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...

Practice does NOT make perfect. Hear me out… Many new voice actors think just having talent is enough to succeed. False. Many new voice...

Do you ever run diagnostics on your voiceover business? A few times a year I lead a workshop called “Cost/Benefit Analysis”. We talk...

Have you thought about the effect COVID-19 has had on our invoices? You’ll see what I mean in a minute… COVID-19 has had a massive effect...

The voiceover industry is not immune to politics, as we discussed in a blog from a few weeks ago. Something happened recently that many...

Speculation is running rampant about the recently announced changes to the SAG-AFTRA Health and Pension plans. There are a lot of very...

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...

Over the years I’ve heard the term “transactional relationship” but wasn’t exactly sure what it meant. It hit home last week while I was...

Complaining is something we all do from time to time. Some more than others… Why do humans seem to enjoy complaining so much? Some are...

MAVO 2020 is a go! Check out this announcement from Val Kelly about the Mid-Atlantic Voice Over Conference… Due to the current world...

I love quotes. Like, I really love them. I’ve put a Quote of the Week in every blog entry since its inception in 2008. I find it...

I’m proud to announce the release of the seventieth audio book I’ve narrated: Leveraging the Impact of 360-Degree Feedback, Second...

Politics has always been a tricky thing, and few times in our country’s history has it been more difficult (and dangerous) to navigate...

I love New York. It’s cliche but it’s true. Not because of the hustle or the “city that never sleeps” stuff. I love the food, the...

Agents have not been spared from the coronavirus pandemic. My longtime agent Viola Staravoj of VS Talent Group has just decided to shut...

In the film ‘Apollo 13’ Ed Harris said, “Failure is not an option”. I’m pretty sure he didn’t have voiceovers in mind. Failure is...

Lately, the question of timing has come up in the voiceover industry. Timing as in, “Considering the pandemic, is now the right time to...

Have you ever gotten auditions that you didn’t want to do? Me? All the time. I get auditions from my manager, multiple agents, and...

Over the past few weeks, it’s been really interesting to see how the voiceover industry is adapting to the coronavirus pandemic. Many...

A few years ago, I wrote a blog entry about being prepared so things like a blown tire or a crashing computer don’t make a bad situation...

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...

Many of you are working from home for the first time and it can be a difficult transition. As someone who has been working from home for...

I’m sick. No, not THAT kind of sick that’s turned our collective lives upside down. When we landed in Hawaii last week I got clobbered...