Voice Actors & The Internet!

Thanks to Peter K. O’Connell for pointing me to VoiceOverExtra’s: Internet Survey Draws 1,000+ Responses – Results Will Debut At Voice 2010 Panel. I’m eagerly awaiting the results of this survey myself – if it wasn’t for the internet, I wouldn’t have near the business I have today!   Learn more HERE Thanks again to Voxmarketing ‘s Peter K. O’Connell

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Medical Narration: It’s not all "Mumbo Jumbo"

The Challenges of Medical Narraton       By Guest Blogger Julie Williams Medical Narration is its own animal. It’s a VO genre that presents unique challenges, but also offers great rewards. One of the greatest rewards in Medical Narration is repeat business. Once a client finds a talent who can confidently,  and competently rise to the challenge, he usually comes back time and time again. It’s not easy for clients to find someone who can do medical narration well.  In fact,

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Internet Survey results coming

At VoiceOverXtra John Florian talks about the panel discussion he’s part of at VOICE 2010 that will focus on voice actors and the Internet. During that panel discussion, John will unveil the results of a survey on the subject of how voice actors use the Internet. The survey drew over a thousand responses.

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Now that’s a prayer!

Dan Hurst has written a wonderful blog he called A Voice Talent’s Prayer. I say a hearty AMEN!, Dan. I couldn’t have it any better.

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So many voices / Embrace resilience

Still crazed after all these years was the headline in Sunday’s eVent newspaper. Today’s online version is titled So many voices. It’s about impressionist Andre-Philippe Gagnon, who is performing in Kelowna tonight. My niece, Nicole, is getting married this weekend in Prince George. Our family is looking forward to being there! The pastor who married my wife and I twenty-two years ago was Tim Schroeder. His latest column, in the same eVent newspaper, is titled Embrace

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5/10/2010 – Holy Smokes – VOICE 2010 Hotel Discount RSVP Deadline Is May 11 – Best Deal In Town

if you want to attend VOICE 2010 – the huge international voice-over conference, June 2-5 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, on the Avenue of the Stars in Los Angeles – the best hotel deal is at the show hotel itself – if you reserve it by Tuesday, May 11. Here’s the two-act way to save on conference costs …

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5/10/2010 – Children’s VoiceOver Day Is June 5 In Dallas; They Learn By Age Group, With Bettye Zoller

Is your child a budding voice-over talent? International and award-winning voice talent/coach Bettye Zoller will help bring out that potential on June 5, at her annual Children’s VoiceOver Day, June 5 in Dallas. Two sessions are offered that day, based on the child’s age …

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welcome jeff gelder to the blog roll

In my high and might board position at MCA-I (it’s neither really but with no stipend for my work I try and make myself sound more important than I really am) I was reading a critically important email chain (it really wasn’t that important actually). What WAS important was that I saw one of the names in the email was from San Diego voice over talent Jeff Gelder who runs Gelderhead Productions. Part of his web site includes a blog which has now been added to this

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Quote for the day

From the rabbit hole in today’s Monday Morning Memo comes this quote. Thank you, Roy. “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does

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Twitter updates from Karen for the week preceeding Mon May 10, 2010

@taraplatt You may want to send an email with a link to a web site. This Univ of CA site generates the HTML code http://tinyurl.com/cgrvj Backstage article “Why Are #Voiceover Classes Necessary?”–4 takes from NY and LA coaches. 1 reason=credibility! http://tinyurl.com/293qjf6 Follow me on Twitter

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