WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.160 --> 00:00:09.759 One of the great things about getting older is wisdom, right, and I 2 00:00:09.800 --> 00:00:18.839 mean wisdom from experiences, wisdom from actual experiences. If you are paying attention, 3 00:00:20.800 --> 00:00:26.800 if you're really paying attention, you learn a lot because of that. 4 00:00:27.399 --> 00:00:33.000 And if you do that, it saves you a lot of stress. You 5 00:00:33.119 --> 00:00:39.000 understand things quicker and easier as you get older. Hi, I'm James lot 6 00:00:39.039 --> 00:00:43.000 junior. It says fifty plus. I just wanna try to talk about a 7 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:47.880 little something that's happening to me right now that I think is very interesting. 8 00:00:48.520 --> 00:00:53.560 And I'm that I'm older, so I'm handling it differently. So when I 9 00:00:53.600 --> 00:00:55.960 was younger, I was specially over a hot head. I would get upset 10 00:00:56.039 --> 00:01:00.840 easily, quicker and dismissed and just be like really upset and like how can 11 00:01:00.920 --> 00:01:03.640 they do this? And what's wrong with them? And how I don't do 12 00:01:03.679 --> 00:01:11.519 it anymore because I've had years now of experience in several different fields that I'm 13 00:01:11.560 --> 00:01:19.200 in. So the story I'm gonna tell you today is in my media field, 14 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:23.000 and this is just how much better I'm handling what's going on. So 15 00:01:25.560 --> 00:01:30.000 if you don't know this, or if you do, I have audio dramas 16 00:01:30.040 --> 00:01:34.879 and audio comedies. We say, it's like it's old school with new school 17 00:01:34.920 --> 00:01:41.159 technology. So it's like radio programs, but we do it's on podcast form 18 00:01:42.439 --> 00:01:47.239 and we do them and present them like a show would be on television or 19 00:01:47.280 --> 00:01:53.359 on video, but it's all audio. I have to hire actors to act 20 00:01:53.400 --> 00:01:57.959 out the different characters, right. So I started this in a pandemic in 21 00:01:57.040 --> 00:02:01.560 twenty twenty and it's been very successful for me. But you know, sometimes 22 00:02:01.599 --> 00:02:05.959 you lose people. We gain people. So people. So one of my 23 00:02:06.040 --> 00:02:09.240 actors, which I love this word of mouth, was like, I have 24 00:02:09.400 --> 00:02:14.400 people who are in might be interested in doing some of your show. I 25 00:02:14.439 --> 00:02:16.120 have a lot of productions and productions so I was like okay, and I 26 00:02:16.159 --> 00:02:22.479 went, sure, send them to me. Well he did a text things 27 00:02:22.520 --> 00:02:25.199 that what she had done, but he ended up doing. But I ended 28 00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:30.479 up directing people. I said, if you're if you're serious, send me 29 00:02:30.520 --> 00:02:39.879 an email this email address. Get tired to you get older and send me 30 00:02:39.919 --> 00:02:44.919 an email. Let me know who you are and I'll go from there. 31 00:02:45.039 --> 00:02:47.960 What says something up? So he sent it, so, bunch of people, 32 00:02:50.280 --> 00:02:52.479 if you want to be part of this, I do these things with 33 00:02:52.599 --> 00:02:57.599 James is really legitimate and bove all stuff anyway one person, I might say 34 00:02:57.800 --> 00:03:01.520 right away it was actually to people. But one this check right away got 35 00:03:01.560 --> 00:03:06.240 back to me and I was like, hi, and to her bugle Saturday 36 00:03:06.280 --> 00:03:09.479 and stuff. L introduced herself to the whole thing, and I'm like, 37 00:03:09.479 --> 00:03:15.199 oh my god. So I got back to her right away them the momentum's 38 00:03:15.280 --> 00:03:19.439 going, so I said, we keep it going. She's like, oh 39 00:03:19.520 --> 00:03:21.960 yeah. I said, we do these things over zoom or I. I 40 00:03:21.960 --> 00:03:23.240 said, we need to have a zoom so I can hear your voice and 41 00:03:23.319 --> 00:03:30.120 then we can also I'll explain the whole process to you and then uh, 42 