VU - Voices Unscripted

For this episode, I sat down with Yuri Gorbachow: musician, composer, audio engineer, award winning music editor and educator!

He shared insights on the evolution of tech and the revolution in AI. As an educator, he is future proofing a new generation of creators.

For this episode I sat down with Yuri Gorbachow: musicician, composer, technician and award winning music editor for film and television. He shared  insights on the evolution tech and the revolution in AI. And as a teacher he is future proofing a new generation of creators.

BE A BETTER LEADER!

Here's a short clip from my conversation with author, and ad industry leader, Henry Wong.

Henry Wong joined me for a wide ranging conversation about being a better leader, career highlights as an advertising creative, and where to get his favourite dish, Chow Mein. 

When I asked him if AI was going to be the end of 'story' he was cautiously optimistic about human creativity and it's ability to come up with the unexpected, the added twist and uniqueness that is the core of connection.

"As humans...we have to EVOLVE".

Great advice for living from this legendary Canadian music editor, Yuri Gorbachow. He has survived and thrived after each tech 'disruption' in the last 40 years. From MIDI and DRUM MACHINES. To PERSONAL COMPUTERS to AI MUSIC APPS.

The full VU interview with Yuri will be live soon on Spotify soon.

In the meantime: Be A Better Human!

Not that he's bragging but...Yuri has been music editor on the award winning series such as The Tutors (Michael Hirst), Vikings (Michael Hirst), and Handmaids Tale (Bruce Miller).

Peter Pappalardo is "nuts"...about advertising and music.

On the latest episode of The VU we talked about his role on VaynerMedia's award winning Planter's SuperBowl "All or One" mixed nuts spot (2022), his starring role in the "food pairing" cooking show Brisk & Cheddar, and his hilarious new "viral" music video "Half Horse Half Man".

For this episode I welcomed back my very first guest Roger King from PNAgency (April 2020). As the "King" of the non-union voice agents in Canada Roger shares his VU on how the role of voice actors has changed, the bright side of the pay-to-play websites, and his take on why AI has lots of people "shaking in their boots".

Resolution: "Be a better human"

The top question I asked everyone who joined me on The VU podcast this year was: "Is AI coming for your job?" Check out excerpts from some of the fascinating answers in this retrospective.

My big take-away: In order to future-proof yourself you have to be the best version of yourself. And take care of the people around you.Thank you to everyone who joined me for these interviews. I'm looking forward to having many more conversations in 2025.

Happy New Year

What happens when fantasy sports gets real?

You produce a very funny short film with friends that starts winning awards.

Ren Olivieri's short film The Trade is the topic of this special edition of The VU.

For this episode I welcomed back valiant voice agent Tanya Buchanen from Ta-Da Voiceworks to give us her overvue of voice-over industry, her role as teacher with tough love, and her secret to success...integrity and gettig  a good nights sleep.