Michael Apollo Lira
How not to hatch eggs
When I was young – probably spanning from age 4 through 7, I acquired an adoration for baby chickens. And who doesn’t love a cute baby...
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Michael Apollo Lira
- Sep 5
- 4 min
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
- Jul 17
- 4 min
"___ isn't always on time" : Success
You need to believe in what you do. Because if not you, then who? I mean that! The world is callous – it’s moving forward with or...
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Michael Apollo Lira
- Jul 7
- 4 min
"___ isn't always on time" : Justice
Justice, karma, comeuppance. Whatever you believe in or want to call it…much like love, it isn’t always on time. ... You didn't click on...
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Michael Apollo Lira
- Apr 14
- 7 min
Fools Rush In - The Long Winter
I wrapped up my last blog entry with the following thought: “…people generally understand rules. What they don't seem to grasp, however,...
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Michael Apollo Lira
- Apr 5
- 4 min
Fools Rush In - To Feed The Monster
Sometimes, we charge fool-heartedly into an endeavor without really understanding the whole picture. You can probably think of an...
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Michael Apollo Lira
- Mar 21
- 4 min
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
- 7 min
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
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 9 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 7 min
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, 2021
- 6 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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
- Aug 12, 2021
- 9 min
Sir Reginald
One year for her birthday, Karina told me she wanted a pet hedgehog. Her obsession with hedgehogs had begun around the Christmas prior;...
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Michael Apollo Lira
- Jul 22, 2021
- 4 min
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
- Jul 7, 2021
- 2 min
Time will tell. And in the meantime, time will heal.
This song is a FEEL. The soft, sleepy and sultry voice. The indolent pace of the melody and instruments. The half-awake feel that...
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Michael Apollo Lira
- Mar 15, 2021
- 3 min
"I'm so sad. You've changed."
"I'm so sad. You've changed." -an ex, some years back. I think one of the worst ways you could insult a person is to tell them that they...
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