Um, so I'm excited. Uh, you. You know what, what the first conversations are, you're gonna have to let me know, like auditions or, or whatever.
Like I'm just, I'm excited to see, you know, what is, what is to come and um, yeah. Anytime that we can help you, just holler at us. Alright. For sure. All right. Very cool. Well, we've got a brand new episode of Voice Coaches Radio that is gonna be coming at you next week. And in the meantime, uh, if you have any questions that you want, discuss [email protected] and we will check you out next week.
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Hi, Marissa. I'm doing great. Uh, I know that you're, you're playing nurse right now, so I'm not gonna take a lot of your time. Yeah. Um, but, uh, but yeah, you've got a, a big baby of a man over there who had some knee surgery and I, I'm, I'm playing because I know he's, he's still doing plenty of stuff over there and not letting his Yeah.
Knee surgery, slow 'em down, but nope, it's just, uh, it's fun to know what you got going on. Uh, but so, so tell me, um. You got done with everything with us, and, and here we are. You've, you've crushed the demo and like, how are you feeling? 'cause like the demo wasn't all that long ago. Are you still on cloud nine?
Oh, sure. That was a, a really fun experience and challenging at the same time. Uh, I went in going, okay, you know, I'm not over practice. I'm not overhear. I, I know what it is that I'm doing and I remember you had said, I. You know, always bring a little bit more so we can pull you back and we still added more.
Yeah. Uh, that was interesting to see that, you know, bring more smile, more, um, expression, uh, just more, um, character, whatever the read was that on that particular instance. And then to hear it back and go, oh, okay, now I see what I did. Especially with that good of sound quality. Then you can go, okay, now I, you know, so you're saying this was good, this you could change a little bit.
What do you think? I totally agreed. And then we'd do it over and then it was, it was cool to kind of. Put that to bed to, for, to a certain extent to say, well, this is what I've been training for and here's what I produced. And I was really pretty, very happy with the result overall. Good. Good. I mean, and that was what I was gonna ask too, is like, uh, fir first and foremost, the, the whole like, you know, go, go further than you think you need to.
Like, I always say that for when you're getting ready to practice, especially when somebody has, you know, things that are maybe related to kids especially. Mm-hmm. But because you almost don't know what too much is or what, what, not enough is it, it's like you're, you're going above and beyond in, in your brain.
But then it's like, we get to demo day and you're like, oh, she meant more than that. Yes. Um, you know, but, but it just, it you, you don't realize what it takes until it's like actually happening. But then the, the second thing that I wanted to hit on here that you were talking about is, is that difference.
You know, the, the, when you did give them more smile and when you did give more energy and you did give more character, like, what was it like for you in those moments, you know, from take to take, hearing that difference in what it brought. Okay. I would say pretty light bulb and almost like, okay, that's, that's in the groove in the pocket.
That's where it needs to be. Um, you know, we did a few, a few different varieties of scripts, but it's like, okay, this is the energy level that needs to be brought. And all of the things that you're learning, they kind of culminate with that, you know, produced. Peace. Okay. You can sit there and it's like reading about how to do something is not the same as actually going forward and actually doing it and then hearing yourself and then talking about, well, which take did you like better?
Number one or number two, and the choices that I made on ways of saying things, I can just go, well. Um, definitely this one was better than that one. Whereas in the moment that you're doing it, it's not necessarily that clear. Yeah. So, um, that, that realization of, okay, this is what it's gonna take to get the pieces of the puzzle put together.
Yeah, well, the, the, the playback is vital and, and I don't think a lot of people really understand that, but I, I feel like they should just, because like, you know, we, we say it. From the jump, like we all have this weird skewed idea of how we actually sound like the first time anybody heard them. So I'm gonna date myself saying this.
Any, the first time anybody heard themselves on an answering machine, they're like, wait, that's how I sound? Yeah. You know? And it's like, ew, I hate myself. Um, but it's also because of the same things that we say all the time. It's like you go to do something. You, you lose part of yourself. Uh, you know, and, and that's what we're trying to always bring back, is bring more of who you are, bring your personality into it, and you know, that isn't as easy as people think it's gonna be.
And the only way to really. Hear it and know it and wa like, know that you've grown and know that you've gotten better and taken steps forward, is that that record is that playback. And some people don't, don't do that until demo day. And I know that wasn't you. Um, but like, it's still, it's still even like eye-opening on demo day because, you know, it's like, listen, I know you've had guidance 'cause of that, that guy we were talking about before, and we'll talk about him and, and how he's helped you too in a moment.
Uh, but, um, you know, it, it's like. You get somebody that's been working with you and, and then you know what they've been saying the whole time, but then it's like, it's real. It's in the moment you're actually doing it. And then you see how that one little tweak of something like a, just even a perspective change.
The change of who you're talking to, you maybe you had the wrong person that you were talking to the first time. You know it. It's like that change of person can, can drastically change something. It, it might be just, um. Just like the, the thought of like, uh, you know, where this is being heard or, or anything like that.
