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Sep 24, 20193 min read

Voiceovers And Assumptions – The Not Silent Blog 9/24/19

A while back I wrote a blog about managing expectations based on your assumptions. Today let’s talk about examining your assumptions....

Sep 10, 20194 min read

Voiceovers And Effectiveness – The Not Silent Blog 9/10/19

Effectiveness is everything in your voiceover career, especially in the booth during a live session. Here’s an example… Last week I had a...

Sep 3, 20193 min read

Voiceovers And Competence – The Not Silent Blog 9/3/19

To be a successful voice talent, competence is critical. I think that’s safe to say that for any profession, but in many professions...

Aug 20, 20193 min read

Voiceovers And King Kong – The Not Silent Blog 8/20/19

I saw King Kong the musical on Broadway last week. I went with an old friend and we had a great time. The show closed a few days later...

Aug 6, 20193 min read

Voiceovers and Tension – The Not Silent Blog 8/6/19

There is a lot of tension in the voiceover industry right now. It’s been building over the last five years or so. There is tension...

Jul 30, 20192 min read

Voiceovers and Gambling – The Not Silent Blog 7/30/19

Gambling and voiceovers. What do they have in common? First off, let me say that historically I’ve never been a big gambler. Until the...

Jul 23, 20193 min read

Voiceovers and Facts – The Not Silent Blog 7/23/19

Facts are sometimes hard to find in the voiceover industry’s social media conversations. Here are two examples from just last week… In...

Jul 16, 20194 min read

Voiceovers And The Mental Health Day – The Not Silent Blog 7/16/19

The Mental Health Day. A vastly underrated and often derided term. I haven’t discussed this topic via this here blog in almost seven...

Jul 1, 20193 min read

Voiceovers And The 21st Century – The Not Silent Blog 7/2/19

Living in the 21st Century is hard, especially for us voice talent. How hard exactly? A few years ago I had the privilege of writing an...

Apr 23, 20193 min read

Voiceovers and Laziness – The Not Silent Blog 4/23/19

I’ve been engaging in a very specific form of laziness lately. The metric tonnage of questions asked daily on social media by voice...

Apr 9, 20194 min read

The State of the Voiceover Industry, 2019 Edition – The Not Silent Blog 04/08/19

The State of the Voiceover Industry, 2019 Edition… I’ve been writing this blog for over ten years now. For fun, here’s my first entry....

Mar 12, 20194 min read

Systems Of Thought And Voiceovers – The Not Silent Blog 3/12/19

For as long as I can remember, I’ve stressed the value of having effective Systems of Thought and Systems of Execution. How we think...

Feb 19, 20193 min read

Voiceovers and Defining Success – The Not Silent Blog 02/19/19

What does success look like for you as a voice talent? Photo by Got Credit I ask because as the VO Strategist I’ve been doing a lot of...

Feb 12, 20193 min read

Voiceovers And Respect – The Not Silent Blog 2/12/19

Photo by twicepix In last week’s Tip of the Week, my first bit of advice regarded respect. To narcissistic-ally quote myself… The most...

Feb 5, 20193 min read

Voiceovers And Getting Married – The Not Silent Blog 02/05/19

I got married! That’s me and my lovely bride Marni on The Promenade in Las Vegas. We got married on The High Roller Observation Wheel....

Jan 22, 20194 min read

Voiceovers And Community – The Not Silent Blog 01/22/19

A recent YouTube video got me thinking about the voiceover community. I’m a big fan of David Brooks. He’s a brilliant & thoughtful...

Jan 14, 20193 min read

Voiceovers and My 2019 Goals – The Not Silent Blog 01/15/19

Have you written your 2019 goals yet? As a fun exercise (or at least my voice-geeky idea of fun) I’m going to share mine. FYI dollars I’d...

Dec 18, 20183 min read

Voiceovers And 2018 – The Not Silent Blog 12/18/18

2018. What a year, ay? At the end of 2017 we took a look back and guessed what lies ahead for the voiceover industry. You can read that...

Dec 11, 20183 min read

Voiceovers And Setting Your 2019 Goals- The Not Silent Blog 12/11/18

Since there are only a precious few weeks left in 2018, setting your 2019 goals should be on the brain and we’ll talk about that in just...

Nov 27, 20184 min read

Voiceovers And Value – The Not Silent Blog 11/27/18

What is the value of a voice talent? Last week I was at a recording session with some really nice, younger voice talents. I’m talking...

Nov 20, 20183 min read

Voiceovers: Realism and Holism – The Not Silent Blog 11/20/18

In the week since the wonderful Mid-Atlantic Voice Over Conference, two words have been swimming around in my head: realism and holism....

Oct 2, 20183 min read

Voiceovers And Your Inner Monologue – The Not Silent Blog 10/2/18

As a voiceover business, your inner monologue is critical to your success. It effects how you think, train, make money, spend money, and...

Jul 24, 20183 min read

Voiceovers And Humble Leadership – The Not Silent Blog 7/24/18

I had the privilege of narrating yet another fantastic audio book, “Humble Leadership: The Power of Relationships, Openness, and Trust”...

Jul 17, 20183 min read

Voiceovers And Suing Voices Dot Com, Part One – The Not Silent Blog 7/17/18

Noted voice actor and coach J. Michael Collins is suing the pay-to-play casting site Voices Dot Com. You can read the Voice Over Xtra...

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