Artificial intelligence is already a part of the voiceover industry. What does that mean for voice actors...?

"Experimentation is as valuable as success." What does this mean for your voiceover business?

Welcome to the new VO Strategist Blog! Well, it's not exactly new. The content is exactly the same now it's parked at VOStrategist.com/blog.

I have a new voice over website! www.TomDheere.com. Wix can do almost everything I need to run both my voiceover and coaching businesses.

The Periodic Table of Ideas is here! I had the pleasure of narrating this fascinating audio book thanks to my friend and author Ben...

I love Google Drive. I bring this up because as recently as last year I posted this blog about cloud storage and Google Drive was one...

Plugins. This is a topic that is extensively discussed in every voiceover social media group I’m a member of. Here is how Wikipedia...

Data has always been in short supply in the voiceover industry. Nobody knows how many voice actors are out there, how much money they...

Quality microphone gear is almost as important as the microphone itself. Check out these two recent purchases… The first is a pop filter....

Last week we talked about listening to scratch tracks. This week let’s talk about narrating scratch tracks. What’s the difference between...

Let’s talk about scratch tracks. There are two perspectives for this: As a voice actor who listens to scratch tracks As a voice actor who...

Voiceweave is a new way to market yourself as a voice actor. To quote their website: “Voiceweave allows potential clients to...

I take a lot of notes. Not just when I’m taking a class or hearing someone speak, but when I’m at home doing research. You would be...

I got a new computer! Again! This is Part 3 of the epic saga: “Tom vs. Technology and why Technology Always Wins”. You can read Part 1...

Here’s a quote about progress from a 2018 blog entry… Effective voice talents demonstrate progress. Maybe you haven’t demonstrated...

2015 was a good year for the Not Silent blog. If this sounds familiar, I penned a similar blog a few months ago about how wonderful 2014...

Cloud storage is a necessary, if not critical, part of an effective voiceover business in 2020. The ability to save, store, and deliver...

Do you know about VoiceZam? Just like it says, VoiceZam is an interactive voiceover demo player. And no, this isn’t a paid endorsement....

Voiceover demos are a critical tool for voice talents on a variety of levels. Why are they important, how important are they, and how...

2014 was a good year for the Not Silent Blog. Back then it was called the GKN (Good Karma Network) Weekly Update. The branding has...

Today, let’s talk about something I’m barely qualified to talk about: your Digital Audio Workstation, or DAW for short. For those of you...

Have you ever heard the term “scarcity of knowledge”? Recently, my friend and Agent 1.22 co-producer Angelo Panetta sent me a fascinating...

Since I’m not actually here this week (you’ll know what I mean by that next week 😉 ), I thought I’d keep y’all busy by posting some...

Let’s talk about market pressure in the voiceover industry… Last week, the student who inspired this blog entry from a few months ago...