That's right... the contingency that confounds some voice talents, frustrates others, and and only clients seem to want, is now a regular feature of ipDTL. "Phone Patch" is different things to different people. It's rooted in an older time, when ISDN was king. Some voice talent make it out to...
We came... we mic'd up...we conquered the #WoVOChat!Kudos to all who came for today's WoVOChat on the topic of Microphones.Our guest experts, Dan Lenard and Jordan Reynolds were awesome, and the Q & A was flying thick 'n' fast!These World-Voices Organization-sponsored tweetchats were designed...
EVERYBODY's got something to say about Microphones. Their mic. The mic they want. They mic they wish they hadn't wasted money on.Today's your day to spill the beans.Tell us what you think about mics, and find out something you DIDN'T know about them.Our guests are WoVO members @HomStudioMan Dan...
For the first time in a long time the other day, I Googled "voiceover". Then I Googled "voice-over" and "voice over". The results were almost all the same. First there are the paid ads for voices.com, voicejungle, and Fiverr. Then there are two or three entries for Apple's VoiceOver service;...
When a voice-actor tells me they've got a mic they're totally happy with, and they've been using it for years...I'm skeptical.Most VO's I know are always are considering the next best mic.Sure, purchasing a mic is an individual decision... a decision based on:budgetresearch (hopefully)trial 'n'...
Much is being discussed on the social media forums lately about our business. Pay-to-PlaysUnion representationFair compensationAgentsMarketplace forcesPredatory coaches From day one, no...even before...your WoVO founders and officers have been vociferously arguing these points and more.I have a...
The email came from Malden, Missouri. Deep in the "bootheel" of the Show-Me state.A budding voice actor had just finished reading my book, and was taking seriously my admonition to get good coaching before going much further down the road to VO success.Not that it's backwater, but Malden is 150...
Rupert Murdoch? Nope.Sony? Huh-uh.Comcast/AOL/TimeWarner? Not even close.Google.I know, I know... Apple has $194 Billion in cash, and is a media darling, but Google (which Steve Jobs hated) is moving ahead of all other also-rans.Google is 136% bigger than #2 - Disney...and bigger than Disney and...
Why not just do it for free?This blog officially beats the proverbial dead horse -- again -- but I can't stand it anymore!I ran across a tweet for this Fiverr VO offer yesterday:https://www.fiverr.com/linneas88/record-any-voice-over-today?This person's pitch goes on to say: I am a professional...
For once, my "traditional media" friends in the newsroom seem to be on top of this latest social media trend more than my VO friends -- all of whom have said, "what's Periscope?" when I asked if they'd heard of it. Periscope allows live streaming of anything, anytime, anywhere through the magic of...
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