Podcast appearances and mentions of lloyd james

Lloyd James in conversation with David Eastaugh English punk rock band formed in 1977. An openly left-wing and anti-fascist band, they performed at rallies for Rock Against Racism and the Anti-Nazi League, and at Right to Work marches. https://naevus.bandcamp.com/ Naevus is a British experimental rock group. Formed in London in 1998 by Lloyd James (vocals, acoustic guitar) and Joanne Owen (bass, accordion), Naevus were often categorised as part of the ‘neo-folk' genre. Their music has also drawn comparison with acts such as Swans and Wire, and often includes elements of industrial music. 

On this week's episode of "Live with Squacky", I chat with the incomparable Audiobook Narrator/Actor, Sean Pratt!! :) Sean Pratt has been a working actor for over 30 years. He has been anaudiobook narrator for 25 years (aka – Lloyd James), recording over 1,100 booksin almost every genre and has received 9 AudioFile Magazine “Earphones”awards, 5 SOVAS nominations, and 5 “Audie” nominations from the AudioPublishers Association. Sean is also the author of “To Be or Wanna Be – The TopTen Differences between a Successful Actor and a Starving Artist,” an actor'show-to book that talks about approaches and behaviors that separate a thrivingactor from a starving artist. Currently, Sean coaches performers on audiobooknarration technique, as well as teaching classes on and writes articles about thebusiness of the Biz. Be sure to check out his website at:www.seanprattpresents.comSean has been a guest speaker at a few MAVO events in the past!! I try to havehim back every few years because he's SO great!! I hope you enjoy this interview! For more info about the MAVO2023 "Get Inspired" VO Conference coming up on November 10-12, 2023 at the Westin Dulles Hotel in Herndon, VA, check out our website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com and to register for the conference now, visit our Eventbrite page HERE!!"Live with Squacky" was mixed and mastered by everybody's favorite VO tech, Uncle Roy Yokelson of "Antland Productions." "Live with Squacky" is sponsored in part by Mid-Atlantic Voiceover, LLC and "Antland Productions." For more info about Val Kelly/"Squackyvoice", visit her website at https://www.valkellyvoiceover.com.Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

In this episode, Michael Reddington engages in a compelling conversation with Rudy Karsan. Rudy shares profound insights about valuing others and understanding the neuroscience behind self-perceptions impact on relationships. We then delve into the dynamics of love, fear, and their roles in shaping interactions, and discover how prioritizing love can foster healing, creativity, and nurturing connections. Rudy's wisdom extends to embracing curiosity, pursuing comprehension over mere acceptance, and finding happiness through growth. Uncover the significance of authenticity, adaptability, and continuous learning in the business world.Timestamps: (00:00:06) - Introduction to Rudy Karsan(00:11:26) - Explore brain reactions to words, suggesting the self as a left-brain construct. Learning from others is key.(00:20:35) - Understanding the value of listening and the strength that lies in communication.(00:25:45) - Fear and love dominate; tapping into love, judgment's role, forgiveness in communication, alternative behavior solutions, and firm statements.(00:32:28) - Growth from experiences, not self-importance. Openness to new ideas, meaningful interactions, and listening yield joy.(00:38:02) - Find happiness in basic needs, curiosity, understanding, and mindful interest.(00:46:02) - Prioritize service, love, not seeking validation. Appreciate ethos and interconnectedness.(00:55:43) - Learning thrives in pivots, flexibility, and authentic engagement. Words matter, strong bonds turn problems to joys. Trusted partners prevent bad decisions.(01:02:40) - Learned a life-changing lesson from our meeting.(01:04:49) - Concluding sentiments and statements. Links and Resources:Rudy Karsan | LinkedInHome | Karlani CapitalAmazon.com: We: How to Increase Performance and Profits Through Full Engagement (Audible Audio Edition): Rudy Karsan, Lloyd James, Kevin Kruse, Tantor Audio: Audible Books & OriginalsNo Self, No Problem: How Neuropsychology Is Catching Up to Buddhism (The No Self Wisdom Series): Niebauer PhD PhD, Chris: 9781938289972: Amazon.com: BooksSponsor LinksHumintell: Body Language - Reading People - Humintell - https://www.humintell.com/Enter Code INQUASIVE25 for 25% discount on your online training purchase.Emotional Intelligence Magazine: HOME | Emotional Intelligence Magazine + (ei-magazine.com) - https://www.ei-magazine.com/International Association of Interviewers: Home (certifiedinterviewer.com) - https://www.certifiedinterviewer.com/Podcast Production Services by EveryWord Media

