As you try to get established as a Vent in your part of
the Country, you already know most of the basics for
performing. You know that you have to have the skills of
Ventriloquism fairly well polished, but getting your first
several bookings can be a real obstacle.…
We have tried to figure out why some of our customers are such fun to deal with while others are . . .not so much.
We have concluded that it boils down to the way folks conduct themselves. Some of our friends just let you know kind of what they want and they sit back and have the “surprise me” attitude about the results.…
Stop for a minute and think about some of the best Ventriloquists you have ever seen. Then think about the ones that you remember that seemed the most “lifeless” and were just a puppet with a moving mouth. Even though the ventriloquist was good and had not lip movement, if the rest of the puppet just “sat there” without moving, the act was at best only half as good as it could have been.…
Although we can never get enough pictures back from you good folks, now and then we get some that are a bit unusual. Some for the pictures themselves, and some for the circumstances surrounding the pictures.
A while back we got to be friends with a gentleman named Steven van der Vyver.…
We want to suggest a way for find some new ideas this week. We are not suggesting that you steal material from anyone, but now and then you want to find little ways to get new ideas to use in your show.…
From time to time we get a request from someone that shows a spark of creativity. Recently a person contacted us and asked if they could have the face of “X” puppet, and the hands of “Y” puppet, the body of “Z” puppet.…