This Time Of Year
I love this time of year!
No, I’m not talking about the sun and the lake and the golf and the pool and the vacations and the summer attitude. Although I must admit I certainly do love all that!
I’m talking about the end of the fiscal year for a lot of businesses!
See, a lot of businesses end their fiscal year around June 30. So, around this time of year, each year, I get a lot of calls from clients with money to burn so they don’t lose it in next year’s budget. A lot of us voiceover folk get those calls. What a riot!
For the last two weeks of June it’s a mad house around here.
Fortunately I have the advantage of having a couple of engineers that can help things go smoothly. My sons. Yup! I taught ‘em well.
Years ago we expanded Dan Hurst Productions to include video productions. That’s what they take care of.
These whizzos are all about the video stuff. But I must admit there’s something weird about having your son tell you to redo a VO because it doesn’t work.
“Listen here, you little brat…”
And to make matters worse, I have another son that is on staff with a major corp doing website management and development. And now, he’s interested in joining the team to develop websites for our clients.
Uhhh, I’m a voice guy. I don’t know about this other stuff.
“Uhhh, Dad…just read the copy and we’ll take care of the rest.”
Uhhh, that’s exactly what scares me. I think I’ll take a break and go sit by pool.