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Your New VO Mantra
Voice Acting is a business. That's it. Voice Acting a business. Say it again...write it down on a piece of paper and hang it in your studio...tell people you're a business person...do a business plan...create a Sub-S Corp...register with the state...get an EIN (Employee Identification...
Your First Audition – Over and Over Again
Narrating my own book is a gas! If I leave out a word for pacing, or add a phrase to better explain something, I'm pretty sure the QC guys won't be sending me a list of corrections...'cause I'M the QC guy...and it's MY book! More Than Just A Voice: The REAL Secret to Voiceover Success is selling...
Recipe for Holiday Recovery: Small Bites
Is it just me, or do you have a hard time getting back in the groove after a holiday? Even worse; the time between Christmas and New Year's is off-the-charts unique. It's like being in limbo between time-shift universes. Never is there a moment when I feel a greater need to "have a vacation to...
There’s Nothing to This, Right?
Recent articles from two well-known national publications will no doubt swell the ranks of voiceover wannabe's. I mean, this stuff is easy! All you do is talk... how hard can it be? The RD A June 2013 article in Reader's Digest is titled: "These High-Paying Jobs Are Definitely Not for...
Spoken Freely
Fast on the heels of the recent Audio Publishers Association Conference (APAC) in NYC two weeks ago, June is AudioBook Month (JIAM) Now... I know AudioBook narration is a niche subculture of the greater voice acting universe, but it's a growing one, and much like your friends in E-Learning,...
APAC 2013
Blog is back up and running, and seems to be working fine with the new hosting service. Let me know if you see anything malfunctioning, willya? Load times are noticeably faster, according to the metrics I'm seeing. Anyway, APAC (Audio Publishers Association Conference) was today at the Jacob...
Answers to the Two Questions I’m Most Often Asked About Social Media
...and no, it's not: "When do you sleep?" (although that's close). Next week I'll be a panelist at APAC (Audio Publishers Assoc. Conference) on the topic: MARKETING SUCCESSFULLY AND WITH MANNERS. At the heart of the topic is the issue of how AudioBook narrators should augment their work by...
‘Best $47 You’ll Ever Spend
In less than two weeks, the Audio Publishers Association Conference (APAC) takes place in New York City. The conference itself is only one day, but the entire Audiobook publisher's community makes this their seminal annual event by putting APAC in the context of other meet-ups, sessions, mixers,...
Pay Per Word2Wav
As a voice actor who frequently records long-format E-learning for clients who need the final product divided into many specifically-named files, Word2Wav is a Godsend. Word2Wav is a document handler, DAW, and production organizer all wrapped-up into one program. It seamlessly detects your audio...