And, and it's, it's just something so small and next thing you know, boom, it's made the world of difference. How about like, there, maybe this happened like once or twice in your session. I don't think we did it a lot, but like. Did I gr at any point ask the producer to grab a line from another take and put it into another one?
You did? Yeah. Because how, how was that? I, I, I veered off one of them's like, I could tell, it's like I was present. I was, uh, okay, this is who I am. I was very defined about who I was and who I was speaking to, and then maybe for some reason I kind of dropped it, whether it be getting caught up in just reading it and making sure I was reading it correctly.
And I heard that. And then on one of 'em, I didn't start out that great, um, for whatever reason. And then about halfway through. I was there, I was just, I heard it and it's like I transported myself in the scene and also my voice relaxed. It just sounded so much more natural than just worried about the technique and all of the, um, just trying to make it perfect.
Birth is okay, this is what I'm saying. And if someone was listening, it was an audio book when I believe. That they would just be transported to that scene that I was in. That's when I was like, oh yeah, that's what it needs to sound like. So, yeah, like it's always fun to, uh, uh, for me, because I have been doing this for so long, you know, I'm, I.
I've also been told that I'm, I'm what, I guess somebody might call an audio file where I'm not even necessarily writing it down, but it's like in the back of my brain. I'm like, oh, she killed line two in that. Uh, but let's have her do it again. And then I might be like, Hey Mike, can you do me a favor? Can you take line two from take three and throw it on to take four?
And like, I wanna just hear that together. And all of a sudden it's like the piece just comes to life. It like comes together and it's like one stupid little thing that my brain was like, Hey, go grab that. Um, you know, and it's just. That, that's the fun of it sometimes on, on this side, is that puzzle that we're putting together to really allow you to, to just, you know, really shine.
Um, so I do wanna mention your husband just because I feel like what a beautiful in that you have, uh, slightly here. 'cause I feel like that's, that's a great, you know, opportunity in itself. Um, but your husband, he, he works for, it was the ESPN you said. Well, he has numerous, uh, broadcast clients now as a talent coach, but previously he was a producer and produced documentaries, all kinds of corporate media and commercial work, and gave me an opportunity to do a commercial.
This is about, I don't know, eight or nine years ago, so I need a mom voice. Come on in here. And the, the recording was done in, in a closet actually at that particular time because we needed it so quickly. I have been into the studio and done some recording there as well. And he, you know, the demonstrative way of, um, say a producer says, I want you to do it this way.
That's the way he would do it. And so I could copy what he was doing and somebody, he'd say, well, you know, slow it down. Or You need to get in, get into lower tones of your voice, just a little bit more on this piece. And so having sort of a, a coach right there telling me how to do the voiceover. Then I didn't do 'em for a long time.
I wasn't needed. And I was like, in the back of my mind, well now wait a minute, I wanna get back to doing that. But so now he's doing, you know, more work that is, uh, not related to production. Um, you know, I haven't had the opportunity to do any voice work for him, but he's very encouraging to me. And says, you know, all you need to do is get the skill where it needs to be and, and like you're always telling me, practice, practice, practice and read cold a lot, which I have been doing, especially in narrow columns because you think it's not gonna be that hard, but it really is.
And then it just hones those skills of being able to read. Then like once I have felt like, okay, my, my cold reading skills. Pretty locked in. Then it's the rest of the, okay, who am I? Who am I speaking to? What am I trying to say that I can focus on that? And then that, that's when it really gets fun. Yeah. I just love that you, you know, you would come into class and you're like.
To Tony's like, tell me to do this. And then I, so I do this, but then he is like, no, do it like this, you know? And I'm like, well, one time he's like, I wanna hear your boss lady. I was like, ah, I don't think that's what Marissa wants me to do. It is just funny 'cause it's like, I, I, you know, you're like, I've got my coach, but I've got my coach.
Uh, you know. Exactly. And I, you know, it's teamwork and I know that he, he's like helping develop talent in a little bit of a different way. And what I think is real fun is that. I can almost like hear, hear the sports analysts in you, just the way that you present certain, like, you know, topics. Um, but it, it's just, um, you know, like some of it is translating very nicely for you.
'cause I think it's like you've got just a natural ability to, to have a conversation and to, to be. Kind of like already a little bit more upbeat, which allows you to be naturally engaging. It's just sometimes I have to be like, Hey, Becky, can you smile so uncomfortably big that it's gonna make your cheeks hurt?
Uh, which they did At the end of that demo, my face was hurting from smiling so much. Yeah. Well, hey, you know, hopefully it was a mixture of me telling you to do it and you just enjoying yourself. Yeah. I noticed the difference in the way that it sounded and, and it was like, okay. It's more engaging, it's more interesting, uh, to listen to.
