Episode 58: Fernando Pires
06/16/23 • 63 min
My guest, Fernando Pires, describes himself as fundamentally a problem-solver, with a remarkable ability to learn, and then implement his new found knowledge. A relentless entrepreneur, engineer and musician who has created a total of 5 patents and founded 2 companies in the decade between 2008 and 2018, creating and providing amazing consumer electronics for podcasters, voice-over artists, musicians and car-audio enthusiasts.
Fernando was originally born and raised in São Paulo - Brazil. And thanks to his current employer, KICKER, who sponsored him to become a permanent U.S. resident in 2016 - he now proudly calls the U.S. his home.
He is also the creator and President of Audiosigma that produces the PodMobileTM; an ultra-portable audio recording interface designed specifically for Podcasters and Voice Actors. Although they are a small startup company, their minds are set to grow into a "brick & mortar" business, where people not only work, but feel as though they are part of his extended family. Highly inspired by Steve Irby, the founder of KICKER, a business that’s been thriving for over 50 years, Fernando strives and plans to do the same thing with his company.
As if being a full-time employed engineer, creator and president of your own company wasn’t enough, Fernando also self-published ‘Jump Start’; a short, sweet, and to the point book designed to jumpstart your life now, while working on your dreams for the future.
Fernando’s work ethic is the ground upon which he builds any endeavor and he strongly believes that education can come from multiple sources; and when skills meet genuine good intentions, progress happens!
To contact Fernando Pires:
Email: [email protected] Website: www.audiosigma.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pireseid/Thanks for listening to this episode of 19 Stories: from fear to Hope.
If you enjoyed what you heard in this episode, make sure to follow 19 Stories wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. It would be greatly appreciated if you gave a nice review and shared this episode as well.
To give feedback or a story idea: [email protected]
To contact me via VO work, I can be reached at: [email protected]
To listen to my demos: https://www.cherylholling.com/
Follow me on Instagram: @cherylhollingvo
Until next time :-)
Theme Song Credit: 'Together' by For King & Country
Outro Music Sample: 'Reckless Love' by Cory Asbury
My guest, Fernando Pires, describes himself as fundamentally a problem-solver, with a remarkable ability to learn, and then implement his new found knowledge. A relentless entrepreneur, engineer and musician who has created a total of 5 patents and founded 2 companies in the decade between 2008 and 2018, creating and providing amazing consumer electronics for podcasters, voice-over artists, musicians and car-audio enthusiasts.
Fernando was originally born and raised in São Paulo - Brazil. And thanks to his current employer, KICKER, who sponsored him to become a permanent U.S. resident in 2016 - he now proudly calls the U.S. his home.
He is also the creator and President of Audiosigma that produces the PodMobileTM; an ultra-portable audio recording interface designed specifically for Podcasters and Voice Actors. Although they are a small startup company, their minds are set to grow into a "brick & mortar" business, where people not only work, but feel as though they are part of his extended family. Highly inspired by Steve Irby, the founder of KICKER, a business that’s been thriving for over 50 years, Fernando strives and plans to do the same thing with his company.
As if being a full-time employed engineer, creator and president of your own company wasn’t enough, Fernando also self-published ‘Jump Start’; a short, sweet, and to the point book designed to jumpstart your life now, while working on your dreams for the future.
Fernando’s work ethic is the ground upon which he builds any endeavor and he strongly believes that education can come from multiple sources; and when skills meet genuine good intentions, progress happens!
To contact Fernando Pires:
Email: [email protected] Website: www.audiosigma.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pireseid/Thanks for listening to this episode of 19 Stories: from fear to Hope.
If you enjoyed what you heard in this episode, make sure to follow 19 Stories wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. It would be greatly appreciated if you gave a nice review and shared this episode as well.
To give feedback or a story idea: [email protected]
To contact me via VO work, I can be reached at: [email protected]
To listen to my demos: https://www.cherylholling.com/
Follow me on Instagram: @cherylhollingvo
Until next time :-)
Theme Song Credit: 'Together' by For King & Country
Outro Music Sample: 'Reckless Love' by Cory Asbury
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Episode 57: Roy Samuelson
Cheryl’s sitting in front of a microphone, in a home-based audio studio with red padded walls, a loosely crafted script and staring at the monitor on a desk which has the recording software where she’ll be recording a podcast episode with her guest Roy Samuelson. She breathes, presses the record button and begins their conversation...
