Updates from Comic-Con 2009
Craig Crumpton is doing a great job of covering Comic-Con 2009 on his Voice Actors in the News blog.
Auditions: Why’s Everyone In Such A Rush? Tech, Time Zone & Money, by Stephanie Ciccarelli
Why are most voice-over casting calls opened and closed within a matter of hours? There are a number of reasons why shorter deadlines have become the norm in the voice-over industry with regard to auditions, and I’ll outline three of them here: 1) Technological Efficiency, 2) Global Marketplace, and 3) Money. If you are treating voice-over as a business, then auditions become priority …
Spanked by Linked in
Let me just begin by saying I don’t use Linked In that often. For me personally, its a little to clunky: looking and acting. Today I try to connect with someone I KNOW, and have worked with…and I am prompted that I must put in their email address. I see someone else I know…and I have to enter Their address. Next I get a lovely bright yellow box saying I have some restriction on my account because I have invited “several” people whom I don’t know to
a chastity belt for your computer
There were a couple of tweets today (and if you don’t know what that means, head straight to social media dungeon) that referenced password security. Most of us have to have a password to get us into easily two dozen sites. But some folks are kind of lazy about it OR as I have found, some folks just don’t put that much thought in passwords and that, sincerely, is a bad thing So for whatever its worth, here is an amalgamation of ideas for creating a really good password for your
“don’t whine, don’t complain and don’t make excuses”
You need to watch and listen hard to this video featuring the story of Coach Don Meyer, winner of the 2009 Jimmy V Award at the ESPYS this year. Bookmark to: Hide Sites
11 Reasons Your Voice Over Business Will Be A Success
I try to spend an hour each morning reading interesting articles about business and voice over. It helps to start the day with fresh ideas, and I like seeing what people are up to. This week, however, there seemed to be a very negative energy in the air…at least with the articles I’ve come across. The one that put me slightly over the edge was the article that explained in detail the 9 ways my business would fail. Ok, it didn’t target me specifically- it was written for
Nancy Wolfson: Master of the V/O Metaphor
Absolutely stellar!In a one-two punch, voice coach Nancy Wolfson’s brilliant savant-like mind works at the speed of light in the way she describes anything. In a recent Vox Daily Blog, titled Voice Casting at the Speed of Sound, Nancy Wolfson, private voice-over consultant and casting director was formerly a talent agent.Nancy has told me I could cut & paste her comments here: Of course, to get the overall context of the post, feel free to click on the post title
11 Reasons your voiceover business will succeed
Take a few minutes to click through to this lovely blog post by the lovely Kara Edwards: 11 Reasons Your Voice Over Business Will Be A Success.
An update to the blogroll
My friend Connie Terwilliger has launched a voiceover blog so I’ve updated the link on my blogroll with that site. Very nice stuff, Connie. I look forward to reading more of what you have to say.
7/21/09 – VOCareer.com Launches With Voice-Over Business Tools – A Division of VoiceHunter.com
VOCareer.com – a new web-based service offering business tools for voice actors – has been launched by the team at VoiceHunter.com, the online casting service. Previously, VoiceHunter.com offered both casting and business services to voice talent. Now, VoiceHunter.com is solely dedicated to voice-over casting for radio and TV commercials, corporate work and more …