Some might say Alex Torrenegra is a genius. There are certainly many arguments in his favor. He's got incredible entrepreneurial, innovation, and savvy business skills. He knows how to create and perpetuate a very profitable online product. He certainly has brought a sea-change to the world of...
P2P
DirectVoices
You wanna talk the global nature of the voice over business? I found the ultimate example (and it's not Bodalgo). Meet DirectVoices.com...a site that has yet to reach full functionality. So, why would I say it's a global site? Because even in development, the team producing the site works from...
V123 PPS
Say what you want about so-called Pay-to-Play (P2P) services like Voice123.com and Voices.com, but they (and others like them) are usually at the heart of trends in this business...things like pay-scales, the job marketplace, internet prospects, and more. In that sense what they do, and the...
(Embarrassingly) True Story
Setting the stage: A well-known, top-notch commercial audio studio in a major city puts up a call for auditions on Voices.com. The Specs: The voice-seeker is looking for a Pirate voice...something...well....loud and boisterous and over-the-top mean sounding...like the sterotypical pirate we all...
Thrufer Twosday
My fear is that I'm always late to the party with the content of the post I have for you today, but then again it could be you HAVENT' yet heard...and even if you HAVE...it might be a good reminder. First AudioCatch..."where any media project that requires music, sound effects, or voice over work...
“CrowdVoicing”
"CrowdVoicing" is the newly-coined term that Alex Torrenegra is using to describe "VoiceBunny" service, now in Beta release. Yesterday's blog about the official launch of VoiceBunny brought some reaction that beats a warning drum (see the comments section) . No doubt Alex Torrenegra brings some...
Rabbit Redux
VoiceBunny is making its official debut. Many of you caught wind of this effort many months ago as the developers leaked a little information on Social Media. Hard answers were scarce, though, and that early PR may have jaded interested parties for a while. Now VoiceBunny is fully out of the...
P2P Only for Union VO’s?
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...