I recently encountered not one, not two, but three weird situations which involved both the perception and the reality of voiceover...

Here’s a lesson in good storytelling… Over the weekend I went to the screening of the new short film “Killian“, starring one of my...

As a narrator, audio book preparation can be a fun, sometimes daunting, and often fulfilling challenge. Here’s an example… Right now I’m...

As always a fabulous, informative, inspiring time was had by all at The Johnny Heller 4th Annual Splendiferous Narrator Workshop. A full...

A big challenge for many voice talents of all experience levels is genre focus. How do you pick a voiceover genre to focus on? How do you...

We’ve been hearing the rhetoric for years that there are a bunch of predatory voiceover coaches and demo producers out there (which is...

Reading commercial copy is one of the most basic skills in the voiceover industry. What a better way to hone said skills than at the...

The New England Audiobook Narrator Retreat is back! Audio book narrator extraordinaire and all-around mensch Johnny Heller is once again...

I recently narrated the fascinating audio book The Innovation Code: The Creative Power of Constructive Conflict by Jeff and Staney...

Five years ago this month, I decided to become the VO Strategist. What a crazy ride it’s been! My brain works funny. I often see the...

I love stand-up comedy. I’ve loved it ever since I saw George Carlin in “Carlin at Carnegie” on HBO when I was a kid. Just for fun,...

Being an effective audiobook narrator is tough. The intricacies of preparation, technical production, genre mastery, performance, and...

I recently narrated Breaking Through Gridlock by Jason Jay and Gabriel Grant. This was an interesting one! Breaking Through Gridlock...

I went to a Postmodern Jukebox concert over the weekend, or what I like to call a “talent clinic”. Holy crap, they were amazing! If...

April 24th, 2017 marks my 20th anniversary as an e-learning narrator. Sounds like a weird thing to celebrate, right? Maybe so, but it was...

I don’t do cartoons much. Well, not until Madballs came along. Yes, Madballs! The gross-out toys that were big in the 80’s are making a...

Last week I went to the opera. It was amazing. We saw Rusalka at The Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center. Rusalka is basically “The...

Audio book #54, done! Nat Greene’s “Stop Guessing” is a great problem-solving guide. I even took notes while I was narrating! It goes on...

This is the third of five blog entries that will focus on getting your **** together for 2017. Wanna catch up first? Here’s Part 1: Cash...

What a weekend! I was honored to be an instructor at Johnny Heller’s Spendliferous Audiobook Retreat at the Whispering Pines Conference...