And welcome to another episode. I am your host, w I z e. I'm excited. I have a very special guest. He's an entrepreneur. He's an actor. I'm excited to have him on, so let's just get him on the show. Welcome to the show, Armando LeDuc. What up? What up? What's going on, man? Man? That intro is fantastic. Oh, I I could that's that's one of my that's my, my partner in crime, Cole Johnson. That's a Cole Johnson
production about my man. Amazing. He hooks like, he's done some great intros for a lot of people, and I was blessed for him to just go, hey. You're my brother. Here you go. I got you. I love it. It was it was great. But alright. Okay. So let's get this started. So, Armando, tell us a little something about you. We we we've chatted a little bit before we came on air, But, let let people know a little something about yourself. I change people's lives. That's what I
do. You know, I've been, You know, they say the 2 most important days are the day you're born and then the day you figure out why you're born. And it wasn't up until about 6 months ago where I really figured out how I can create impact. And since then, I've just been out, you know, trying to create as much impact and and trying to change as many people's lives as I can. Yeah. So your journey your journey Start you you you in the entertainment business as well, and you've
I've seen some of your your roles. You've you've you've had some great Roles and stuff. What is that is that something you you wanted to do prior to the entrepreneurship? Is acting something you've always wanted to do? Acting for me started in 98. I got Sort of suckered into it to audition for a play. I ended up getting the lead role. It was Grease, And, that changed my life. And I
was like, man, this was, I I found my calling. I had never up until that point, I was like, man, I I didn't know What I wanna do with my life. You know? I was just kinda getting in trouble and had all this creative energy, but I didn't know where to put it. And, when I found acting, I, you know, just took to it like, fish and water and, started Singing, did a bunch of musicals, sang in bands, you know, and I was just
doing a performance. And then I moved to New Orleans In 2005 to pursue my career as an actor in film and, moved down here, experienced hurricane Katrina. That was crazy. Stayed in the city, and just helped rebuild, and and then I moved to LA for a little bit.
Worked on, you know, 40 different television and film projects as an actor, everything from prison break to green lantern to queen sugar and On down the line and, yeah, I started just kinda paying attention to what people were doing on set in terms of, like, directing and back you know, and and lighting and stuff. And I'm like, man, I like that. I kinda wanna do that. And so I started, Doing my own storytelling, you know, produce a couple of movies,
independent films. And, and then I got involved in, like, just corporate work where I was, you know, creating commercials and music videos and acting reels and the whole nine, and then, Got into the content marketing game specifically and saw, saw a few of my clients, man, go from, You know, 6 figures to 8 figures in a 3 year period in a very quick amount of time, And I was part of the catalyst in that change. And I was like, man, how do I how do I encapsulate
this growth? Right? And, you know, my mentor who has the business 8 figure firm was teaching attorneys how to scale their businesses from, you know, From 6 figures to 8 figures. And so I'm, like, learning, and I'm paying attention. And, he's mentoring me himself, and I'm like, man. Alright. I figured it out. You know, put 2 and 2 together, read a lot of books, start, you know, connecting the dots, creating epiphanies.
And I'm like, alright. I I I see how I can really create impact, and we've been doing that, you know, for the past 3 years. And, that's sort of I mean, I I love acting, storytelling. I'm gonna continue doing that, obviously. But, but I really I really wanna, You know, change people's lives in terms of them being able to share their stories. And so
Leduc Entertainment was because you started your own production company. And it's funny because I I I I I feel where you're coming from because once I started podcasting And and I fell in love with it. I I knew this is what I wanted to do, and kind of content I wanted to put out and what kind of impact I wanted. It was all about making an impact on people's lives.
