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My student Karl wrote to ask how he could soundproof his noisy apartment, offering me various materials to comment on.

I get this question a lot. And it’s important to understand these very major differences between sound-proofing and sound-deadening. Continue Reading →

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Although we have a VO2GoGo class called Finding a VO Agent, it’s really important that you know how to operate without one.

Here’s some great advice on how to do that. Continue Reading →

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One of my lovely clients, Susan, wrote me recently. She was distraught.

She had been asking one of her high-profile clients, an author with a series of books she’d been hired to narrate via ACX, for feedback on her work. She was concerned because she was getting quick approval on her first 15 minutes, and then — radio silence.

But she was concerned about something else. Continue Reading →

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In our attempts to gather customers, to super serve them, to make sure they are happy, to completely satisfy them, to surprise and delight them — there is an exception to be made.

And that is the client that must be fired.

Why would you do that? Read on. Continue Reading →

Please visit the up-to-date page of recommended gear at our new VOHeroes site here:

https://www.voheroes.com/my-gear/

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I’ve not only been asked countless times to recommend the microphones, computers, editing equipment and other technology I personally use, but have also written about the more mundane but really useful things I use (like my chair). One of my amazing Pros, Jonathan, suggested that I compile a list, and keep it updated, of those things I both recommend and use myself.

Not a bad idea. Continue Reading →

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I spend a lot of time preaching how what we do as voice over talent all boils down to one thing: excellent, authentic storytelling.

And, as I said in Part 1 of this series, I’ve come to the conclusion that storytelling is now as essential a skill to us as coding, good manners, tying a proper square knot, getting paid at least what you’re worth, and other life-dependent core strengths.

Here’s more proof. Continue Reading →

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I often get together, face-to-face, with a group of people who are, for me, the right kind of people.

For my health, for my acting and VO career, for my life.

And the more time I spend around them, the less time I have to spend with the wrong kind of people.

And who are the wrong kind of people? Continue Reading →