I will grant you that Dansville, New York is no Miami but sometimes you go places, not so much for the city as for the people (and I’m not sure Dansville is big enough to be a city anyway).

But such was my reason for visiting Dansville today as it was sort of a half way point between my studio and where voice talent and fellow blogger Bob Souer was visiting while he was handling some impressive audio production duties for a project in Binghamton, NY.

We had lunch at the world renowned Sunrise Restaurant (its where all the beautiful people in Dansville meet. Their rinforzi il tortino et broodje was to die for! Simply heavenly!)

For any of you who have had the chance to speak with or meet Bob, I have the same boring story to report about him: charming guy, smart guy, wonderful voice over career insights and selfless to a fault. In short (and I am much shorter than he) Bob is the exact opposite of me.

A great treat for me to connect with a great talent and even better man.

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MIAMI BEACH – Sometimes work can take you to places you never thought you’d go. Miami Beach is one such place and it is the location from where I am writing this evening. While I am on a sales and marketing assignment, I didn’t bring any recording equipment because the schedule I was given for these business meetings showed I wouldn’t have the time to devote to voice over production. However, I am a bit of a planner.

Everytime I travel to a city, I check and see if there are any of my fellow voice over pro’s nearby in case I were to find myself in need of some studio help for a pressing audition or recording. I also find it’s a great way to meet my fellow pros; heck, we can always grab a drink and share some war stories too if there aren’t any projects that need attention.

I’m sure glad I found Doug Turkel and his Miami based voice over business He could not have been nicer and more welcoming. Doug is not only a talented VO in his own right; he also works on air and in production for the South Florida cluster of Clear Channel radio stations. VO is full of terrific people and I can now add Doug to that list!

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