Learn to use your Jitterbug Smart!

One of my favorite kinds of projects is training videos. A bunch of short pieces that help someone learn to use a piece of equipment. The challenge is to made each module stand on its own, but also be consistent with all the other videos in a series.

I had a chance to voice 15 or so How-To Videos for the Great Call Jitterbug Smart 2 phone – here is a link to the page where you can listen to one (or all!).

https://www.greatcall.com/support/learningcenter

I am also the voice of the Great Call (now a Best Buy company) voice mail and IVR systems for all of their products and customer support, as well as the voice of their Lively Mobile and Lively Wearable devices.

2020-01-28T18:53:17+00:00January 28th, 2020|Categories: Announcements, Business, Recent Work|

Heard in a Store Near You Since the Year 2000.

Walk into any of these stores and you just may hear the sound of my voice calling someone to help you…Fleet Farm, Stop & Shop, Kohl’s, TJ Maxx, Lowe’s, Dick’s Sporting Goods, and many more.

The best thing about this is not that you get to hear me. No, the best thing is that I have been recording messages for the company that installs the overhead announcement hardware since the beginning of 2000. That’s coming up on 20 years providing voice files nearly every week!

I’ve recorded announcements around from my usual home studio to around the globe in a studio in Italy – my brother’s sound-proof practice room in Germany – make-shift pillow forts in hotels – and the basement of my mother’s house in New York […]

2019-05-13T18:31:42+00:00May 13th, 2019|Categories: Announcements, Business, Recent Work|

Once in a Blue Moon On-camera Project

My local San Diego agent sent me an audition for an on-camera project that sort of threw me for a loop. It had been a long time since I had an on-camera opportunity and this one was to be done at home – a self-recorded audition. WHAT!? No director or casting director there to feed you lines? No sign-in sheet? How much? For a whole day? I had a million excuses as to why I didn’t think I was going to audition for it. I would have to put on makeup, fix my hair, find good light, memorize some lines. No! Just no.

I was gently convinced to give it a try. […]

2019-01-30T01:34:09+00:00January 30th, 2019|Categories: Acting, Announcements, Business, Musings, Recent Work|

VO Leads to Writing Leads to Production

JustDriveRemember when I told you I started doing some corporate scriptwriting again? My background is in corporate scriptwriting and producing (many years of it) along with on and off-camera spokesperson and announcer. Back around the turn of the century, I started to focus just on the voiceover side of things.

Well, voiceover work for someone who knew me in the “old” days led to the opportunity to do some writing for UCSD TREDS program. And that led to a request to produce a project to help curb talking or texting while driving.

So, ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce the first production in a long long time! Just Drive – Take Action Against Distraction.

Had a great production team spearheaded by the insanely talented Michael Brueggemeyer. Talent featured 3 former students (2 on-camera and the VO), a couple of actor friends and 3 others […]

2018-02-06T06:48:02+00:00January 30th, 2017|Categories: Recent Work|

Don’t Goof! When you Re-Roof

Found this little PSA I did in 2016 for Smart Home America and Dontgoof.org. After all the rain we have had here in California recently, I can tell you that I was wondering about my roof since it has been quite a while since the last one!

A handyman happened to be up on the roof yesterday for another reason and told me that the roof looked pretty good! Whew! I know when the time comes, I’ll be forking over some bucks, but better than catching leaks in buckets!

2018-02-06T06:48:02+00:00January 28th, 2017|Categories: Recent Work|
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