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WAVSplitter: Next-Gen Word2WAV

WAVSplitter: Next-Gen Word2WAV

Specialty software designed just for voice-actors is rare.  It's usually musicians, producers, or DJ's etc. who are the target, and voiceover artists have to adapt it. But Word2Wav was one of those unique, gems-of-a-program that could save you, the voice actor, hours of time when you most need it....

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How to Conduct a Phone Patch Using Skype

Hard-wired phone lines are almost an anachronism for all but serious businesses, government, and other formal institutions.  POTS (plain old telephone systems) services are not going away, but for most individual consumers, and certainly 3rd-world countries, phone communications have jumped...

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When is the truth so obvious that you HAVE to admit it?

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Respect Yourself

Respect Yourself

We've all been there.  New clients who think voice-acting is just "talking", and treat you like they're doing you a favor by offering you ANYTHING just to record their drivel. "There will be more work down the road if you do just this one for free." "Just think of the exposure you'll get." "Give...

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12 Ways to Succeed in Your First Audition (the phone call)

12 Ways to Succeed in Your First Audition (the phone call)

Working on getting a new client?  You’ll never even get a chance to send her/him a demo unless you get past your first audition. Huh? Yeah, you know what I’m talking about.  It goes back to the old saying…”You never get a second chance at a first impression”. That first impression may be in an...

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5 Creative Ways to Evaluate a Voiceover Colleague’s Demo

5 Creative Ways to Evaluate a Voiceover Colleague’s Demo

Lord knows it's hard enough to be honest with YOURSELF about your demos.  It's even harder to be candid, yet diplomatic with your peers when they ask you for an opinion about THEIR demo. And yet, the call eventually comes...that email with an attachment.  Someone thinks you're a sage, and that...

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