Hey, there!
I want to talk about your deepest fear today. Not because I want you to experience it, but because you are already in its grip.
You are. Whatever you’re fearful of, it has ahold of you. And I want to help you identify it, face it and kill it.
Are you with me? Continue Reading →
Hey, there!
Awhile ago, I published an post for my clients and students about why I’ve stopped giving the advice, “Just follow your passion.”
And I got a lot of response from that article, some of which was supportive, some not so much.
I recently watched a TEDx talk on the subject. And it was fascinating. Here it is. Continue Reading →
Hey, there!
Recently, I appeared on The Self-Publishing Podcast, a show about self-publishing for writers, and I had the opportunity to come face to face with a bona fide genius.
And here he was, in need of some help with his AT2020 USB Plus microphone. So I helped him.
He also had some issues around his performance skills in narrating his own work. So we did a little session to help him. And here’s the video of that. Continue Reading →
Hey, there!
Recently, I appeared on The Self-Publishing Podcast, a show about self-publishing for writers, and I had the opportunity to come face to face with a bona fide genius.
And here he was, in need of some help with his AT2020 USB Plus microphone.
I’m always happy to help a genius, especially with something that you probably have had to deal with yourself. Here’s what was wrong, and how we fixed it. Continue Reading →
Hey there!
I love to talk 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 5… Continue Reading →
Hey, there!
I got a message from a client asking me why she couldn’t figure out how to record in Garageband (because that’s all she knew) directly to an MP3 file.
I knew that the answer I gave would be to a different question, but I did it anyway.
Here’s what I said. Continue Reading →
Hey there!
Go ahead…ask 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 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 4… Continue Reading →
