

Welcome 2021 with some "Must Hear" Material
We can all agree that 2020 sucked. Big time. But there was some good mixed in with the all the bad. One of the best things to come out of my early lockdown Home Studio webinars were my Mentor Monday events. One Monday night a month, I pair a couple of heavy-hitter voice actors together to discuss their careers and give guidance to a live Zoom audience. They are always a lot of fun, and began to serve a double purpose as episodes of my as of yet unreleased podcast Un:Sung- The

In Defense of GarageBand
GarageBand gets a bad rap when it comes to voice actors using it at home. Sure, it’s an app designed as a starting place for musicians (and non-musicians) to have fun making music. Apple also baked in some presets to help it connect with apps like iMovie, so you can add narration for your personal video projects. That’s just swell. I feel like their Ilife suite of apps from the not-so-distant past have been somewhat dismantled, leading to a lot of confusion. Their effort to


Pandemic Production: Ferrero Rocher’s Holiday Campaign makes Ad Age’s Top 10
Remote collaboration at its best. This wonderful spot was just recognized as one of the top 10 by Ad Age.


Fixing that Low Volume Headphone Issue
Got a small USB interface like the Focusrite Scarlett Solo and a nice pair of Beyerdynamic 80hm DT770 headphones? Complaining about the level being too low? Let's fix that! There are two things to try: First- make sure you’re recording with a solid enough gain. Often people complain about their headphone volume being too quiet, but they’re actually recording at super low levels. If you’re doing that on purpose to magically remove noise from the background- stop. It doesn’t wo