00:03:30.159 --> 00:03:32.719 you can ask any questions. She's like sure. I said, okay, 43 00:03:32.759 --> 00:03:37.199 do you have tomorrow or did? I said, I said, give her 44 00:03:37.319 --> 00:03:44.400 date and time options. She chose today the next day today to meet. 45 00:03:45.120 --> 00:03:50.280 I said that was great. I said, that's wonderful. We get them 46 00:03:50.360 --> 00:03:53.039 minimuims going and I have productions going. I could use her. Maybe it's 47 00:03:53.039 --> 00:03:55.639 something right away if she's n you know, new with this, If she's 48 00:03:55.680 --> 00:04:01.680 ready, I set up to zoom. I send it to her. Now. 49 00:04:01.719 --> 00:04:04.719 All of a sudden, the the the m the email stops. Don't 50 00:04:04.759 --> 00:04:09.479 know what's going on. But I was like, well, maybe just she 51 00:04:09.520 --> 00:04:11.439 got the email and was like, okay, I got it. That's the 52 00:04:11.520 --> 00:04:15.199 end of correspondence, and I'll I'll just swirl. I got ready this morning 53 00:04:16.120 --> 00:04:19.959 cause for me, I'm chowers behind her where she lives. So I get 54 00:04:20.040 --> 00:04:26.000 up in the early yet a coiffe, my food, do all that, 55 00:04:27.920 --> 00:04:30.000 and I said, I came, I'm around ready, get in front, 56 00:04:30.040 --> 00:04:38.079 and she never shows up, no message, nothing. Now I go, 57 00:04:38.160 --> 00:04:45.240 okay, there's a time difference thing, so it's quite possible she's confused and 58 00:04:45.319 --> 00:04:48.920 things. Since eleven o'clock my time. But she is the one who told 59 00:04:48.920 --> 00:04:53.759 me she only had till which would make it one o'clock her time. But 60 00:04:53.879 --> 00:04:57.040 she says she only had till one o'clock her time, so I think she 61 00:04:57.040 --> 00:05:00.360 would look at it and whatever. H He never came around eleven o'clock either, 62 00:05:00.600 --> 00:05:06.879 I know off nothing happened. So no phone call, no follow up 63 00:05:06.879 --> 00:05:14.600 text, no follow up email, nothing. That's now nighttime. So even 64 00:05:14.639 --> 00:05:16.800 if we she didn't get the text, that we get the email or something 65 00:05:16.839 --> 00:05:23.399 happened, there's no follow up. Meanwhile, I get other guy, a 66 00:05:23.519 --> 00:05:26.560 guy, another person. It's like, oh yeah, I want to do 67 00:05:26.600 --> 00:05:30.560 I said, okay, gave him the same spiel. When you have time 68 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:33.800 every day, time you have time tomorrow or Friday, or he's not even 69 00:05:33.839 --> 00:05:43.079 gotten back to me. So before here's the here comes to wisdom before I 70 00:05:43.199 --> 00:05:48.399 be pissed and God us everybody, because I want everything to work out. 71 00:05:48.959 --> 00:05:53.360 I want new actors. I wanna be funny, exciting. But what I've 72 00:05:53.480 --> 00:05:59.720 learned is when people do stuff like this, it's showing me who they are 73 00:05:59.839 --> 00:06:04.519 right right away, which could create problems later if I did hire them, 74 00:06:04.800 --> 00:06:09.800 which has happened to me. So we get the spirit of wisdom experience. 75 00:06:10.240 --> 00:06:16.680 It has happened to me before. So now I'm eliminating the future issues if 76 00:06:16.680 --> 00:06:21.279 it's happening now. So with the girl, I'm not following up with her. 77 00:06:23.199 --> 00:06:27.000 I'm not gonna. If she emails me, then I will tell her 78 00:06:27.319 --> 00:06:30.959 here's what happened. You didn't show up. You'd even email back, you 79 00:06:31.000 --> 00:06:35.199 didn't comorry, she didn't show up. You're doing nothing. So I let 80 00:06:35.199 --> 00:06:39.600 her know that and like, thank you for applying. But I'm good. 81 00:06:40.399 --> 00:06:43.759 So now you've lost out all our chance. And that's the thing is that 82 00:06:43.879 --> 00:06:47.000 And I'm I'm actually way nicer than people in Hollywood. Most of them won't 83 00:06:47.000 --> 00:06:49.720 even give you to, won't even give you to. You don't show up 84 00:06:49.839 --> 00:06:53.120 that you're DA. You're dead to them, You're a