And So I wanted to to be able to come on and have people come and speak to me and and tell me their stories and and and And what they've done to to change their lives and and what they're doing to help impact other people's lives. And And for me, it was being able to allow these people to share their stories and express what's going what got them to where they're at. And so Mentor mentoring is very important in
this biz in anything you wanna succeed at. And to be able to have someone mentor you and and help you build what you're trying to build. What what are some of the key things your mentor taught you? Like, what are the things that you might you should Taught me a lot. Yeah. But, I'm sure you did. Consistency, I think, Being comfortable with doing boring stuff. People people wanna chase shiny objects,
And they wanna get distracted, and we live in in a very distracted world. And if people could just understand that consistency Over time, we'll get you where you wanna go. Right? It's the boring, mundane Discipline of doing something over and over and over again that will make you great. There's nothing different About in my opinion, obviously, you know, some people are, like, extremely talented, super talented. Right? And, I mean,
that's That's what they that's what they do. That was the gift. Yeah. That's the gift. But people that are consistent and can do the work and just keep doing it and just incrementally grow on a daily basis, getting better and better and better at doing the same thing over and over again and being comfortable with being boring and comfortable with the mundane and understanding that If they just stick it out longer than
everybody else, they will be successful. Now if you're doing If you're practicing the wrong thing over and over and over again, then that's a problem in itself. And that's why, You know, mentorship is is important to who you listen to. Right? Because having the the the wrong mentor can can, can save you years, And it can also cost you years. So always do your due diligence. Always, you know, pay attention, ask questions, And more importantly, watch what they do, not just do what
they say. I know, and I've been blessed. The intro that you you mentioned, Cole, he's been doing this for years, and and I've been doing it for a couple years, but He see it's like he sees something in me, and he's like, yo. He teaches me the he's teaching me how to be a producer, basically. Like, He's helped me structure this show from where from where I started to where now it it's a little bit more structured. He You this he he took me
on this wing, but, yo, this bro, this is how you do it. He showed me, and I just looked. I learned. I looked from other productions that he do. I've been able to work with him on on another show. He's the executive producer on, and and I just learned. And I and I listened to when when I had to listen. And then when it was my turn, I just thought back to what he was teaching me and what he was telling me, and It's helped me so it's helped me out so much that within the last year,
my podcast has grown. It it's grown from me having almost 8000, 9000 downloads in my first 2 years to where now I'm over 24,000 in a in less in less than a A year and a half. Congrats, man. Oh. Those are good numbers. It it's but it's be like, one of the things you said is being consistent. Just making sure that you're yeah. That you're there every week. When you say you're gonna release the episode, release the episode. When you
When you say you're gonna do something, you have to be consistent with it. And that's what we that's what we've been trying I've been trying to do is make sure that it's consistent, and And you can see it in in the growth from where I first started podcasting to where I'm at now. It's the growth is just ridiculous because I put in the work. I I really make sure I I I use a lot of things that I don't know, I YouTube it. Yeah, man.
It's So what you gotta do? Listen. I go YouTube. If I don't have the answer, I will look for the answer. There you go. And then my wife noticed how much I was Loving and and dedicated to creating my podcast and and all this. You're like, alright. We're gonna we're gonna let's let's Start a business. Let's help you. This is what you wanna do. And and so she helped me launch a production company. And I've been able to produce a few shows here and there, and it And it's it's something that I I
love this so much. It's not work to me. It's just me being able to show up and and record and helping someone else grow their podcast and and Just being able to do this and and have fun and and I would do it for free. I'm well, I am doing it for free. Right? I'm not monetized. But For sure, man. But it I love doing this, and and I enjoy the fact that We we I discussed, a situation with you earlier where shout out to Fedjika,
Benson, Bresen. I'm sorry. We're releasing an episode that I did recorded with her almost a year ago, And having her need to hear that and and read this the positive stuff that I put about her, That's why I do it, man, to make that impact to to be able to if if I touch 1 person's life, I'm I'm doing what I'm supposed to do. There you go. Got it. So that's why when you said gotta create that. Yeah. No. That's why when you said you're you're here to impact people's lives, it resonates with
me. That's what I wanna do, is have have a impact on someone's life that at that moment in in time and in her life, you needed to hear that. And I I I'm I was, like, blessed. I was, like, think I was, like, this is why. I'm, like, If if anything else, this is why I do it, is to be able to help anyone that needs it at that moment in time. You never know who's who's gonna listen. Right? You never know who's gonna be that person that gets something
out of it that can change your whole life. One piece of advice, 111, a saying at the right time could just change the whole game. You know, a piece of a piece of knowledge that you enact and you, you know, you take advantage of can impact your entire life. Me getting off the bus and auditioning for that play changed my life. You know what I mean? So, yeah, I, a 100%. And because You're creating all of the content.
