It's always great to talk to a veteran of the industry, there's nothing like the perspective of time and experience. Dom has been around as long as I can remember. He is well respected in the arts world, and especially in the Asian acting and theater community. In our chat, we talk about his early beginnings writing at school, and discovering acting and theater in college. We also discuss the life of the multi-hypenate artist in LA, as well as teaching at East West Players and acting advice for actors. Of course, we delve into his latest book, the epic fantasy The Infernal Promise, currently available on Amazon. Lastly, we touch on his recent foray into the world of audiobook narrating.

To find out more about Dom: https://dmagwili.com/ https://www.facebook.com/dmagwili https://www.amazon.com/Infernal-Promise-Legends-First-Hemisphere-ebook/dp/B09T78KHMJ https://eastwestplayers.coursestorm.com/browse

0:00 Intro 0:50 Started writing in 2nd grade 2:23 Got involved in acting in college after years of debate and speech 6:56 Received a scholarship for summer program at American Conservatory Theater, and ended up staying 2 1/2 years at ACT 9:40 Move to Los Angeles, early days at East West Players 11:00 Being a multi-hyphenate artist 14:10 Teaching acting at East West Players 15:20 Advice for actors 19:18 Dom’s latest book, an epic fantasy, The Infernal Promise 25:50 Getting into audiobook narration 29:57 How to find out more about Dom Magwili

Multi-talented, multi-hyphenate Mason Greer acts, writes and directs, and he moves ever so fluidly from one to the other. I met Mason on a Netflix dubbing project, Love To Hate You. He was not only a great director, but I could also see his acting chops, because knew how to talk to actors and help them deliver their best performance. Find out how he journeyed from Iowa to Los Angeles and developed his multi-faceted career.

Find out more about Mason at https://www.thiccboyproductions.com/ Newsletter also available on the site

0:00 Intro 0:51 Where are you from, where did you grow up? 1:16 Wrote novels as a child, got into production in high school, and acting in college. 4:04 College experience at University of Northern Iowa, more experimental program 5:00 Move and transition to LA, worked on projects both in LA and Iowa before final move 10:35 Acting in LA, friends from film making world helped introduce him to acting opportunities as well 13:52 Agents and representation - currently talking to different teams and finding the right fit 17:54 What is your usual casting? 19:46 Networking 21:00 Current passion projects as a director 22:21 Developing and pitching directing projects 25:40 Experience as dubbing director 28:03 How is dubbing different from other forms of directing 30:04 What do you like to do for fun? 32:37 How to find out more about Mason Greer

I don't know how she does it, but Jen is an accomplished actor, voiceover artist, director, producer, entrepreneur, mother and wife. She must have amazing organizational skills and boundless energy, and I want to know her secrets, lol.

In this episode we talk about how Jen got into acting, and the challenges she faced as a woman and an Asian actor in the industry. We also chat about forming her own production company and creating her own content. In recent years, Jen has forged a very successful audio book career, and we dive into how to make the leap to audio books for actors, technical nuts and bolts of the business, and how to get work in the industry.

Fun Fact: Jen is one of the doctors who killed McDreamy on the ABC medical drama "Grey's Anatomy." Jennifer has narrated titles with Penguin Random House, Hachette, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Audible Studios, Blackstone, Podium, Dreamscape Media, and Tantor. Jennifer also directs audiobooks, and is on the directing rosters for Hachette and Macmillan. She is honored to have recently won two Audiofile Earphones Award for narrating the memoir “My Life” by CAPE, and the horror book "A History of Fear" by Luke Dumas, both books produced by Simon & Schuster.

Jen is on FB, Twitter, Instagram, Linkedin, Tiktok Instagram, Twitter and Tiktok: Jennaquino25 Email: Jennifer@jenniferaquino.com

0:00 Intro 0:56 Where are you from, where did you grow up? 1:48 How did you get into acting? 3:21 Husband and daughter - entire family involved in performing arts 4:19 How did your daughter Sydney get become involved in acting? 6:10 What was acting like when you first got started? What were some of the challenges? What was Hollywood like for a female Asian actor? 9:14 Starting her own production company, creating your own content and being creative with audiobooks 10:53 What do you wish you had known when you started? 11:47 What kind of projects did you like to produce? And would you prefer traditional film productions, or social media? 16:01 Recent voice acting / audio book work 17:48 Making the transition from acting to audio book work 21:22 Technical issues - what kind of microphone, building a studio, recording, post processing? 26:04 Are most audio books SAG-AFTRA? 27:19 How do you find work in the audio book industry?

Recommended Class / Coach: Elise Arsenault - The Great Audiobook Adventure

Jenn’s Equipment: Jenn’s Microphone - AKG C1000s Interface - SSL 2 Pre-Amp - Triton Audio Fethead Phantom Preamp Blanket booth with Producer’s Choice sound blankets Software/DAW (Digital Audio Workstation)- Audacity