Ever since I signed up for Spotify- the on line music service- I’ve been a dancin’ fool. New music, old music -the funkier the better. So I took a trip down O’Jay’s lane with their hit “For The Love Of Money.” That song was the famous theme song for Trump’s The Apprentice and it became…
True story. We once hired a voice talent to do some voice over work for our production division at greatvoice.com. She sounded great on her demo but when we got the recording of the job her voice sounded odd – kind of muffled. The audio engineer through his usual checklist: mic settings, software compatibility, microphone…
This week’s Inside Voice Over video training blog is…well…a little unusual. That’s because I’m going to deliver some straight talk about who should never attempt a voice over career and you might be surprised because it’s not what you think. Oh sure. There are some people who have problems with being understood but even that…
Some people wrack their brains trying to figure this out. They spend a ton of money on high-priced branding packages, professionally designed logos, mousepads, coffee cups and other gimmicks to try to grab attention. But does it work? Is it really worth the money? I must admit that my take on branding is a little…
They say success leaves tracks. That’s why I love reading biographies of luminaries in business and the arts. (I highly recommend the biography of Dale Carnegie- “Self-help Messiah”) Rock guitarists spend hours learning the famous licks of Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. And artists visit the great museums of the world to sketch the great…