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...
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...
Despite some really good discussion generated by my blog yesterday -- Ostrich or Coyote? -- I think it was a weak device for me to use to make my point. I even said so IN the article: "...I’m not going to go too far with this analogy…most such comparisons fail at some point..." Usually that...
Cultural observers would have you believe this country represents two irretrievable, polarized positions. Red or Blue. Yin or Yang. Conservative or Liberal. Of course, it's not that easy...nor so clearly defined. The analysis rarely moves beyond this myopia. Which is a shame. Obviously there...
Voice Actors are but one small corner of the freelance universe both cursed and blessed with internet disruption. Photographers might have gone through the biggest change over the last decade. Add to that publishers, authors, graphics artists, and consultants. The list goes on. All have had to...
Now that September is half over, I'm waxing nostalgic for the year that is slipping past. I often joke that I'm still trying to figure out where 1992 went, 'cause I can't remember being IN that year...or what I did WITH it. [But I won't bore you with my missives about selective amnesia.] In 15...
Maybe you're noticing it too. A total erosion of people taking the high road.I'm not just talking about politics. I'm talking about business ethics. Where is the civility anymore?Well, lemme tell you it IS there. The people who CARE and LOVE and GIVE and SERVE are holding sway despite a global...
A couple of my recent blogs are getting long-tail readers.First, was my post of last August on GETTING PAID DIGITALLY. The article offers five solutions for securely making digital transactions (esp. being paid) using relatively new services like Square, Venmo, and PayPalHere.The other article...
'Dating myself... but that was the exclamation when someone appeared in the local newspaper for a story. Then it became: "I'm on TV"! Funny, that doesn't happen anymore. I mean, how would it sound to say: "Hey, I made the FB Group!"Anyway, I've been talking to a reporter at the Toronto Globe...
More and more of the frustration I'm hearing about with (ahem) a certain online VO casting site has to do with the level of complexity that's been added into the mix over the years. People complain that it's hard to follow the bouncing ball. In the early years it was a simple flow of :job...
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