THE VEIL Interacting on social media is like driving a car. There is an illusory thin veil that people believe they can hide behind. It reminds me of the invincible blanket that separated me from demons in the dark in my pre-pubescent bedroom. When you drive, the car's frame becomes the veil you...
Maybe you're above this. Perhaps SAG-AFTRA recommends you bypass this, or could be you're just lost when it comes to this... but Craigslist is more and more proving to be a valid source for VO work IFF: you know how to use it you have the time you are patient My "CRACKING CRAIGSLIST" blog from...
File this under: "the client really doesn't know what she/he wants". ...They just know what they DON'T want...and the popular Nazi-delivery du jour is "announcery". We talked about this before. Announcers are the zombies of the voice-over world. Dead, but still moving and seeking sustenance. ...
English is the only language I speak. Sure, I'm jealous of my VO friends who speak two or more languages...they're more marketable...but I still feel like I'm learning English! So how hard can it be to learn a few dialects (in English), and still be able to broaden my prospects? Some people are...
Does it matter? Not really. You don't need ME to tell you when you are a professional. But increasingly, it seems important to know if you've made the grade. World-Voices Organization was inspired by the FaffCon criteria for passing muster as a "professional VO". For the record: here's the...
What is a 60-something guy doing hip-deep in social media? I'm not a Gen-X'er, nor a Gen-Y'er...nor a Millenial...not EVEN. Keeping up with tech-trends and new gizmos is a young person's game. Thankfully, I THINK young, and have always been enamoured of "the next cool thing". Still -- it's tough...
Voice Over FRiends on Facebook evolves and merges into Voice Over Pros and grows at a rapid pace
My email runneth over! For some reason a bunch of stuff appeared in my inbox Wednesday...tech Stuff that's just too good to miss. Maybe you got it too...but just in case, here's the short list: VOICEZAM Founder and CEO Bob Merkel never rests on his laurels. One of the most innovative...
Never. Never have I run across a voice-actor who began life as a voice-actor. Everyone came to the profession from somewhere else. A good many began in broadcasting...especially radio. Some from (ahem) TV, or production, or audio engineering... but seriously... do you know of anyone who...
Yesterday brought a flood of responses to my announcement about merging my FaceBook Voice-Over Friends group into Terry Daniels' Voice-Over Pros Place FaceBook group. The reaction was almost universally positive. People understand the value in coming together for a lot of common reasons. If you...
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