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Sy Welcomes Voice Over Professional Rodney Saulsberry
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Hello, everybody. This is Rodney Salisbury. Join me as I talk about my voiceover career, my coaching and my new book Tongue Twisters and vocal warm ups. You're listening to Sigh Fox on the side effect Radio show
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Hello, world. Welcome to another edition of the side effects Radio show five Fox here. Thank you for tuning in with me today. I know you could have been anywhere in the world, but he chose to hang out with me. And for that I thank you. If you haven't already called about the website Www I affect radio show dot com and look around. Let me know what you think you can subscribe. Gonna be blogging soon. So into your e mails you keep up with not only me but the special guest that I'm gonna have on this season. You don't want to miss it. I'm going to be speaking with some extraordinary, amazing people that are gonna be sharing their stories. And you don't wanna, you know, miss it. It's gonna be inspiring justice inspiring as my special guest today, Mr Gwatney. Very you may not be familiar with his name, but Salisbury is the voice of choice behind the scenes narration. This Detroit native, the End University of Michigan graduate, is one of the premier voiceover towns in the country. He is also a published author with three best selling book You Can Bank On Your Voice, Step Up to the Mike and his latest release, Rodney Sauce. Very tongue Twisters and vocal Warm ups in which I have all three So don't go nowhere because I'll be right back with Mr Gladney. Salisbury. So what are you doing Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7 p.m. Eastern Standard time Haven't idea You can hang out with me. Your girl five Fox on the buy effect radio show You never know who the special guest gonna be You never know what craziness on me say and you want a tone in 7 p.m. Eastern standard time Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Also, you can check me out on I tunes you there. Hello, Rodney. Welcome. Thank you for joining me today.
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Cy. I am so glad to be here. Thank you for having
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me. So tell us how you got started in the entertainment field and the world. A voiceover.
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Well, I started out as an actor and I was going around town in Los Angeles doing a lot of great things, like soap operas, episodic television, things like Taxi and Hill Street Blues and people would always praising me. You have a great voice, you get into voice over and I said, Well, whatever myself is made, they told me, and I made a demo and I took my demo around, too, The best agents in town in Los Angeles and I was fortunate enough to be signed by I CM and it changed my life. I started doing voice overs and I got really successful, and I was so excited about that that I decided I wanted to let the world know about this wonderful business, and that made me write my first book. You can bank on your voice.
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Yeah, that was actually one of the first book I purchased when I start to have interest in the voiceover world, so I would recommend that book to anyone and everyone that are looking to get started in the voiceover industry. And actually, I have all three of your books when they're all great,
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thank you wrote that in 2004 you can bank on your voice, your guide to a successful career and voiceovers. And just recently I released an audio book version of it. Um, I hadn't been selling the audio book version at different conferences throughout the years since around 2007 but just recently here, something called I'm Sorry, A C X has gotten really big in terms of audio books. So I uploaded the book to that particular site, and now I'm enjoying great sales, and I would advise everybody Thio, check it out. Go to audible dot com. Um, it's hooked up with Amazon and purchased the audio book is going to get a chance to hear me talk about It's a great life that I was experiencing in 2004 and still experience today.
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Yeah, because I got really excited when you told me that your last book was actually in the audio version and I was like, Wow, Finally, I can listen to it anywhere at any time, So I'm scuffling on my phone to delete things so I can add your book.
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Yes, I agree. It's great format to lift into your favorite book.
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Tell us how much has the voiceover industry changed since you first started.
