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Michael Apollo Lira
Feb 10, 20234 min read
If I won the lottery
If I won the lottery I would not tell a single soul. And I would learn how to pickpocket. The world around me would become my game to...
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Michael Apollo Lira
Sep 5, 20224 min read
Running The Gauntlet
Running the gauntlet - Wikipedia I really like that phrase. I think of it as a clever or snarky way to describe a possibly haphazard...
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Michael Apollo Lira
Mar 21, 20224 min read
The company we reflect
The food you eat, the attitudes you carry, your affect towards the world around you. The people you affiliate with. The company you...
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Michael Apollo Lira
Feb 13, 20227 min read
A doozy of an update
Well hello! I haven't updated for some time. For anybody who regularly reads my blog, I am so sorry for this. There are many things to...
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Michael Apollo Lira
Jan 9, 20224 min read
Humility in Victory
Harry Potter Mania. I remember it sweeping the nation in the early 2000s. A story that swept up children and adults alike through its...
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Michael Apollo Lira
Nov 22, 20219 min read
How it Started and How it's Going: The Booth
It's said that the most important part of your audio's quality comes from your recording environment. Any voice over artist worth their...
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Michael Apollo Lira
Nov 15, 20213 min read
You don't know what you don't know
There's a saying out there that goes "you don't know what you don't know". It's simple, yet it speaks volumes when one starts to...
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Michael Apollo Lira
Oct 23, 20217 min read
The people you know
I'm going to start this blog off with a memory and a few thoughts of mine to go with it. If everything happened according to plan, what...
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Michael Apollo Lira
Oct 9, 20216 min read
Mastery
I've seen it said that it takes 10,000 repetitions of a skill to master it. I've also read that it takes 10,000 hours of time to master...
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Michael Apollo Lira
Sep 14, 20214 min read
Where are you right now?
I have a busy mind. It's frequently preoccupied and distracted - more often than it ought to be, in all truth. I often find myself...
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Michael Apollo Lira
Aug 25, 20213 min read
A watched pot never boils...
...and watched auditions don't get heard. At least that's the conclusion I've come to. Conventional wisdom in the voiceover and voice...
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Michael Apollo Lira
Jul 22, 20214 min read
What do dentists and voiceover coaches have in common?
Skills and knowledge are just some of the things that are constantly changing and evolving in many fields. Did you know that nurses are...
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Michael Apollo Lira
Feb 24, 20214 min read
Sacrifice
Sacrifice. That's a word that can mean so many things, to so many people. When I think about the word, I envision something along the...
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