I have a web service that finds web links for my brand…many of the links I’ve long forgotten. None of them are bad (whew!) but I found a bunch of stuff that I hadn’t seen in a while and some of them I’ve updated.

One I found this morning that I don’t think I have seen for about a year or more is my Voices.com listing. It’s a free one that I’ve not deleted (unlike the Voice 123 listing that I squashed years ago). For myself (please read those words again and then continue reading) I don’t believe pay – to – play sites are good for my business or the voice-over industry. That opinion has not halted their existence (surprising, I know….don’t they know who I AM?!)

Yet I haven’t dropped this free listing…which gets buried in the bowels of the site because I’m not a paid member. Doesn’t bring me any business.

Part of my brain says “look at their great design – that looks sharp”. Another thought is “wow, this company has come along way – that’s impressive”. And then I revisit the problem with P2P’s and my dislike for the business model and I think “Peter, what are you doing?!” (No, I’m not looking to rehash all that…those opinions are all over the web and some of them I even took down because individuals’ feelings were getting hurt…not my objective).

I’m not even sure why I’m posting this whole thing except as part of a thought process I’m going through…forcing me to put my wandering thoughts on (virtual) paper. You, gentle reader, get the good, the bad and the ugly here.

The P2P haters will say drop the listing. If one’s email address ends in @voices.com they’ll say keep it (and upgrade).

But the owner of @audioconnell.com thinks he should probably drop it….but there’s this “thing” in his head which he cannot identify which has kept him from pulling the trigger, cutting the cord etc.

The thought process is non-sensical and impractical….just like me.

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If you look waaaay in the dark background you may be able to see some famous radio people who work in Dayton, Ohio…I myself couldn’t tell you if they were there or not because I couldn’t see them from where I was sitting.

In the foreground are two people who used to work in radio in Dayton but they really aren’t terribly famous. The station was WVUD-FM (it’s no longer there but we’re still around). That’s Sandy White on the left (she was Sandy Huff on the air) and me.

It was great tonight to have dinner with Sandy, her husband Bob, her daughter Rosanna and her grandson Owen. Wonderful family and wonderful friends.

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My friend and fellow voice talent Kevin Readdean wrote me a quick twitter note to let me know that in recognition of the Occupy Wall Street movement – and because he was the audiobook narrator of the book Occupying Wallstreet – The Inside Story of an Action That Changed America – Kevin is giving away 3 copies of the audiobook to some lucky winners.

For all the details, check this link.

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Just to be clear, the second nicest man in voice-over wears a giant green “2”

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Something from 1982 and something (a bit photoshopped for freshness) from 2013.

I’m not sure if these two guys ever met.

It reminds me of the old Sesame Street song: “One of these things is not like the other…”

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There were votes and likes and comments, oh my!

But in the end, Mrs. audio’connell was right and ‘C’ was the overwhelming favorite choice so it will be the primary photo I use in my marketing.

However, I think we will find places and opportunities to use the other two pictures as well.

Thanks to all who voted…I hope it proved to be a pleasant distraction.

And thanks again to Lori Joyce of Lori Joyce Photography for being willing to do such a dirty job and make it look so effortless. If you need professional pictures done…for anything…call Lori.

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