by CourVO | Dec 16, 2020 | VO Business |
Just when you thought moving into 2021 would rid you of this year’s black cloud…along comes the spectre of doing 2020’s taxes. Now, we all know taxes are NEVER a pleasant prospect. But the complications of economic wrangling in response to COVID...
by CourVO | Nov 23, 2020 | Ruminations, VO Business |
There’s not a lot of hope floating around here at the end of the year. But it turns out HOPE is not an emotion so much as it is a way of thinking. Hope happens when: You have the ability to set realistic goals You know how to achieve those goals You believe...
by CourVO | Nov 17, 2020 | VO Business |
Could it be true? Did someone actually manage to put together a health insurance plan for us voice actors?…not musicians…not union members…not producers…but talent? If it’s for real, then it’s YUGE. Info, and a caveat below: I only...
by CourVO | Nov 2, 2020 | VO Business |
This election is historic. They all are, BTW. Every single one. National elections have been a part of my professional life as a TV journalist since Reagan/Carter in 1980. 40 years, 10 elections. Yes, I’m that old. Because I’ve been a...
by CourVO | Oct 20, 2020 | Auditions
It’s not you. You did everything right — or as right as you could, given your experience, coaching, equipment, interpretation and commitment. Your audition met the specs just about perfectly. But… The TRUE reason you didn’t win that audition...
by CourVO | Oct 6, 2020 | Auditions |
Tough predicament, huh…. First of all, count your blessings that you have agents, and they’re sendng you good work. Secondly, you can only send out this audition once. Just ’cause you got the same copy for the same client from three different...
by CourVO | Oct 5, 2020 | VO Business
Well, two things actually. First the set-up: In the newsroom we complain about the work. Doesn’t everybody? We complain about it, and then in a brief moment of humility, we say:”…Hey!….at least it’s not digging ditches…!”...
by CourVO | Sep 28, 2020 | VO Business |
Believe me, I’m not trying to create more controversy. Goodness knows there’s enough of that in today’s world, but I found an article that really set me to wondering (link below), and it begs the question of why would anyone choose the female voice...
by CourVO | Sep 14, 2020 | Marketing, Relationships, VO Business
Ah…the internet! It opened up new doors, and it made us lazy. That’s an oversimplification, but true nonetheless. Voice actors revel in the new paradigm of recording in their own personal studios and sending auditions left ‘n’ right. But...
by CourVO | Sep 7, 2020 | VO Business |
March 2020 seems to be the date everyone agrees is when the COVID virus really took hold of us all here in the US. Then began the isolating, the masks, the general craziness that we have today (the fact that it was an election year didn’t help). That means for...
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