Ah, social media. The constantly moving target and Achilles Heel for both aspiring & veteran voice talent alike. I bring this up because...

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?...

App narration is one of the many voiceover genres I’ve had the pleasure of participating in. I’m in the middle of narrating my second app...

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...

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...

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...

A while back I wrote a blog about managing expectations based on your assumptions. Today let’s talk about examining your assumptions....

I had the distinct honor and pleasure of speaking at the Voice Actors of NYC’s inaugural (and one-of-a-kind) voiceover business &...

Effectiveness is everything in your voiceover career, especially in the booth during a live session. Here’s an example… Last week I had a...

To be a successful voice talent, competence is critical. I think that’s safe to say that for any profession, but in many professions...

I’m an eLearning narrator. I’ve always called myself a voice talent but when it comes right down to it, I’m an eLearning narrator. Or is...

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...

Facebook Groups are probably my biggest time-suck right now and I bet it’s yours, too. But we’ll get into that in a moment… First off,...

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...

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...

Facts are sometimes hard to find in the voiceover industry’s social media conversations. Here are two examples from just last week… In...

The Mental Health Day. A vastly underrated and often derided term. I haven’t discussed this topic via this here blog in almost seven...

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...

To Market, or Not to Market? How often should you be using directing marketing? It depends. Some voice talents love it, others hate it and avoid direct marketing at all costs. Those voice talents tend to rely on representation or online casting sites to find work and that’s totally valid, but I think you’re leaving money on the table if you don’t use direct marketing at least some of the time.

Auditions. Perhaps single most obsessed-over part of the voiceover industry by new talent. How you think about auditions reveals some...

I had the pleasure of narrating “The Four Elements of Thinking” for my friend Ben Cheung. When he announced the release of the print...

The Johnny Heller 5th Annual Splendiferous Workshop was, as always, splendiferous. Exactly how splendiferous? Let’s start with a few...

The VO Strategist. That’s me! Even the VO Strategist has to take some time off to do human-type stuff. This week I’ll be at the Audio...