...what you're getting into when you embark on a career in voice acting. You may THINK you know. But you don't.That's not a bad thing. An honest look into the future might be enough to scare you off. Better that your passion, eagerness and innocence see you through at the start.I say all this...
Talk about great sharing! Today's WoVOChat on the topic of portable recording has info you just gotta see. Luckily, the conversation is not there 'n' gone, but saved in a stream-of-consciousness on Storify.Our guests Brad Venable and Liz de Nesnera were awesome contributors. Their collective...
Voice Actors swear by this rule of thumb: Business can be as slow as molasses, until you decide to take a few days off, away from home, then clients are bugging you with big projects and tight deadlines!Maybe that's why we all stress over having a portable recording solution packed up and ready...
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.
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...
...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...
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,...
...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...
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...
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...
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