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Susan Boyle Proves The Right Voice Changes Everything
I love great public moments! I've never seen one like this before: in just minutes, Susan Boyle won the audience over on Britain's Got Talent. If you haven't seen the YouTube video, do yourself a favor and check it out now: Susan Boyle on Britain's Got Talent 2009...
Wet Is Better For Voice Health
As we grow older, our bodies dry out. Although that thrills plastic surgeons and others in the rejuvenation business, it's an unwelcome reality for singers, voice actors, and public speakers. A dry voice box is not a healthy voice box. I've noticed it more and more...
Help Send Holiday Magic CD 2008 to Children’s Hospital
Hello Friends, Clients and Colleagues, I was recently invited to submit a track for a compilation holiday CD. The CDs will be delivered to kids who will unfortunately spend the holidays in a hospital and not at home with their families. Below is a message from the CD...
Children’s Narration for iPhone and iPod
Well, within a couple days of signing on with a new voice marketplace in Europe, Bodalgo, I was hired by an Australian company, LoL Software to narrate a Talkie Book. Emma and the Magic Ark is written and illustrated by Nick Watson, and will be available shortly...
Raising the Volume: Human Trafficking and the Global Slave Trade
In January 2007, I provided character narration for Not for Sale, a documentary about the return of the global slave trade, based on David Batstone's book of the same title. This month Julia Ormond, Ashley Judd, and many others helped launch the rockumentary,...
Voice Talent Productions Blog
My good friend Erik Sheppard decided that he could no longer keep his opinions to himself. (Well, it is an election year.)Â So he launched a blog over at Voice Talent Productions. His posts are wise and funny and I'm not just saying that because he wrote a glowing...
Mogami Mic Cables Provide Cleaner Signal Chain
A couple months ago I was working with Erik Sheppard on a voice over project. When Erik was doing the post-production, he heard some line noise in my original voice track that I didn't immediately detect in the unprocessed dry recording. I traced it back to what I...
Harlan Hogan’s Audio Over IP Blog
Timing is everything. (That should be etched on my tombstone -- way in the future.) No sooner do I start to ponder about getting equipped for real-time remote recording sessions than I find terrific forum threads and this very good blog by Harlan Hogan: Do I invest in...
Remote Sessions Through ISDN
I've been researching methods for providing real-time voice over streams to clients who want to record at their end. Not only are there a bunch of choices with respect to ISDN equipment, but there may be a benefit to bypassing what may be outdated technology and going...
