Analogies can be useful…to a point. Maybe you’re frustrated enough with a polarized America to consider my analogy in today’s blog.
Yin or Yang?
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Do Just This One Thing Differently
Ruts can be damnable things. They guide us but they hide what’s up over the side/top. Try getting out of yours?
Your 5-Millionth Audition
They pop up in my Gmail, and I exhale deeply. No longer do I gleefully greet each audition request with the hope of opportunity. I used to. But now, they've become a hassle. Like a robo-call. "Just go away, willya?" I look for reasons to delete them one by one until only the likliest seem...
7 VO Things to Do With Your Stimulus Check
It’s already spent, right? If not, and even if so…herewith a few suggestions for applying your government money that may help your VO biz.
‘Nothing Strange About WOMM
Honestly, I don't even remember who told me. But I was intrigued. I do remember that the source was reliable, and the pitch was believable. When I got home that night, I called up NetFlix on my TV, and started watching "Stranger Things". In the next 36 hours, I had binge-watched all 8 episodes. ...
5 Ways to Protect Yourself From VO Scammers
...and not just "Nigerian Princes". I'm talking about predatory coaches and weekend demo mills too. |author's note: this blog repurposed from 2016...from one of the many times a familiar scam has been foisted on the VO community| Fraud and trust-betrayals are endemic to the modern world. Gone are...
12 Ways to Succeed in Your First Audition (the phone call)
Working on getting a new client? You’ll never even get a chance to send her/him a demo unless you get past your first audition. Huh? Yeah, you know what I’m talking about. It goes back to the old saying…”You never get a second chance at a first impression”. That first impression may be in an...
5 Creative Ways to Evaluate a Voiceover Colleague’s Demo
Lord knows it's hard enough to be honest with YOURSELF about your demos. It's even harder to be candid, yet diplomatic with your peers when they ask you for an opinion about THEIR demo. And yet, the call eventually comes...that email with an attachment. Someone thinks you're a sage, and that...
You’re Not Alone: 7 Arguments for Not Being a Voiceover Loner
We all struggle in our isolation to do what’s right and still pay the bills. The temptation to underbid, accept less for money good work, and to undervalue our worth is strong.
Here are 7 proven reasons it is a hollow misconception.
3 Measures of Creative Success
Money, status, power….and THEN what? Let’s take a look at some unconventional marks of success.