And it, it just, I don't know how to, uh, explain it, but your, your ears are just more perked up to it versus, you know, the first reads where I was like, okay, this, this is the way it just sort of, um, my first read would be, and then after the second time and I put the smiles in and even more tried to just, um.
Kind of be authentic to the character, place myself there in time. Uh, then it would be like, okay, now that sounded much better. Yeah. Yeah. And you know, I think, um, it, it's. It's a, like the smile. It's bringing a nice warmth, which is just, you know, kind of tantalizing to the ear. But what a lot of people don't realize is like, you may already be making some nice pitch choices in, in this like nice rollercoaster of conversational speak, but then all of a sudden you smile and they're enhanced and like you might make another choice that maybe you wouldn't have made in the previous take.
That is such a natural moment. That it makes it feel even more real. Like, like if it's an audio book, especially like your first person, you're just being this character, all of a sudden you are the character. Like, that's your story. And it, it's just such a, a nice, um, thing. And, uh, yeah, my face doesn't hurt when I do this now.
Uh, this is just who I am. So you'll get there, Becky. It's just, uh, in my case, it's taken 20, almost 20 years. So, um, but, uh, so, so what, what do you think? I mean, um. I'm sure I'm, I'm sure Tony's already getting you like, in the moment of like, all right, here's what you gotta do. Uh, but what, what do you wanna do?
What, what? Well, actually, he, he's not, he's, he's all about just, he's so busy with, with his own work that he's just encouraging me to, to go for it and do whatever. Uh, sounds interesting. And, you know, one of my largest areas of interest is health and wellness. And he says, how could you possibly combine? Um, you know, voice work with, uh, that subject matter and don't have the answer to that question, but it's certainly needed based on, you know, the stats and the health of our country and how it's not really going in the right direction that we would all like it to go.
And there's a lot more than just the technical aspects, just like in voiceover with being healthy. You know, you can eat well and you can exercise, get good sleep, all of those things. But you know, how, how is it really coming together to. Im improve your, your health, your attitude and you know, I recently heard you talking about how anxiety is an at, at an all time high and you know, the mental health challenges that we're facing.
Well, you know, that right there is huge And, and my theory more than a theory really is the healthier that we are okay. The better that we feel that whatever work we're gonna do okay is gonna, um, not only be performed better, but more successful. And probably more monetarily beneficial to us, but then also the work that we're giving, it's gonna benefit other people too.
So that's kind of where I'm thinking. I mean, yes, reading audio books I think sounds like a lot of fun and I wanna have fun. Yeah. And I feel. Having fun. Okay. That, you know, the pieces of the puzzle are coming together. I, I had some great bosses that were all like, you know what, we wanna work hard, but we wanna have fun doing it.
And I'm, I'm a big believer in that, that, you know, if you're enjoying what you're doing, and it is fun, that the, the work is, is not gonna be as like, arduous and, um, sort of, uh, impeding upon your health, mentally, physically, et cetera. So, um. Those are kind of some of the thoughts going on in my head. I do like the, the work pertaining to kids and doing characters.
That's an awful lot of fun. I was very big into cartoons as a kid, and, um, so just anything that I feel like I could be successful at Marissa, so, yeah. Well, I, I know there's so many people that are like, I. Do I wanna do somebody's voicemail? No. But if they're gonna pay me, I'll do it. Um, and it's like exactly the first gig.
Sure. Um, and, and, you know, everything can lead you to where you wanna be. It's just a matter of like, how, what steps you take, you know? Yes. So, like, and I, I do think, like, listen, you've got a great support system. I already know that. And like, I think that you've got the, the right mentality on. Like the, you, you're kind of, you seem to me like, like a regimented person.
Like you're gonna, you're gonna make a plan, you're gonna go for it, and you're gonna put everything you have into it. And like, that's, that's really how you get it done. Um, you know, like you can't, you can't just. Kind of do it like you have to do it, you know, and Right. And some people, they, they put in some, some effort, but it doesn't get them very far.
And I, I realize life can get in the way. Uh, sure. But, you know, if, if this is truly something what you want, you're gonna make, you're gonna find the time and you're gonna make it, you know, a, a thing and, and, uh, and, and put all that love and, you know, fun into it. Um, so I'm excited. Uh, you. You know what, what the first conversations are, you're gonna have to let me know, like auditions or, or whatever.
Like I'm just, I'm excited to see, you know, what is, what is to come and um, yeah. Anytime that we can help you, just holler at us. Alright. For sure. All right. Very cool. Well, we've got a brand new episode of Voice Coaches Radio that is gonna be coming at you next week. And in the meantime, uh, if you have any questions that you want, discuss [email protected] and we will check you out next week.
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This week with Voice Coaches Radio, Marissa had the opportunity to be a coach and guide for Becky Smith. Her background and home life, with a built in coach and cheerleader of a husband allows for such a great story! Best thing was after the chat, learning that Becky had also just filmed a commercial for someone she knew, out of the blue, last minute and how great the experience was…here more about her story in today’s episode.
