Past, Present & Future
Clinton Detweiler ran Maher Studios from about 1979 through his retirement in the early 2000's. He continued to be active in the vent community until his unexpected passing on January 22, 2013. I say this because there are some new members to...
Revisiting Free Shows
Back on August 3rd, 2015, Mark Wade punlished a blog post titled: Do Free Shows Really Help You? He felt it was important to revisit some topics and that this was an important one. What Mark wrote still stands the test of time, and I encourage...
Creative Depression
I mentioned last week that I suffer from depression. I'm not alone. There are other ventriloquists I know that deal with this. Jay Johnson has spoken openly about it on his blog. In the U.S.A. alone it is estimated that more than 15 million...
I Don’t Want To …
Procrastination can kill you. It pops up everywhere. If you let it, procrastination will rob you of everything you own. Everything you could be. It is vicious and preys on everyone. Sometimes procrastination comes to us as a little voice that...
Why Should You Join The IVS?
How many ventriloquists live near you? Chances are there aren't that many. Unlike magicians or jugglers or musicians, ventriloquists are few and far between. The others have meetings and get-togethers. We only have the Vent Haven International...
Jimmy Vee’s ConVENTion Lecture Notes
If you attended the 2017 Vent Haven ConVENTion, you know that Jimmy Vee's workshop was one of the best received lectures of the event. Jimmy was kind enough to allow us to share his lecture notes with the entire ventriloquism community. Those...
I Looked Into The Future
I wrote this article on Feb 2, 2017. It accidentally published then and was live for about two hours. So if you caught it then, you looked into the future too! July 12-15 I knew I would be at the Vent Haven International Ventriloquist...
No Blog This Week – Oh Wait …
I am headed to Kentucky for the Vent Haven International Ventriloquist ConVENTion. For that reason, I'm not doing a blog article this week. But of course, this is an article telling you I'm not doing one. So I might as well add something......
I Can’t Get In …
Almost everyday I get an email from someone having problems with either the Maher Studios or Learn-Ventriloquism website. At the same time, hundreds of members go through the sites each day and don't seem to have any problems. (Or maybe they...
Something New
There is an old saying, "You need to get out more often." I use the line when people applaud something silly. It is a set up, and someone applauds 99.9% of the time. I believe that is also true for our creativity. If you sit in front of a...
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