We've been trying to get together for ages, and finally Joe Augustin and I got together to talk radio!
We hooked up at Starbucks near my chiropractor's office. It was nice that he brought his wife Adele with him, too. I had never met either one before, but follow them both on Twitter and have been their friend on Facebook for a while as well. I felt like I was having coffee with two people I had known for ages!
It's been a long time since I've actually been in radio. I've been doing voice-overs for a long time, now, and radio from home, but actually working in a radio station doing what radio station people do? Yeah, that's been a long time. So it was awesome to share war stories with someone else who is out of radio, but misses it.
Joe is sort of a legend in Singapore radio. He's worked for every radio station on the island and is currently hosting a podcast with a former morning show partner, Shareen. It's actually quite funny, but definitely not kid-friendly and some of the stuff will go over your head if you don't understand Singapore culture. Look for it on iTunes if you're curious, though. It's called The Shareen & Joe Show.
One of the things we talked about was training locals in voice-over. Keep in mind, Singapore is a tiny island nation. It's possibly as big as Rhode Island in the US. Possibly. You can go around the entire island/country in about three hours if you felt so inclined. So, when Joe told me that I probably have more experience in voice coaching than anyone in Singapore, I only felt proud for a moment. Then I realized that this is a pretty small country, and that's like saying I have the most experience of anyone in this room.
Think about it, the entire island of Singapore doesn't have radio/voice over experience. Just like the entire U-S doesn't have experience. So if you take all the people in Singapore who have ever worked in radio and then put them in one room, you could fill a high school cafeteria, possibly. That's probably being VERY generous. Then you say that I have the most experience. Yeah. Not so hard to do. Not as big a compliment anymore. But it's still easy to capitalize off of and we are talking about doing just that.
We talked about a few other things, too, but nothing I'm really comfortable sharing at this moment. Just know that bigger things could soon be coming and I'm very excited about my cup of joe with Joe! Hopefully Round 2 is coming soon.
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