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Voiceovers And My 2016 Goals – The GKN Update 1/5/16
Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a fun & safe holiday season. Back to reality! Usually at the beginning of the year I write about how...
Jan 5, 20162 min read


Voiceovers And The Top 5 Top 5 Lists of 2015! – The GKN Weekly Update 12/29/15
2015 is almost oh-vah! Done! Kaput! And what a year it was. I usually take this end-o-year blog to do a little self-indulgent recap and...
Dec 29, 20152 min read


Voiceovers and Masturbating – The GKN Weekly Update 12/22/15
I was a theater major in college. With that comes rehearsing & performing tons of scenes and monologues in class. Almost 25 years later,...
Dec 21, 20152 min read


Voiceovers and the Reality Check – The GKN Weekly Update 12/15/15
2016 is only two weeks away. What better time for a reality check? 🙂 I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what makes a voice talent...
Dec 15, 20153 min read


Voiceovers and Holiday Parties – The GKN Weekly Update 12/7/15
Remember last week when I said it was THAT time of year again? I stressed some of the negative aspects of it, but of course there are...
Dec 8, 20152 min read


Voiceovers and 2016 Goals – The GKN Weekly Update 12/1/15
…and just like that, the holidays season is upon us! This is the time of year where everyone is Nutsy Fagan with shopping, trip planning,...
Dec 1, 20152 min read


Voiceovers and Being Thankful – The GKN Weekly Update 11/24/15
So…it’s THAT time of year again. Frozen turkey buying and silver-polishing and pre-pre-pre-Christmas shopping and all that other stuff....
Nov 24, 20152 min read


Voiceovers and Health Insurance – The GKN Weekly Update 11/10/15
Being self-employed can be a challenge sometimes. Here’s an example… Since I don’t have a “real job” and I’m single, I’m responsible for...
Nov 10, 20152 min read


Voiceovers and Tough Love – The GKN Weekly Update 11/3/15
Tough love is, well, tough. This is one of the reasons I’m not a full-blown voice coach and I HATE critiquing demos. I just don’t like...
Nov 3, 20152 min read


Voiceovers and Giving Back – The GKN Weekly Update 10/27/15
Giving back is everything. Over the years I’ve talked about the importance of giving back to your industry. Donating your time, sharing...
Oct 27, 20152 min read


Voiceovers and Nomenclature – The GKN Weekly Update 10/20/15
I’m a voice actor. I’m a voice talent. I’m a voiceover artist. I’m an announcer. I’m a narrator. What the hell am I? The nomenclature has...
Oct 19, 20152 min read


Voiceovers and Milestones – The GKN Weekly Update 10/13/15
Saturday October 17, 2015 is a very special milestone for me. One could say that’s the day I celebrate 10 years as a full-time voice...
Oct 13, 20152 min read


Voiceovers and Client Churn – The GKN Weekly Update 10/6/15
I love analytics. Sometimes I love it too much. I used to obsess over them far more than I do now because I didn’t know which parts of my...
Oct 6, 20152 min read


Voiceovers and Luck – The GKN Weekly Update 9/29/15
What is luck? The dictionary defines luck as ‘success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one’s own actions.’ All...
Sep 29, 20152 min read


Voiceovers and Rainy Days – The GKN Weekly Update 9/22/15
I love rainy days. You know, those days when no voiceover projects come in? Don’t get me wrong, I love being busy too. More often than...
Sep 22, 20152 min read


Voiceovers and Facebook Friends – The GKN Weekly Update 9/15/15
I love Facebook. I’m on it several times a day. I keep in touch with friends, play Scrabble, monitor my business page and Agent 1.22...
Sep 15, 20154 min read


Voiceovers And Season Management – The GKN Weekly Update 9/9/15
Happy Labor Day! Hope you had a great summer season and life is getting back to whatever your definition of normal is. Over the years...
Sep 9, 20152 min read


Voiceovers and Discounts – The GKN Weekly Update 9/1/15
Last week I landed my first voiceover gig from Pakistan. They found me online and asked me to narrate a video for a new education...
Sep 1, 20152 min read


Voiceovers and Expectations – The GKN Weekly Update 8/25/15
Last week I went to the recording studio of a client I worked with about three years ago. He last hired me to be the voice of a dog, I...
Aug 25, 20153 min read


Voiceovers and Pinball – The GKN Weekly Update 8/4/15
I love pinball. I, like most people, play it once every 1 to 3 1/2 years and I’m terrible at it. It’s similar to my love of darts and...
Aug 4, 20153 min read


Voiceovers and Working for Paise – The GKN Weekly Update 7/28/15
Every voice talent must know their worth. Here’s an example… Last week a friend of mine sent me a casting notice for an e-learning...
Jul 28, 20152 min read


Voiceovers and Websites – The GKN Weekly Update 7/21/15
I just rebuilt my voiceover website. That is to say, my amazing webmaster Nikki Saco of Saco Media did. You can check it out here. I’m...
Jul 21, 20152 min read


Voiceovers and Analytics – The GKN Weekly Update 7/7/15
What has two thumbs and loves analytics? This guy does! (points to self with thumbs) For me it’s just plain fun. Spreadsheets, crunching...
Jul 7, 20152 min read


Voiceovers and Doing Accents – GKN Weekly Update 6/30/15
I love doing accents. Before I was a voice talent, I used to do accents all the time. It was fun playing around with them growing up. And...
Jun 29, 20152 min read
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