It is possible because of the volume. The law of averages states that Somebody's gonna hear it, and you're going to affect somebody's life. That's just that's just the reality. So, yeah, man. Keep keep it going. This is it it it's, it's looks well, well, well produced, and obviously by the numbers, it's definitely being listened to. So that's good too. Oh, no. I I appreciate that. It it can you you you hit the net or right on the head when you said consistency. You have to be
consistent with it. You have to, Like, when I first started, I didn't know anything about I didn't know anyone podcasting, first of all. I knew about podcast, and there was a few that I was listening to, but I didn't know anything about SEOs, didn't know about thumbnails. Nothing. But I was like I was definitely I was like, I'm gonna learn. I'm gonna do the research. I'm gonna find what platforms or what, and Everybody ran to anchor at that time, and, oh, anchor is free.
And then, when I did my research, you you find out free isn't always the right answer. So it was like when when I so I got furloughed from I I got furloughed from my job Because of the pandemic. And so I started the podcast, and I had started a free account with Podbean A year earlier, I forgot about it. And so when I've decided to finally press record, I I was I did my research again, and I I went back to Podbean before I remember that I had created an account. And when it when I re
when it said this email is already being used, I'm like, oh, man. Plus, I've I've signed up, and I paid for the year for subscription because I've been furl like I said, I've been furloughed from work and was getting extra money from and I just decided to invest in what I was doing. Invested in a mic. I invested in the mixer, the Rodecaster Pro. I just started investing in this because once I started doing it, it was like, Okay. When people start really
truly listening, I was like, alright. People are giving me something very precious, which is their time. So I need to really start investing in myself and in in the equipment that I'm having because I wanna give them the Quality possible. Yep. I wanna start learning everything that I have to that I need to learn to make sure that I'm delivering A great product. Something that they deserve because when you're giving me your time, it's very precious. I had something they never get it
back. And then I realized this. And so I was like, I'm gonna try to do the best I can. I'm gonna learn what I can, make sure that I provide the best service that I can for them. Yeah. Where are you going, man? You gotta figure it out. I'll tell you what. With the thought of being consistent Yes. I think a plan and thinking about the end result is something that people kinda forget about. I think you have people that wanna plan too much, and and They stop from
executing or or they stop them. They're they're just paralyzed because of all of the decisions and wanting to be perfect, and then you have people that are just Pulling triggers. Right? Yeah. And so you I I think you have to have a nice mix of being able to pull the trigger and also Doing enough research to make sure that you're putting out something that is of quality. Right? Mhmm. But picking the time to go. You know what? It doesn't have to
be perfect. We just gotta roll. You know? Yeah. No. There's there's moments that is it's not perfect. There's there's been technical difficulties. There's been times where I've I haven't pressed record, and and we have a great conversation, didn't realize we were in recording prior to me going live. But There'll be times that In there. Yeah. There's times where the mute I I'm I'm I'm talking and I hear myself, but I don't have the settings correct. It it it's
a whole bunch of thing. It things happen, and you have to laugh at those moments. I've I've started creating, why I when I first started, because I was also doing, inspirational quotes, and I would mess those up so much. And and I was recording the mess ups. And one day, I just said, you know what? Let me just release a couple of blooper reels. And people
responded to it, and it because it was funny. It was just Right. I enjoyed it so it was just being able to you have to be able to laugh and and enjoy the mistakes and and learn from them. No doubt. Did you have a plan when, when you put this together? Just you or you just knew you wanted to do podcasting? I didn't really have a I was originally gonna I wanted to do a sports podcast with a friend of mine, and
that info, it didn't go through. And when I really started getting into it, it was, March of 2020. And, of course, the pandemic. We had the George Floyd situation, and it was it was it was a way for me to vent My frustrations, with not being at work, with everything that was going on. And so I I started I started realizing, like, okay. I have a voice. This is something I enjoy doing, but the
topics I'm talking about, Yeah. It's it's it's hot at the moment and all, but that's not what I wanted to focus on. It was just so much negativity. I I didn't wanna focus on that. Right. When I started interviewing people, it was more about focusing on the positive aspects of things. Yeah. They have a great story. They might have gone through it, and Just the fact that they could come and talk about overcoming these obstacles, and that's what I
wanted to do. So I started Just interviewing people. I interviewed a few friends at first, and I started connecting with people through Facebook. And then it it just started okay. Building up. Like, at first, a lot of people turned me away. Like, what's your numbers? Like, look. I'm like, yeah. I'm just starting now, and I'm fresh. Yeah. No. Hit me up when you when you're bigger, when you had a bigger audience. I'm like, alright. And then eventually,
the nose started turning to yes. And people just started it just started growing from there. I started connecting with with different people. I started using services, And it's just it's been a great it's been a great, 3 years, three and a half years now.
