0099: Use Union Rates To Help Maintain Your Dignity
In a recent episode of the podcast, I talked about keeping price and value straight, and supporting your price points by pointing out the value of wha…
0098: On “Following Up.” Yeah. Don’t.
What runs through your mind when you hit that SEND button for the audition you just created? High hopes, excitement, anticipation, maybe a sense of sa…
0097: 4 Ways You Can Make Voicing URLs More Effective
The digital age has made the links we voice in commercials, documentaries, audiobooks, IVR and so many other categories of work even more important th…
0096: When Tools Evolve, It’s Nothing Personal
It takes a lot of time and effort to get our tools, like Audacity, dialed in so that we can use them efficiently in our work, and so that we can rely …
0095: How VOHeroes Pro Bethany Arrington-Peck’s Starbucks Session Went
When a VOHeroes Pro has a success, I always take a moment to savor that. Whether it's a breakthrough in training, an equipment or software victory, or…
0094: When To Avoid Reframing And Do Something More Useful
One of the skills we acquire as we become more experienced in performing on-camera and voice over acting is the notion of reframing when we encounter …
0093: Interview With A Rights Holder: Epic Life’s Justin Breen
I had the joy of working with a rights holder, not on ACX, but on Scribe Media (as well as Scribe's team) as the narrator of an inspirational business…
0092: Josh Spector’s 7 Ways To Simplify Your Day
Self-improvement, career growth and social media expert Josh Spector, in an article over on Medium, has put together a neat little package of seven si…
0091: Three Things You Can Do To “Go Wake Up Your Luck”
Deconstruction. Vigilance. Speed.
What do these things have in common with one of my favorite Persian proverbs (or any proverb, for that matter)?
Th…
0090: The One Surefire Way To Never Make A Mistake Ever Again
Do you worry about failure? About making mistakes? Does that worry stop you from even trying to take on new things or difficult issues?
No problem.
…
0089: VO Rates – Price Versus Value
We all have our feelings about pricing our voice over services: uncertainty, frustration, bewilderment, confusion and occasionally, satisfaction.
One…
0088: Constantly Distracted? Treat Focus Like Your Hard Drive
Let's see how "backing up for easy recovery, not just disaster" matters when it comes to staying focused on the things we've decided are most importan…
0087: AI, Synthetic Voices and Anne Ganguzza – Part 2
Picking up right where we left off in our interview with the amazing Anne Ganguzza, she gets to the nitty gritty of answering questions about the perc…
0086: AI, Synthetic Voices and Anne Ganguzza
One of my fave peeps in the entire VO world is Anne Ganguzza.
She was a coach when we were VO2GoGo, and she's gone on to become a force to be reckone…
0085: The Difference Between “Difficult” And “Impossible”
In another episode of this podcast, I talked about the difference between "easy" and "straightforward."
That got people thinking about how they start…
0084: “You Are One Of The Variables!”
My buddy Bob just called me, and on occasion, he says something brilliant.
This was one of those times.
He said "When you're looking at how successf…
0083: The Difference Between “Easy” And “Straightforward”
Here's something to mull over as you decide to embark on a new experience: there's a big difference between something being easy...
...and something …
0082: Let’s Settle On “Synthetic Voices,” Not “AI”
I get it. "AI" has two short syllables, and "synthetic voices" has five longer ones, so it's a bit more time-consuming to say.
But it might be useful…
0081: Are You Judging Your Success Too Early?
We're all on a journey. Our own journey. With different speeds, timelines, and horizons.
And we can easily forget about considering time when pluggin…
0080: Having A Bias For Action Can Uplevel Your Schedule
Estimating how long things take, from small, short things like auditions, to longer, multi-step projects like recording and editing an audiobook, is a…