Voiceovers And 2016 – The Not Silent Blog 12/20/16
2016. What a year. Between the election, the disturbing amount of celebrity deaths, shootings, and other unfortunate world events it’s...
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Dec 13, 20162 min read
Voiceovers and The Holidays – The Not Silent Blog 12/13/16
It’s that funky time of year for voice talents: the holidays. Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day it gets kind of strange. The...
Dec 6, 20162 min read
Voiceovers And Networking Events – The Not Silent Blog 12/6/16
It’s that time of year again! It’s the most fabulous networking event of the year: The Voice Over Cafe presents “The 2016 VO Holiday...
Nov 29, 20162 min read
Voiceovers And The Challenges Of Marketing – The Not Silent Blog 11/29/16
Lately I’ve been putting a lot of thought into my 2017 marketing campaigns. For me, it boils down to three questions: What kind of...
Nov 15, 20162 min read
Voiceovers And Professionalism – The Not Silent Blog 11/15/16
A few weeks ago, an audio book publisher asked me to audition for a new book. I did and promptly forgot about it, as every good voice...
Nov 8, 20162 min read
Voiceovers And Dreams – The Not Silent Blog 11/8/16
Last week I had a conversation with a friend about dreams. Not the kind you have when you’re asleep, the kind you have about what you...
Nov 1, 20161 min read
Voiceovers And The New England Audiobook Retreat – The Not Silent Blog 11/1/16
What a weekend! I was honored to be an instructor at Johnny Heller’s Spendliferous Audiobook Retreat at the Whispering Pines Conference...
Oct 25, 20163 min read
Voiceovers And Protect Your Computer – The Not Silent Blog 10/25/16
Friday evening. I had a recording session in New Jersey in the morning and one in New York City in the afternoon. I got home around 5:30...
Oct 18, 20162 min read
Voiceovers And Do The Right Thing – The Not Silent Blog 10/18/16
A few weeks ago a longtime client let me know a project was coming my way. Every few years I’ve done an update for an end client’s...
Oct 9, 20162 min read
Voiceovers And New York Comic Con – The Not Silent Blog 10/11/16
New York Comic Con 2016. Oh. My. Goodness. I and my fellow Agent 1.22 staffers had a booth in Artist Alley and it was an incredible...
Oct 4, 20165 min read
Voiceovers And Cheap Voice Talent Online – The Not Silent Blog 10/4/16
The following is a conversation via email I had with employees of The Voice Realm. This correspondence is posted here with their...
Sep 27, 20163 min read
Voiceovers And Workflow – The Not Silent Blog 9/27/16
Ah, workflow. Sounds dirty, doesn’t it? Dirty as in a grownup, cubicle-like, stop-chaining-me-down word. Well, I love it! But you...
Sep 20, 20163 min read
Voiceovers And The Facebook Experiment – The Not Silent Blog 9/20/16
About a year ago, I started to get sick of Facebook. Well, not sick of it because who can get sick of Facebook, right? 😉 Sick of being...
Sep 13, 20163 min read
Voiceovers And The Secret To Getting An Agent – The Not Silent Blog 9/13/16
Last week I saw a post on LinkedIn by an individual who claims he can help you land a voiceover agent. Interestingly enough, I just...
Sep 6, 20163 min read
Voiceovers and FaffCon 8 – The Not Silent Blog 9/6/16
The voiceover industry can sometimes be a lonely one. Most voice talents these days audition, record, and market from home in a dark...
Aug 23, 20163 min read
Voiceovers And Social Value – The Not Silent Blog 8/23/16
I was on LinkedIn this morning to post my Quote Of The Week and I saw this post from my friend and fellow Faffer Connie Terwilliger. To...
Aug 16, 20162 min read
Voiceovers And Bad Copy – The Not Silent Blog 8/16/16
The new “Suicide Squad” movie was bad. I loved it. To give you a bit of context, I’m a hard-core DC Comics fan. I have been since the day...
Aug 9, 20164 min read
Voiceovers And The Audition – The Not Silent Blog 8/9/16
A few weeks ago I had an audition at a Manhattan recording studio I’ve worked with for many years. When I got there, the engineer handed...
Aug 2, 20162 min read
Voiceovers And The Art Of Community – The Not Silent Blog 8/2/16
A few days ago, fellow voice talent and good human Chris Mezzolesta posted this on Facebook: VO-BB is shut down?? My jaw dropped. It...
Jul 26, 20163 min read
Voiceovers and Accounting – The Not Silent Blog 7/26/16
I love accounting. I know, I know, there’s something very very wrong with me and what the hell am I doing in the voiceover industry. Some...
Jul 19, 20162 min read
Voiceovers And Nomenclature, Part Two – The Not Silent Blog 7/19/16
Last year we talked about the varied names in the voiceover profession that describe who we are. You can read it here. This year, let’s...
Jul 12, 20162 min read
Voiceovers And LinkedIn Etiquette – The Not Silent Blog 7/12/16
In the past few weeks I’ve gotten some interesting messages from new connections on LinkedIn. One wanted to “swap endorsements” with me....
Jul 5, 20162 min read
Voiceovers and Joy – The Not Silent Blog 7/5/16
I saw Joy last week. It’s a movie Starring Jennifer Lawrence as Joy Mangano, creator of the Miracle Mop who went on to become a...
Jun 28, 20162 min read
Voiceovers And The Maximum Kill – The Not Silent Blog 6/28/16
I just finished a big project. By big I mean it was about one finished hour of audio and hundreds of slides worked on over a five-week...
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