I once went to a seminar taught by a #1 NY Times bestselling author. She didn't reach #1 by buying thousands of copies of her own book as some people do. This woman was the real deal, and I'll never forget what she said. She said being #1 is over-rated. You're still a...

The other day I was talking to a friend who is on one of the on-line casting sites. Like many people he is doing lots of auditions but barely getting any jobs. So he did some research, listened to the work of the talents who were booking a lot and had a BIG scary...

I've been in the business long enough to remember recording on reel to reel tape. In my voice over studio I had two huge Tascam reel to reel machines, lots of white wax pencils, sticky tape, razor blades and band aids. Fixing flubs was a real ordeal . You'd listen on...

He's a big-time producer and director, hiring voice talent almost daily. So when he told me what happens with some of the voice talent he works with I was shocked. It's about scratch tracks. A scratch track is a reference voice over that a videographer uses to edit...

You and I have spoken before about what I call "the attack of the killer voice over coaches". These are unethical people who will string you along for months (and even years) of lessons before they finally permit you to make your first demo. The reasons are obvious--...

Have you ever noticed that we never procrastinate about goofing off, shopping when you should be saving, overeating, having "one too many" or visiting those web sites you...hmmm…shouldn't be visiting? It's human nature to prefer to do what's easy and pleasurable in...

Have you heard the term "gig economy"? It's the freelance economy and it's flourishing. 53 million Americans (34 % of the American workforce) are working as freelancers. And this is not babysitting money. The gig workforce adds $715 billion a year to the American...

A big part of having a successful voice over business is qualifying your prospects. Unfortunately, it's often the hardest thing to do because there are so many possibilities in the 14 voice over niches available to you. But here's the thing: when you think about it,...

The one thing that convinces your voice over clients you are professional and up for the job is not how you read the script…but how you handle mistakes. You see, almost nobody reads a script perfectly from start to finish, even the pros. Most voice over jobs are a...

As you start your voice over business you probably have a long list of things you need to do, right? Training. Check. Home studio. Check. Demo. Check. Change your name? Hmmmm... The actor Albert Brooks was born Albert Einstein, a no brainer. Gene Simmons of KISS:...