Airlift Productions Blog – VoiceOver, NOLA & Micheal Ziants

<p>The Legendary Walton & Johnson flanking that imported Yankee Mike McCann, Times-Picayune TV Focus, June 1983</p> <p><b>It’s kind of funny after all these years and all this time, but I’m still asked about the ‘Mike...

<p>In early 1980, Nashville was a very different place. Today’s Country SuperStars were on the playgrounds, if they were even born yet… Conway Twitty was very much alive, George Jones was still rattin’ the Printers...

<p>James Carville & Mary Matalin on Meet the Press, along with former BFF Tim Russert</p> <p ><b>In my now over 40 years of recording voice overs, radio/TV, AudioBooks & musicians at Airlift Productions in America’s...

<p>Airlift Productions Proprietor Micheal Ziants as a ‘babe in the woods’ New Castle, PA. What, no headphones?</p> <b>From New Castle (PA) to New Orleans (LA) … to quote the California sage Jerry Garcia, “What a long...

My very first ‘selfie’ <p>Early Mornings around the Airlift PROductions Studios have a different beat than most recording studios or production houses, a different vibe. </p> <p>Reflective. Quiet. Thoughtful. Picture...

<p>< > <p>Sadly, the Country Music Concert Slaughter in Las Vegas & the death of Tom Petty were what spurred the phone call in 2017. Enjoy…mgz ></p> <p>The email came into the Airlift Productions Studios to my...

<p>Veteran New Orleans Voice Talent Micheal Ziants with trusty sidekick & mascot The Shadeaux</p> <p>Although I live in Louisiana, the Sportsman’s Paradise, I do not hunt and shoot animals, I do not own a gun…shucks, I...

<p>(L-R) Charlie Biondo, “Miss Linda” Mintz, Micheal Ziants, celebrating over 3,500 units sold, “Soft Words, Warm Nights”</p> <p>While the world was still calling the genre “Books-On-Tape” in 1993, Airlift Productions...

<p>From AudioBook-fed earbuds on a London commuter train to grief-stricken Cancer patients gathered around iPads in New Orleans… now throw in interstate-clogged, radio-driven commutes into work from Sacramento, CA to...

<p>In week three of the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season, some personal reflection —The National Weather Service defines the “Eye” as the region of mostly calm weather at the center of strong tropical cyclones.</p>...

<p></p> <p>Which came first, the chicken or the egg?</p> <p>Around the Airlift Productions Studios, I still get into this one with my video production pals – when it comes down to audio versus video, which of the two is...

<p>Many thoughts are rambling around my head on this Mother’s Day weekend, so I came here to unpack a few of them. Allow me to wish you & yours a Happy One as I attempt to sort some things out.</p> <p>It’s been said...

<p>Original Airlift Productions LOGO – 1984 by Harrel Grey</p> <p>It’s kind of strange the way inspiration works. I was sitting at a bar here in downtown New Orleans that no longer exists in a hotel that no longer...

<p>Harrisburg Broadcasting: Images of America Book, written by Timothy P. Portzline … with Airlift Productions, John St. John, Micheal Ziants pics & stories</p> <p>Footprints in the Sands of Time …. or skid marks at the...

Dr. John Autograph to Airlift Mike on old Airlift Iberville Street Notepad <p>Hired by Quincy Jones’ staff and his daughter Jolie to record Mac’s VoiceOver tracks for their Take It Back Foundation, I first met the Nite...