We all need a place to ruminate, share our thoughts, clear our minds and learn from each other. This is one of those places where I can do that and learn from the great insights of my fellow voice over friends and visitors from all walks of life.
Isn't it funny the stuff you pick up from your acting assignments sometimes? My inspiration for this blog article actually came from an E-Learning module I was reading yesterday. The script used the old adage "can't see the forest for the trees" to make a point for the presentation being...
Tuesday, I spent an hour of my valuable time speaking to a 70-ish group of mostly Jewish women about Journalism and TV news. It was one of the many public appearances I make on behalf of the TV station every month. They had good questions about ratings, and stories, and coverage, and politics, and...
They say there's no such thing as bad publicity. After reading the latest edition of AudioFile Magazine, I'm not so sure. AudioFile Magazine is all about Audiobooks. The periodical is for those who listen, narrate, publish, produce or are otherwise involved in the business. If you're interested...
Yesterday, word spread fast that Scott Fortney had a heart attack. Scott is known to us all as a helpful voice actor who often posts Adobe Audition tutorials on YouTube, and started the Adobe Audition FaceBook group. His wife had just emerged from an illness, and now this. Prayers needed. On...
My weekend was quiet...which meant I spent a lot of time on the internet. Big surprise, huh? But what I found out was a heckuva lot...only retrenching my belief that "if I rest, I rust" (German proverb: rast ich, so rost ich). FIRST I was surprised to see that one of the top community-relations...
Below is an actual email from a client...wavering between two different styles for their production I'm supposed to voice:"Sorry for the delay – we were just about to send it over to you when we got in a debate over what sort of style we were looking for. I originally wanted to do a video similar...
You build your business. You set your goals. You make progress. What was priority two years ago is a past accomplishment in the new year. For instance, I’ve been putting off too long the need for an efficient, workable, online, intuitive bookkeeping solution. Now that next year’s tax season is...
In the future, some predict we will "wear" our computers. They'll be so compact, lightweight, and user-friendly that it will always be with us (can anyone say "smartphone"?). I like to think of my voice over studio that way. Sometimes I feel like I actually "wear" my studio. I live in Las Vegas,...
The small town of Greenville, Illinois didn't have a hospital in 1952. My mother gave birth to me in nearby Highland, IL two weeks after my due date. They did that back then. C-sections were rare. I was 10 lbs, 11 oz. I'm thrilled to have lived well this long...but I'm anxious about being "60"....
Gone are political ads. Welcome holiday ads! ...after a long night doing political coverage...that's about all I got. 🙂 I'm sure there must be other effects...and those will be evident in the months ahead. It's all good...the long election is over, and it's time to move forward to the typical...
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