by CourVO | Mar 23, 2018 | World-Voices.org, WoVOCon
Voiceover conferences are becoming quite the thing. It’s actually good, and a sign that our profession is coming of age. I hosted probably what could be called the very first VO conference. It was James Alburger, Penny Abshire, and Frank Frederick’s... by CourVO | Dec 15, 2016 | International, Rates Roundtable, VO Business, World-Voices.org
. Listening to our astute panel for the December WoVO Rates Roundtable talk about the realities of being part of the Spanish-speaking and bilingual marketplace, I was struck by the sameness of their challenge for all voice-actors. Target audience Client relations...
by CourVO | Dec 14, 2016 | Rates Roundtable, VO Business, World-Voices.org
Think synthetic voices aren’t a part of our reality yet? Check out Skype’s new feature, providing a real-time spoken word translation from one language to another. Now, mind you…no one seems to be saying how well this works…but kudos to...
by CourVO | Oct 11, 2016 | Rates Roundtable, VO Business, World-Voices.org
We enter a world of arcane language, conflicting buyouts, and digital media streams this month on our Rates Roundtable. “Usage” was something agents handled for their talent…buffering them from predatory and unscrupulous clients — and they...
by CourVO | Apr 25, 2016 | Training/Education, World-Voices.org
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...