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In Residence x 3
Should I feel flattered or flummoxed? ‘Love getting audition notices, but when they’re from three different respected agencies, and all three leads are exactly the same, which do you answer? All 3?...
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Would You Pay For Leads?
VO Planet’s Donna Summers posted a thought-provoking question on LinkedIn…a survey really. The question is: “… would you find it valuable to buy qualified auditions that pay $1000 or more on a...
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FeedBack Gold
Have you ever had a chance to take a Marc Cashman class?…or even work with him on a demo? You should. He’s one of the true seasoned pros in the business of VO. The other day he did something ALL...
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uAudition?
Under the heading of: ”Shoulda jumped on this months ago”…somebody beat me to the punch and has designed an iPhone app for VO auditioning. You might remember, I blogged about methods for doing just...
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HandHeld iPhone/Pad Mic
CES is here in Vegas this week, but I haven’t seen THIS gizmo on the show floor! It’s only available for PRE-order from a foreign company — IK Multimedia — but the iRig Mic is touted as the first...
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New AFLAC voice
Talk about a cattle (er…duck) call! Your odds: 12,000-to-1…but there’s always a winner, and Dan McKeague is the guy beating out all other hopefuls as the new voice of the AFLAC duck. A father of...
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ACX Incentive
The launch of Audible’s site for narrators in May sent ripples through the audiobook business. The blog I wrote about ACX was one of my most-visited articles. Check back in a few days, I’m working on...
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(Embarrassingly) True Story
Setting the stage: A well-known, top-notch commercial audio studio in a major city puts up a call for auditions on Voices.com. The Specs: The voice-seeker is looking for a Pirate...
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Feedback Follow-up
Voice Actors are starved for feedback. Intrinsic in that yearning is a need for validation that the efforts we make reflects professionalism, progress, and proof-of-performance. Am I close? Am I...
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Context
My newfound source of insider information – “JJ” — calls it Zeitgeist. Of course, that’s a word from our Teutonic neighbors that means: “…the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an...
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Audition Head Trips
THE POSER Most foundational psychological theory holds that we present to the world the person we want people to see. Apparently as young humans, the world seems too daunting for most of us, and we...
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I want “THAT” Voice
Honest-to-goodness wanted posting for a voice actor: We’re looking for a male narrator whose a Jack Nicholson/Joe Pesci/Vincent Price type for a low budget, unconventional horror film that’s currently...
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7 Essential Reminders Before You Send That Audition
Actually, there are maybe 15-20 things you CAN do before you send each audition…but these 7 points cannot be overlooked…the Holy Grail of “must-do” actions on the pre-flight list. This checklist is...
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Can you do…??
Honest-to-goodness posting for a needed voice actor: We're looking for a male narrator whose a Jack Nicholson/Joe Pesci/Vincent Price type for a low budget unconventional horror film that's currently...
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The Discerning Auditioner
You should audition for every job that fits your wheelhouse. Knowing your wheelhouse is the trick. So...half the jobs are off the slate for me. I'm not a woman, and I don't do female voices. I'll also...
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Throwback Thursday
[I'm off to the wintry weather of Central Illinois to bury my last remaining aunt. Please enjoy this repeat blog --- one of my most popular] 10 "Musts" Before Sending That Audition Actually, there are...
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