Not far from Healdsburg, CA...home of WoVO's former Treasurer - Elizabeth Holmes - is a little cabin in the redwoods. It's owned by a long-time TV news associate/friend of mine, who lives in Occidental, CA; an hour's drive north of the Bay Area, and very close to the wine country known so well....
Next to the all-important microphone, voice-actors wring their hands over their choice of pre-amp almost as much. I confess to not being worthy of expert advice in these matters. I can tell you I've tried a bunch of 'em, and currently use the Universal Audio Apollo Twin Duo USB, which seems...
Robert Marshall is a genius with a Beatles haircut. It works for him...the haircut...AND the brains. I sought out his humble booth at NAB, because I know he's always improving the Source-Elements prodigious product line...and would have news to share. I wasn't disappointed. It's hard to mention...
The folks at in:Quality did it up right for the big NAB show. Kevin Leach bought a nice big booth in the North Hall with excellent visibility and steady foot traffic. Upon arriving, I was happy to see any number of Vegas-based voice talent manning the booth, handing out pamphlets, and answering...
National Association of Broadcasters. One of the biggest conventions on the calendar of a city that has more/bigger/better conferences than any other place on the planet. But why? I mean, I get CES (Consumer Electronics Show)...THE highest attendance at any Vegas convention of the year. But...
My daily handling of email begins when I get up around noon. I'll typically receive anywhere from 300-500 per day, and I configure Gmail to do a lot of the work for me with filters and automation. What's left is worthy of consideration...and you'd be surprised how much of it is come-ons from the...
People read my blog who I don't even know. Usually it's a good thing. Take David G Beneke for instance; an audiobook narrator, and a geek like me when it comes to audio hardware (only his expertise vastly supersedes mine). Beneke sent me an email a few days ago saying he just found a really...
Forget all you thought you knew about time-saving techniques. Scheduling, to-do lists, goal setting, business plans, better keyboards...WHATEVER! None of it compares to an SSD. Solid State Drive or Solid State Disc replaces the hard drive on your computer. For over a decade, hard drives meant...
Sometimes change happens in an instant. September 11, 2001. Mostly though, the big cultural changes happen right under our noses, silently, imperceptibly...over time. The glacial pace of some change just doesn't register on our consciousness unless one takes the time to look for the trends. ...
Some time last week, I passed the 3,000 mark. 3,000 unique blog articles since October of 2007. Since I'm preparing an all-new website/blogsite, my developer has been bugging me to cut the fat. All that content is slowing down the site, taking up space, and belies a deep personality flaw: I'm a...
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