VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

Mike · Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 5:43 pm Post subject: My roots are showing.

I was just scanning some old pictures and one of them was this. My dad, circa 1975. He was always pushing me to get into radio or VO. Naturally enough, I resisted (typical teenager), which is why it took me so long to get started! Anyway. Now I have a lot to thank him for, so this picture now hangs proudly in my booth.

Maiku.
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Deirdre · Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:32 am Post subject:

"I've got plenty of java
and Chesterfield Kings...."

What a great picture, Maiku.
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allensco · Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:40 am Post subject: nice

Cool photo Mike! I'll have to find the one of my Dad at the console and post it. He's the reason I got into radio in the first place. I remember going to the station with him when I was very young and watching him work on the air and playing around in the production room. Aaahhhh....the memories Smile

anthonyVO · 14th Avenue Joined: 09 Aug 2005 Posts: 1470 Location: NYC

That's a great pic! Love it!

I got a picture of my dad creating headstones (the family business) so it really wouldn't work in my studio.

-Anthony

glittlefield · Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:14 am Post subject:

Great picture, Mike! I bet that keeps you focused. Smile

My dad was a pharamcist but did a lot of lecturing after he went into teaching, so I'm glad to have inherited his vocal genes.
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Philip Banks · Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:26 am Post subject:

My father was a Major in the SAS (Special Air Service) so his ability to kill with his bare hands gene helps me get plenty of work and ensure prompt payment.

Tom Greenlee · Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:28 am Post subject:

Wow! Mike....I LOVE that picture. That really captures it I think. That
is really cool. Wish I had something like that from my dad, but my dad owned
a printing company, and wasn't involved in the voice industry (although he
certainly could have been.....he had/has a rich deep voice.) Anyway....very cool....
keep that baby safe.
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billelder · Guest

Maiku.

Please tell more about your dad. Where did he work? He's playing a record. What kind of music was it? I'm assuming from the clock he was afternoons? And, don't 'cha love the coat and ties in the broadcast studio. That's really cool that some of you followed in the steps of your fathers. My dad was on the air with me once. I have the tape and some pictures of that day. He was fantastic (as was my mom) about encouraging us to do what we wanted to do with our lives. I understand more today about how rare that is.

Dad was sort of an entertainer. He had a band at Duke until he got called into service during WWII. I was told that the guys in his band went to play for another student who came to Duke the same time my dad left. His name was Les Brown.

dhouston67 · Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:31 am Post subject:

mcm · Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:46 am Post subject:

What a wonderful picture Maiku. And you look like him too.

Bill, I think our dads musta been the same vintage.

Tom Greenlee · Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:55 am Post subject:

Mary.....Is that your dad? He looks remarkably like Mathew Broderick. I should post some older pictures of me from the mid 70's when I was in the Marine Corps and let everyone think it is my dad! hahahahahaha
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billelder · Guest

Mary,

Yes, I think so. My father was born in 1919. <g>

David,

Aw man! Would love to hear it.

Since you mentioned Buddy Rich, I was lucky enough to be a part of Disney World's 15th Anniversary. I did my radio show from there along with 399 other stations. We got to take one person and I took my dad. We had run of the place for three days. Everything paid for by Disney.

The second night we were deciding what entertainment and food to eat. Dad wasn't going to pick and said he'd go wherever I wanted. (I love big band too since we always had some kind of music playing in our home.) I saw Buddy Rich on the list and suggested we go there. We sat about 20 feet from Mr. Rich and dad had a fantastic time. I'll never forget the look on my father's face.

Dad passed away unexpectedly a month later. I'll never forget that trip and hold a special place for what Buddy Rich and his music did for my father and my memories.

dhouston67 · Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 2:39 pm Post subject:

Bill,

Not many details I can recall, but even though I was only 17 (this was in '84 --- there, I dated myself), I knew I was in the presence of serious legends. Saw Woody a second time in '87, not long before he passed away.
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billelder · Guest

David,

It's funny how that works isn't it? These "greats" are so incredibly talented but also just doing what they were born to do.

I've tried that "dating myself" but it's much better with someone else. <g>

Mike · Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 6:38 am Post subject: