by CourVO | Aug 23, 2021 | Careers
Not nearly. Here’s why: The really great-paying jobs still require you to live in NYC or LA. (with some notable exceptions).The good news is that enterprising freelance VO’s from Gainesville, FL to Port Angeles, Washington are making a good living as a voice actor....
by CourVO | May 13, 2019 | Careers, VO Jobs |
Where voiceovers got their start In radio! In TV!What? You think Shoguns in feudal Japan started the profession?Radio and then TV was the home of voiceover, IS still the foundation of voiceover, and will be for the near-future. Most of the best voiceover...
by CourVO | Dec 18, 2018 | Careers |
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...
by CourVO | Aug 27, 2018 | Careers
Not nearly. Here’s why: The really great-paying jobs still require you to live in NYC or LA. (with some notable exceptions).The good news is that enterprising freelance VO’s from Gainesville, FL to Port Angeles, Washington are making a good living as...
by CourVO | Jan 9, 2018 | Careers
Oh, the things you learn from the gigs you get! My inspiration for this blog article actually came from an E-Learning module I was reading recently. The script used the old adage “can’t see the forest for the trees” to make a point for the...
by CourVO | Dec 11, 2017 | Careers
TV defined the second half of the 20th century. Once it replaced the radio in living rooms, television dominated the post-WWII era. TV was to the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s, like the internet is to the modern world. Everything. What kid growing...
by CourVO | Sep 20, 2017 | Careers
Never. Never have I run across a voice-actor who began their professional life as a voice-actor. Everyone came to the business from somewhere else. A good many began in broadcasting…especially radio. Some from (ahem) TV, or production,...
by CourVO | Nov 28, 2015 | Careers, Training/Education, World-Voices.org |
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...
by CourVO | Jul 31, 2015 | Careers |
That’s a fine distinction, but much like a mission statement, or a business plan, once you’ve decided the career v. job conundrum – and commit to it — everything flows from it.There is no right answer…and the two are not necessarily...
by CourVO | Oct 10, 2013 | Books, Careers |
What most shapes your life? Luck? Opportunity? People? …or does your own attitude, drive, and mettle set the tone? In his new autobiography: Living On Air, Joe Cipriano finds the appropriate place for all those factors, but his personal compass always wins the...