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Well, it's changed quite a bit because it's open to a lot more people now. It used to be that it was just a few select few. They got a chance to be successful in this business. But now, with the inventing of all of this to great equipment, he that is affordable, you can set up a microphone and a studio in your home, and you can work different paid of play sites. Or you can make phone calls yourself and actually get work. And so, since it's open to more people, there's more competition now. I also think is a result of that. Even though there's more competition, there's, um, a product that's being put out, that it's sometimes not, as the quality is not as great as it used to be, because so many people are doing it without the proper training mate. And so that's how the business has changed. You're hearing a lot of mediocre presentations out there, but what happens when you get a lot of mediocrity is that that becomes the standard, and though I have found that I actually have to teach people to dial it back, you know We grew up trying to be articulate and speak the king's English well. And the type of thing that is being accepted right now is not that. And so you have to go back into your technique and your acting shops and actually dumb it down, so to speak and try to sound as natural as possible. So that's how it's changed. It's become really natural. It seems like the day of the announcer, um is changing, you know, the traditional announcers changing to something a lot more conversational.
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I know the voice of the world can be very competitive. So what advice would you give someone for them to try to stay encouraged and positive?
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Well, I think that one of the big things in life is that we have to established confidence. And I think when we believe in ourselves, we called other people to believe in us. And so a big problem is that the young folk Anil folks don't have confidence. They get out there and they're easily deterred by someone not believing in their dreams. Um, you have a term out here now, people hating on you and you react to the haters, uh, to the point that you let them stop me from trying to pursue your dreams. So I think that's a big thing. I think there's a lot of negativity out here today, people trying to shoot you down. And I think that we need to be positive, and we need to push forward all the time cleaning. So I would say, Don't don't let anybody this way, You know, make sure that you try to go after your goals.
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Another voice over field can be very lucrative. But how lucrative,
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huh? Yes, well, very, quite a bit of money out there. And, um, it's out there for you if you could get someone to pay you. So it's a wide open frontier. It's like the old West day. Uh, the Western guys used to walk around with their holsters and their guns. I say we have a lot of that right now, too, but, uh, yeah, you know, you walk around with all of your equipment and you go out there and you go for the job. And the thing that's kind of nice about the day too, is that it used to be a set standard, uh, scale, you know, for instance, like I'm a union guy. So my union has negotiated different payments that we want to get that we have to get, you know. But in this new front, to hear a lot of non union, you're able to dictate your own prices. Thea other drifting about the union is that I operate in the world of residuals so that every time commercial plays on being paid, and I encourage people to do that. You know you want to be with the union and one apiece residuals going so that somebody can use your voice forever without saying that you just one time. That's why the union is important. But, yes, there's money out there to be made. You just have to be working number one, and it's whatever the market will bear. Okay. Okay, um, so you know it's up to you because it's not. It's non union. You can call the shots and get as much as you could get them to pay.
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Do you remember your first voiceover gig?
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Yes. My first job was for Bank of America on, and I The story goes a little bit like this short, short version of it. I took my demo to I C M in Beverly Hills and I dropped it off in the mail room and I called up to the agency and said, Hey, there's a hot cassette down in the mail room. You should go grab it and take a listen. And this agent named Jim Duda actually went downstairs and got it. Yeah, um, he called me and I happen to still be sitting in my car and, um, he said, This is great. Where are you? And I said, I'm out front will come in, and I'd like you to come read something. And so I went upstairs and I read some copy for Bank of America and I got it. And a few days later, I was on a plane to Oakland, California. I lived near Los Angeles. You're gonna play in tow, open California and, um, to show you again about technology to be on a plane, to do a simple voice over. Great. Not at that time we weren't doing things like MP three's. Now I work I s against, I work all over the world right here in my home, but I don't know the plane and I continued to do a number of those. And every time I would have to get on a plane just to go to a few spots. That was my 1st 1 of Bank of America. Hey, it was a radio. Wow.
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Now, aside from being a voice over hardest and an author, um, you have some nice chops you can sing? Uh, wow.