Today the knight's take a look at the audiobook The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress By: Robert A. Heinlein  Narrated by: Lloyd James

Today’s episode is an interview with Sean Pratt.  We know one another because he was my non-fiction audiobook narration coach. Sean Pratt has been a working actor for over 30 years. He has been an audiobook narrator for 25 years (aka – Lloyd James), recording over 1,000 books in almost every genre and has received 8 AudioFile Magazine “Earphones” awards, 3 SOVAS nominations,  and 5 “Audie” nominations from the Audio Publishers Association.   Sean is also the author of “ To Be or Wanna Be – The Top Ten Differences between a Successful Actor and a Starving Artist,” an actor’s how-to book that talks about approaches and behaviors that separate a thriving actor from a starving artist. Currently, Sean coaches performers on audiobook narration technique, as well as teaching classes on and writes articles about the business of the Biz. www.seanprattpresents.com Mentioned in this episode Website - http://seanprattpresents.com   Twitter - @SPPresents Instagram - @SPPresents Facebook - Sean Pratt Presents  LinkedIn - Sean Pratt AudioFile Magazine SOVAS Audio Publishers Association Kenny Pappaconstantinou linkedin.com/in/kennypmusic, elephantaudiobooks.com   Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel A. van Der Kolk The Death of Expertise:  The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters by Tom Nichols Highlights from the interview Sean uses his voice to educate and entertain.   Sean coaches two different types of narrators:  authors narrating their own book(s) and professional audiobook narrators.  He commented on both types of narration coaching during the interview. How did Sean get started training authors to narrate their audiobooks?  He was already training authors to narrate their own books.  Then, he got the opportunity to do even more of that when Kenny Pappaconstantinou from Elephant Audiobooks asked Sean to train authors to perform their own books.  Sean teaches authors how to give the best possible performance. A narrator needs to consider:  Is the performance entertaining?  Does it hold the listener’s attention?  Will the listener give you a poor review because the performance was bad?  Will the listener return the book?  Bad reviews can affect an author’s career.  Casting the right person to narrate an audiobook is important! What do authors who are narrators need to learn?   Stamina: vocal, physical, and mental stamina are needed to narrate a book.  Sean insists authors narrate 2 hours/day to practice.   Rent studio space because of all the different hats a narrator must wear (producer, director, and engineer). It’s worth the time and money to hire studio space and a director if they can.  Do the “gap exercise.”  Compare your natural speaking voice to your narration voice.  There is a gap there.  Try to close the gap.  On a scale from 1 to 100, authors should sound >90% entertaining, enthusiastic, and engaging while narrating their own text. Authors who are narrators maybe need 1-2 lessons one week apart.  They will learn the Gap Exercise, when to breathe, scoring text (entire book), rhythm and melody, basic acting, paragraph colors (color = tone/communicating how they feel about what’s in the text). There are several “voices” that must be used in narration:  conversational voice, teaching voice, “voice of the other,” and documentary voice.  Clarity is part of the entertainment value of non-fiction.  The listener can pick up on cues by the type of voice the narrator uses. How is preparing to be a professional audiobook narrator different from an author preparing to narrate their own book?  Professional audiobook narrators need a broad and deep understanding of analyzing the text in order to narrate professionally.  Different genres require different approaches.  Sean’s curriculum provides broad exposure to approaching different genres as a narrator. Audio quality is important.  Noises are distracting.  Audio quality affects listeners’ impression of the content in the book (the author’s idea).   Poor audio quality lowers the listener’s experience.  The listener retains less information with bad audio and a poor performance.  You know you have a good narrator when your amazon reviews talk about content, not poor audio/bad performance.   Audiobooks help authors reach a broader audience.  Having an audiobook could have a broader impact on their future as a writer.  Opportunities arise for authors who make their books available as audiobooks (ex: speaking engagements).  You never know WHO is going to listen to it.  It’s smart for career goals.  A Publisher might be interested in picking up the second book if the first was self-published. Sean knows what it takes to be an engaging and entertaining audiobook narrator.  He’s an effective teacher because he is also a narrator.  He has narrated more than 1,000 audiobooks and won several awards.  His most recent award is the 2020 AudioFile Magazine “Earphones” Award in the category of History & Biography for narrating Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker.  It was one of Oprah’s Book Club books.  We discussed Sean’s change from actor to audiobook narrator and coach.  Narrating audiobooks was the next life challenge after acting.  Sean likes to evolve.  He saw an opportunity to become an audiobook narrator.  The current challenge is coaching.  Anyone considering a life change needs to consider, “Will it be satisfying?  Will it meet needs I have?” Sean has classical theater training.  He learned about text analysis, language, voice and diction, breathing, and physical comedy on-the-job.  He learned how to approach spoken language like music:  melody, rhythm, tempo, and how to speak it so listeners can hear it.   In 1996, he was introduced to audiobooks by another actor while working in Washington DC.  His first books were fiction.  He asked for non-fiction titles and narrated some lengthy ones in the beginning.   One of Sean’s most successful non-fiction audiobooks was The Body Keeps The Score by Van Der Kolk.  Sean says there’s a higher calling in non-fiction audiobooks.  He has had a hand in making listeners’ lives better.  Sean has been narrating for 25-26 years.  Positive feedback from fans fuels Sean to continue narrating. Sean started getting serious about non-fiction audiobook coaching 6 years ago (~2015).   Sean gave advice for anyone considering a career transition.  It’s easy to live a lifestyle we think we’re supposed to have.  We get handcuffed to it.  Then, if our job doesn’t turn out to be as fulfilling as we thought it would be, we find ourselves stuck, and that’s a horrible place to be in (feeling emotionally and psychologically calcified).  The challenge will be to scale down to open up the space (time and money) to pursue something else and embrace a new challenge.  Leaving a full-time job (the devil you know) can be scary. Sean said, “Life is way too short to be unhappy.”  If you really want to do something else, find out what it takes to do it.  He also said, “The only permanent thing in life is change.”  Sean says those who are best able to manage change are the ones looking ahead to the next challenge or opportunity.   Sean’s current challenge is being a nonfiction audiobook narration coach.  It’s unique.  He has a curriculum that also includes the business of the business.  He has 100 students currently and sees about 23 students/week.  He’s happy with his life, loves teaching, and narrates 25 books/year now instead of 50.   Sean wrapped up the interview with some advice for authors thinking of performing their own piece.   Build stamina.  Read out loud.   Get coaching with Sean or someone else.  Work with an audio engineer and a director in a studio to get the highest-quality audio possible. Remember how it can affect your career in the long run.   This could be your gateway to something else.  

