Microphone contest

Recordinghacks.com is having a monthly microphone giveaway. They wanted me to add the mention to the blog, so I figured, "Why not!"

Hey, if ya don't enter and play, yah can't win.

Plus there's great information about a microphone that you've been wanting to add to your closet.

So go look.

Good behavior and it's rewards

So I was stuck in the studio waiting for client approval for a Smith and Wesson trade show VO that I had done. The clients were gathering to discuss the text, the tempo, etc.

I waited 3.5 hours. Spinning my wheels, trapped.

I looked up the AFTRA rates for studio time, 112.oo per half hour! WOW. So I wrote up an invoice for half that, then thought about it, and charged $40.oo per hour to sit.

The studio was grateful, the client was happy.

The studio was so happy with how I handled it, they handed off my demo to a new client. The new client, Pittsfield Co-op Bank like me. I'm now their guy.


Be a nice person, treat people well, and you get paid back in kind. Go figure!

Totally off topic

Ok, most of this has been about my career and stuff. (by the way, in rehearsal for Fantasticks as El Gallo.. )

Some of you may know that my old dog Henry died a few weeks ago. Cancer got to his kidneys and that was that. He was a great soul and I'm sure I'll meet him again.

We have a new pup. Bumbles. He's a Staffordshire Terrier. Full on meatball of a dog. And smarter than some people I know. (no offense)(you may not not know who you are)

He's a rescue from the Columbia Green Animal Rescue, and he's an absolute snuggle bunny.

Here's the reason for the post. If you're in need of a pet. Rescue one. Seriously. You will not find a better friend.

Welcome Bumbles to the fray. (recording session on Monday, rehearsal on Sunday, VO gig coming up on Tuesday...) Back to our normal broadcasting.

Actually P.S. Caught up with an old friend J.R. worked with him at WSBS in Great Barrington... He will either drag me back into radio, or I'll drag him up onto the stage. (they sometime pay just the same...)

Sometimes it's just so cool!

Walked into the studio and the engineer Steve told me that I was there to try to fix a problem commercial.

Ok. The commercial is for a local ski area and they're trying to recreate a call center with various operators answering calls about a "hidden mountain"

No big deal, read the copy, made sure they were happy and was heading out the door. Steve tells me that my read and tag will be used on 4 different commercials.

4.

:)

That means I can bill for 4! WOOOOOO! Sometimes it's just so cool!

Animal Planet "Fatal Attractions"

I just wrapped up a shoot with a crew from London as they filmed a segment for Animal Planet's show "Fatal Attraction"

I play Ronnie, a decent guy, worked as a prison guard during the day and raised deer on his small farm for fun and profit. One afternoon when he went out to feed his deer, which he had raised from birth and had bottle fed, he was killed by a young buck. The deer was caught up in the rut and saw Ronnie as another deer and a threat.

The episode will air in February!

Connections come from the wildest places

Having lunch with a friend and he mentions he's working on some animation stuff, and he stops, looks at me and asks, "would you be willing do to some voices?"

Well, um. YA!

A friend in L.A. is pitching things to Cartoon Network, blah blah blah... Who knows?

To the studio!

First and formost, an Actor.

Ok, this is my opinion. It works for me. Your results may vary.

If you're going to be a Voice Actor, how about getting out there once in awhile and act?

Get on stage! Hit the community theater! Sharpen those acting skills!

I've landed the roll as "Mel" in "The Prisoner of Second Avenue" the Neil Simon play being produced at the Ghent Playhouse in May. I've also just confirmed that I'll be playing "Joe Boyd" in "Damn Yankees" at the MacHaydn Theater in July.

Go hit those boards! Wooooo!