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3 Arguments for Synthetic Voices Killing Voiceovers
Oh, it’s coming alright. Don’t kid yourself. Automation is killing thousands of jobs everyday. Will voiceovers be next?
Just Before that…
‘Nothing Strange About WOMM
Honestly, I don't even remember who told me. But I was intrigued. I do remember that the source was reliable, and the pitch was believable. When I got home that night, I called up NetFlix on my TV, and started watching "Stranger Things". In the next 36 hours, I had...
The Addition of a 2nd Edition
This week will see the new version launch of the venerable 2014 edition of “More Than Just a Voice., the REAL Secret to Voiceover Success”. 300+ pages of fresh material.
The Best NDA-Signing Apps and Programs
Have you noticed, more and more clients are requiring the non-disclosure agreement. Here’s how to get it done with the least hassle.
Maybe You Can Use These Tools?
LinkedIn add-ons, a great (and free) video editor, and SIP audio demystified.
Old Fashioned Hi-Tech PostCards
Some people have great success marketing via the venerable postcard. This service extends and improves the paradigm.
Instructional Designers: Help Us Help You
Your work gives us work, and to make it all seamless, here are a few common-sense suggestions that will save us all a lot of time.
Voice Over Education
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VO Business & Compensation
The #1 Mistake Freelance Voice Actors Make During Down Times
Seasonal Awareness There ARE no "down" seasons in voice-acting. At least not in the broad marketplace. Yes, various genres DO have busy and slow seasons. If your specialty is in one of those slow genres, you may be seeing a decline in revenue. But you know it's...
Auditioning to Your Strengths
What's a Bailiwick? You should audition for every job that fits your wheelhouse. Knowing your wheelhouse is the trick. So…half the jobs are off the slate for me. I’m not a woman, and I don’t do female voices. I’ll also pass on most of those that ask for a youthful,...
Traveling Today
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Voice Over Education
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Voice Over Hardware & Software tools
Be A Cubby Fan (no baseball required)
Like the weather, there is a never-ending supply of clouds in the online universe. These are things that I catch on my radar, 'cause they help me access the files, docs, pics, and demos I need from wherever I am, regardless the location of the computer where the...
Free Software!!
No, really! There's a ton of it out on the internet, and some of it is very good, stable, feature-rich, and virus-free (think Audacity). But OhEmGeee there are SO many scams out there associated with software downloads. Still, two top sites consistently shine in...
Forget Cs5.5, Cs6.0 is in!
Scant months ago, Adobe touted the release of it's newest iteration of Audition since 3.0 (which stood for years). I've barely cracked open my Cs5.5 packaging and now 6.0 is available. Adobe recently adapted the software to OSX devices. Mac users tired of the...
Books, Docs, Jacks
BOOKS Jeff Kafer has carved out a successful niche for himself with determination, savvy, and entrepreneurship. Proof that he's a success in the field of narrating, producing, and casting audiobooks comes with the invitation from top AudioBook coach Pat Fraley to...
PodCast: LinkedIn Tips
Sometimes I forget that Las Vegas is a hotbed for Social Media activity, consistently ranking among top cities for participation, engagement, and innovation. Small wonder, then, that I'd find Lindsay Metter in the mix with a high profile, and a pocket full of useful...
Tangled Out
This is a picture of the cords under my desk where I work at the TV station. I confess, I care less about how it looks than if it were in my home. But seriously, folks...when something goes wrong, I'm on my knees in my suit, doing my best imitation of separating the...
It’s the Bomb!
Video is in. Big woop CourVO!...uh, I think we knew that. No, I mean, really...even if you don't want to be on camera...you should learn to work with images, take videos, edit montages, graphics, and even think about posting your demos with a video cover (talk to...
Doddle (tech tools)
Stuff I find (or people send me) that just might make your VO business run a little more smoothly: We love Gmail, but even with all it's functionality, and dripping with G+ integration, still someone found a way to improve it. How 'bout scheduling your email to send...
Cracking CraigsList
Newspapers hate CraigsList because it DESTROYED their classifieds (and their revenue). Most everyone else loves CraigsList...but as a lead-generating source for voice over jobs? Meh. Like Guru, O-Desk, Elance, and a number of other online freelance job...
