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How many social media platforms have come and gone? I give them kudos for trying, but not every one is going to be a winner. Now another has come on the scene. Worth it for voice actors?
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Thought For a Thursday
So simple…it’s easy to overlook.
What The Impeachment Means for Voice Acting
Washington, D.C. is in crisis. What’s a voice actor to do?
iHeart Layoffs are the New Broadcast Norm, What It Means for Voice Actors.
Face it...humans are just an unnecessary expense in today's corporate environnment...except the CEO's and important officers, of course. When iHeartMedia laid off an estimated one thousand employees nationwide last week, they spun it as "maximizing performance",...
5 Ways to Protect Yourself From VO Scammers
...and not just "Nigerian Princes". I'm talking about predatory coaches and weekend demo mills too. |author's note: this blog repurposed from 2016...from one of the many times a familiar scam has been foisted on the VO community| Fraud and trust-betrayals are endemic...
Video Tips for Voice Actors
Voice actors tend to shy away from facing a camera. They shouldn’t. Now more than ever, the camera offers new marketing opportunities.
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VO Business & Compensation
Making Routines…Routine
Making the most of regularly-scheduled (VO business) programming.
Are you a Deere or a BMW?
'Not yet home from my long trek across America and back. It might be the better part of this week before I'm back in Vegas. 'Just in time for WoVOCon V...and you're coming, right? You must be a WoVO member to attend, and you can apply on our website at...
Nitch or Neesh?
…either way, are you working YOURS?
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Voice Over Hardware & Software tools
Mic Cable Babel
The day you spend hours searching-out a scratchy sound or electrical hum in your audio chain is the day you start wondering if the hi-priced mic cable is REALLY better than the bargain brand. Right? "Microphones output a very low signal by nature. Using a really high...
StrongArming Stress
So funny that I got such a supportive response to yesterday's blog about Caring for your Cords. By the end of the day Tuesday, I was coming down with a sore throat. Ack! (self-fulfilling prophecy?) On top of that, I had a full load at the TV station, a ton of work...
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...
AudioEloquence
How have I missed this one till now??!! AudioEloquence seems to be the Holy Grail of pronunciation-help sites. It claims to be the "Research and Pronunciation Site for AudioBook Narrators"...but this resource seems to have it all, and would be a great aid to any VO...
Of Mics and Men
[No offense to the female gender of course...but the play on words just doesn't work any other way. :)] No other iconic symbol overshadows our business more than the microphone. Even the most satisfied Neumann or Lawson or Peluso Microphone user has a nagging...
Free Sound Clips
No other blog I've written has garnered the attention as the one titled: "50+ ROYALTY-FREE STOCK MUSIC SITES" Since publishing that in May of last year, I've had to augment the list to add more and more links. Typically, I'm contacted by the owner of a site NOT...
22+ Ways to Send Large Files
10-hour long AudioBooks? 40-module E-Learning projects? 100-slide PowerPoint Presentation? Oh, and did I mention, the client wants all the finished production in .wav files? You know...the best quality, and the BIGGEST size? Today's Voice talent has to be a whiz...
Mobile Recording on Droid
When LA-based Voice Talent pro and iPad recording apostle Beau Weaver was explaining the finer points of Twisted Wave last night on VoiceOverXtra, I was probably in a newscast somewhere and missed it. I hope to see the re-run. Quality audio recordings on tablet...
Radio. From home?
Could it be that our colleagues on the radio airwaves are finally getting on board with the home studio thing? I find it hard to believe this is anything new, but a "Radio World" website article from just a week ago profiles 3 broadcast talents who are doing it from...
KingStar
Ever heard of 'em? I hadn't either, till the other day when I got their email flier. They're an audio equipment supplier...kinda like BSW, SweetWater, B&H...you know...they've got it all: microphones, mixers, pre-amps, mic stands, cables, cords, plugs...yada yada...
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Medical Leave Monday
Been here before.
Thought For a Thursday
So simple…it’s easy to overlook.
What The Impeachment Means for Voice Acting
Washington, D.C. is in crisis. What’s a voice actor to do?
Voice Over Hardware & Software tools
Handling Docs, part 2
Back in April, I blogged a popular article called "Handling Docs". It got a lot of responses and comments. Many offered their own suggestions for handling documents. Let's face it, our work comes to us in printed form, either digital or on paper, and as Voice Over...
A Camera is Always Watching Somewhere
Heard of DropBox? Well, check out the rough camera equivalent: DropCam, from this article in USA Today. 'Seems a little pricey to me, but if it works and helps in any way, then it's well worth the price. CourVO See this Amp at http://bit.ly/juKoOL URL:...
TieLine
So while some of us are trying to find the perfect app for recording audio on a portable device, along comes an app that just lets you send it over IP, live. This came out in March, so I apologize for not finding it till now (feel like my tech-nose is failing me!)....
EV RE-320
ElectroVoice's new RE-320 is in my studio for testing as we speak. Although my "ears" have steadily improved since I began VO work, I'm by no means an audiophile. The finer points of audio engineering escape me. But I've read enough forum threads about mics to know...
RealTraps Portable Vocal Booth
Maybe you've already heard about this. I hadn't...so here's the link to what appears to be professionally-designed portable sound dampening system for setting up anywhere on-the-fly. Retail on this puppy is $300. I'd like to see how it compares to Harlan Hogan's...
Convert YouTube to .mp3
This is a fairly simple conversion, and can be done in several different ways, which makes it all the more surprising that the questions comes up fairly often in VO forums. This particular step-by-step process on a WIRED site is as good as any. BTW, this formula...
Handling docs
Handling documents is part 'n' parcel of the voice over trade. We get copy in all sorts of forms: .doc / .docx / .pdf / .txt / .rtf / .ppt / .png / .jpg / .xls / .rgi (I made up that last one) Not always, but sometimes, it's just in the wrong format for being...
ISDN’s Gradual Demise?
John McClain: owner, President, CEO, and all around Grand Poobah of Dog and Pony Studios in Las Vegas is my ISDN conscience. Somewhere along the line he's taken to advising me when he gets a tidbit about not-so-subtle hernias appearing in the soft underbelly of ISDN...
Pocket SoundBooth Audio Samples
The response to my blog on the Pocket Soundbooth (a tip from VO friend Erik Sheppard) was surprisingly energetic. Not that everyone thought it was a viable solution...indeed, I think only one person mentioned they thought it was worth the $50, and Dan Lenard (the...
Music Packs
Ever since I blogged 50+ Royalty-Free Stock Music Sites in May of last year, I've had to revisit the site again and again with updates. Apparently this is a pretty competitive market segment, and all the sites I DIDN'T put on the list would send me their link to be...
VOHeaven Workouts
A message from South Africa was the genesis for today's blog post. I had just made FaceBook contact with Marinda Botha -- a voice actor who lives in Centurion, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. She had wanted to join my FaceBook Friends VO group, and in...
Moves
Not only have I 'moved' to NYC this week for APAC (Audio Publishers Assoc Conference)... But I'm 'moving' my blog to a new hosting service. All this has made it difficult for me to get much in the way of a new blog posted Tues. More coming, as I 'move' through the...
7 Great Reasons to Join WoVO
WoVO: an affectionate acronym for World-Voices Organization. WoVO is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) with the altruistic motive of being the Industry Trade Association for voice-actors everywhere. http://worldvo.org = info and sign-up. http://worldvo.com = online WoVO...