Best Of

Hello. I'm Juan Carlos Bagnell (aka SomeAudioGuy), and below you will find some of my favorite articles, editorials, and reviews. These were all written or hosted by me, and have been posted all over the internet. If you would like to hire me as a writer, or would like to discuss guest blogging or sharing, please contact me at: SomeAudioGuy [at] gmail [dot] com, or use My Contact Page.

Voice Over Editorials:

• Crispin Freeman Interviews Juan Bagnell on 'Voice Acting Mastery'!
• Are You Selling or Waiting?
• [Video] Did I Contradict Myself on USB Mics?
• [Video] Sensitive Mics & Noisy Recordings
• [Video] The Proximity Effect and You!
• Stop Spending as Little as You Can! Start Buying as MUCH as You Can Afford!
• The Art of the Pick Up (not dating advice)
• (Health) After Four Years, My Voice is Starting to Come Back
• (Mailbag) How Do I Get an Agent?
• (Mailbag) Advice for Partner Reads?
• (Mailbag) How Much Money Should I Save For a Home Recording Setup?
• A Not Very Funny Joke About Actors and Microphones...
• A Rant on Bad Habits: Reading Comprehension 
• (Mailbag) How to Set Up a Shotgun Microphone
• (Health) Struggling With Longer Copy? Exhale First!
• A Post on Partner Reads, Proximity, and Pet Peeves...

Read Juan's Technology Blog!

Gear Reviews:

• [Video] Blue Microphones Blueberry
• [Video] Blue Microphones Kiwi
• [Video] sE Electronics SE2200a II Microphone
• [Video] Triad-Orbit M1-R Ball & Socket Mic Stand Adapter
• [Audio] Cascade Microphones Fat Head II Ribbon Microphone
• [Video] Mini-Review: The Cloud Microphone Cloudlifter CL-1 Mic Activator
• [Video] Mini-Review: My All Time Favorite Studio Microphone - The AKG C414 XLS
• [Video] Mini-Review: The FMR Audio RNP 8380 "Really Nice Preamp"
• The V-Moda Vibrato Headphones
• I Got New Headphones! Playing With the Shure SE115K's!
• Messing Around With the Zoom H4n
• The Nokia MD-11 Portable Speaker
• The Nokia BH-905 and The Updated Nokia BH-905i Bluetooth Headphones
• (Living Room Lab) The SM Pro Audio Mic Thing Recording Screen 

Movie Reviews:

• [Video] See YEARS worth of movie reviews over at Movies You May Have Missed (link to video archive)
• A Movie We Hope You Don't Miss: Hesher
• A Movie We Hope You Don't Miss: Source Code
• Inception: An Exercise in "Bold Restraint"

Movie Editorials:

• Why I Constantly Talk Crap About George Lucas on MYMHM
• Why Can't We Let Zombies Evolve?
• [Video] Death is Too Good for Them... 
• Blade Runner: The Value of Narration
• Are Movie Ratings Meaningless? 
• [Video] Why Are Movie Snacks SO LOUD???

Misc:

• Juan on Sirius/XM Radio!
• [Audio] Interview With American Idol's Aubrey Cleland
• [Video] Interview with Mythology Scholar Crispin Freeman on Vampires and Zombies
• (Lifestyle Product) Review: The Brita Water Filtering Bottle
• Combating the Casual Understanding of a Concept
• Peter Cullen, Optimus Prime, KARR, and How I Got Into Voice Over...
• (Book Review) Voice-Over Voice Actor: What It's Like Behind The Mic