There is probably only one thing that could draw me into New York City during the insane Christmas holiday season – the 2011 New York City Voice Over Mixer presented by my agents at Voice Talent Productions.

The flight is booked.

The room is reserved.

And the agenda is being crafted as we speak…oh yes, there’s work to be done.

I hope to see you Saturday, December 3rd or sometime in between Friday and Sunday.

You know how to reach me….you just, ya know, never call (sniff).

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Dan Lenard and George Whittam have invited me as their guest tonight on East West Audio Body Shop which airs via USTREAM at 9:00 pm ET and then is available on their EWABS web site.

I hope you can join us.

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My agent may or may not want to be your agent (most days he’s not sure why I’m on his roster…the reason involves a chicken and a hidden camera which is more than you wanted to know) but that doesn’t mean he can’t tell you the SMART ways to land an agent (none of which involves chickens OR cameras).

So Lindsay Sheppard’s husband (that’s how you get to be known after you get hitched) has a FREE seminar going on Saturday for those who missed last week’s seminar. It was sold out. Need I say more?

The dets are here.

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Here’s the thing…if you’re going to craft a new commercial voiceover demo, you should create a new commercial voiceover demo video to go with it.

It’s like salt and pepper.

Cake and ice cream

Coffee and donuts.

I’m not sure what my point was but I have the sudden urge to go to the kitchen. Bye!

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Rudy Gaskins pinged me the other day to remind me that “That’s Voiceover” (to which I guess I still have a free ticket since I paid for the first “That’s Voiceover” but never got there cause my plane couldn’t land in NYC) is going to LA on October 6th.

It looks to be a much more involved event than in previous years, with seminars on audiobooks and microphones preceding the main event and later the drink fest, -er, networking event.

It really does look like a fun and informative event that Rudy and Joan Baker have put on for, I think, three years. And a portion of the proceeds from “That’s Voiceover” will go to support the Alzheimer’s Association.

I hope you’ll enjoy this fun event.

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I got an email from Stacey Stahl updating me about Marice Tobias’ big October weekend in Vegas featuring training for established guys in VO. No broads aloud, er, allowed. Except for Marice.

If you’d like to get information or reserve your space, contact Stacey at stacey@creativeentertainmentmanagement.com .

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