We, voice over artists, work hard. Sometimes too hard. Perfection is a burden when taken too far. Consider these 12 suggestions for avoiding VO stress.
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Next WoVOChat: Travel Kits – Portable Recording
Few have sought the Holy Grail of mobile recording more than I. Some of it is my love of technology, some is my perfectionism, and some has to do with ever-changing digital advances in size and capability. Sadly, I've spent FAR more time worrying over such equipment, than actually using it...
…Divided We Fall
...and that's really the issue. We're a universe of individual freelance voice actors who have no cohesion, no unity. We don't speak with one voice regarding the issue of rates.WHERE'S SAG-AFTRA WHEN YOU NEED THEM?Ideally, the union would do/does that for us. But two things mar that...
What Are YOUR Post-nominal Letters?
The popular thing these days is to load your resume with impressive-looking initials that indicate the position, degree, or honor that you have attained. They're called post-nominal letters. For a classless society, it provides a sort of pedigree, I suppose.Common ones are Ph.D., M.D., MBA, CPA,...
Standing On the Edge…
...of a butte in Eastern Utah, I took this picture with a freaking iPhone and almost no sense of composition or framing.To me, the scene is sublimely and quintessentially "Western". In reviewing the nearly 500 pictures I took in 10 days of vacationing, it is the one I keep coming back to.My wife...
Pink Stinks
All I had to do was make it through the week. Beginning Saturday, June 6th, I was planning a driving getaway with my wife to some familiar places in the Midwest.Those last days before a vacation are always the longest, aren't they?Then Wednesday happened.18 of my fellow workers, colleagues, and...
Results of Union #WoVOChat
We expected nothing less than a spirited discussion for the WoVOChat Wed., 6-3-15. The topic was unions (mostly SAG-AFTRA). Some people (especially those with a few years under their belt) feel strongly about the union in both directions. Plenty of others came with some legitimate questions, an...
#WoVOChat Today: Unions
A conversation about the union often rises to the level of rancor usually reserved for Mac v. PC discussions.For today's WoVOChat, we're not going to go there...but it makes you wonder. Why shouldn't SAG-AFTRA bring about universal support? A union should in all aspects be FOR the actor, speak...
Did You Get This Too?
Ya can't make up this stuff.Apparently, it's not enough what the big P2Ps are doing these days to destroy any hope of maintaining a respectable ratings structure for making a living at voice-acting. Now the also-rans are chiming in.Let's not even mention ODesk, Elance, Fiverr, Thumbtack, and all...
Next WoVOChat: Unions
SAG-AFTRA: a quaint anachronism from a bygone era?...or a necessary cog in the future of digital media? An essential tool for actors of every color, stripe, and location?...or just LA and NYC-centric?I know there are other unions that voice-actors utilize: ACTRA, EQUITY, MEAA...but my comments...
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