Like, If you would've asked and told me 4 years ago what I would be doing this, I'm like, I'd I had no. I I well, maybe because I wanted to start the podcast, but Be in the lane that I'm in now, I I would've even though I've I've always been into self development, I've my my first wife, She she got me into reading books and and list and just listening to audio tapes and and just
Wanting to improve myself. Right. And then after I lost her, it was just I was lost for a while, And it was just like 1 tragic event after another, and I and I and I was angry. I was angry with God, angry with life. And then one day, it just kinda like, bro, the United this is not what you're meant to do. This is not what you're here for. Like, you need to you need to change the way you you're living. It's it's not the right way. And so Right. I I Started just,
got got back in self development. I I got a I got my security license in in New York, so I was Bouncing at clubs and and all this stuff. And then I met my wife now, and she lived in Pennsylvania. So I ended up moving to Pennsylvania, Got a job at a casino as a security and then transferred over
to the table games department the the next year. And, like, I went from being angry and and sleeping on people's couches and sleep to Being more secure, like, finding love again and and and changing my life around. And And now I get to to really help people share their story and and help impact other people's lives. And and like Like I said, I didn't know what my purpose was until I started recording. It's great. That's great. So let's let's let's talk about you. So
what what what made you wanna become an entrepreneur? What made you wanna start your business? I think I've always been an entrepreneur, man, ever since I was a kid. You know? I, first job was, a paperboy delivering newspapers. And, you know, and I think I was always thinking about how to make money. And, it was, what my first business when I was 20 years old. I had a swing Latin and and dance, and ballroom studio in Augusta, Georgia that I owned. I learned how to dance, off of a, A
newspaper. They were like, no experience necessary. Learn how to teach ballroom dancing. I was like, alright. So I taught how to, you know, I taught Ladies that were, older that wanted to learn how to dance and, you know, taught them swing, tango, waltz, the whole nine. And, at the time, the guy that I was working for, he was a mentor to me, But, there was an alignment there, and I was already taking care of
the business, but it wasn't mine. Yeah. And it's so funny how how things come full circle because the guy my friend that's working for me right now, who's my COO of my company, was the one that told me back in the day that I could open up my own business. Like, he's like, you could open up your own studio, man. And I was like, What? Yeah. I guess you're right. And off of his off of his that one thing, right, you hear one thing. Sometimes you just need
permission. Yeah. Got the one thing, and then I opened up this the the studio. And, I'm I I sold it when I moved to, to New Orleans. And before I moved to New Orleans, I worked for my COO with another company called Best Lawyers of America. And so I worked there for a minute, And then I moved here. And then, about 2 years ago, I bumped into him again in Georgia. And I was like, man, You
should, and we had we'd been in touch, you know, for years. He came to my wedding and stuff, and I was like, man, you gotta you gotta come Come work for me, man. Come come get it into this as action. And he was like, alright. And, it was a scary it was a scary move because it was the most I had ever paid someone to come and work for me. Wow. But I knew I needed to level up. I
knew that I had become too comfortable. And in order and that's, I think, another thing for growth is that you have to continuously put yourself out of your comfort zone in order to grow because you can't grow if You're you know? If you're if you're playing it safe, you're just not going to. It'll be it'll be you you'll you'll
grow at a snail's pace. But if you really wanna grow, if you really wanna know who you are and what you're capable of, then then step out of your comfort zone and do something that's gonna scare you. And so, you know, it was the it was the decision that I made to bring him on that really changed the trajectory of my business. There's a book called Rocket Fuel. I recommend it. It's the, it's a relationship between the implementer and the visionary.
Right. And I'm the visionary for my business, but I'll I'm not necessarily the integrator. I have a lot of great ideas, but having a good COO to help you integrate your ideas into a way that makes sense, into a way that's clear for your employees, and that's what he does for me. Is he you know, I have a vision. I see things from a 30,000 foot view. I can see the beginning and the and the end of an idea.