black ball, You're 85 00:06:53.160 --> 00:06:57.000 dead to them. Why I just let people know. I like to do. 86 00:06:57.360 --> 00:07:00.279 I'd like to do to people what they don't do to me. I 87 00:07:00.360 --> 00:07:02.800 like to still respond to them and let them know whether what they did wrong, 88 00:07:03.519 --> 00:07:09.120 so maybe next time they won't do it or whatever. Cause to me, 89 00:07:09.160 --> 00:07:12.279 they're showing me how they the the how they treat, how they view 90 00:07:12.319 --> 00:07:16.199 me. I don't care how you know. The other guy not even responding 91 00:07:16.240 --> 00:07:21.000 and I even came back to me. I'm like, then maybe, but 92 00:07:21.079 --> 00:07:26.720 then also maybe they listen to folder Johns didn't like'em. They don't like 93 00:07:26.720 --> 00:07:29.680 like subjects. But they researched me, didn't like me. So I'm learning 94 00:07:30.439 --> 00:07:35.360 there are so different things out there that it's God weeding them out. The 95 00:07:35.399 --> 00:07:39.759 ones who want to do this and who will make it through will make it 96 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:44.399 through, right, they'll make it through. The ones that are meant to 97 00:07:44.439 --> 00:07:47.040 be with me, we'll make it through. I have actors, some drop 98 00:07:47.120 --> 00:07:50.439 off, some stay. I mean, it's it's a whole thing. So 99 00:07:50.720 --> 00:07:57.560 I'm just gonna let let it go. And that God, and these two 100 00:07:57.600 --> 00:08:01.279 were excited. I don't know what happened with them. The guy saw has 101 00:08:01.319 --> 00:08:05.839 a chance, cause I'm not gonna dump him cause we have our initial conversation. 102 00:08:05.879 --> 00:08:07.879 I did tell on check out some audio dramas, so we'll see if 103 00:08:07.920 --> 00:08:11.519 he gets back to me at all, and then I will go from there. 104 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:15.920 But the chick guarding to be messed up, I'm already like, I'm 105 00:08:15.959 --> 00:08:20.199 already turned off and makes me leary because I used to be a person who 106 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:30.399 would give two or three chances of somebody from the very beginning, and I 107 00:08:30.439 --> 00:08:33.679 was always burning the m Another scenario just came up. You know what, 108 00:08:33.720 --> 00:08:41.360 don't know what just just happens when I do higher a cast M I don't 109 00:08:41.360 --> 00:08:43.519 have people sitting in line separately, and I don't. I don't do that. 110 00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:48.120 Some folks do that. It's a lot of I don't have time to 111 00:08:48.240 --> 00:08:52.519 do that kind of work. I either if you can't, if you can't 112 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:56.840 make twenty times, either I cut recast or most of my scripts we record 113 00:08:56.919 --> 00:09:03.919 them together, so you're with your scene partner or partners and record'em together. 114 00:09:03.440 --> 00:09:07.240 Now, I've been known to kind up a script and record it, 115 00:09:07.240 --> 00:09:11.240 which I can and everything. So I did that for a one person. 116 00:09:11.240 --> 00:09:16.799 One person she just didn't she thought it was another time period. Now I 117 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:20.200 usually usual film record at the same time every time you need seven pm p 118 00:09:20.440 --> 00:09:26.720 Pacific. Maybe once in a while it'll be six or it'll be eight. 119 00:09:26.799 --> 00:09:31.879 It depends on the pendent people who are involved. So I know for a 120 00:09:31.919 --> 00:09:35.240 lot of folks they used to it always being seven. Now I could be 121 00:09:35.279 --> 00:09:39.360 a bitching Oh well, the email we all agree, you guys agree to 122 00:09:39.480 --> 00:09:45.080 six pm or eight pm, and unless when I just an' I d it. 123 00:09:45.120 --> 00:09:46.360 So if it happens every once in a while, I don't do anything. 