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WoVOChat: Narration Results
Everyone tells me Wednesday's WoVOChat on the topic of narrations was fabulous.I wouldn't know, it was the first WoVOChat I've missed, so I wasn't there...I was HERE:In my absence, though, Pamela Muldoon, Brad Venable, Tim Keenan, and Andy Boyns wow'd the crowd!Thanks...
#WoVOChat Results: Agents
Usually we have two guest expert on our WoVOChats, 'cause the reparté can get very busy.But ole "Fast Fingas Umberger" was able to handle the pace just fine own today, thankyou!Our topic was agents, and agency representation. That's a voluminous area, but Jeffrey...
#WoVOChat Today: Agents
Should I join the Union?Should I get ISDN?Should I seek an agent?The top three questions that seem to emerge when a voice actor really is finding success, and building toward a career in this business.Honestly, they're three questions rooted in voice-over tradition,...
#WoVOChat Results: Commercials
The production of Radio and TV commercials forms the backbone of the voiceover industry. While commercials no longer define the scope of opportunities for voice actors, the medium offers some of the biggest challenges, and best compensation rates for us.As such, the...
#WoVOChat Wednesday: Commercials!
When you start out in voice-over work...what's the first demo you put together? Commercial, right? We all kinda want that to be our bread 'n' butter. It doesn't always work out that way...but that seems to be most everyone's hope.So, little wonder that WoVOChats...
#WoVOChat Results: Audiobooks
Some voice-actors put audiobook narration at the center of their business. The rest just shake their heads, and are often known to say: "...I just don't know how they do it!..."You could say that about eLearning, and technical/medical narrations, and radio imaging...
Original VO for Social Media Guidance
These tips were first built in 2011! Some advice holds up today and some might be a bit of a time capsule.
How would you approach it differently knowing what you know today?
Voice Actors make great Social Networkers. This site is designed as a Social Media resource specifically for Voice over people. Take what you need and contribute as you’re able.
2011
In August of 2011, VoiceOverXtra’s John Florian organized a series of webinars utilizing the talents of the biggest troika of online VO geeks he could find:
Daniel, Courvoisier, and Basanyi. He called us the “Super Socials”, and the name stuck.
2012
For 2012, we worked hard to out do ourselves in a planned presentation at VOICE2012.