News Flash: You’ll Get Better At Something If You Do It More Often I've been doing these videos for 340 days straight now. And the other day, in a private coaching session with a client, a fairly obvious thing came u… David H. Lawrence XVII December 5, 2019 4 Comments
Is Audiobook Work Really All That Grueling? One of my favorite performance areas is audiobooks. I've done over 200 of them over the years. And I also love teaching how to be a great audiobook n… David H. Lawrence XVII December 4, 2019 21 Comments
VO Talent: You’d Probably Do More Of This If You Were Auditioning On-Camera Because the deal flow in voice over is so much more in quantity than is the deal flow in on-camera, you might be coming up short in one critical area.… David H. Lawrence XVII December 3, 2019 3 Comments
Here’s One Weird Slating Trick That Will Help You Pace Your Performances When we audition, we also slate our work. And often, we slate, then go right on and perform our audition. That procedure can have a harmful unintent… David H. Lawrence XVII December 2, 2019 10 Comments
Here’s How To Get Over The Loneliness Of VO Work It's no secret that voice over talent spend a lot of time by themselves. It's rare that we get to go to a studio for an audition these days, and even… David H. Lawrence XVII December 1, 2019 4 Comments
Don’t Use ROI As A Measurement Too Soon. Use This Instead: ROS Every time I launch a new edition of my training programs, I'm sure to get this question: "So, if I buy your training, how soon will I make my money … David H. Lawrence XVII November 30, 2019 3 Comments
The More Accurate And Agile You Are, The More Profitable You’ll Be I was presented with yet another example of a perfectionist client getting in their own way. Letting that perfection get it the way of progress. Of s… David H. Lawrence XVII November 29, 2019 6 Comments
People Can’t See You If There’s Something In The Way After leading an on-mic workout for my Pros, and a long day's work on my business, I thought I'd catch up on episodes of The Voice I'm behind on. And… David H. Lawrence XVII November 28, 2019 5 Comments
I’m So Thankful…For You. Short and sweet today...I simply want to take a few minutes, on video, so the whole world will know... ...how thankful I am for you. Allow me a few … David H. Lawrence XVII November 27, 2019 19 Comments
Lightbulb Moment: Your Destination Versus Your Journey I follow Steve Kamb of nerdfitness.com like nobody's business. He's so smart and so insightful. And he's a really great guy, who has lifehacking as o… David H. Lawrence XVII November 26, 2019 2 Comments
It’s Not The Equipment. It’s How You Use It. One of the most commonly asked questions I get these days is, "What camera do you use to shoot these videos? They look great!" (Which recently suppla… David H. Lawrence XVII November 25, 2019 9 Comments
Something I’m Working On: Avoiding “Equating” In trying to help people, I've noticed I'm doing something that I need to stop doing. I do want to help, but I don't need to always "tie in" someone … David H. Lawrence XVII November 24, 2019 9 Comments
One Easy Way To Avoid The Juice Jacking Hack Yet another way for hackers to get into your phone. Yep. It's like water on a rock with hackers, isn't it. But there's an easy way to avoid this pa… David H. Lawrence XVII November 23, 2019 3 Comments
Your Lock. Their Key. Who Knew? I was supposed to have an hour long session with one of my Pros today, helping him prepare for his commercial demo recording session. It was cut shor… David H. Lawrence XVII November 22, 2019 5 Comments
Our Extremely Short Supply Of Positive Feedback I'm just going to make a declaration, here and now: I love Janel Scott, an actor from Arizona. She made me feel so good this past weekend, I was dow… David H. Lawrence XVII November 21, 2019 5 Comments
One Step Further In “There’s No Shame In Not Knowing” I couldn't wait to get home the night I shot this video. Something struck me at an organizational meeting for a volunteer group I'm in that I think e… David H. Lawrence XVII November 20, 2019 6 Comments
Is The Microphone In The New Apple 16″ MacBook Pro Really Studio-Quality? When Apple recently announced their new MacBook Pro, one particular feature caused my inbox to blow up. It was about a claim Apple made about the qua… David H. Lawrence XVII November 19, 2019 5 Comments
Don’t Be Worried. Simply Own Your Space On Stage. A couple of upcoming events I want you to know about, and today's video ties in to what you'll learn at these events. This Wednesday, November 20st a… David H. Lawrence XVII November 18, 2019 3 Comments
Things Are Going To Go Terribly Wrong. Guaranteed. You'd think a company as revered and experienced as Disney is could get through a launch of a product without much difficulty. I mean, hey...they lau… David H. Lawrence XVII November 17, 2019 3 Comments
I Don’t Care About Signal Strength. Getting a college degree used to be a very very big deal. Not just for the knowledge one would gain, but also for the "stamp of approval" you'd get f… David H. Lawrence XVII November 16, 2019 5 Comments