Right? And he can see all of the things that We need to do in between to make the end result the end result. So, so, yeah, stepping out of your comfort zone and and There's another book called Who, Not How, and it really is about who do you need in your organization to get where you want Instead of thinking about how to get there, right, I think people get too caught up with how and not necessarily with who. And people are amazing at the things
that they're amazing at. So if you can find the people that are amazing at the things that you lack, You will have exponential growth in whatever it is that you want. Right? Whatever endeavor you wanna have. So it's really people that I surround myself with and the who's that help me create the impact that I wanna make because I know I can't do it all by myself. Oh, no. You're you're
absolutely right. I've just networking with everybody that I've been networking with, Surrounding with people surrounding myself with people who who've done what I wanna do, people who are successful, who are Experience at this. It's like when you start putting out that that energy and that vibe, You
start attracting those people into your lives. You start, like, I needed to meet Cole when I met him Because he's helped with my growth, and and it's Me, like you said, making myself uncomfortable and challenging myself and, like, not wanting to hear, like, no. You can't do this. I'm like, why can't I do it? Who who are you to tell me? Or and especially, the the most most of the time, it's me that I'm fighting with. It's not someone else. It's me, myself that I'm fighting with because I'm human.
Sometimes you that that self doubt. But then sometimes, it's great to have that person that they see that you you you struggling, And they're willing to give you that little kick in the rear and and and be like, yo. Step out of it. Yeah. You too you got too much greatness for this. So to to have those relationships and build those relationships is is priceless. I can't I can't Tell you how much he's taught me in just a year that I've known him To the point where he is one of my best friends.
We've built that kind of relationship where we sit down for we could sit down for hours, have Wonderful conversation. And that's something else I realized now is that I don't have a conversations unless They're they're meaningful for both for me, for you, whoever my and and that's why I love having the guest that that I do have on because I'm learning in the process. I have the same for my podcast, man. Same deal.
It's amazing. Actually, tell us about your podcast. What's the name of your podcast? It's called Spaghetti on the Wall. Why did you name Spaghetti on the Wall? Because that's just how I've always lived my life. I've lived my life according to Throwing spaghetti at the wall and nurturing what sticks, not
necessarily just seeing what sticks. Because if something sticks, right, if If we're if we're trying a bunch of different things and we and we throw spaghetti at the wall and and there's some things that stick, then pay attention to it. Right? Sticking for a reason. So let's nurture it. Right? And so, you know, success leaves clues. And so that that's just that's always been my My mindset, it's always been my perspective. It's like, okay. There's there's
signs all around. If you know what you want, Things are gonna show up in your life to help you get what you want. Right? The universe is gonna conspire to help you. And so, it's kind of a It's kind of just a happy accident calling it spaghetti on the wall. You know? And, and I'll tell you, it has been Transformational, not just in terms of what you can learn, but deepening relationships with with people, creating
referral networks. You know, my income has has grown as a result of having a podcast. You know, my credibility, my authority, my trust, all of that has grown as a result of having a podcast. There's another book. It's called The Go Giver. I read a lot. But, The Go Giver is all about, you know, how can you come to the table by providing something first instead of thinking about how you can take first. Right? So, and I think a podcast does that. Right? You're giving a platform to people that that
can express themselves. Right. You're you're making them feel good by interviewing them. Right? They get to express their their their expertise. You get to learn. You also learn from them. They learn from you. Right? It's just it's you know? And then it's content. Right? It's it's a way to Put content out, you know, and you're building that, that that social currency. You know? And these days, social currency is worth a lot of money. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. It
is. You can do Just a prime example is, this influencer Had created a riot in New York because he was giving away play, Xbox, whatever it was. And and I just want to show you the the power of influence. Like, he had so many people come. He didn't think that many people were gonna show up. Right. And they went crazy and that but that that just was to show you that The impact you can have on people's lives. You can have it in a positive way or a negative way negative way. I
see that we've decided that we wanted to go that positive our way. We wanna impact people, trying to help them Overcome whatever issues they have or, again, if it's just if it's just being able to hear us discuss what we're discussing. To me, that that that's I I love being able to do that. I love being able to influence someone's life in a in a positive manner. There's enough negativity out there. That's for sure. Yeah. So so do you have do you interview people, or do you is it just
You talking I do. I interview people, about marketing, about mindset, about leadership, entrepreneurship. So, you know, that's that's the sort of messaging around it. But then I also interview, You know, actors and performers and, you know, and singers and musicians. So Mhmm. It's sort of spaghetti on the wall. It's all over the place. I I love the name, man. I get it now. I now that you explained it, I
I love the name. Thanks. And I've I've actually been able to to interview a couple of celebrities, and, I'm a big wrestling fan. And, I got to interview, A WWE hall of famer, Stevie Ray. And Cool. It was it was cool because, like I said, I'm a big wrestling fan, and then I'm also into self development. My first wife, she one of the first things we we We watched for the what's the secret and and and read the book and all that. And last year, I got to interview Bob Doyle,
It it was it was I was like, oh, man. And it was one of those moments where I get a email, and they're like, Bob Do I would like to be a guest in your show? And I'm like, my show? Like, really much. And and it was a great interview. And and to just be able to Speak to someone that that I I admired and and gets to pick his brain and just have a great conversation. And be and be able to hold my own with With talking to him, it was like, okay. This is this is serious. Like, alright.
