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A gift. Just the other day, Nancy Wolfson handed over a gift we all can use. Something she had prepared for another publication that went unused. "Why waste it?" she said. "Dave, can you put it in your blog?" Ah...gee... I really had to think about that one. Top LA-based voice acting...
Looks like the voiceover community has finally discovered what most every other conceivable business has known for years: Las Vegas is the premiere conference destination in the world. Well OK, it's not quite that serious. But it IS growing. January saw Marice Tobias holding her 3rd all-guy...
What is NMX? An acronym for New Media Expo, a pre-CES convention. CES is the largest of all the hundreds of conventions that descend on Las Vegas every year. The Consumer Electronics Show. This week is CES...the center of the technology universe for one week. Check the bylines on any story...
Recent years have seen the foundation of a Marice Tobias tradition in Las Vegas: an all-male weekend voice-acting workshop. Now, she's scheduled another (the third)...and what a great way to get VO going in the New Year! If you've been toiling in the voice-acting trenches at all, you've likely...
...'cause -- sometimes -- if you don't toot your OWN horn, who will? Forgive me for being overly "informational" lately about SoundStreak. I kinda broke a journalistic tradition by getting a little too close to my subject, I suppose. But my own interest in technology, combined with an enthusiasm...
A message from South Africa was the genesis for today's blog post. I had just made FaceBook contact with Marinda Botha -- a voice actor who lives in Centurion, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. She had wanted to join my FaceBook Friends VO group, and in chatting with her online, I found...
In less than two weeks, the Audio Publishers Association Conference (APAC) takes place in New York City. The conference itself is only one day, but the entire Audiobook publisher's community makes this their seminal annual event by putting APAC in the context of other meet-ups, sessions, mixers,...
At the end of February, I posted a video interview with Constantino de Miguel -- an international journalist, producer, and voice talent. You can see that interview here: DIRECTVOICES. Constan is leading a development team spread literally around the world to launch his directvoices.com site. To...
Everyone has favorites. Pat Fraley is everybody's favorite...coach, that is. But beyond that, don't you just appreciate a guy who loves his work, and takes pride in his student's achievements? That's Pat. Through and through. I've been to several of Pat's classes. He presents a consistent...
How many times have you heard that you won't break through as a voice talent until you've taken some acting classes? Have you ever taken a class from Pat Fraley? No? Make an appointment with yourself to do so. (Here is a list of his upcoming workshops). If you have trained with Pat, you know what...
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