Maher Certificates Awarded
Maher Studios is proud to congratulate Jim Foster and Rosa Carlisle. Both have completed the mid-course exam to receive their certificates for the first part of The Maher Course of Ventriloquism- Detweiler Version. Both Rosa &...
Working Multiple Markets As A Ventriloquist
I was talking with a friend the other day about a corporate program. A few minutes later, I mentioned booking a library show for June. He gave me a confused look and asked a question: How could I be working both library shows and doing high...
How is your summer shaping up?
Some of you may be thinking - summer? It's February. Yes, but if you want to do shows, you need to plan early. I started thinking about the summer of 2017 back in August, 2016. I used to work fairs all summer long. The heat and dust started...
How Good Can You Be?
I was reviewing Lesson One of the Maher Course Of Ventriloquism. (You can now get it for free on Kindle.) It says: How good a ventriloquist you will become depends a great deal upon yourself. You will learn from this course in direct proportion...
I Saw The Future
Oops - This post was supposed to publish the week after the conVENTion. Those who got here before I caught the mistake also got a look into the future! Sorry about that! Tom
Jay Johnson Made Me Think …
If you aren't familiar with Jay Johnson, you may be new to the art. Jay is the only ventriloquist to ever win a Tony Award. He starred on the ground-breaking television show Soap. He's performed on Broadway. He is a master of the art. Jay is...
Effective Study
How often do you watch a video start to finish? Or fly through a book to discover the outcome? As kids, most of us can remember going on a trip and asking our parents: "Are we there yet?" The drive was boring. We couldn't wait to "arrive!" One...
A Time For Review
Have you ever noticed something you hadn't before? Maybe something you pass every day has changed. Or you see something new in a movie you've watched before. It happens to people every day. Has it happened to you? Sometimes our mind focuses on...
A New Era
On January 1, Mark and Ken officially stepped down from Maher Studios. As you may know, Maher has been through many transitions over the years. Originally created by Fred Maher, the studio was run by his wife Madeline following Fred's death....
For Those Who Hadn’t Heard …
We've announced the news through social media and here, but for those who still hadn't heard the news - Mark & Ken have now stepped down from Maher Studios and turned the business over to me. We shared the following videos in the IVS Spotlight to...
