If you’ve been in the VO industry for the past ten, fifteen, twenty years, you will have noticed massive changes. I’ve noticed changes just in the past five years! Jobs used to pay more. There were more campaigns and long-term contracts. There were less voice actors and hardly anyone had a home studio. If you did have one, you had a serious advantage. And if it sounded good, even doubly or triply so!
Summer can be a little slow for voiceover. Particularly the month of July! Like all good over-achievers, I start to feel a bit lost if I’m not generally accomplishing things or doing something constructive. To that end, I offer up a list of 10 things you can do while it’s “dead”: 1. Organize your computer….
I’m so happy to be involved with the Deyan Institute, coordinating the VO Pro Series and contributing monthly to their growing blog!
I think I’m finally coming down from the hyper-stimulation of APAC 2014. So much activity and output packed into just a few short days! For those who are unfamiliar, APAC (Audio Publishers Association Conference) is an annual event held in NYC. Basically everyone in the audiobook industry (producers, directors, publishers and narrators) attends at least…
For weeks, I’ve been thinking about something I read. It was actually an excerpt from my horoscope last month. Not exactly the NY Times, I know, but this one part has been working on me, repeatedly. “ …so you may not actually know that you have massive support across the board, from peers and higher…
Last week I discussed the number one thing you need to do to get started in voiceover. Here’s a few more suggestions for getting your career off the ground. 1. Learn as much as you can about the industry. That means “getting in the conversation” and immersing yourself with all things VO. A good way…
Here’s Part 3 of my series dedicated to the newbie exploring voiceover. If you missed the first two, click the links below! Ok, so now you know you’re the right kind of person for the job (Is Voiceover for me?) and you know a bit about the industry (Genres in VO) …so where do you…
Before tackling how to actually get started in VO (which I’ll cover next week), I realized it’s good for newbies to know a bit about the industry itself and it’s various opportunities. Voiceover is comprised of many different genres, each with their own flavor (and superstars!). Here are the 10 main categories:
Here’s one reality show that can actually be considered homework…for actors! Being a part of AMC’s The Pitch, airing tomorrow night at 8pm PST/11pm EST, was a lot of fun. A few months back, I was psyched to be chosen as the voice to represent ad agency Neuron Syndicate’s campaign pitch for Tommy Bahama.
It was 10 years ago today that I set out on a plane with two bags and an unknown future ahead of me. I landed at the Beverly Garland Holiday Inn in Studio City for a week long “audition for the LA agents” week that ended up being the next decade of my life.
I remember I woke up early the next morning and took a walk down to Ventura. I was looking for something to eat and stumbled upon the big Ralph’s grocery store. I went inside where I immediately saw William H. Macy in the produce section. Wow, stars really are everywhere! I smiled at him but was afraid to say hi.