Are You a PROFESSIONAL Voice Actor?

by CourVO | Mar 2, 2017 | Ruminations

Maybe you don’t even care if you rise to the moniker of “professional” as long as the paychecks keep coming.  The cynic in me says career professionals are a vanishing breed or just achieve that echelon through sheer chutzpah and persistence .   But...

Analogy Apology

by CourVO | Sep 21, 2016 | Compensation, VO Business

Despite some really good discussion generated by my blog yesterday — Ostrich or Coyote? — I think it was a weak device for me to use to make my point.  I even said so IN the article: “…I’m not going to go too far with this analogy…most such...

So Easy To Overlook

by CourVO | Sep 12, 2016 | Connecting

Thanks for putting up with my fluffy rural pictorial posts from last week.  It wasn’t all play…I did bring a portable recording set-up, and managed a couple of lucrative jobs in-between lazing on the porch.  🙄  But a number of other clients were remarkably...

Lookin’ For a Reason To Come To Vegas?

by CourVO | Aug 24, 2016 | Coaching

…like you really needed one, right? Well, September 10th-11th is apparently a very popular VO weekend in Las Vegas. Two coveted voice acting coaches will be here for weekend workshops. #1.  Pat Fraley Pat is hands-down one of the top VO coaches…he could do...

Redwoods and Rejuvenation

by CourVO | Aug 22, 2016 | Ramblings/Off-Topic

Since last Wednesday, I’ve been staying at a friend’s cabin North of San Fran in the coastal Redwood forest.  The comfortable but spartan cabin has no WiFi, and AT&T apparently doesn’t reach in between the tall Sequoia Sempervirens either....