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...
My philosophy about social media, the marketplace, and opportunity is that there is always room for one more. In that environment, though, success depends on many variables. ...a little history When FaceBook created a new feature called "FaceBook Groups" in 2010, I was among the first to launch...
Don't expect iOS and Android developers to grow weary of the endless proliferation of newer, better, faster, cleverer apps. There's no downside for them, apps are money-makers, and they speak to the best of global innovation. I've tried to blog about every worthwhile audio app and program to come...
Electronic Musician magazine is a treasure-trove. Sure, it's written for musicians, audiophiles, producers and engineers, but its pages are full of the same kind of stuff we voice-actors are interested in. The Emusician.com digital website is here. It's filled with links, resources and articles....
Tinkering with solutions for the email challenge is an ongoing process in my VO business. It's always morphing as I try new add-ons and plug-ins. I've gone from Outlook to ComF5 to Zoho, and now settling in with Gmail, 'cause that's where the creative 3rd-party products are focusing. The email...
In my book, Ken Burns walks on water. Everyone should watch every single documentary he's ever made.I am not a big fan of baseball, but I watched all nine episodes (innings) of his history of baseball with awe. Same with the Civil War, Lewis & Clark, The National Parks, The Dust...
Disclaimer: I'm an officer and a founder of World-Voices Organization, and an unabashed advocate for its acceptance. Neither union, nor guild, nor agent; World-Voices (WoVO) is the subject of many blogs here. I believe in the need for an industry trade organization for voice-actors...even though...
John Bisset of Telos Alliance was at the table next to mine at Faffcon 7's "meet the sponsors" event. I didn't have a lot of time to talk to him other than to mention that I owned an XStream codec...then we were both off to talk to people visiting our displays. He seemed like an affable,...
Do you know what "jaded" means? It means: "worn out or weary"...as in: we're too close to VO, and so immersed in the culture that we're over-exposed to it. We view as -- tired -- the very things that identify us to our non-professional audience. Those identifiers become trite or cliché to us....
A few thoughts about Tucson's unconference, and then I'll move on. I know the tsunami of pictures, posted alongside laments that: "...it ended too soon!"...or: "...FaffCon changed my life!" grows old for people who did not or could not attend. Bear with me one more time. For the 100 souls in the...
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