Working two jobs can drive you crazy. In my case, the drive is revealing.One job is rigid. It has immutable deadlines. The pay is fixed. I work for someone else. They tell me what to do. I MUST get along with others.The other job personifies flexibility, finesse, and self-direction. There's...
Ever since Google bought YouTube, it's been trouncing the competition for online videos. YT is the de facto standard for posting, linking, viewing, and sharing video. Not even mighty FaceBook has been able to make much of a dent in YT's video dominance.Now, there's a new guy in town, and the...
When someone doesn't pay...what CAN you really do? Send nice remindersSent stern remindersDemand paymentThreaten lawsuitThat about exhausts my knowledge on the matter.Thankfully, it almost never comes up. Three times it's happened to me in 8 years. Twice with USA-based producers, and once from...
how to categorize VO demos…. This was one of the most challenging ideas to come out of the World Voices (WOVO) conversation … how to categorize VO demos…or how to describe that. Genre’s? Specialties?
No other challenge to our 4-yr-old industry trade association has garnered as much attention as VoiceOver.biz -- WoVO's online directory for pro talent.There have been fits and starts for sure, and at times the learning curve was steep. But we've found a comfortable plateau, now, and continue to...
The fancy new audio chain I bought isn't exactly working like I thought it should. Oh, it makes an incredible recording, but the unit itself dangerously overheats, and playback is fraught with pops and crackles (Rice Krispies!) that are not in the waveform.Luckily, the company has great customer...
Boy oh boy, did WoVO ever prove the old adage that you can't please all the people all the time!Almost two years ago, now, we launched an idea to let our members list their profiles and demos in an online directory that we hoped would get noticed by audio producers. VoiceOver.biz It was our...
Oh man...this is gonna happen to you sooner or later, and after you say it, you'll get this strange look on your face, and go "Did I just say that?"It goes like this:You're about to remind some millenial or X-Gen person that life "before" was better, and you'll hear yourself say: "....well, I can...
The day you spend hours searching-out a scratchy sound or electrical hum in your audio chain is the day you start wondering if the hi-priced mic cable is REALLY better than the bargain brand.It is."Microphones output a very low signal by nature. Using a really high quality cable on your mic...
...your routine.Doing so is almost always beneficial in your work/life outlook.I'm not saying it's easy. Lord knows, I've got my daily/weekly/monthly routine. Sometimes it feels like a ball 'n' chain, and other times, it's my saving grace for putting me back on track when my world seems in...
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