Present successes of sites like Voices.com and Voice123 notwithstanding... we have to remember that they are only the vanguard; the first foray into a new paradigm. Enterprising and lucrative as they are, I believe history will show they were clunky, near-predatory, and tried to be too much too...
More and more of the frustration I'm hearing about with (ahem) a certain online VO casting site has to do with the level of complexity that's been added into the mix over the years. People complain that it's hard to follow the bouncing ball. In the early years it was a simple flow of :job...
For years Steven Lowell was the voice and the face of Voice123. Sure Alex Torrenegra ran the place, and a bevy of Columbian expatriates made up 99% of the staff, but Steven was the guy out front. He took a lot of flak for some of V123's actions, and (in my estimation) did a good job of explaining...
Name one topic that generates more interest in VO circles than P2P's. (ISDN, SAG-AFTRA, and Den Lenard's moustache all run a distant second) I honestly couldn't tell you who started this internet-enabled business model, but certainly Voices.com (originally InteractiveVoices.com) and Voice123.com...
You know I live in Social Media. Because I'm unable to market my VO services in my own community of 2-million people, I reach out. Social Media IS my marketing plan. I see things. I see a lot. One of the things I saw the other day was a post by the prolific and well-respected voice actor Pat...
Is there no end to these sites?...sites that will list you and your demo, and try to match you with people looking for voices? The proliferation is not a bad thing, I guess. Can the exposure hurt? Well...yeah, if the site is bad. What to call 'em?...P2P? Voice Clearinghouse? Subscription...
Interview with Bodalgo’s founder, Armin Hierstetter