124 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:50.559 But had the one of the leads, we got to more up to 125 00:09:50.600 --> 00:09:54.639 record a lot of stuff. We're literally left. There's like three scenes left 126 00:09:56.200 --> 00:10:00.960 and there are major scenes. That's where I need every person. So when 127 00:10:00.960 --> 00:10:03.919 I send out in an email say these are the two or three day choices, 128 00:10:03.399 --> 00:10:07.399 which ones are you available, it's it's it's like a bingo card. 129 00:10:07.440 --> 00:10:11.720 You're like, oh my god, okay, four a vailed on Sunday and 130 00:10:11.919 --> 00:10:15.519 so far for the last one, but two are not available on Tuesday. 131 00:10:15.559 --> 00:10:20.799 But it's like it'stead. It's crazy to talk it. It sometimes it just 132 00:10:20.799 --> 00:10:31.639 one show the text. We got four full episodes done and we have most 133 00:10:31.799 --> 00:10:39.879 of two more done except for the and I can't cut her out cause she's 134 00:10:39.919 --> 00:10:46.960 actually one of the leads and I don't want to recast. I thought about 135 00:10:48.360 --> 00:10:54.279 recasting and going the role of all we played by cause they're temporary casting, 136 00:10:54.320 --> 00:10:58.279 and I've done that a couple of times, like doing shows. But I'm 137 00:10:58.279 --> 00:11:01.720 like, but she's healthy, and well it's anyway. So we've had this, 138 00:11:01.840 --> 00:11:05.559 so now we have a problem. I've written the next two episodes. 139 00:11:07.960 --> 00:11:15.399 We're halfway through the season. But now each week it's like one person can't 140 00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:18.240 make it. Next week, two year old can't out of that, it 141 00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:24.600 can't make it. So I just get pissed upset what I've learned. I 142 00:11:24.679 --> 00:11:31.840 have to let it go. I have to let it go. And I 143 00:11:31.879 --> 00:11:33.320 don't feel like we cast in the role. I want to be the person 144 00:11:33.320 --> 00:11:41.759 in the role. So I'm going to the showan hiatus, even though I 145 00:11:41.799 --> 00:11:46.799 want to these shows done. I have shows that are done already. We 146 00:11:46.879 --> 00:11:52.399 see now I'm learning. I'm learning because a wisdom move on. So I 147 00:11:52.440 --> 00:11:56.559 tell everybody it's on hold for at least another month. Well, but my 148 00:11:56.799 --> 00:12:01.480 visit it in late August eight September, I said this point, but I 149 00:12:01.720 --> 00:12:03.120 but it's kind but it's almost kind of perfect. And this is where, 150 00:12:03.159 --> 00:12:07.600 also you get older, you just let throw all the punches. I wrote 151 00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:16.240 a mini series, uh, six episodes and the lead guy literally my best 152 00:12:16.279 --> 00:12:26.080 time to have him is in August. Some maybe God closed the door for 153 00:12:26.279 --> 00:12:31.080 that to open up this window over here of opportunity. Right, you get 154 00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:33.320 a little older so to where you start to kind of see how things work. 155 00:12:35.080 --> 00:12:37.200 So instead of getting upset that I can't finish the text right now, 156 00:12:39.320 --> 00:12:43.840 I'm like, hm, I guess some of those actors I'm using for this 157 00:12:43.080 --> 00:12:48.799 other show, Like, let's just so now, folks of that, cause 158 00:12:48.799 --> 00:12:52.679 there's another show that I have on hould that I'm trying to finish. It's 159 00:12:52.720 --> 00:13:00.320 just two more episodes, literally, two more episodes and people and this cast 160 00:13:00.559 --> 00:13:07.080 is accident pround. It's almost hilarious. So things happened healthwise to each person 161 00:13:07.240 --> 00:13:13.080 was every time. So we luckily we've we've ever recorded a record thirteen episodes. 162 00:13:13.279 --> 00:13:16.480 Well it's one of the longest series we've ever done, so we have 163 00:13:16.559 --> 00:13:22.399 thirteen full episodes in they can it's just the last two plus a private scene. 164 00:13:22.960 --> 00:13:28.240 So I have to get these done. I really wanna finish this series. 