SAG-AFTRA is standing up for voice-actors. At least those who create popular vocal characters for video games....in Hollywood...who make a lot of money...and have celebrity. The rest of us? Meh.The pot is boiling over on contract negotiations, and the word "strike" is popping up more often in...
My mind is like mush. Taking time off, and visiting a part of the USA diametrically different than your home-20 is disorienting.In this case, I was in my home town for the traditional H.S. Class reunion. So weird that when I got there, the place was full of a bunch of old people. 😉 In the...
Isn't it lousy that we can't get hardware vendors to recognize and market to voice-actors exclusively? I guess it's because they just don't think voice actors constitute a big enough market. Instead we see all sorts of reviews for musicians, engineers, singers, studios, etc.That doesn't mean we...
Everyone tells me Wednesday's WoVOChat on the topic of narrations was fabulous.I wouldn't know, it was the first WoVOChat I've missed, so I wasn't there...I was HERE:In my absence, though, Pamela Muldoon, Brad Venable, Tim Keenan, and Andy Boyns wow'd the crowd!Thanks everyone!Here is the Storify...
Ever heard of Peter Shankman?He's a gadabout, ADHD, brilliant Social Media and business entrepreneur personality and coach. The guy gets around.He does seminars at all the right conferences, and is probably best known for his daily HARO newsletter. HARO stands for Help A Reporter Out. The...
Below is an actual email from a client...wavering between two different styles for their production I'm supposed to voice:"Sorry for the delay – we were just about to send it over to you when we got in a debate over what sort of style we were looking for. I originally wanted to do a video similar...
As of the moment I'm writing this, 71 respondents gave their answers to my survey on overseas jobs.If you were one of them...thanks for taking the time!While nothing in the answers just rocked my boat...there were some responses that caught my attention. The results are available in percentages...
How much of your work comes from overseas clients? Do they pay well? What kind of clients are they? How do they prefer to pay you?I ask, not because I'm an expert on this issue (I have a few "foreign" clients), but because we keep hearing how the "global economy/marketplace" will change everything...
To honor this day in respect of it's official genesis, I'm going to stay in bed all day. Only the TV station really wouldn't appreciate that, and my VoiceOver clients wouldn't either.In fact the spirit of this holiday is now lost in "end of Summer" traditions, back-to-school sales, and Labor Day...
Please don't take this the wrong way. In my home town I'm recognized everywhere. Only in Las Vegas, but that's where I am 99% of the time, so wherever I go, people point and smile with a knowing nod. It's inescapable. As a TV personality, I'm also...
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