You wanna get paid doncha? Sure you do...and because it's absolutely necessary, chances are you've devised SOME workable method for invoicing your clients for the work you've done, and keeping a record of your payments. Lemme ask you, though. Is your method time-consuming? So much so that you...
....has there been a greater need for coordination of effort and advocacy among voice-actors.In a perfect world, the established talent union -- in this case SAG-AFTRA -- would do this on our behalf. But SAG-AFTRA seems to be rather myopic. Sure, they'll accept the dues of a VO in Des Moines,...
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...
...watch Tuesday's Edge Studio-sponsored interview with Voices.com's CEO David Ciccarelli.Graeme Spicer, Edge Studio's Managing Director will conduct the interview in Toronto.Spicer is a World-Voices pro member, an accomplished voice-actor, and brings with him a deep knowledge of the corporate...
Do the time, and you form a trust. It's why I continue to buy Chevys, Microsoft, Kraft Mayonnaise, and National Geographic.Sure, I'm aware that Ford, Apple, Best Foods, and the Smithsonian make decent competing products, but not decent enough to make me switch.Part of it is tradition, part of it...
Let me tell you what it's like to sit where I sit in the WoVO organization. It's awesome.If I'm lucky, I'll be voted in as the ACTUAL president of the organization... not just the interim president (members of the board will entertain my nomination today at the annual members meeting online).The...
What? You thought we were going to run out of things to talk about when it comes to VO Rates?Not a chance!We're finding more and more to discuss...and we're getting some of the most knowledgeable people to discuss it!Yesterday, Anne Ganguzza and I hosted our fourth R.A.D.A.R. Rates Roundtable. ...
...to get comfy with a bowl of Coco Puffs or Italian Wedding Soup, and watch one of the best discussions about VO compensation rates you'll ever see.Tuesday around 1pm Pacific, my co-host Anne Ganguzza and I are holding the fourth in a series of online discussions about VO rates. We call it...
Last week was staycation week.Well, I did do some sight-seeing for a trip there and back in one day.(see below)I felt entitled, 'cause the week ahead is a heavy WoVO work week, and I'm back to my TV NewsAnchor job.(I know, I know y'all feel sorry for me doncha). OK, off my pity pot.Southwestern...
If everyone has their own style of work...if everyone goes about creating their own success uniquely -- then why is the internet so full of standardized one-size-fits-all advice?The answer for me lies in a medical analogy. Generally, aspirin will help with aches an pains. Unless (and there will...
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