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Clearly, the topic in yesterday's blog touched a nerve. See: "When Does an Offer Become Offensive"Nearly 800 readers voted with their visit. This is an issue people in our business care about...or they should.That was inconsiderate of me, though, to admonish, but not advise. Not unwarranted,...
There is no VoiceOver University. There's not one single higher learning institution with a curriculum major that results in a VoiceOver Bachelor's Degree...to my knowledge.That's why there's the Nancy Wolfsons and Pat Fraleys and Marice Tobias' of the world. They -- and many like them --...
Three things I had to get used to when I began making the switch-over from TV News Anchorman to voiceover talent:I could do more than one take of any particular copyI could mark-up my scriptsI could gesticulate all I wanted when delivering linesI still struggle with all three. In fact, I've...
The email came from Malden, Missouri. Deep in the "bootheel" of the Show-Me state.A budding voice actor had just finished reading my book, and was taking seriously my admonition to get good coaching before going much further down the road to VO success.Not that it's backwater, but Malden is 150...
Are you familiar with SlideShare? Acquired by LinkedIn not that long ago, SlideShare is an online service that lets you share your presentations. Upload or download in almost any format (Keynote, PowerPoint, etc), and share to almost anywhere. The free service is actually pretty...
Yin/Yang Right there are two incendiary terms. They don't always go hand in hand, but they rarely tell a positive story. Oddly enough, not everyone agrees on who is or who is NOT a predatory coach. Nor do some coaches SEE themselves as "predatory"...so there is plenty of gray on this issue. A...
Many voice actors think that you're either gifted with the ability to do dialects or you're not. I suppose it's true that some might grasp the nuances of dialects faster than others. But that's also true of audiobook narration, videogame voice-acting, and promo voices. Anyone can learn the...
....and so is the opportunity to sit in on a worthwhile VO workshop this weekend. Why worthwhile? 'Cause it's being organized by Bill DeWees! For quite some time, now, Bill has been working quietly behind the voice-over scenes as a real force in the business. Just search his name on YouTube,...
My mailbox fills with plenty of stuff everyday. Some of it gets automatically deleted...others get only a cursory look...and a good many are important - deserving more time. Among those in the cursory view category are a number of newsletters that come from audio engineering sources (listed...
EVERY ONCE IN A GREAT WHILE...like...almost never, I'll openly endorse -- even sell -- something on this blog I think will have good value to the voice-over community. This is one of those times. Most of you know of Bill DeWees. I write a blog. He video blogs. His video messages are so full of...
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