Common wisdom holds that clearing your throat is the worst thing for your vocal cords…true or false?
Should You Clear Your Throat?
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That Moment…
...when you have an interested new prospect, and they tell you they've never really hired a professional voice talent, 'cause they always use Alan when they need something recorded. You know -- Alan...down the hall.It's a golden moment, a teaching moment, and a real opportunity to show the value...
PDF to Excel Conversion
Personally, I've never had to convert a .pdf to an Excel sheet, but that's gotta be a cute trick of coding I would think..pdf is a closely-guarded Adobe property, and Excel is a Microsoft product, so you can imagine the (legal?) issues one would have to surmount to get the conversion to work.Some...
Rates Roundtable: eLearning
When the big national TV spots are not hittin' like they should...or even as a VO career mainstay; eLearning projects pay the bills.People don't talk about it all that much, but eLearning -- or Elearning, E-Learning (whatever) -- often constitutes steady work, with dependable clients, at decent...
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We all know the importance of designing a useful signature for your professional VoiceOver emails. You know... that's the info you include at the bottom of your email message. Any email program worth its salt, let's you design a custom signature with pertinent information. The signature should...
5 Arguments Against Producing Your Own Demo
Do I have to write this blog?Apparently so. I've talked to several people lately who are producing their own demos. I understand. Cash flow ain't flowin' and hiring a producer costs plenty. You've got this hard drive full of all these great auditions you've done, and you're pretty good a mixing...
Can I Clear My Throat, or Not?
Every 6 months I see my ENT Physician. He clears the wax out of my ears, looks up my nose, mumbles something to his assistant, then sticks a camera scope down into my throat. It's mildly irritating, but THIS is why I mostly come every six months. He says: "Say E-E-E-E-E." I do, and he nods his...
VO Market Research
'Not sure where you stand on the issue of P2P's or one of the biggest entities in that realm, but wherever you stand -- pro or con -- put it aside for a few minutes. The innovative business mind behind Voices.com starts with its founder, David Ciccarelli. He's the person who tracks the market...