be in it for the money
One of the reasons I am so focused on making sure voice talents continue to see a career in voice over as a business is because I’ve witnessed so many who get caught up in the joy of getting the work that they ignore the key detail within the “career” part of the equation – getting paid. I have been VERY fortunate in my career…less than a handful of times has any client tried to stiff me; I am bless with very professional and nice clients. You probably are (or will be) too. The
dave roberts retires from broadcasting
Dave Roberts (Dave Thomas) on WKBW-TV’s Rocketship 7 Who’s Dave Roberts and why does his retirement coming up on December 11, 2009 have anything to do with this blog? Well it has nothing to do with this blog really other than I have been a fan of Dave’s for many years and that’s why I am writing about it here. A native of Buffalo, NY, Dave has worked in broadcasting for 56 year and for the last 31 years he has worked at WPVI-TV/Philadelphia (ABC 6). He worked there
ISDN | Source Connect | Phone Patch?
Do you have questions about ISDN, the software program Source Connect, or perhaps, need to know more about phone patches? Well, tonight just may well be your appointment with destiny…well, it’s probably not that huge of a deal, but worthy of your time at the least. Edge Studio has their Tuesday night Talk With A Pro and tonight features Dave Immer from Digifon. Dave is said to be an expert in this field, so if you have questions, it appears Dave has answers.
OneEarth Recycling Project
If you have about a minute, take a look at this great concept for recycling, and reaping the benefits. I also happen to have had the opportunity to voice this video for OneEarth Recycling and Bigsly Entertprises. It’s a different approach, in more ways than one. For me the very upbeat, bright read, was very fun to execute!OneEarth’s vision is very “green”, as well as innovative. Do the right thing, get a few dollars, and make it part of the way you shop! How cool
Voice stalking
My friend and mentor Philip Banks asks the question on his blog today Are you a Voice Stalker? Well worth a few moments of your time. (edited to fix typo)
Continuing the fight against comment spam
If you’ve left a comment here recently you’ve discovered that I’ve added a Captcha to my comment process. I’m not fond of them either, but after going through a few days of a comment spam deluge I had to do something to stem the tide. Thank you for reading and for going through the extra steps.
Twitter updates from Karen on Thu 19 Nov 2009
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Marketing: 4 Racy, Sexy & Naughty Voice-Over Business Tactics, by Peter K. O’Connell
A VoiceOverXtra reader has signed up with online casting web sites to get jobs, and asks: What else should I do to market my talents? For ideas, we turn to voice actor and VO marketing guru Peter K. O’Connell, who promptly slaps us into marketing reality …
The Erik And Ember Show Episode Five: Harlan Hogan
Well, it’s that time of every-few-months once again and so we have a brand new Erik and Ember Show patiently waiting to beat on your undeserving eardrums. This time around we chat with the Fresh Prince of voiceover, Mr. Harlan Hogan (pictured above with his mew microphone) about two exciting new products he has to offer: the new and improved Porta-Booth and a brand new mic, dubbed the VO:1-A Harlan Hogan Signature Series microphone that he has produced in cooperation with the folks
new york voiceover mixer 2009
New York Voiceover Mixer 2009 My sincere congratulations to Eric Sheppard at Voice Talent Productions for putting together the upcoming 2nd Annual New York City Voiceover Mixer that will take place on December 5, 2009. Special congrats to Lindsay Reiss, Eric’s associate at the company (and his fiancée) for her work in selling out the event. There are 205 people on the list and they had to stop there….three weeks away and its sold out! I am assuming all the guests are related to the