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Hey, there!

I get a certain question a lot, both in my live classes and via email.

My great friend, student and client, Carol, asked it again.

It had to do with all of our chances at finding work in animation, when it seems that only celebrities get booked on the job.

Great question, and I have a great answer. Continue Reading →

Hey there!

Betsy sent me a lead for a survival job that totally violates one of my rules.

The rule is: get a survival job that is as close to the performance industry as you can.

This one isn’t, but I like it anyway. Allow me to share… Continue Reading →

Hey there!

I get really enthusiastic when some asks me about storytelling, and how important it is to your VO career to develop and hone your storytelling skills.

It’s essential.

So, every so often, I like to roll out items from this list from Emma Coats, who used to work at Pixar as a story artist, and who serially tweeted Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling.

I’m sharing with you one of these rules every so often, along with how you can apply each rule to your VO artistry.

Today, Rule 13… Continue Reading →

Hey there!

There is nothing more key to excellence in the art of your VO practice than storytelling, and you should always remember how important it is to your VO career to develop and hone your storytelling skills.

It’s essential.

So, every so often, I like to roll out items from this list from Emma Coats, who used to work at Pixar as a story artist, and who serially tweeted Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling.

I’ve been sharing with you one of these rules every so often, along with how you can apply each rule to your VO artistry.

Today, Rule 12… Continue Reading →

Hey there!

Nothing is more important to your art than the abilities you have in storytelling, and how important it is to your VO career to develop and hone your storytelling skills.

It’s essential.

So, every so often, I like to roll out items from this list from Emma Coats, who used to work at Pixar as a story artist, and who serially tweeted Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling.

I’m giving you one of these rules every so often as we move through the next several months, along with how you can apply the rule to your VO artistry.

Today, Rule 11… Continue Reading →

Hey, there!

I try to meet new actors and VO talent every day, both IRL (in real life) and online. One of my LinkedIn connections, an actor based in the UK, recently wrote me this jovial, yet painful question:

Ok, I’m going to call you out on this one, David, and ask you for a basic question to be answered.

At the beginning of my career I had a showreel put on my spotlight page, and it was edited and ended with the words ‘We’d better give the whole thing up!” – for years this bothered me, and now I’m in a show where I have to stand in a bin. It’s not enjoyable in the slightest. So now I’m thinking that these must be signs to finally give up this acting malarky, and put my talents elsewhere before I get too old?

Here’s what I wrote back. Continue Reading →

Hey there!

Go ahead…ask me all about storytelling, and how important it is to your VO career to develop and hone your storytelling skills.

It’s essential.

So, every so often, I like to roll out items from this list from Emma Coats, who used to work at Pixar as a story artist, and who serially tweeted Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling.

I’m giving you one of these rules every so often as we move through the next several months, along with how you can apply the rule to your VO artistry.

Today, Rule 10… Continue Reading →