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....
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Sep 17, 20192 min read
Voiceovers And VOcation NYC – The Not Silent Blog 9/17/19
I had the distinct honor and pleasure of speaking at the Voice Actors of NYC’s inaugural (and one-of-a-kind) voiceover business &...
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 27, 20193 min read
Voiceovers And eLearning – The Not Silent Blog 8/27/19
I’m an eLearning narrator. I’ve always called myself a voice talent but when it comes right down to it, I’m an eLearning narrator. Or is...
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 13, 20193 min read
Voiceovers And Facebook Groups – The Not Silent Blog 8/13/19
Facebook Groups are probably my biggest time-suck right now and I bet it’s yours, too. But we’ll get into that in a moment… First off,...
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...
Jun 25, 20192 min read
Voiceovers And Direct Marketing – The Not Silent Blog 6/25/19
What exactly is Direct Marketing? Here are some definitions I found on the Interwebs: The business of selling products or services...
Jun 18, 20193 min read
Voiceovers And Auditions – The Not Silent Blog 6/18/19
Auditions. Perhaps single most obsessed-over part of the voiceover industry by new talent. How you think about auditions reveals some...
Jun 11, 20193 min read
Voiceovers and The Four Elements of Thinking – The Not Silent Blog 6/11/19
I had the pleasure of narrating “The Four Elements of Thinking” for my friend Ben Cheung. When he announced the release of the print...
Jun 4, 20195 min read
The Johnny Heller 5th Annual Splendiferous Narrator Workshop – The Not Silent Blog 6/4/19
The Johnny Heller 5th Annual Splendiferous Workshop was, as always, splendiferous. Exactly how splendiferous? Let’s start with a few...
May 28, 20193 min read
Voiceovers And The VO Strategist – The Not Silent Blog 5/28/19
The VO Strategist. That’s me! Even the VO Strategist has to take some time off to do human-type stuff. This week I’ll be at the Audio...
May 21, 20193 min read
Voiceovers And Your DAW – The Not Silent Blog 5/21/19
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...
May 14, 20193 min read
Voiceovers And Narration Technique – The Not Silent Blog 5/14/19
Voiceover narration technique is not something I talk about often. Since the thrust of my contribution to the voiceover industry is...
May 7, 20194 min read
Voiceovers and Education – The Not Silent Blog 5/7/19
Education, specifically the current American educational system, has really done a number on us voice talent. Think about the 20th...
Apr 30, 20193 min read
Voiceovers, Narcissists, and Sociopaths – The Not Silent Blog 4/30/19
I had the pleasure of narrating the fascinating book, “Why We Elect Narcissists and Sociopaths and How We Can Stop” by Bill Eddy. Here’s...
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 16, 20193 min read
Voiceovers and Knowledge – The Not Silent Blog 4/16/19
Have you ever heard the term “scarcity of knowledge”? Recently, my friend and Agent 1.22 co-producer Angelo Panetta sent me a fascinating...
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....
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