SEAN PRATT HAS been a working professional actor in theatre, film, TV and voice-overs for over 30 years. He holds a BFA in Acting from Santa Fe University, NM. He has narrated over 1,000+ audiobooks….and counting!  He has been an audiobook narrator for 22 years (aka – Lloyd James), recording over 1000+ Audio Books in almost every genre. He narrates for such companies as Blackstone Audiobooks, Tantor Media, Gildan Audio, Harper Collins, Penguin Random House, and Christian Audio.

Tommy and Lloyd chatted on the launch day of his brand new EP Fake Depth. As well as chatting they played IDIOCRACY EVERYTIME I'M WRONG ECHO CHAMBER As always in Tommy's Interviews he asked who and where would be Lloyd's dream gig He will be supported by NIRVANA, MOGWAI & ISIS at BARROWLANDS

For more information, visit: https://www.voschoolpodcast.com This week on the VO School Podcast is the second in our two part series on how to find work in voiceover genres. In the last episode we covered commercials, radio imaging, IVR, promo and Spanish language. This week we are looking at corporate narration, E-learning, explainer videos and audiobooks. So how do you get started in corporate narration, E-learning, explainer videos and audiobooks? Who do you reach out to? What kind of training is required? Where do clients go to find voice talent? And where should you focus your time, effort and resources? Helping us to answer these questions and more are two highly respected voiceover industry veterans. Sean Pratt has been an audiobook narrator for 22 years (aka – Lloyd James), recording over 1000+ Audio Books in almost every genre. He narrates for such companies as Blackstone Audiobooks, Tantor Media, Gildan Audio, Harper Collins, Penguin Random House, and Christian Audio. Notable titles include – A Death in the Family by James Agee, Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, Elvis in the Morning by William F. Buckley and Lindberg by A. Scott Berg. With over twenty years as a professional voice actor, J. Michael Collins has worked with some of the biggest companies, brands, sports leagues, and organizations on the planet. In addition to his work in the classic, agency-based world of VO, J. Michael has established himself as a leading authority in the online casting marketplace and has become recognized as an industry leading talent coach and demo producer as well. J. Michael is a 16 time Voice Arts Award winner as a voice actor, demo producer, script writer, and casting director.

In episode 10 of Talk of the Devil we take a look at the busy festive period and catch up with Mark Cooper and Lloyd James as they preview the Boxing Day trip to Newport County. Tom Huelin, the head of fitness and nutrition at Forest Green Rovers, also gives us an insight into what goes on over the Christmas with regards to keeping the players healthy and sharp.