CourVO on Blue Blog
At the most recent CES confab in Vegas, I ran into one of my all-time favorite many-times-over-entrepreneur, John Pozadzides (his friends call him John-P). We crashed into each other at the Blue Microphone exhibit, cause, well...let's face it... they have the coolest...
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2nd Edition of “More Than Just a Voice…” Now Available!
Six years after the release of my first book, the follow-up act is published. Here’s why the new edition was inevitable.
‘Nothing Strange About WOMM
Honestly, I don't even remember who told me. But I was intrigued. I do remember that the source was reliable, and the pitch was believable. When I got home that night, I called up NetFlix on my TV, and started watching "Stranger Things". In the next 36 hours, I had...
The Addition of a 2nd Edition
This week will see the new version launch of the venerable 2014 edition of “More Than Just a Voice., the REAL Secret to Voiceover Success”. 300+ pages of fresh material.
Voice Over Hardware & Software tools
Info O’lo
Not to be confused with J-Lo in any way. Information Overload hits me most days, but lately I've been accumulating kernels of factoids that deserve to be shared, but don't merit a blog article unto themselves. Hence Info O'lo. Factoid #1: Word2Wav founder and wizard...
7 Reasons Your Mic is Good Enough
Guys...I'm talkin' mostly to you. Some of us (ahem) tend to be geek/tech heads about voice acting (you know who you are!). We can easily make the mistake of believing that a better mic/preamp/DAW/mic cable/mixer/shockmount/USB interface/yada/yada/yada will make us...
Another “Take”
On the whole, we voice actors seem unnecessarily obsessed with obtaining that perfect "on-the-road" mobile recording experience. How many of us actually NEED that? Naw, forget that question. I understand being prepared, and I've got my methods...my portable unit. ...
SoundStreak – From the Top
Throw away most of your previous concepts of remote session recordings for this blog article. This will be a detailed, inside tour of SoundStreak, as told by its CEO, Dan Caligor...and he admits, "...it takes people a while to Grok this." Most of you know of my...
ConnectionOpen
Even though it's been in beta since somewhere back at the end of the last decade, SoundStreak is enjoying a resurgence. Mentions of voice artists testing the product are showing up on plenty of online forums. I blogged about SoundStreak on Feb 13th, excited about...
Do Be an Adobe
The fastest-growing FaceBook group for Voice Artists right now, is one Scott Fortney launched just days ago, and already it has almost 100 members. The name if the group is INSIDE ADOBE AUDITION...so you can imagine as the name implies...it's for those of us who use...
Be Part of the Cloud Crowd
No online development will continue to have meaningful impact on the voiceover business like "the cloud" does. Sure, you're on DropBox or Box.net...and that's great! You may even be on Microsoft's Skydrive. But wouldn't you like to show you clients you're TOTALLY in...
VO Buzz Weekly
Am I the last one to this party again? Well, just in case you haven't heard of it yet, check out VOBUZZWEEKLY.com It's a new weekly video program hosted by Chuck Duran and Stacey J. Aswad for the all us voice over types. I confess I've never heard of either of these...
Talent Cow
Animal lovers are apparently taking over the voice over business. First VoiceBunny, now Talent Cow. I first heard about TalentCow.com, actually, in response to my blog article about VoiceBunny. TalentCow's Neil Bentley wrote: "...I’m founder and CEO of a new service...
New Artist App
For iOS users (iPad, iPhone), there's a new app available that just might be the ticket for developing your business in a very productive way. My thanks to voice talent David Sigmon for bringing this program to my attention. It's called Artist Growth, and is...
Voice Actors Make News
This is not just some news-guy-wanna-be-voice-actor rant. This is open-your-eyes-'cause-voice-acting-is-everywhere-in-the-news chant. For instance, didja see E.G. Daily's appearance on The Voice the other night? The voice of Tommy Pickles in RugRats, ButterCup in the...
VOV Trumps VOAToday
When John Florian announced September as the launch of VoiceOver Virtual, I knew VOAToday was doomed. No one has asked, and I'm not pouting...but after three straight years of September appearances, VOAT (Voice Over Appreciation Today) became a now-show in 2013....
Voice Acting in Ireland
In what now seems like eons ago -- but was in fact just 9 days ago -- I left my room at the Dylan Hotel in downtown Dublin, and made a brisk 5-minute walk to a Dublin Voice-Over studio that had signed me several months ago. . It was my good luck that: a) our hotel...