165 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:31.039 Then I got jet Boy, which is in the US second season, 166 00:13:31.080 --> 00:13:39.240 another series I'm doing, and we have two full episodes recorded, just two. 167 00:13:39.559 --> 00:13:43.519 I love it because of certain people. We got it. We had 168 00:13:43.559 --> 00:13:50.840 two I'm whenna, I'm I'm now as wisdom and experience. I do try 169 00:13:50.879 --> 00:14:00.720 to write where the cast could be split up into several sessions if one can't 170 00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:03.600 make it or something I am I do have to. I do have that. 171 00:14:03.960 --> 00:14:07.679 So I am learning a little b about you. But I've been doing 172 00:14:07.720 --> 00:14:13.840 a lot more of group scenes integrated. I like do that integrated scenes. 173 00:14:15.759 --> 00:14:18.759 Before it just felt like one person, next person, one person there. 174 00:14:18.799 --> 00:14:24.120 I want it more natural. And there are times when you have three people, 175 00:14:24.480 --> 00:14:26.440 three or four people in a room, so I wanna have that. 176 00:14:28.360 --> 00:14:33.080 So yeah, so that's kind of going. So I'm making So now I 177 00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:37.320 put one on hold, and now it's back to this one. Get this 178 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:41.840 one going, so I can get this done in two or three sessions. 179 00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:48.480 I don't get to know. And so I'm gonna send out either tomorrow or 180 00:14:48.519 --> 00:14:52.600 Friday, the notice to the cast. But I also do I send those 181 00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:56.480 to the cast high it's a new show, and these of your characters, 182 00:14:58.639 --> 00:15:05.399 and do you accept, And we're gonna start. I actually would like to 183 00:15:05.559 --> 00:15:11.039 start the last week of July. We can just get it. Let's get 184 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:16.200 it going. Let's get us start. I would love to start like next 185 00:15:16.279 --> 00:15:26.840 week or July and go into August to be done so. And it's a 186 00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:30.360 stays there. And what's funny is there's a couple other shows that I wanna 187 00:15:30.399 --> 00:15:37.039 write for that I'm trying to so I can squeeze those him. It's it's 188 00:15:37.080 --> 00:15:41.120 a it's a jruggling act. But the point of being fifty plus and how 189 00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:46.759 it's changing is that I'm much older, much calmer. I see the bigger 190 00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:52.519 picture easier this. You know, things happen for a reason, and I 191 00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:58.039 understand that. Actually, I'm like, I understand that, and I can 192 00:15:58.159 --> 00:16:02.679 live with that. Actually, and I can roll up the punches and work 193 00:16:02.720 --> 00:16:07.320 on other stuff and let people be who they are. I know it sounds 194 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:10.799 like you like these platitudes, let people do, but it's the truth. 195 00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:15.320 That person is that person. I can't do something about that, and I'm 196 00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:22.200 not gonna worry about it. And I'm going to pivot and change and moreph 197 00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:26.799 however, I feel is good for me in the end. But I do 198 00:16:26.919 --> 00:16:30.639 feel better that I feel like I'm paying attention to the past, which is 199 00:16:30.679 --> 00:16:37.120 helping my presence and my future. This is fifty plus. I'm James Junior 200 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:41.559 on all streeting Stars platforms. I have a few videos on YouTube. We 201 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:45.279 check those out to you and I will talk to you next time.