Join FGR's media team - Matt Edwards and Noah Dougherty as they get ready for their first away trip of the season to Grimsby Town. The lads talk about their experience on pre-season training, catch up with Lloyd James and the gaffer, Mark Cooper.   And as we pack the car to head to Grimsby, we chat to Reuben Reid on how he prepares to travel for games.  We want to hear from you. Drop us an email - press@fgrfc.com   

Grecians Gossip is a weekly podcast on Exeter City brought to you by DevonLive. This week, we discuss the Grecians being back in pre-season training, the arrival of four new players, the departure of Lloyd James and rumours that others may follow suit and a new home kit which has been warmly received by City fans. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

// with excerpts from: I CAN by Ben Sweetland, Success Motivation Cassette Tapes, 1960. Sexual Energy Meditations with Antero Alli, "For creating a highly relaxed yet rapturous state of consciousness," Sounds True Recordings, 1989. Suspense! A Narrative About Clarence, The Best Of Suspense, Great Tapes, 1944. Ghosts Among Us: Uncovering the Truth About the Other Side by James Van Praagh, Audiobook read by Lloyd James, Tantor Media, 2008. Nobody Lives Forever, A Radio Play With Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman, National Recording Company, 1947. // // music: 00:00 : hard daze (song) / clipd beaks (artist) / you can't hide your love forever 10 (album) / geographic north (label) 05:00 : vicinities (song) / steve hauschildt (artist) / where all is fled (album) / kranky (label) 11:00 : beginnings/ends (song) / kodyak (artist) / sesh (label) 14:00 : rituals (song) / death and vanilla (artist) / death and vanilla (album) / fire records (label) 23:00 : hypnos (song) / chelsea wolfe (artist) / hypnos/flame (album) / sargent house (label) 29:00 : underwater forever (song) / balam acab (artist) / child death (album) / self-released 37:00 : i'm afraid (song) / dick stusso (artist) / nashville dreams/sings the blues (album) / vacant stare (label) 39:00 : neonurban (song) / kid hnrk (artist) //

IF YOU'RE CALLING IN AND YOU WANT TO SPEAK WITH SEAN, PLEASE PRESS THE #1 KEY ON YOUR PHONE.   Please follow this podcast by clicking on the "follow" link above the player.   For more information about TalkBoxRadio, go to http://www.talkboxradio.com ABOUT MY SPECIAL GUEST TODAY: SEAN PRATT Sean Pratt has narrated 900 books and has many pearls of wisdom to share about the industry.  Voice talent will also have a chance to call and read a short sample script for Sean's feedback.  Go to http://www.talkboxradio.com/scripts Sean Pratt has been a working professional actor in theatre, film, TV and voice-overs for over 30 years.  He holds a BFA in Acting from Santa Fe University, New Mexico,. He has been an audiobook narrator for 20 years (also known as – Lloyd James), recording over 900 books in almost every genre and has received 8 AudioFile Magazine “Earphones” awards and 5 “Audie” nominations from the Audio Publishers Association.   Seam Pratt narrates for such companies as Blackstone Audiobooks, Tantor Media, Gildan Audio, Hachette, Random House, Penguin, and Christian Audio. Notable titles include – A Death in the Family by James Age- ee, Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, Elvis in the Morning by William F. Buckley and Lindberg by A. Scott Berg. Currently, Sean coaches performers on audiobook narration technique.   Music selections provided by http://www.soundartsonline.com and Stephen Christopher  

We salute our dancehall trailblazer, king of digital reggae, sound system owner/producer Lloyd James aka KING JAMMY. This is the first half of a megamix featuring some big tunes and riddims from the Jammys catalog. For more King Jammys vibes check out: Episode 4 (Sanchez, L.U.S.T and Friends - 80s Lovers Rock), Episode 5 (Superstars Hit Parade 1987-1989 Tunes/Riddims), Episode 10 (Dancehall Time Traveling Back to the 80s and 90s), Episode 36 (Stalag meets Sleng Teng), Episode 39 (A Late Eighties Reggae Dream 1979-1991). Also see our episodes featuring Cocoa Tea, Sanchez, Frankie Paul, and Josey Wales - artists who all recorded hits released on the Jammy’s label. Lots more to come… all dedicated to you, #reggaelover. Apple Podcast (iTunes) link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/reggae-lover/id1126663530?mt=2h Stitcher Radio link: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/reggae-lover/the-reggae-lover-podast Google Play link: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ixihhi6rfw26zi6333hocwv6diq?t=Reggae_Lover TuneIn Radio link: https://tunein.com/radio/Reggae-Lover-p1033580/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/reggae-lover/donationsWant to advertise on this podcast? Go to https://redcircle.com/brands and sign up.