Technique Tip of the Month: Fake It Till You Make It?
If you’re a new to voice overs, this may not have happened to you yet. But it will! At some point, you may get called in to read a script by a repeat client who you think you know. You will walk in anticipating a script on a familiar subject matter only to be blown away by a left field commercial — one that might not jive with your personal views. What do you do when you’re asked to voice a part you aren’t comfortable reading for moral reasons? Knowing how to handle
Look very closely…Dentists do!
…and you will see McDonalds on the lower left or Dairy Queen in the middle on the right… Would you want a dentist named Swift or one that made you say EEK? The team dentist for the Kelowna Chiefs this year is Dr. Swift. Every hockey team needs a good dentist – and a nearby Tim Hortons. The TH is actually just beyond the McDonalds here on Highway 33. By the way, my wife’s dentist used to be Dr. Wageman. Hang in there Dr. Eek! I know what is like to have a funny last
Cash Flow: Five Proven Ways To Improve Your Voice Over Income Stream, by Maxine Dunn
If you’re worried about a lack of cash flowing into your voice over business, here are practical, useful ideas that you can use right away to improve your situation. “They’ve worked for me, and they’ll work for you,” promises voice actor / author Maxine Dunn, who peppers this advice with personal examples from her voice over career …
9/1/2010 – September Is National Voice Over Appreciation Month – Spread The Word & Use As Marketing Tool
September 1 marks the beginning of National Voice Over Appreciation Month (NVOAM). The event is being launched with the support of a consortium of high-profile VO businesses, coaches, individuals, agencies, subscription sites, and supporters including VoiceOverXtra. The official announcement comes from the offices of the Society of Accredited Voice Over Artists (SaVoa), with planned month-long promotions, marketing opportunities and news releases. Available today at the event website are
They Know What They’re Doing…But What Were They THINKING???
For the beginning of National VoiceOver Appreciation Month (see website for details), I offer the following fantasy. Does the fact that VoiceOver artists are getting our own month mean we get to tell our “voice seekers” what style of Director we’d like to hear in the talkback? I mean, can we specify up front: “I’d like to hear your direction with a sort of a Martin Scorsese feel.” …or… “Think Steven
Movable Wisdom
A lot of times, the stuff people forward to you in an email is hardly worth the time it takes to delete. But once in awhile a gem comes along that you’d never seen before. I got one of those today from friend and fellow voice actor, Tom Jones. You may already know it, but it was brand new to me: “Be Yourself. Everyone Else Is Already Taken.” Man, my teacher Nancy Wolfson would love it. – over and out –
september is national voice over month (please retweet, Facebook Favorite or otherwise promote the heck outta this)
September is National Voice Over Month Not to be too dramatic about it, but it’s about damn time. Almost every group, organization and/or species has a week or month named in honor of them. Often times it sounds like a joke when you hear some of their names and so too may the impression here now for some, but it’s not. My friend and fellow Voice Over Talent Dave Courvoisier kinda mentioned the idea in passing when he noticed in his blog about a week or so ago how many
Cashman Commercials | Voiceover
Cashman Commercials has a few seats left in their September weekend voiceover classes! Where: LOS ANGELES Who: BEGINNER – INTERMEDIATE – ADVANCED CALL: 661-222-9300 and tell them you heard about it here!
This month is special
My friend Dave Courvoisier blogged the other day about how there needs to be an official Voiceover Appreciation Month. Peter O’Connell like the idea so much he dragged several others of us into the mix. And before you know it, there’s web site and a post on the VO-BB and SaVOa is involved and everything.
Twitter updates from Karen for the week preceeding Wed Sep 1, 2010
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