So much of what we do in Voiceovver depends on being cognizant of society's trends. That doesn't mean we have to subscribe to them, but we gotta be aware of them...especially if it means the difference in how we do a read on an audition.I struggle with this a lot when it comes to today's music...
This is a picture of the cords under my desk where I work at the TV station. I confess, I care less about how it looks than if it were in my home. But seriously, folks...when something goes wrong, I'm on my knees in my suit, doing my best imitation of separating the spaghetti.Fess up... your...
Voice actors around the world share the same challenges. They just do it in a different language, with a different culture, different compensation rates, and often a different expectation from the client. While Neutral North American English is needed for projects all over the world, in the USA...
Bing Desktop resides on all my computers. Because of that, every day a new background presents itself on my desktop. Usually it's some gorgeous landscape scene from somewhere in the world.Earlier this week, it was this:For perspective, notice the yellow staircase on the right. This is a huge...
...and it's a free live Webinar to the first 100 visitors! We're gonna knock this one out of the park, 'cause our stellar panel is from the GVAA - Global Voice Acting Academy. Cristina Milizia, GVAA Founder, and her team of professional coaches just came out with a new Rates Resource Guide. They...
My friend Sean Daeley -- an American voice actor living in Japan -- alerted me to the month of May being Sweetwater's "Mic Month" (probably for no other reason than because of the convenient "M" alliteration).Love it! If you're shopping for a mic, this may be the right deal for you. The ad...
Years ago, I helped a voice actor moving to Las Vegas get his ISDN installed through some contacts I'd already researched/established at CenturyLink. He, in turn, helped me with some marketing. His name is Garrett Michaels, and I'm proud to call him a friend.Activation/installation rates for...
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You know me. I'm not one to let a new portable recording gizmo go unnoticed.The new smartphone-looking audio recording device from Philips Electronics is called the Speechair...which of course begs the question of whether it's a Spee Chair, or a Speech Air (whatever that is).Bad naming aside,...
World-Voices wrestled with this issue from day one.WoVO is not in the business of making subjective decisions about whether you are a good talent, can give a compelling promotional read, or can kill it on a commercial read.But, there are some objective and measurable criteria that our crack WoVO...
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