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Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail
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Gem of the West
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Truckee/Donner CA
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Travel day
Have a great weekend... I appreciate you more than you know! (Yesterday at Madame Tussaud's) Posted using iPhone … [Read More...]
VO Social Media
New Online VO Resources
These days, it's getting harder and harder to sneak any voiceover links or info onto the pages of this blog that aren't already posted somewhere else online. That's why I try to stick to original, … [Read More...]
Which Will Implode First: Twitter or ISDN?
Not that they're mutually exclusive or anything, but both of these services have a part to play in the voice-over realm...and both are struggling to survive for different reasons.Twitter is a free … [Read More...]
Define BROADcast
...and to do that, think outside the traditional knee-jerk use of the word...'cause that's changing. For instance, does a "broadcast facility"need to be a 2-acre building with offices, a huge studio, … [Read More...]
VO Education
Your Homework Assignment for Tonight
Does anybody watch TV without the DVR running in the background any more? Either way, your homework assignment for tonight is to play back pay a prime-time or prime-time access program and pay … [Read More...]
Interested in Making $1,500?
Sure! But what if you knew for a fact that the $1500 voiceover job being posted was for: a major national advertiser all media use for 1 year included multiple versions In other words, … [Read More...]
VO Tools
A Smartphone Picture-Taking Primer from a Pro
The chief photographer/photojournalist/videojournalist at my TV station is awesome...as good as they get. Matt Adams takes so much pride in his work that he's a daily inspiration for our news … [Read More...]
5 Sites You Should Visit Today to Help Your VO Biz
No, it's not some cheap come-on. In ONE DAY I found five sites that are either directly related to VO, or helpful to your VO business. They're too good NOT to share! Maybe you've seen one or two … [Read More...]
Op/Ed
Ostrich or Coyote?
Cultural observers would have you believe this country represents two irretrievable, polarized positions. Red or Blue. Yin or Yang. Conservative or Liberal. Of course, it's not … [Read More...]
Redwoods and Rejuvenation
Since last Wednesday, I've been staying at a friend's cabin North of San Fran in the coastal Redwood forest. The comfortable but spartan cabin has no WiFi, and AT&T apparently … [Read More...]
VO Business
Analogy Apology
Despite some really good discussion generated by my blog yesterday -- Ostrich or Coyote? -- I think it was a weak device for me to use to make my point. I even said so IN the … [Read More...]
We Are Not Alone
Voice Actors are but one small corner of the freelance universe both cursed and blessed with internet disruption. Photographers might have gone through the biggest change over the … [Read More...]
VO Niches
Bridesmaids Again
There are likely thousands of full and part-time voice actors. No one knows the exact number for sure, but regardless, they are all potential purchasers of equipment, devices, parts, know-how, and especially electronics. You’d think with that kind of a population-base, plenty of vendors would find a way to woo that market. But the pitch […]
VO Events
August Rates Roundtable Here: Solving the Startup Voice Actor Compensation Conundrum
World-Voices Organization's popular "Rates Roundtable" series kicked off it's second year of monthly episodes yesterday...and it was a zinger! Our topic surrounded the paradox of … [Read More...]
Remember Your First VO Job?
Now...do you remember what you got paid for it? I do: $25...and I was on cloud nine! Would l do that same job today for that rate? No way. Then would I have gotten the … [Read More...]
VO Community
So Easy To Overlook
Thanks for putting up with my fluffy rural pictorial posts from last week. It wasn't all play...I did bring a portable recording set-up, and managed a couple of lucrative jobs … [Read More...]
3 Mindsets Every Voice Actor Must Have
Maybe you're noticing it too. A total erosion of people taking the high road.I'm not just talking about politics. I'm talking about business ethics. Where is the civility … [Read More...]