Official Trailer

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Ever wondered how to stand out in the audio industry? Listen to the official trailer of Beyond the Threshold as successful Black men and women share their journeys and career strategies that has helped them become mainstays in the field.

You'll hear highlights from guests in season 1 including Dontae Hodge, Melisa D. Monts, Ashley J. Hobbs, Jahi Whitehead and Kacie Luaders.

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Episode Transcript

Dontae Hodge (00:00):
Sound is probably the most important part of any
type of media.
We know that we can listen tosomething without a visual, but
we can't watch something withoutaudio.

Sidney Evans (00:11):
And while audio has a major impact on our
day-to-day experiences, themedium, as well as those who
help produce it, areconsistently overlooked.
And that's why I'm presentingto you my new show Beyond the
Threshold.
I'm your host, Sidney Evans, anaward-winning audio editor and
producer, and on this show, I'minterviewing Black men and women
working in the audio industry,highlighting the lessons and

(00:34):
experiences it takes to achievesuccess in the field.
In this first season, my guestsshare best practices on what
has allowed them to craft theircareers.

Melisa D. Monts (00:44):
Ask for what you want, because I just called
up schools and asked if I couldwork on their student films and
they're like we don't really getpeople asking that, but sure.

Sidney Evans (00:53):
The power of building and nurturing
relationships.

Ashley Hobbs (00:56):
One thing I can say about networking and
building relationships andmaintaining them is to develop a
natural curiosity about otherpeople.
I'm genuinely interested in youas a person.

Sidney Evans (01:09):
Developing multiple skill sets to increase
your demand.

Jahi Whitehead (01:12):
If you can only do one thing, you're not that
useful.
You have to be able to domultiple things to be useful,
because I can find someone to doone thing and I don't have to
pay them that much.

Sidney Evans (01:23):
And how you stand out from the crowd, where you
discover your unique perspective.

Kacie Luaders (01:27):
I believe that everyone's individual
perspective is so important.
If you find a subject or atopic that, like everybody's
already talking about, you justhave to kind of like carve that
space for yourself within agiven topic or genre.

Sidney Evans (01:46):
The goal is to build a platform that connects
and supports those establishingaudio by inspiring those looking
to break into the industry.
You can listen to season one,beginning August 18th, wherever
you listen to podcasts orsoundbysid.
com forward slash podcast.