There's an old saying that states you can't accept new stuff if your hands are already full...too full to take in any more. So...do you really want to be holding onto yesteryear's goods, leaving no room for the good that today can bring? Sunday, I attacked a particular stand of shelves in a corner...
You know.... all that energy, knowledge, drive and relationship-building that you garnered when you walked out of the Atlanta Airport Marriott? (those of you who didn't go...substitute your inspiration from the last VO conference you went to) [those of you who have never attended a VO...
Maybe you don't even care if you rise to the moniker of "professional" as long as the paychecks keep coming. The cynic in me says career professionals are a vanishing breed or just achieve that echelon through sheer chutzpah and persistence . But I could be totally wrong. So, of the many...
Last week, I was approached 3 times by eager new hopeful voice actors. People who were either told they have a great voice, and wanted to know how to get started, or who had already taken some training, and were enthusiastic about their new career. Here are excerpts from one such email: I've...
What's that old definition of insanity? "Doing the same thing over and over but expecting different results"? Let me challenge you today to change-up something: Do you audition in the AM?...try the evening. Do you have a $1000+ mic you ALWAYS use. Try the $300 one over there in the corner...
What is it?...the 18th already? I've said before, I hate January... and the dearth of decent jobs this month is downright depressing to me. [this may not be your reality at all in January. If so, Bravo!...but read on, 'cause maybe April will be a down month?] A friend reminded me, "...when...
Ours is one of the more remarkable freelance business enterprises. It's a little more off-the-beaten-path than, say... freelance photographers or writers or graphic artists. I mean, people have a general idea of what we do...but not really how we do it. It's got real panache. Kinda special, ya...
In the starry voiceover galaxy, there's Los Angeles, and then there's everything else. Don't ask for hard data. I have none. But seriously, can anyone miss this truism? Not even mighty New York City comes close... it's a distant distant second at best. And understandably so. LA is the home of...
Remember that line from the movie Field of Dreams? It wasn't the ever-memorable "...if you build it, they will come..." but the intent of that "distance" statement still ricochets in my head many years later. I find it especially germane to those with voice-over success stars in their eyes....
Sunday I was down. I dislike January, and the start to any new year. As I've explained before, that "fresh slate" doesn't motivate me, it only reminds me of all that remained undone from the year before, and that ALSO does not motivate me. Goal-setting has proven not to be a valuable concept in...
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