Audiobooks

4 Ways to Support the VO Marketplace

4 Ways to Support the VO Marketplace

This blog is my own pep-talk.I'm a horrible supporter of all the media that bring us opportunity.Let me explain, by first stating some global actions you can take to keep our business thriving.  Share this list with your friends and colleagues, and encourage them to do so as well.4 WAYS TO SUPPORT...

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AudioBook Version of “More Than Just A Voice”

AudioBook Version of “More Than Just A Voice”

After narrating about 40 audiobook titles for other authors, I can't tell you how much fun it is narrating my OWN title. Audiobook narrator, producer, audio-mastering whiz, voice-actor, and friend Jeffrey Kafer once commented that if you're not getting enough work narrating audiobooks, then write...

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Vanessa Hart <3

Vanessa Hart; loved by many...audiobook narrator par excellence, VO coach, friend, and lover of life has reached the end of her Earthly path. You may leave messages for her family on her FaceBook page, which is being handled by her sister. https://www.facebook.com/vanessa.hart?fref=ts You may also...

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Booking AudioBooks

Booking AudioBooks

More than 10 years ago, I got into this business because of audiobooks.  I just KNEW I could do it.  I was right, but I was also naíve. Along the way, I got distracted by many of the other ways you can earn a living using your voice... but I never lost the hope that one day an audiobook title...

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What Would YOU Tell Kevin?

What Would YOU Tell Kevin?

November 24, 2009 I wrote one of the shortest blogs of my career. BEST MIC FOR AUDIOBOOKS.  I must've been really lazy or awfully busy that day. Regardless, THAT blog must've shown up in a search somewhere, 'cause I got the following comment to the blog yesterday: Hello, I’m looking to finally...

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Pro-on-Pro

Pro-on-Pro

Would you like to be able to sit down and talk to another respected voice actor, and really pick their brain about their craft? That's the idea behind the Pro-on-Pro series of interviews that are being prepared for VoiceOver Virtual.  Please forgive the attention to VOV lately, but things are...

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There’s Nothing to This, Right?

Recent articles from two well-known national publications will no doubt swell the ranks of voiceover wannabe's.  I mean, this stuff is easy!  All you do is talk... how hard can it be? The RD A June 2013 article in Reader's Digest  is titled: "These High-Paying Jobs Are Definitely Not for...

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Spoken Freely

Fast on the heels of the recent Audio Publishers Association Conference (APAC) in NYC two weeks ago, June is AudioBook Month (JIAM) Now... I know AudioBook narration is a niche subculture of the greater voice acting universe, but it's a growing one, and much like your friends in E-Learning,...

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APAC 2013

APAC 2013

Blog is back up and running, and seems to be working fine with the new hosting service.  Let me know if you see anything malfunctioning, willya? Load times are noticeably faster, according to the metrics I'm seeing. Anyway, APAC (Audio Publishers Association Conference) was today at the Jacob...

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