Yeah. I got I got something here. I'm okay. Maybe I'm not that bad. It's amazing, man. Yeah, man. This is I love this, man. I wish everyone could experience Being able to do something they love. But, this is no and we get it wrong. It's it took work. It was me working at wanting to improve, not just, Alright. I'm just gonna do it. Yeah. I did it. That was the first step was taking that leap and jumping into it. But then again, you
after that, it's You've gotta work into it. You have to be consistent. You have to do your research, learn more. And It was like when you when it's something you love to learn about, it's like, okay. It's it's fun. And you kinda retain it when you'd love to let when you love what you're doing. Gotta step out of your comfort zone. So what what projects you got? I know I know it's there's a strike going on. How is that, actually, how is that affecting you?
It's not really affecting me at all because I have my production company, so I don't I don't wait around for for roles. Although, I did just audition, which is why I have this mustache. I don't usually have a mustache. It looks good, man. Thank you. I auditioned for a, a drill sergeant for a film. So I did a good job, so I think I might get it, but, we'll see. It's an audition. But, You you're
you're a production company. You'll go and you you create projects for yourself or projects for help people create projects that maybe Other studios when or production companies might not think they're they're worthy. How do you how do you Decide what projects you're willing to work with. At these days? Yeah. I don't know, man. It's gotta be. These days, I can be picky. Okay. You know? Yeah. Yeah. I think that's interesting.
Yeah. Things that things that, like, fill me, things that, You know, or thought provoking things that are funny, things that are entertaining. You know? I don't need to do projects that I feel just blah about. You know what I mean? Because I don't need the money. But, you know, before, like, you know, when you're just acting, you'll you'll do whatever. Right? And that's okay. I mean, you have to. It's one of the thing that's
part of paying your dues. Right? Like, you you pay your dues doing, you know, things that you don't necessarily want to be doing. But, but these days, you know, I'm working on a comedy. It's called Life on Bourbon. It's the, it's a Story of, some musicians that work on Bourbon Street, and they're a house band. They play they're a cover band. They don't wanna be a cover band, But, you know, but living on Bourbon, they they, they make a a lot of money as as musicians, and so they They're
just kinda stuck. Right? And they and they drink a lot and, you know, it's substance abuse and you know? So it's comedic, but it's also dramatic. It's telling that story from from the people that work on Bourbon Street. And I worked on Bourbon Street for, like, 8 years, so it's a it's a circus. You know what I mean? It's crazy. It's a crazy, it's a crazy story that needs to be told. And so that's a project that I've been working on and developing for 10 years, actually.
So, to tell it right. Right? Like, I didn't wanna I don't wanna tell a story that that that's not authentic. Right? Like, it's gotta be authentic. It's gotta be the right story, and it's gotta, you know, hit the right elements. And, It's gotta resonate not just with people that live in New Orleans and work on Bourbon Street, but it's gotta be it's gotta be, stories that
can resonate worldwide. And those stories have to do with, you know, things that people deal with, heartbreak, death, substance abuse, Depression, anxiety, you know, things like that. So I wanted to tell it through the lens of people that work on One of the most famous streets in the world. And so, so yeah. That's what I'm that's what I'm working on in development and Look to start shooting that at the beginning of the year.
