Your local contacts may lead to the best-paying, longest-lasting, or even most fulfilling jobs in your VO playbook. It depends on the size of your market, of course, but there is a rule of thumb that your VO business -- though global -- should start locally.In your favor: people are fascinated by...
...will I see you in Atlanta?The 2016 Voice Over Atlanta conference will be its 4th year, but it will be my first visit. VOA is an extension of its founder and executive: Gerald Griffith, and his company: VoiceoverCity.Friends who went last year raved about the energy of the event. 'Last I...
In April, World-Voices Organization will celebrate 4 years of existence during its third annual Conference. We know we're USA-born, but our intent has always been to embrace all countries, all cultures, any language. The voiceover community may be varied, but we all share the same challenges.For...
Nevada's GOP caucuses were held yesterday (Tues). As KLAS-TV's main evening anchorman, I was on the air pretty much from 5pm till midnight.Finally getting home and collected by 1am, I dove right into a 50-minute VO narration (after editing) until 4am. Where's the time to blog in there? Heh. No...
Is VO all or none?Can you be "kind of" a voice actor?If you work in some other profession, but your heart, and your passion and your energy are in VO...are you a half-breed?...a hybrid?Could someone raise the question of legitimacy or dedication to the profession if you were not able to give-over...
...and not just "Nigerian Princes". I'm talking about predatory coaches and weekend demo mills too.Fraud and trust-betrayals are endemic to the modern world. Gone are the days of leaving your front door unlocked, letting your kids play down the street until sunset, and taking somebody's word at...
The internet, like the automobile, broke on the cultural scene with great promise, and great danger. But even the advent of self-propelled vehicles may not match the bittersweet challenge of the interwebs.Sure, information is at our fingertips like never before. Dick Tracy's 2-way wrist-TV is a...
The word "ludicrous" doesn't pop up in TV news copy very often, but lately, when it DOES...it's spelled "ludacris". Excuse me, but that in itself is ludicrous!Good spelling and grammar still count. I gnash my teeth saying that, because I truly believe English is a living, breathing, morphing,...
Post in a Facebook VO group from a seasoned pro:"...Auditioned for this thing from my agency last week. Today, I get a private, direct requested audition from a dead profile I left on voicesdotcom's site today for the EXACT same thing, as a NON-union audition for only $100-$250. Told them to pay...
LinkedIn is consistently included in lists of top Social Media networks to be on. I'll grant you that it's been around a long time, and has a reputation for being the more serious-minded of the new media siblings.LinkedIn has often benefitted from a reputation as being a business professional's...
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