Let’s talk about scratch tracks. There are two perspectives for this: As a voice actor who listens to scratch tracks As a voice actor who...

Voiceweave is a new way to market yourself as a voice actor. To quote their website: “Voiceweave allows potential clients to...

I take a lot of notes. Not just when I’m taking a class or hearing someone speak, but when I’m at home doing research. You would be...

I got a new computer! Again! This is Part 3 of the epic saga: “Tom vs. Technology and why Technology Always Wins”. You can read Part 1...

Here’s a quote about progress from a 2018 blog entry… Effective voice talents demonstrate progress. Maybe you haven’t demonstrated...

2015 was a good year for the Not Silent blog. If this sounds familiar, I penned a similar blog a few months ago about how wonderful 2014...

Cloud storage is a necessary, if not critical, part of an effective voiceover business in 2020. The ability to save, store, and deliver...

VoiceZam is an important tool for your voice over business for a number of reasons….

Voiceover demos are a critical tool for voice talents on a variety of levels. Why are they important, how important are they, and how...

2014 was a good year for the Not Silent Blog. Back then it was called the GKN (Good Karma Network) Weekly Update. The branding has...

Today, let’s talk about something I’m barely qualified to talk about: your Digital Audio Workstation, or DAW for short. For those of you...

Have you ever heard the term “scarcity of knowledge”? Recently, my friend and Agent 1.22 co-producer Angelo Panetta sent me a fascinating...

Since I’m not actually here this week (you’ll know what I mean by that next week 😉 ), I thought I’d keep y’all busy by posting some...

One of my student said, "In the voice over industry, there is no market pressure to keep rates fair." Is this true?

There are a lot of bad demos out there. Whose fault is it? I bring this up because a few weeks ago, an aspiring voice talent posted his...

Here is a lovely anecdote about the importance of effective troubleshooting… A few days after my Source Connect debacle , I had a Skype...

Here is an important lesson in understanding voiceover technology.

We are living in a post-Voicebank world. Can you believe it’s been over a year since Voicebank was bought out and dissolved? Click here...

Here is a fantastic way to help you with timing your script… As a voice seeker, you have many, many challenges to contend with. Budgets,...

Noted voice actor and coach J. Michael Collins is suing the pay-to-play casting site Voices Dot Com. You can read the Voice Over Xtra...

As a narrator, audio book preparation can be a fun, sometimes daunting, and often fulfilling challenge. Here’s an example… Right now I’m...

How I got my new computer is a bit of a saga and a lovely cautionary tale for y’all. But that’s why I write this blog: to spare you from all the ways you can screw up.

A few weeks ago I talked about the importance of online security. You can read that blog entry here. Fellow voice talent and Nevadan...

As a comic book producer and the VO Strategist, I do a lot of advertising on Facebook and my online security is very important to me....