True story. The production division of my company hired a voice talent to do some voice over work for us. She sounded great on her demo but when we got the sound files we hired her to record, they sounded odd - kind of muffled. The audio engineer called her up to...

Thinking about summer? Barbeques, the beach, the mountains or maybe just your own backyard, it's that time of year again. And if your summer plans include time on the road you might be wondering what to do if you get an audition or even a voice over job while you're...

They say success leaves tracks. That's why I love reading biographies of luminaries in business and the arts. (Just finished the biography of Dale Carnegie- "Self-help Messiah" and recommend it) Rock guitarists spend hours learning the famous licks of Jimi Hendrix and...

Some people wrack their brains trying to figure this one 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?...

The engineer walked Janice into the voice booth, adjusted the microphone and made sure she was comfortable. He then closed the big soundproof door. The session began and everything seemed to be going well until suddenly, it stopped. "Hold on a minute, " said the...

Some years ago I was called down to Madison Avenue to audition for a voice over for a candy bar commercial. There was no script. All they wanted me to say was "Oooo!" "Ahhh" as many different ways as I could. I didn't get the job. And although I was a failure at...

Just stepped out of the voice booth where I did a job for one of my best customers…again. It's an amazing feeling when you build momentum in your voice over business. First one customer, then another and another. And when they keep coming back for more….ahhh. Heaven!...

I didn't think it would ever happen to me. I've always taken great care of my voice. I don't smoke, don't drink, don't yell. I drink lots of water and I eat vegetarian. Yet a few months ago I started to get hoarse. Not so bad that I couldn't teach or do my voice over...

Last weekend I went to Birdland, a top NY jazz club, to watch a show by a friend of mine, the singer Alexis Cole. (www.alexiscole.com) She and her trio knocked it out of the park and as she sang and scatted her heart out, I was struck by how hard musicians work to...