Sep 4, 20187 minVoiceovers And Fiverr – The Not Silent Blog 9/4/18Last 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...
Aug 28, 20184 minVoiceovers And How To Vet An Agent – The Not Silent Blog 8/28/18As voice talents, we all want great agents representing us. I think the challenge is reconciling the 20th century attitudes that been...
Aug 21, 20184 minVoiceovers And Slating Auditions – The Not Silent Blog 08/21/18Last week I was talking to my friend Carin Gilfry about slating auditions. The topic arose because respected coach Paul Liberti talked...
Jul 17, 20183 minVoiceovers And Suing Voices Dot Com, Part One – The Not Silent Blog 7/17/18Noted 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...
Jul 2, 20184 minVoiceovers And Incorporating – The Not Silent Blog 7/3/18I’ve been giving the whole voiceover-business-incorporating question some thought. I see that question online almost every day and it’s...
Jun 12, 20183 minVoiceovers And Voiceover Related Questions – The Not Silent Blog 6/12/18For the past year or so I’ve noticed that when people pose voiceover related questions on a Facebook group or other forum, I’ve already...
Apr 24, 20183 minVoiceovers And Moving – The Not Silent Blog 4/23/18I’m moving! Well, I moved last week. I’ve lived most of my life in New Jersey and now I’m a New Yorker! Of course the prospect of moving...
Apr 10, 20184 minVoiceovers And Pro Bono Work – The Not Silent Blog 4/10/18Here is an important lesson about pro bono work… A few weeks ago I got an email from an aspiring voice talent who accepted an unpaid gig...
Mar 13, 20184 minVoiceovers And Landing An Agent – The Not Silent Blog 3/13/18Last week a voice talent asked me for advice about landing an agent. This is what I told him… There are many, many factors to consider...
Feb 27, 20183 minVoiceovers And Strange **** – The Not Silent Blog 2/27/18Let’s talk about some strange **** that happened. But first, a reflection… I started blogging almost twelve years ago. Looking back, I’ve...
Jan 9, 20184 minVoiceovers And The New Tax Code, Part 2 – The Not Silent Blog 1/9/18Last week I posted a blog entry about the new tax code and how it affects us as voice talent. It received some praise from y’all so thank...
Jan 2, 20185 minVoiceovers And The New Tax Code – The Not Silent Blog 1/2/18Here is a breakdown of how I think the new tax code will affect us as voice talent. I stress as voice talent ONLY. I can’t speak to how...
Nov 7, 20173 minVoiceovers, VoiceCastingBank, And VoiceRegistry – The Not Silent Blog 11/7/17Last week one of the new online voiceover casting players, VoiceCastingBank, hosted a webinar. Co-founders Lenny Williams and Stephanie...
Oct 31, 20172 minVoiceovers And Revisions – The Not Silent Blog 10/31/17Revisions. Retakes. Change Requests. Just another nice way of saying, “Somebody screwed up”. 🙂 I’ve talked about this a few times over...
Oct 24, 20174 minVoicebank And Voices Dot Com Updates – The Not Silent Blog 10/24/17Voicebank Update For many years, Voicebank listed not just agents & directors, but production companies and other excellent resources to...
Aug 15, 20174 minVoiceovers, Voicebank, and Voices Dot Com – The Not Silent Blog 8/15/17Voices Dot Com has acquired Voicebank. How does this affect you as a voice talent? How does this affect the voiceover industry? For those...
Apr 25, 20172 min10 Money Tips For Voiceover Freelancers – The Not Silent Blog 4/25/17Last week my friend Michelle Falzon curated an article on Facebook about the plight of voiceover freelancers. You can read it here....
Feb 21, 20173 minVoiceovers and Falling Rates – The Not Silent Blog 2/21/17Is it just me, or have rates for voiceovers been dropping even faster lately? I’ve noticed it in particular from a distressing source:...
Jan 3, 20173 min3 Cash Flow Tips For 2017 – The Not Silent Blog 1/3/17Happy New Year! Ready to put 2016 in the rear-view mirror? This is the first of five blog entries that will focus on getting your ****...
Oct 4, 20165 minVoiceovers And Cheap Voice Talent Online – The Not Silent Blog 10/4/16The following is a conversation via email I had with employees of The Voice Realm. This correspondence is posted here with their...