Here are two great resources I would highly recommend for your off time that will considerably improve your on time. First, take about 45 minutes and watch the videos from Derek Sivers on how he created CD Baby. I’ve talked before about how we were early adopters, releasing our first CD in ’99 at CD [...]

We invite you to celebrate our 15th birthday with us today on Facebook and Twitter! And if you’re a fellow voice over artist, while you’re online, check out these other great resources: Voices.com Answers Here’s a very cool new feature at Voices.com. It’s no doubt going to become the go-to voice over industry wiki, with [...]

No one in pop culture has probably gone through more “Changes” than David Bowie (though he is ironically best remembered for only a few of his incarnations…maybe ch-ch-ch-ch-changes weren’t that great after all?). Ok, maybe Bowie and Serious Vanity Music. Our 15th birthday is coming up, and we’re greeting it with a fond farewell to [...]

Here’s a classic Serious Vanity Music score by our own Dana Detrick, for the videogame PickNick from Arctic Creations (the multi-media company, not the furrier – don’t get scared if you Google it that we’ve dropped our animal rights stance. We’ll never do that!). If you haven’t seen the game on the market, no fear, [...]

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A big thank you to Stephanie Ciccarelli at VOX Daily and Voices.com for this fantastic article that features our own Dana Detrick!

CheerMixALot is not just a dynamic one-stop shop for choreography and custom performance music, though they more than deliver there. They’re also one of our favorite clients! You can check out one of our collaborations at Varsity.tv and if you’re in the states, on your local Fox Sports Network this weekend! Look for the University [...]

Now, most of the time we’re serving your business, but we want to keep you satisfied in your off-hours, too! Some of the things we love to do are create handmade music and art-related items, as well as share some of our favorite vintage finds. So, it’s no surprise that we’ve set up shop now [...]

KC Small Business‘ Kate Leibsle explores what keeps local Kansas City studios thriving in the changing economic current in the February 2010 article Sector by Sector: Rock This Town, featuring Dana Detrick and other mainstays of the Kansas City music scene.

In a podcast that gets to the heart of both Serious Vanity Music and Serious Vanity Records, Jeff Roney interviews both Dana Detrick and Paul Clark on RoneyZone about, among other things, why the next level isn’t higher, it’s “deeper”.

“If you treat it like a hobby, it will cost you like a hobby. If you treat it like a business, it will pay you like a business.”–John Assaraf We’ve found this to be true, on both sides of the coin, and have made a few changes in our daily routine in order to facilitate [...]

Want to connect with us on Twitter? Get news at it happens, studio updates, and product info in 140 characters or less by following Dana Detrick at twitter.com/femmefrets and Paul Clark at twitter.com/SVPaul. Since so many people are using adding tools that lack the personal connection, feel free to direct message Dana and Paul to [...]

Both feature Dana Detrick this month! Besides being SVM’s founder and co-owner, a producer, composer, performer, voice artist, office manager, and anything else that pops up, Dana lends her wisdom in the June 2009 South Africa edition of Oprah Magazine in Aisha Iman Jefferson’s article, “Personality Pick-Me-Ups”. Look for some great tips and stories from [...]

Partnering with and providing resource material for filmmakers is one of our main passions, so we don’t want you to miss out on getting in on this opportunity on the ground level! Our friends at Distribber.com will soon be launching a fantastic service where you’ll be able to get your film in outlets like iTunes [...]