What does success look like for you as a voice talent? Photo by Got Credit I ask because as the VO Strategist I’ve been doing a lot of...

Photo by twicepix In last week’s Tip of the Week, my first bit of advice regarded respect. To narcissistic-ally quote myself… The most...

I got married! That’s me and my lovely bride Marni on The Promenade in Las Vegas. We got married on The High Roller Observation Wheel....

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...

A recent YouTube video got me thinking about the voiceover community. I’m a big fan of David Brooks. He’s a brilliant & thoughtful...

Have you written your 2019 goals yet? As a fun exercise (or at least my voice-geeky idea of fun) I’m going to share mine. FYI dollars I’d...

Let’s talk about market pressure in the voiceover industry… Last week, the student who inspired this blog entry from a few months ago...

2018. What a year, ay? At the end of 2017 we took a look back and guessed what lies ahead for the voiceover industry. You can read that...

Since there are only a precious few weeks left in 2018, setting your 2019 goals should be on the brain and we’ll talk about that in just...

In the voiceover world, the subject of the usage fee has come up quite a bit lately. What is a usage fee? A usage fee is when you get...

What is the value of a voice talent? Last week I was at a recording session with some really nice, younger voice talents. I’m talking...

In the week since the wonderful Mid-Atlantic Voice Over Conference, two words have been swimming around in my head: realism and holism....

Over the weekend I spoke at the Mid-Atlantic Voice Over Conference in Hernon, Virginia. 100 aspiring voice talents from all over the...

Here’s an exercise in the art of letter closing… So I’m on Facebook (as I am too often) and an interesting conversation popped up on the...

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’s an example of effective branding in action… Last night, I and my much-better half went to see her brother Doug’s band Portland...

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.

As a voiceover business, your inner monologue is critical to your success. It effects how you think, train, make money, spend money, and...

I am often asked, “When will my voiceover business become profitable? When will my career turn the corner? How long will it take for me...

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...

As freelancers, voice talent have to deal with a lot of things to run their business. One of many is handling different forms of payment....

Last week a student of mine asked me about Pay to Play sites in general and Fiverr in particular. Here’s what he had to say… Hi Tom.  My...

As voice actors, we all want great agents representing us. I think the challenge is reconciling the 20th century attitudes that been thrust upon us about what agents are & our relationship to them with the 21st century need to effectively vet an agent and nurture a healthy, equal relationship.