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Well, yeah. I started out as a singer. My father with Motown Group called down Teach that later became the Elgin. So music was always around my house and, um, I've been in musicals. I've been on Broadway in your arms too short to box With God and the first Jackie Robinson story. Ah, to a round of kind of the world, you know, with musicals and things like that. So, um yeah, singing actually was first before acting before anything. I was a singer to come, but I've had a great run. You know what? I'm still doing great things. I was nominated too, two years in a row for my work on a soap opera called The Boat and the Beautiful. Playing the role of Anthony, the homeless guy who played get on tank. So I always incorporated all my talents into everything that I do. Just recently here last month, we were in Atlanta at the Atlanta Voice Conference, and I feel Atlanta and I actually set there. I did about six songs along with teaching and presenting in all my voice over stuff. So, yeah, I put it all together, voice over his voice, acting, singing the whole, huh? You know, your whole life is what you used to do. Voice. Oh, you off on all of your experiences to present that great voice over. You know, I mean, like, like you. You know, I don't know your story, but I mean, here you are interviewing me working now, So obviously, you have these great interviewing skills. You have this particular show that I'm on to this. This is part of your process. Thanks. Part of your background, I'm part of your life. And when you go on to do other things like voiceovers or whatever you might do, you will call on this experience to make those things. I'm saying
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it all goes together. So for those that are listening and possibly contemplating a Korean voice over and they're looking for a coach How would they be able to connect with you?
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Okay, well, everything is on my website. Rodney salisbury dot com So that's www dot Rodney cells very dot com That's spelled r o g e N e y solves very s like in Sam a u l s e r wa dot com And when you go there, you'll find out a whole lot. One thing that's really popular right now is my consultant Club Consultants Club is a monthly subscription, and you pay me 79 95 a month. And we spent 30 minutes together outside scripts to you. We will spend 30 minutes together. I will coach you. There's also a one hour call that happens Buckley, where I will have a special guest or I will use it as a teaching moment. And that happens once a month to all of this comes with your 79 95. Many of my students are going on to be successful, and that's what I like when you have success vicariously, I have success when you have a job vicariously, I have a job being your mentor and tutor. So, um, we're doing some great things. Great talent is coming out of it. So just go to my website and go to the consultant club. Sign up. I would love the water's
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rotten. Thank you so much for being a guest on the side effect radio show and sharing your expertise in the world of voice over and passing valuable lessons and wisdom. I cannot wait to one day work with you.
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I really appreciated. You know, you have always been a great supporter. And I want you to know that I appreciate everything that you do for me on social media. What you're doing for me right now. Here I encourage everyone to take advantage of social media like that. It's a front here truck here. And all these things were out here available to everybody. I'm looking now at my Twitter account, and I've got a coat that I put up here a few days ago. I was just doing so well. Got about 50 or so. Reach weeds. Yeah. 92 lights once want. Once you accept the concept of feeling good about yourself, others will join you in that assessment and people have jumped all over. That is so true when you feel good about yourself. Other people will feel good about you, too. Doesn't have to be conceived in just confidence. And, uh, I'd like to also quickly say the first book was You can bank on your voice. Second book, Step up to the mike. A positive approach to pleading and voice over is just while you know, I've got contributions in this book from Don Box contains the late great down lock on saying Nancy Cartwright, the voice of Bart Simpson, Frank Welker voices to be doing Rob Olsen voices Pinky and Pinky and the Brain and Harlan Hogan, who eyes also a great art author and voice over artist. And then, of course, last but not least, the book that is so hot. This work is so hot right now, Rodney Souls very tongue twisters in vocal warm Really doing well. Yeah, I encourage you to get it. And I'm currently working on the audio book version of that right now. Yeah. Yeah. So my foot is full, and, um, I'm having a great time, and I encourage everybody else out there to live your dream. Go after. In fact, my blog's today. I don't know. You gotta get but it says, Uh, you're lucky Day is coming soon. What
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a great way to end a perfect interview with the awesome quote for Mr Rodney Salisbury, he said. Your lucky day is coming soon. If you are interested in venturing into the world of voice over, you can connect with Rodney on his website, Rodney salisbury dot com, and also come back in here on the side Effect radio show every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7 p.m. Eastern Standard time. And don't forget to go to the website www. The side Effect radio show dot com and connect with me on off Social media. I am everywhere until next time thank you, released me and continue to spread peace and love.