Awesome. Awesome. So with with I guess it it's great that I just want an like, because I don't really watch the news, and I really don't know what I understand why actors and writers are striking because the those The big time production companies and and studios are making a lot of money. A lot of money, and and Act and actors aren't getting paid properly. They're not they're not seeing any of that now, especially with streaming.
Yeah. I mean, the the long or the short of it is the production companies are acting like they don't understand the concept of streaming and how that plays out monetarily. That's their that's their defense. And and we're like, no. That's BS, man. Y'all know. Y'all know. You do do you know, like, how much these Netflix CEOs are making. I mean, it's it's it's insane. That's crazy. The business and the
We talk about a day. Like, how much they make a day? It's it's something some of us aren't even making in a year. It's crazy. Close. Right. It's it's crazy some of these numbers that Yeah. That the CEOs are making. And So something's, you know, something's gotta give, and, you know, you just gotta stay strong. And, And they're going against actors who Know this life
of of of famine. You know what I mean? So they're they're they're trying to go up against, like, people that already know what it's like to be broke. Yeah. So what are you talking about? Like, you know what I mean? Like, you're you're fighting against people that have that that they don't care, you know what I mean, about about that. Like, they they care they care about the outcome. They don't care about the fight. They're like,
yeah. Come on. If you have nothing to lose, then you're gonna fight. So I think I think we can Get the results that we want negotiations as long as we can hold fast, and they think they can outlay outlast Us, and I don't think that they can. So I they was fine to go your route. Well, you're out. Start your own production company. And they and they will. And they will. There's there's companies out there that are Acquiescing to the SAG
SAG contracts. You know? And that's all We really want is is is for them to agree to the terms. You know? I don't think that we're asking for anything astronomical. Just equality. Yeah. No. No. Absolutely, man. It's You deserve to get paid. Listen. These streaming services are charging an absurd amount of money monthly to subscribers. So so they're making money. The the and and now every every network has their own streaming company. It's not like when when we grew up, we had,
like, 3, 4 channels. We didn't have all the craziness that there is now. It is insane. And so it's just wrong that, like like you said, these so many CEOs is making Ridiculous amount of money. And and for what? For what? Like, they just seems like they're just hoarding it, and they don't wanna share it with people Who work hard, who deserve a piece of that pie. There's enough of it going around. Yeah. Just let's look at this. Just look at those salaries.
There's enough of it to go around. 100000%. Yeah. But, Armando, thank you so much, man. This has been great. But now is the time where you get to plug away, and you get to let people know where they can find you, where they can See what movies every anything. Whatever you wanna plug away, man, it's it's you. This is all you. Oh, man. Just look me up. It's Armando LaDuke. You can Google me. You'll find ladooke entertainment.com. That's our website.
Yeah. And it'll you know, you can look me up on IMDB if you wanna follow me In terms of, my acting career, if we can help you with your business, Leduc Entertainment .com. We'll we'll we'll help you, like I said, we're we're into changing people's lives. So if you need help with, you know, with some marketing and, some direction in that department, we can help you. Awesome, man. Awesome. Oh, so you help you help other business you you help smaller business owners in
marketing and and and strategy and all that? That's it. Yeah. Awesome. We yeah. We do, fractional CMO stuff where we'll act as your, marketing chief marketing officers. So if we can help you with strategy and we can also help you implement. So Okay. So all all my small business owners out there, if you need some help with the strategy and and implementing it, definitely, I'll go check out My man, Armando, he's definitely knows what
he's talking about, man. This has been a great conversation. I greatly appreciate you being on the brother, man. Thank you very much. You. Thanks for having me, man. Oh, the pleasure is mine, man. This has been great. Thank you. But, don't leave your shit. I mean, you're gonna chat a little bit off the air. But, again, thank you so much. Appreciate you, brother. You got it. Alright. So let's give a little shout out to people in the chat. What's going on, Jude? How you doing?
Jude says, hi to me and Armando. I don't know who you are. Facebook user. I am we are I am well. Armando's doing well, and good testimony. Thank you. Thank you. We we greatly appreciate you coming by and, showing some support. So let me get let me get done with this. Let me, give a shout out to the BS three network. You catch us there every Monday, Tuesday, day, 5 PM EST, 4 PM CST. You catch us on the stuck in my mind YouTube channel, the RealWise TV, YouTube channel.
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