James Alburger

Thankyou, Jim!

Thankyou, Jim!

The debate over Net-Neutrality may have escaped  you thus far.  Or perhaps it's at the periphery of your view. Or maybe you have strong feelings one way or the other about it.  I do...and those feelings are just about perfectly summarized by James Alburger in a posting you can read here. Please do...

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Teed up: V.O.I.C.E. #5

Teed up: V.O.I.C.E. #5

Hard to believe that 7 years ago, I stood before a roomful of voice-actors, hosting the first-ever VOICE conference at the Palace Station Resort in Las Vegas.  Friends would later remember it as the smokiest VO conference they ever attended. But that event introduced a whole new paradigm for...

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VOICE2012 – Day One at Disney

VOICE2012 – Day One at Disney

One could easily miss the predictable and comfortable routine protocol of the VOICE conferences, but you'd have to have attended at least the last three to see it. I see it...from the inside.  James and Penny are nothing if not thorough. In the lead-up, there's the hand-wringing about venues, and...

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‘Coupla Noteworthy Deadlines

‘Coupla Noteworthy Deadlines

My my how time flies! A minute ago VOICE2012 was more than half-a-year off, and now it's about a month-and-a-half away...how does that happen? Executive producers of the VO conference James Alburger and Penny Abshire have sent out about a million notices about today's deadline.  The BEST pricing...

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5 VOICE2012 Myths Dispelled

Two short months from today (4-12-12) the 4th rendition of VOICE will kick off in SoCal. #1 was in Vegas in 2007, #2 in 2008 in Century City, #3 also in Century City in 2010, and now VOICE2012 at the Disneyland Hotel, June 13-16 (but the Red Carpet reception is on the 12th).  I've been a host or...

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…but who’s counting?

…but who’s counting?

June may seem like a long time off... You'd think that...but then, really...can you honestly account for the passing of January, February, and March already? Right.  So then, maybe not such a good idea to ignore the calendar further, eh? Maybe you missed FaffCon, or maybe it's time to get serious...

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