Windows 8 is in release. Will the new offering from Redmond: a) convince current Windows users to upgrade? b) convince current MAC users to switch? c) be a better OS for my VO business? Windows 7 was perhaps Microsoft's most robust and stable OS ever. Those who never upgraded from XP or Vista...
...there are just two months left to 2012! ...and if you are into the whole Mayan Calendar prediction...there's not even that much time. (but the positive side to THAT school of thought: you won't have to worry about buying Christmas presents!). I point all this out...not to overstate the...
Ya think after you've been around a while, you kinda know what's out there...the equipment, the coaches, the agents, the producers, the software, the hardware. Sometimes a mic or pre-amp comes across my radar that I missed before. but for the most part when people talk about dis 'n' dat pertaining...
#1 Question I get from people at VO Social Media seminars: "When do you sleep?" What they really mean is..."I don't have enough time in the day to be present on all those social media sites, and do it justice. How do you do that?" To be even more succinct, their concern is that: "I don't have...
Most voice actors are pretty loyal to their audio editing software. It's nearly impossible to pry the fingers of Pro-Tools advocates from their keyboards. Others like the various iterations of Adobe's Audition software (Cs6.0 is the latest version). There's also Steinberg's CuBase, Ableton,...
C'mon...admit it! The thought of adding a new...er... something ...to your audio chain holds a magic allure. It may, in fact, actually improve your sound, but even if it doesn't...the effect it has on your morale and attitude is worth the price, no? Well, not always...so that's why you have to...
Voice Actors bring a lot of skills to the table...much more than just raw talent, but at the core of things, we're adept with words, and words are formed by culture and history...trends and civilization. We HAVE to know the meaning of a word or phrase...the importance of its context, and its...
One of the worst things I could do in this blog is become a shill for promotion, but sometimes it's inevitable. Especially when it involves: --People who do good work --Great information is involved --You have a chance to win a prize So in this case, the good people are George Whittam appearing...
God Bless Apple, Google, and Microsoft. In the global scheme of things, these three tech giants keep us ahead of the also-rans and the copycats. Everyone who is a voice actor uses products from one, two, or all of these tech giants. Apple was recently ranked the most valuable corporation in the...
A highly regarded local Speech-Language Pathologist contacted me the other day. I'm encouraged that my online VO profile brings people to my door, but even this advanced professional was in the dark about the current skills needed to make it in Voice Acting today. Her approach was intriguing: "I...
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