by Lisa Orkin | Jun 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
Seriously. Ever. I have mentioned how I landed at the Radio Ranch, quite a bit by accident. I was newly arrived in Los Angeles, just starting at the Groundlings, and in need of employment that didn’t involved serving food to anyone. Not that I am a snob about...
by Lisa Orkin | May 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
Well, sometimes it starts with a rock-climbing nun… Always Write What You Know. If you are a writer, or trying to be one, guaranteed you will get that advice at one time in your life. Multiple times. Until you can almost predict when someone is about to...
by Lisa Orkin | May 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
This used to be my radio. “Double Talk” for Kroeger Ta-da. I got a new phone. I have mentioned my somewhat tenuous relation to technology here before, so you won’t be surprised to learn that I didn’t get THE latest generation of cell phone, but...
by Lisa Orkin | Apr 27, 2015 | blog, Uncategorized
I would never accuse myself of being tech savvy. I am probably most aptly classified as a demi-Luddite, one who uses about a tenth of the capacity of the internet but enjoys her Solitaire and her ability to edit in Word. So it is that when I picture my memory as a...
by Lisa Orkin | Apr 13, 2015 | blog, Uncategorized
Because sometimes we need to look back and see all that we’ve accomplished to fuel our future fire. By Ranch Hand, Becky Bonar I just got back from a trip to Austin, a city I love. It was where my brother spent all of his adult life, and he had a deep, abiding...
by Lisa Orkin | Mar 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
By Ranch Hand My favorite part of making radio spots always comes when I get to play around with sound. That wonderful moment when the talent are long gone, and the selects are made, and the tracks laid out and the content approved and you’re even reasonably...
