How often do you see in those pithy motivational sayings on Facebook that downtime is important to your uptime?I'm there. I've often encouraged "life intermissions" as a means of maintaining sanity. It doesn't have to be exotic. In fact, to me a vacation is anything that is a break in the...
Do the time, and you form a trust. It's why I continue to buy Chevys, Microsoft, Kraft Mayonnaise, and National Geographic.Sure, I'm aware that Ford, Apple, Best Foods, and the Smithsonian make decent competing products, but not decent enough to make me switch.Part of it is tradition, part of it...
What? You thought we were going to run out of things to talk about when it comes to VO Rates?Not a chance!We're finding more and more to discuss...and we're getting some of the most knowledgeable people to discuss it!Yesterday, Anne Ganguzza and I hosted our fourth R.A.D.A.R. Rates Roundtable. ...
What happened?Every freelancer hits that wall. The work…just…stops. Nothing’s coming in. Leads are long gone, and clients are clamming up. Hopefully it’s just a day or two…a week or two at the most.You’d go crazy trying to figure out why. Sure, there may be some legitimate reasons: you’ve...
There is a point of diminishing returns in creating meaningful relationships whenever you become part of a population that's too big. For that reason, FaceBook Groups and Google Communities, and Twitter Lists, and LinkedIn Groups are where the real action is. Even the Voice-Over Friends FaceBook...
Digital tools are so important to voice-actors. You will not win or lose a voiceover audition based on having MS Office on your iPhone or iPad (or not), but as you know, tools can come in mighty handy in your workflow, and in a pinch. The RIGHT tool can be a lifesaver in a panic. I prefer to be...
More than 10 years ago, I got into this business because of audiobooks. I just KNEW I could do it. I was right, but I was also naíve. Along the way, I got distracted by many of the other ways you can earn a living using your voice... but I never lost the hope that one day an audiobook title...