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...

What exactly is Direct Marketing? Here are some definitions I found on the Interwebs: The business of selling products or services...

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...

Today, let’s talk about something I’m barely qualified to talk about: your Digital Audio Workstation, or DAW for short. For those of you...

Voiceover narration technique is not something I talk about often. Since the thrust of my contribution to the voiceover industry is...

Education, specifically the current American educational system, has really done a number on us voice talent. Think about the 20th...