by Bobbin Beam | May 29, 2014 | General
Today is the last day of APAC, the premier event in the audiobooks industry designed to address industry trends share ideas and provide networking opportunities for industry leaders. The day of the the APAC seminars, the Listening Lounge, the Audies and the Naudies...
by Bobbin Beam | May 20, 2014 | General
The family traveled to Denver last weekend to spend time with extended family for Mother’s Day. Before we left I’d been booked for a nice national commercial VoiceOver gig via my ISDN studio on the day of our return, Monday. A lot of back and forth...
by Bobbin Beam | May 8, 2014 | Digital Audio, General, ISDN, Podcasts, Technology
This is pretty doggone interesting! Here’s a brief podcast created by Tim Keenan at Creative Media Recording, an audio post-production studio, in which he enlisted my help at remotely recording a portion of the same script using the newest digital...
by Bobbin Beam | Apr 19, 2014 | General
Much has changed in the past 7 years in the industry since I first shared this one about how we, as voice talent are charging too little for voice over talent rates, but this post holds up pretty well. What kinds of payment terms, how, and when we are paid, and...
by Bobbin Beam | Apr 1, 2014 | General
My friend, Liz Goodgold from San Diego offers today’s guest post: Top 5 List of Foolish Biz Advice In honor of April Fool’s Day, I’m sharing my Top 5 List of Foolish Biz Advice I’ve been given –No Joke! And, I’ve also tacked on why I believe you should ignore...
by Bobbin Beam | Mar 17, 2014 | General
In the aftermath of losing one of my very best friends, female voice over talent, Vanessa Hart, during the past month, I’ve lost focus at times. It’s been a challenge to stay on task like I usually do. But grieving is unique to each individual, so...
