Stop spending big bucks on fancy mics. Here are the three things you SHOULD be focusing on.
Great Voice Overs – It’s Not About the Mic!
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Categorizing Voice Over Demos – Genre/Category/Specialty
how to categorize VO demos…. This was one of the most challenging ideas to come out of the World Voices (WOVO) conversation … how to categorize VO demos…or how to describe that. Genre’s? Specialties?
Microphones on #WoVOChat Today!
EVERYBODY's got something to say about Microphones. Their mic. The mic they want. They mic they wish they hadn't wasted money on.Today's your day to spill the beans.Tell us what you think about mics, and find out something you DIDN'T know about them.Our guests are WoVO members @HomStudioMan Dan...
Don’t Miss EWABS’ 3rd Anniversary, Monday…
...At least not if you want to hear the answer to the question I posed late last week on this blog: "SourceConnect NOW...Free?" The response to that mention of "free" was viral! Source-Connect is up to something, and EWABS is the perfect place to make a big announcement about their pricing....
Ear to the Ground
My weekend was quiet...which meant I spent a lot of time on the internet. Big surprise, huh? But what I found out was a heckuva lot...only retrenching my belief that "if I rest, I rust" (German proverb: rast ich, so rost ich). FIRST I was surprised to see that one of the top community-relations...
Studio Suit: Installed!
Dan Lenard's Studio Suit got its first install the other day. Dan -- The Home Studio Master -- made the sojourn to Chicago in sub-zero temps to find his first victim, er, uh volunteer for the occasion. I wrote about the Studio Suit just last week. Dan wasn't talking about it much 'cause he was...
Studio Suit
Think of the first, the easiest (and perhaps the best) audio environment you ever made out of available materials in your home or hotel room -- like blankets. Now think of it done professionally with the right design and the best materials. That's the Studio Suit. Dan Lenard -- The Home Studio...
VOICE2012 – Day 3 at Disney
Up at 7am. Really? Normally, I've had just 3 hours of sleep at 7am, but on THIS day I'm expected to be chipper, entertaining, wise, and informative at that hour. Yes, I'm reprising my role as a self-styled Social Media know-it-all along with my equally-afflicted VO colleague, Terry Daniel....
World-Voices Organization Launches
For those of you who were unsure what the fallout from SaVoa would mean to your accreditation, we have some official announcements to make: 1) World-Voices.org is now incorporated, chartered, officers chosen, and a website up and running. 2) Non-profit status is practically completed, as are the...
Another “Take”
On the whole, we voice actors seem unnecessarily obsessed with obtaining that perfect "on-the-road" mobile recording experience. How many of us actually NEED that? Naw, forget that question. I understand being prepared, and I've got my methods...my portable unit. I pay attention to what Dan...