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Voiceovers And Goodwill – The Not Silent Blog 2/18/20
Goodwill saved my ass last week. Last week was one of those weeks that new voice talent hope for and veteran voice talent have come to...
Feb 18, 20203 min read


Voiceovers And The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – 01/21/20
I recently watched Season 3 of ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel‘ and it did not disappoint. If you’ve seen the show, you may know where this...
Jan 21, 20203 min read


Voiceovers And 2020 Goals – The Not Silent Blog 01/07/20
Have you set your 2020 goals yet? Well, it is 2020 now so you may wanna get on that. Shockingly, I have already set my 2020 goals. I’ll...
Jan 7, 20203 min read


Voiceovers And 2020 – The Not Silent Blog 12/10/19
2020 is almost here! Are you ready for it? To plan for 2020, let’s look back at 2019. Did you achieve all the goals you set for the year?...
Dec 10, 20193 min read


Voiceovers And Choices – The Not Silent Blog 11/19/19
Here’s an unexpected exercise in making choices… Last week, I woke up in the middle of the night and scribbled this down: For the life of...
Nov 19, 20193 min read


Voiceovers And Hope Noah – The Not Silent Blog 11/12/19
25 years ago last week I had my first voiceover lesson with Hope Noah. On November 4th, 1994 I went for a voiceover diagnostic with Hope...
Nov 12, 20193 min read


How Do You Maintain Your Vocal Health as a Voice Actor?
Vocal health is critical for all voice actors. Here’s why I bring it up…
Oct 1, 20193 min read


Voiceovers And Assumptions – The Not Silent Blog 9/24/19
A while back I wrote a blog about managing expectations based on your assumptions. Today let’s talk about examining your assumptions....
Sep 24, 20193 min read


Voiceovers And Effectiveness – The Not Silent Blog 9/10/19
Effectiveness is everything in your voiceover career, especially in the booth during a live session. Here’s an example… Last week I had a...
Sep 10, 20194 min read


Voiceovers And Competence – The Not Silent Blog 9/3/19
To be a successful voice talent, competence is critical. I think that’s safe to say that for any profession, but in many professions...
Sep 3, 20193 min read


Voiceovers And King Kong – The Not Silent Blog 8/20/19
I saw King Kong the musical on Broadway last week. I went with an old friend and we had a great time. The show closed a few days later...
Aug 20, 20193 min read


Voiceovers and Tension – The Not Silent Blog 8/6/19
There is a lot of tension in the voiceover industry right now. It’s been building over the last five years or so. There is tension...
Aug 6, 20193 min read


Voiceovers and Gambling – The Not Silent Blog 7/30/19
Gambling and voiceovers. What do they have in common? First off, let me say that historically I’ve never been a big gambler. Until the...
Jul 30, 20192 min read


Voiceovers and Facts – The Not Silent Blog 7/23/19
Facts are sometimes hard to find in the voiceover industry’s social media conversations. Here are two examples from just last week… In...
Jul 23, 20193 min read


Voiceovers And The Mental Health Day – The Not Silent Blog 7/16/19
The Mental Health Day. A vastly underrated and often derided term. I haven’t discussed this topic via this here blog in almost seven...
Jul 16, 20194 min read


Voiceovers And The 21st Century – The Not Silent Blog 7/2/19
Living in the 21st Century is hard, especially for us voice talent. How hard exactly? A few years ago I had the privilege of writing an...
Jul 1, 20193 min read


Voiceovers and Laziness – The Not Silent Blog 4/23/19
I’ve been engaging in a very specific form of laziness lately. The metric tonnage of questions asked daily on social media by voice...
Apr 23, 20193 min read


The State of the Voiceover Industry, 2019 Edition – The Not Silent Blog 04/08/19
The State of the Voiceover Industry, 2019 Edition… I’ve been writing this blog for over ten years now. For fun, here’s my first entry....
Apr 9, 20194 min read


Systems Of Thought And Voiceovers – The Not Silent Blog 3/12/19
For as long as I can remember, I’ve stressed the value of having effective Systems of Thought and Systems of Execution. How we think...
Mar 12, 20194 min read


Voiceovers and Defining Success – The Not Silent Blog 02/19/19
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...
Feb 19, 20193 min read


Voiceovers And Respect – The Not Silent Blog 2/12/19
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...
Feb 12, 20193 min read


Voiceovers And Getting Married – The Not Silent Blog 02/05/19
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....
Feb 5, 20193 min read


Voiceovers And Community – The Not Silent Blog 01/22/19
A recent YouTube video got me thinking about the voiceover community. I’m a big fan of David Brooks. He’s a brilliant & thoughtful...
Jan 22, 20194 min read


Voiceovers and My 2019 Goals – The Not Silent Blog 01/15/19
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...
Jan 14, 20193 min read
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