11/28/09 – Holiday Magic 2009 Children’s Hospitals CD Is A Wrap, Featuring 34 Voice Talents & Vocalists
The voice-over gift is truly in the giving. Voice actor Jeff Gelder has wrapped up his seventh annual “Holiday Magic 2009 – A Gift For Children Of All Ages” CD project, in which he and voice-over volunteers recorded a holiday story that will now be distributed in person and shipped to children’s hospitals nationwide. His call for help this year resulted in a CD play list of 34 story-telling and vocalist volunteers (see the list) …
"We’re Gonna Need A Bigger Boat!"
A few years ago when I was focusing on expanding my own VO career, a new Voice Actor friend of mine (Jodi Krangle) asked me if I’d be interested in producing a demo for her. She recognized that I had been a producer for years and was not only a Voice Talent…I was also a Voice Seeker who regularly looked for new talent for commercials, imaging, characters, etc. I was used to producing my own demos, and I was used to making other talent sound great in commercials and other projects,
Bob Bergen | VoiceOver Experts
Voices.com has just put up another helpful Voice Over Experts Podcast, featuring Bob Bergen. We’ll learn about “Marketing & Goals” as they relate to the voiceover business. Bob Bergen on Voice Over Experts
Get more commercial work
I just added Kyle Whitford’s blog to my blogroll this evening. Clearly, Kyle’s got something excellent going on. Just one example from a few days ago is this post about getting more commercial voiceover work. Or check out his wonderful post about our mutual friend Kara Edwards. VoiceCommercial is the name of the blog. I’ll be back.
Twitter updates from Karen on Sun 29 Nov 2009
Why do announcers say “it’s been a terrific game and a credit to both schools” when one (ie GA Tech) clearly was not playing their best? Watching the GA Tech-GA game reminds me why I don’t watch football the rest of the year. If Tech would listen to me, they’d be ahead by now! THANKS-round 6 of text! RT @DrewCommins Directing @KarenCommins narrating part of HR3590 for http://HearTheBill.org http://twitpic.com/rdoub Just posted a new blog article titled
Time required to narrate and produce audiobooks
Two weeks ago, the following ad appeared on one of the freelance work sites. While it wasn’t on a site aimed solely at voiceover talent, it prompted me to write about the time required for audiobook production. Hello. I am looking to turn 14000 word e-books into audio and or video format, this will be ongoing work i know it is a simple process to do and can be done free with max and or various softwares, if you have the knowledge and have done this before please reply this will be
11/26/09 – Home Studio: Don’t Let Inferior Acoustics Kill Your Auditions … Dec. 1 Webinar Has Cures
If you were a voice-over producer or casting director and received a recorded audition in which the voice carries an echo, sounds “tinny” – or is accompanied by the background rumble of a passing garbage truck – you’d most certainly hit the DELETE button. So as a voice actor, why bother to record audio that won’t get you hired? One culprit of inferior audio is poor home studio acoustics, and your cures are explored in Part 2 of “Building Your Home
buffalo talents – post your stuff for free
For many folks the economy has really ruined their year. That has been equally true for performance based professionals – voice talents, actors, disc jockeys, producers, directors, writers etc. I’ve been lucky with my business and I know it. So let me share with you a secret. Full Circle Studios (yes two mentions in two days – they should pay me – and they’re not paying me for this) created a web site called Casting Central where actors, voice talent, models
Tasia Valenza on Video
What an interesting video from the Voice Registry, featuring Tasia Valenza: Tasia Valenza
Do What You Love….
The legendary literary figure, Ray Bradbury was in my town last week. His visit to the Escondido Public Library brought him here to discuss one thing; love. And of course his love of books, which is why he appeared at the library.As the aging author of “Fahrenheit 451″ spoke, he sat in his wheelchair, a blanket draped over his lap, and his words were slightly slurred . But his message was clear.He discussed the significance the library had in his life,