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...
...and no, it's not: "When do you sleep?" (although that's close). Next week I'll be a panelist at APAC (Audio Publishers Assoc. Conference) on the topic: MARKETING SUCCESSFULLY AND WITH MANNERS. At the heart of the topic is the issue of how AudioBook narrators should augment their work by...
In less than two weeks, the Audio Publishers Association Conference (APAC) takes place in New York City. The conference itself is only one day, but the entire Audiobook publisher's community makes this their seminal annual event by putting APAC in the context of other meet-ups, sessions, mixers,...
TRUE OR FALSE: (A) AudioBooks are what you do as a voice-actor when you can't get commercial work. (B) Only the really good voice-actors are the ones capable of mustering the talent needed to complete an audiobook. (C) AudioBooks don't pay well, but they're much more fulfilling to the actor within...
May of 2011 the Audiobook Creation Exchange was opened to the public. (see my original blog, May 12, 2011 about this) A year later, I think it's safe to say the service is a big success...answering a lot of needs: 1) For the consumer: allowing for many many more book titles to be available in...
Tablet computers are showing up in voice over studios everywhere. I've blogged extensively about the use of an iPad or Android-powered tablet as a mobile recording device, but perhaps it's most useful role is that of a reader...replacing sheets of paper or a book. Paper is a an ongoing tradition...
Launched to the public in May, Audible's new ACX (Audibook Creation Exchange) seems to be a win-win-win. Audible realized it was having trouble keeping enough fresh AudioBook titles in supply for their voracious listeners... Voice Actors are always seeking new opportunities...and publishers wanted...
It’s likely that we’re not far from a computer-generated voice accomplished enough to satisfy a sector of buyers who aren’t as discerning as the audiobook group mentioned above.
Valleys and peaks…renewal and change.
A Twitter primer for voiceover artists.