by CourVO | Dec 23, 2016 | Fun Stuff, VO Business |
You have no idea how proud I am to be your voice-over friend. Thank you for your loyalty in reading my blog. I’m going to take about a week hiatus from blogging. I’ll be spending time with family, and traveling to a cabin in Truckee/Tahoe CA. You might...
by CourVO | Dec 22, 2016 | Coaching, VO Business |
The estimate that only 5% of voice actors are truly supporting themselves and their families with strictly voiceover work is probably close to correct. (remember, 47.93% of all numbers quoted online are made-up). Whatever the number (almost impossible to discern),...
by CourVO | Dec 21, 2016 | Ruminations, VO Business |
Shall we agree that a routine is desirable? I’m on the fence about that. I’ve often defined vacation as any break from the routine. I think that kinda indicates a routine is less than desirable. But whether it’s daily, weekly, or monthly, the...
by CourVO | Dec 20, 2016 | Fun Stuff, VO Business |
This’ll be really simple, and you’ve heard it all before. You just aren’t doing it, ’cause…well…we’re human…and we forget. 1.) Wash your hands. For proper technique…watch this video: 2.) Don’t touch your...
by CourVO | Dec 19, 2016 | Video, VO Business |
What’s the saying?…the best camera for taking a great picture is the camera you have with you? Well, the same is true of video. I’ll wager 98% of the people reading these words right now have a camera/video camera within their reach: the...
by CourVO | Dec 16, 2016 | Hardware, Mics, VO Business |
You know me, I’m a big Zoom electronic devices fan. I own or have owned the H4, H4n, H6n audio recorders, and the Q8 video/audio recorder. None of those models have give me any pause for regret. Now: the Zoom Q2n. It lets you record hi-fidelity audio, and...
by CourVO | Dec 15, 2016 | International, Rates Roundtable, VO Business, World-Voices.org |
. Listening to our astute panel for the December WoVO Rates Roundtable talk about the realities of being part of the Spanish-speaking and bilingual marketplace, I was struck by the sameness of their challenge for all voice-actors. Target audience Client relations...
by CourVO | Dec 14, 2016 | Rates Roundtable, VO Business, World-Voices.org |
Think synthetic voices aren’t a part of our reality yet? Check out Skype’s new feature, providing a real-time spoken word translation from one language to another. Now, mind you…no one seems to be saying how well this works…but kudos to...
by CourVO | Dec 13, 2016 | Mics, VO Business |
Guys…I’m talkin’ mostly to you. Some of us (ahem) tend to be geek/tech heads about voice acting (you know who you are!). We can easily make the mistake of believing that a better mic/preamp/DAW/mic cable/mixer/shockmount/USB...
by CourVO | Dec 12, 2016 | VO Business, Voice Over Hardware/VO Software & other VO Tools |
…but not just ANY palette. Look, I know it’s only 13 days until Christmas, but if you tell your family TODAY, that you MUST have this…and that you really DIDN’T need that sweater…I’m sure they’ll understand (are you listening...
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