When the big national TV spots are not hittin' like they should...or even as a VO career mainstay; eLearning projects pay the bills.People don't talk about it all that much, but eLearning -- or Elearning, E-Learning (whatever) -- often constitutes steady work, with dependable clients, at decent...
how to categorize VO demos…. This was one of the most challenging ideas to come out of the World Voices (WOVO) conversation … how to categorize VO demos…or how to describe that. Genre’s? Specialties?
No other challenge to our 4-yr-old industry trade association has garnered as much attention as VoiceOver.biz -- WoVO's online directory for pro talent.There have been fits and starts for sure, and at times the learning curve was steep. But we've found a comfortable plateau, now, and continue to...
Boy oh boy, did WoVO ever prove the old adage that you can't please all the people all the time!Almost two years ago, now, we launched an idea to let our members list their profiles and demos in an online directory that we hoped would get noticed by audio producers. VoiceOver.biz It was our...
World-Voices wrestled with this issue from day one.WoVO is not in the business of making subjective decisions about whether you are a good talent, can give a compelling promotional read, or can kill it on a commercial read.But, there are some objective and measurable criteria that our crack WoVO...
...and I really hate picking out any ONE or TWO things, 'cause it's ALLLL gonna be just off-the-charts wonderful.From Marc Scott's session on CRM's, and Graeme Spicer's stance as a social media contrarian...to Joe Loesch's Master Class... and the mic shootout or Pamela Muldoon's session on...
In April, World-Voices Organization will celebrate 4 years of existence during its third annual Conference. We know we're USA-born, but our intent has always been to embrace all countries, all cultures, any language. The voiceover community may be varied, but we all share the same challenges.For...
Remember I told you in yesterday's blog that a blue-ribbon panel of experts would join us in a conversation about international and foreign VO rates?Well, here it is...and the panel shared a darn sight more wisdom that I ever bargained for -- far beyond the topic and back.World-Voices Organization...
Ha!..and you thought he was only a pretty face!OK, so maybe you thought he was just one of those uber-successful and ubiquitous network promo voices.You'd be right on both counts, but you also know there's a depth and a generosity to Joe Cipriano that harkens back to a tradition started by more...
When you go to Las Vegas, you want to share it with friends, right? And I'm hip to popular branding statement: "what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas"...but we all know that's not true.In fact, let me just tell you what me and my friends did in Las Vegas last weekend. We sat around and talked. ...