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Life in voiceover: Feast or Famine:
Well this has turned out to be one heckuva week for work. For that I am grateful, but so busy I’ll be scare on the blog and social media scene for a wee bit.
The cool thing is bookings have come in. One was a national radio for homebusinessmatch.com that’ll be running on some 500+ stations and on Sean Hannity shoes plus all Sirius XM stations.
Talk about wide variety… there was a small thing for TimeWarner Cable-LA, the Ministry of Health Contact Center for Saudi Arabia (UAE), a local political spot, and …
Messin’ With Astro Boy
Computerized Voices? Will we become Hal?
My talented vo guy friends, Dave Courvosier and Chris Wagner have recently probed the “synthetic nerve” in their respective blogs on synthetic voices created by computers.
Bottom line, will the technology replace the human voice…and voice actors?
If you haven’t already done so, look at this intelligent, well-researched article by Courvo. You can even link to audio examples. Then be sure to chase this great reading with a dose of Chris Wagner’s reality, “Computers are Stupid.”
I love technology, but given the fact that the human voice can deliver the same line in a myriad of ways, and vocal placement,s I have my …
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…Daring to be different
Like it or not, if you’re in voiceover, you are an entrepreneur. You’re in business. The sales business. A bit of salesmanship is needed; in your read, as well as your business practices.
I am sharing an article which appeared a couple years’ ago that’s one of my favorites I keep referring to for personal business motivational strategy. I love Sales & Marketing Management as an insiprational tool.
Thinking ever so slightly outside of your own voice-business universe and applying the technique here in your own business could create some positive change. If anything, it could serve to illluminate. Shedding light on a topic close …
Brain Tracks Audio: Acting For Advertising Pt.9
I’ve found Nancy Wolfson’s coaching and teleseminars to be extremely helpful to my own voiceover business, which is why I’ll be on the call tonight.
There may be time to sign up for tonight’s live teleseminar with voice coach, Nancy Wolfson, “Acting for Advertising #9”. It runs for about an hour starting at 6PM Pacific. The description of the course was posted at this blog October 6th.
To learn nore: Click here to visit Break Into Voice Over. …