Twitter updates from Karen on Mon 23 Nov 2009

.@CourVO Instead of TNNT, your blog could’ve been titled TTTT–These Things Take Time. Whether it’s a voiceover career or Google Wave, TTTT! Follow me on Twitter

Staying Connected in the Voice Over Business

You network. You audition.  You gain clients.  You create strategic relationships.  All of these efforts are crucial to being successful in any field and yet are particularly important in the voice over industry. Staying connected can be a challenge, however, and the holiday season is an opportune time to reconnect. Consider sending Happy Thanksgiving cards to your contacts in the United States with a simple message of appreciation.  Contacts who reside outside of the United States

11/22/2009 – VoiceOverXtra Zooms Ahead With Subscribers, MakeOver & Events! by John Florian

If you haven’t visited VoiceOverXtra in a while, you’re in for surprises. The home page is now a quick index to a virtual treasury of voice-over how-to info. More than 3,000 newsletter subscribers and many hundreds of daily web site visitors learn from us. And top industry professionals are leading you to success in VoiceOverXtra’s new webinars – learn at home – and live workshops. Check what’s new …

Career: Your ‘Gratitude Attitude’ Can Shape Your Voice-Over Success. So Be Thankful! By Bobbin Beam

Long-time voice actor Bobbin Beam has found a key to success not often discussed: “gratitude attitude.” Her experience is that gratitude begets positive vibes and well-being, and can help shape career success. In this week of Thanksgiving, that’s a message to remember …

Being prepared

Take a moment to read Michael Lenz’ latest blog post about the value of preparation.

Dave is a list maniac

My friend Dave Courvoisier likes lists. Why mention this odd fact on a blog about voiceover? Because Dave’s lists include some that are very specifically for and about voiceover. You’ll find details in this post on his blog.

Twitter updates from Karen on Sun 22 Nov 2009

45 degrees & rain doesn’t seem like flip flop weather to me, yet 2 girls waiting outside at this restaurant wear them. Cold feet=cold body! Narrating my blogs increases time. I’d never finish w/custom layout! RT @problogger The death of the boring blog post?: http://is.gd/50To7 Follow me on Twitter

11/17/09 – Building Your Home Studio – New Webinar Series Begins Tuesday Night, Nov. 24, From VoiceOverXtra

Have you built your home studio yet – or is it “in progress”? A top-notch home studio consultant is ready to show up at your home to help, beginning next Tuesday night, Nov. 24. In fact, Dan Lenard – the highly regarded and sought-after consultant for home studio set-up and problem solving, offers to visit on Tuesday nights for four weeks (Nov. 24-Dec. 15) to teach you how to build, equip, and record and edit in the freedom of your own home studio. Dan will visit

Voiceover Mixer Updates

Hey gang, just a few updates on The Second Annual Voiceover Mixer coming up on December 5th. As of a few days ago we reached capacity and are no longer able to take RSVPs.  While we feel terrible about turning people away we do not want to have us crammed in there like sardines like we were last year.  If your name is not on the official guest list on our Events page you will not be admitted by the doorman so please double check so that you do not have to suffer the embarrassment of having

Voiceover Bits and bobs!

If you, like me have been a little confused about sample rates and bit size, here’s a very helpful website which I found. It explains things and also gives some audio demos of the different rates! Brilliant! http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/Dave/Multimedia/node150.html This one is quite helpful as well: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=Sample_Rates I went to an Ecademy meeting recently, and was fortunate enough to hook up with Brian Mayne, the author of a book which I frequently