Peter K. O’Connell, on the air at WDCR-AM in Dayton, OH (University of Dayton) circa 1982
Many, many, many years from now, on that last day, do me the favor of playing me off with this lovely tune (sung so well).
It makes me happy and that how I want you to feel now…and then.
But you’ll need to keep this note in a safe place where you can find it multiple decades hence 🙂
Sometimes I google things relevant to my business to see how I am doing.
Tonight, I googled “voice-over blog” to see where Voxmarketising – the audio’connell blog and podcast (which hasn’t really produced a podcast in years but whose counting) ranks.
I’ve got about 13 subscribers and most of them are family members or really old people who didn’t understand what they subscribed to and couldn’t find the ‘erase’ key on their computers. If the computer industry ever invents an ‘erase’ key, I’m finished. Nonetheless I wanted to see how I faired.
The #1 voice-over blog is Bob Souer’s which is as it should be. Then there’s Ben Blankenship and Terry Daniel’s Voice Over Club. These are not suprising to me.
But here comes the confusing part…you know who is NOT on the first page? Courvo and Vox Daily.
You gotta understand, these are two of the very first voice-over blogs ever. Before there was an internet, there were these two voice-over blogs.
The 11th commandment was “and there shall be voice-over blogs” and BAM, Dave and Stef started posting….THAT’S how far back they go. They each have over one million subscribers. Bob has only 750,000 (he says it’s 800,000 but he fibs).
Courvo posts every freakin’ day! When he goes on vacation, he posts how he’s not posting cause he’s on vacation!!!!!
So Google, what bur do you have up your virtual butt that puts those two blogs off the first page of that search?
In any logical world, those two blogs are page one. That they are not defies logic, science and good old common sense.
That’s all…this just occurred to me and I thought I would point this out so that Google fixes its defective voice-over algorithm and we could all return to more comfortable summer temperatures.
What? You thought the heat was caused by global warming or some other nonsense? Sheesh, what are you smoking?!
It’s all about voice-over blog rankings, my friend. Mother Nature does not like it when there is not balance in the voice-over universe.
January 1st is not my birthday.
But for those social media outlets that demand a birth date in a profile I decided to make January 1st my Social Media birthday.
I’m not big on putting a lot of vital personal information out on the web, a birthday being just one example of a person’s personal identity puzzle that those with ill intent could use in a nefarious way.
So thanks for your thoughts and wishes. I accept them in the spirit of kindness and friendship that they are offered.
I hope your new year is blessed, happy and safe.
My friend and voice talent Derek Chappell starts a fun new blog game “Guess That Voice Over Demo” where people listen to a voice over demo and try and guess who’s voice it is.
The first round starts here on November 29, 2011.
Have fun!
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It has been said: “For those who understand, no answer is necessary. For those who do not understand, no answer will suffice.”
Every year I still enjoy this wonderful piece of TV and I hope you do too. Happy Thanksgiving.
Needles and art.
I like one of those things.
But my agent and friend Erik Sheppard likes both of those things because, well, he’s a bit of a freak (not a bad quality in an agent).
You may have heard about Erik’s Don LaFontaine tattoo…well he’s at it…or guess inking it again.
But this time my shy, reticent agent (ha!) got his latest tattoo broadcast on national television (TLC).
I’m not much of a tattoo guy myself but I thought this was kinda cool…especially since it was somebody else getting drilled.
