Then there's branding: Along with voice talent, I also provide naming and branding services to some of the country's best branding firms: BrandPlay, Rivkin Associates, 800 Degrees and others... creating names, taglines and positioning for products, services and companies.
Learn more at brandsandtags.com.

Previous lives: 1) Journalist and writer for jazz and music pubs, including downbeat, Different Drummer, and Fusion ; co-founder of Rochester's Freetime magazine.   2) Three summers at the Erie Co. Water Control Center, Dist. #2... a.k.a. the sewage plant. It was an education. You wanna talk about "keepin' it real," this was subterranean real!

Favorite snack: Reduced-fat Wheat Thins, they're almost addictive

Quote worth noting: "He was so fast he could turn off the light switch and be under the covers before the room got dark." -- Satchell Paige on Cool Papa Bell

Stuff My Relatives Find Fascinating!

Voiceover and voice talent experience: 7 years in commercial radio as morning host and PD at WCMF in Rochester and mid-day and PD at WSAY, Rochester. 20+ years creating hundreds of commercials, narrations, podcasts, interactive presentations, phone messaging and other voiceover projects.

Current radio and all that jazz: Host of the Soul Jazz Spectrum, a program where the groove survives and thrives. 11 pm 'til midnight, ET, on Jazz 90.1 in Rochester (where you can listen live at Jazz 90.1 in Rochester.

The ad biz: For 10 years, I was owner/president/ and Panamanian strongman (funnier when Manuel Noriega ruled the Canal Zone) of Ingersoll et al Communications. Our clients included Kodak, Xerox, Bausch & Lomb and LaserMax.