Ruminations

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.

Keeping the Pace

Ever since the worm turned and the “old way” of doing voiceovers became the “new” way of doing VO business, it’s been tough to keep up with the march of technology. For decades, talent living in major metro areas reported to various professional studios, auditioning in person, and surviving on an...

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VO-MOtivation

Sometimes you can OVER think things. Other times, you really SHOULD take a moment to think things through. Today's American rarely thinks through their motivations...so driven are we to produce, achieve, accumulate...or just NOT get left behind.  The urgent supersedes the important. Since late...

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Forget NYC & LA

Forget NYC & LA

People everywhere (in so-called "Flyover States") are making successful careers in voice over. Case in point is Kelley Buttrick, of Bishop, Georgia. Read her inspiring "everywoman" story in the online version of the Athens, GA Newspaper. No, she may not be landing network TV promos or...

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A Note about Notes

A Note about Notes

A couple of weekends ago, I stayed with a friend who is about as connected to the virtual world as one can be.  He makes me look like I'm still pulling an oxcart. 'Retired an internet millionaire at 35. 'Built several internet-related companies from the ground up.  'Launched one of the very FIRST...

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