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Courtesy never goes out of style. Neither does consideration. If this is a relationship business, then here are some tips to curry good relations.
read moreSeasoned VO pros have just as much responsibility to protect our profession as do the newcomers.
Here’s why.
It's late...or early...whichever. The clock says 3:32am as I write this.We're creatures of habit, tending to keep the same schedules. Mine is a late one. Yes, I do sleep. My sleep hours are just not YOUR sleep hours. Personally, I believe the hours from midnight...
Does a voice HAVE an age? Well, I mean, of course it has the age associated with the cords' owner but can you tell a person's age by their voice? Or vice-versa...does a certain timbre/quality of voice HAVE an age?I go back to the analogy surrounding race. The...
Time and again I see online posts asking if anyone else is experiencing downtime. It's almost as if people are trying to reassure themselves that their own reduced workload mirrors the experience of others (the old "misery loves company" thing).There are all sorts of...
Just when I think I've got a bead on the people who make up this voice over community, I find out I really know nothing.I mean, I've been to umpteen VO conferences, I write a widely-read VO blog, I administer some social media VO forums, I'm the president of...
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...
Most voice actors seem obsessed with obtaining, and having at-the-ready, a mobile recording solution.I get it. I'm a geek too, and I've got several iterations of an "away" recording configuration.But let's face it, you can have a U-87 in your hotel room, and your...
Every day a new voice is born. When they get older people tell them "you should be in radio" (not knowing that radio these days hardly has any live humans to speak of anymore). When that happens often enough, the person with the golden pipes starts to believe they...
Ask me what got me into being a voice-actor, and I'd tell you "AudioBooks". It seemed like a perfect fit for me. I was interested in it, and pursued it whole-heartedly for about 5 years. I ended up narrating some 40 titles, attended APAC twice, was a beta tester for...
The estimate that only 5% of voice actors are truly supporting themselves and their families with strictly voiceover work is probably correct. (remember, 47.93% of all numbers quoted online are made-up).Whatever the number (almost impossible to discern), it's...
The makers of ipDTL (and now new related products) makes its stand at the National Association of Broadcasters in Las Vegas
Oh, the stuff you can find when you have a computer and too much time on your hands!
…just back from a visit to my VO guru in a place called “The Tropicana” somewhere by a hidden mountain in Nepal and have come back with this wisdom.
WoVOConV starts this weekend!
...'ever feel like you're standing still in the middle of chaos? CourVO
... Working the NAB convention takes a lot of energy. If you use ipDTL, and wanna share your experience with us anytime Wednesday... Dial us up in our Studio Bricks booth on the show floor sometime after 9am Pacific. https://ipDTL.com/link/nab. Here's a shot of...
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