And so ends a very rudimentary example of what “audio description” is. Whereas for over two decades my guest Roy Samuelson has gained critical praise working extensively in the ever-growing area of Audio Description, to which he’s received two SOVAS Award nominations; in 2019 and 2021 in the narration and audio description categories.
Audio description, or AD, is an invaluable tool that allows access to television programs, movies and other visual media to blind and low vision audiences.
As the Founder of the Audio Description Network Alliance, ADNA, Roy is a catalyst for quality and excellence in audio description, through the inclusion of blind professionals in every aspect of audio description. He advocates for all aspects of AD to be in parity to sighted. He’s the host and producer of the ADNA podcast where he interviews and highlights the many talents and roles that are essential in making AD possible.
Roy’s deep, soulful and commanding vocal skills have garnered him incredible success behind the microphone, contributing to literally thousands of vocal promos on NPR’s radio station, KCRW, in Santa Monica, CA . In other television and film projects, he often provides voice matches for top Hollywood stars.
Commercially, Roy has voiced Intel tags for the Super Bowl, the Academy Awards, major brands such as Quaker, State Farm, DirecTV, Ford, and Target, to name a few,and for the past 13 years has been the owner of the Good Loop Group which provides casting services for TV and feature film ADR and Loop Groups.
To contact Roy Samuelson
Biz email: [email protected]
Biz websites: https://www.roysamuelson.com/ theADNA.org KevinsWay.com https://www.facebook.com/groups/audiodescriptiondiscussion Podcast and a video, expanding on audio description https://www.20k.org/episodes/athousandwords https://www.emmys.com/events/210809-audioThanks for listening to this episode of 19 Stories: from fear to Hope.
If you enjoyed what you heard in this episode, make sure to follow 19 Stories wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. It would be greatly appreciated if you gave a nice review and shared this episode as well.
To give feedback or a story idea: [email protected]
To contact me via VO work, I can be reached at: [email protected]
To listen to my demos: https://www.cherylholling.com/
Follow me on Instagram: @cherylhollingvo
See you next time :-)
Theme Song Credit: 'Together' by For King & Country
Outro Music Sample: 'Breathe' by Chad Lawson
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Episode 59: Kathy Barron
The guest joining me today, Kathy Barron, is a fellow Bay Area resident and the Founder & Editor-in-Chief of the Women Who Podcast Magazine, a publication that celebrates independent women podcasters from all over the world. I’m delighted to have recently discovered this online publication, especially since Kathy and her team just celebrated their second year in publication!
Women Who Podcast magazine is a fantastic place to discover new podcasts, and podcasters and Kathy strives for it to be a forum for fans and hosts to reach out to one another for support, collaboration, and inspiration.
Her hope is that together they can fulfill the vision she has for a shared future, including scholarships, mentorships, annual conferences and an expanded learning community. As Kathy’s mission is to lift up independent women podcast voices and give them the accolades they deserve.
She may know a thing or two about what that would mean to women podcaster’s, given she has been the host and producer of the Women Who Sarcast podcast since its launch in April of 2018. The Women Who Sarcast podcast aims to "change the misconception of sarcasm.” Something we definitely be chatt about in this episode.
To contact Kathy Barron:
Business email Address: [email protected]
Business website(s): www.womenwhopodcastmag.com
Find 'Women Who Sarcast' IG: @womenwhosarcast
To contact Cori Asuncion:
IG: @coachwithcori
Thanks for listening to this episode of 19 Stories: from fear to Hope.
If you enjoyed what you heard in this episode, make sure to follow 19 Stories wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. It would be greatly appreciated if you gave a nice review and shared this episode as well.
To give feedback or a story idea: [email protected]
To contact me via VO work, I can be reached at: [email protected]
To listen to my demos: https://www.cherylholling.com/
Follow me on Instagram: @cherylhollingvo
Until next time :-)
Theme Song Credit: 'Together' by For King & Country
Outro Music Sample: 'Brave' by Sara Bareilles
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