by CourVO | Apr 10, 2013 | Auditions |
Honest-to-goodness wanted posting for a voice actor: We’re looking for a male narrator whose a Jack Nicholson/Joe Pesci/Vincent Price type for a low budget, unconventional horror film that’s currently in post production. The ideal candidate’s vocal...
by CourVO | Mar 6, 2013 | Auditions |
THE POSER Most foundational psychological theory holds that we present to the world the person we want people to see. Apparently as young humans, the world seems too daunting for most of us, and we learn early on to construct a facsimile of ourselves (with a few...
by CourVO | Aug 14, 2012 | Auditions |
My newfound source of insider information — “JJ” — calls it Zeitgeist. Of course, that’s a word from our Teutonic neighbors that means: “…the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era…” Ace VO...
by CourVO | Aug 5, 2012 | Auditions |
Voice Actors are starved for feedback. Intrinsic in that yearning is a need for validation that the efforts we make reflects professionalism, progress, and proof-of-performance. Am I close? Am I barking up the right tree? Am I in the ballpark? Did I make a final cut?...
by CourVO | Aug 2, 2012 | Auditions |
Setting the stage: A well-known, top-notch commercial audio studio in a major city puts up a call for auditions on Voices.com. The Specs: The voice-seeker is looking for a Pirate voice…something…well….loud and boisterous and over-the-top mean...
by CourVO | Nov 3, 2010 | Auditions, Technology |
Under the heading of: “Shoulda jumped on this months ago”…somebody beat me to the punch and has designed an iPhone app for VO auditioning. You might remember, I blogged about methods for doing just that in “Poddio Update”. New...
by CourVO | Oct 15, 2009 | Auditions, Technology, Travel |
This is more than coincidence. This is uncanny. At least twice before I’ve blogged that a regular part of my business plan should be that I travel…like…all the time. ‘Cause when I do..I invariably catch a boatload of sudden interest in my voice. Wednesday,...
by CourVO | Sep 13, 2009 | Acting, Advice, Auditions, Business-end-of-things, Op/Ed |
Mental roadblocks are the enemy of many a gifted and talented voice-actor. The mental roadblocks (can be procrastination) we subconsciously and oftentimes innocently create can become true hindrances for freelance self-starters. Sometimes it takes a friend or...
by CourVO | Sep 9, 2009 | Auditions, International, Interview, People, Subscription Services |
Birds of a feather… Two of the most prolific international VO personalities got together the other day, and the bonafide result for you and me is a very enriching interview of Bodalgo’s founder Armin Hierstetter. Mahmoud Taji, of The Voiceemporium, provided the...
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