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"PROFILE PICS" OR "HEADSHOTS"? There was a time, not so long ago, when a voice actor headshot was ironic, outrageous to some. Why would you include your picture, when it's the audio that people need to hear? Why taint the listener's opinion of your sound with your...
HEADSHOTS: How important are they? I've had A LOT of headshots. Lucky for me, and you, I've lost my shots from the 80's in one of my cross-country moves. If you are building a career or a business, you need one. Our online image is highly relevant in expressing (and...
Finding the best technical help for your voice-over business can be daunting. My personal favorite is V.O.B.S. For the uninitiated, this stands for Voice Over Body Shop - a witty, weekly voice-over web show. It's CHOCK FULL of helpful information, technical and...
As a freelance voice talent, filing taxes can be as a self-employed person, as a small business, or even as a Corporation, such as in my case. A COUPLE LESSONS LEARNED THIS YEAR: I did A LOT of equipment purchases and exchanges last year, to try out new mics, and to...
It's that time of year when the focus is on staying well, avoiding illness... my kid's schools used to have a Valentine's Day dance and every year, my daughter missed it resentfully due to illness. Like clockwork, both my kids have just been sick and I'd like to...
If you are a producer, a marketing manager, or a creative services professional, you may have problems specific to your business and the hiring of voice talent. MONEY & ACCESSIBILITY Historically, quality, established voice talent have only been accessible through...
Someone called me out recently on having a Canadian accent, in a social setting, and wondered if that hindered my voiceover business. Actually, she assumed it did. If I wasn't so polite, I'd have bit her head off...in the kindest, most gentlest way, of course... It is...
VO Mastery & That's Voiceover - Two Conferences, Back to Back I had the luxury of attending two voiceover events in L.A. recently thanks to my living close to the city. Panel discussions and Q&A, well known voice actors and industry players were all the order...
VO: Tales and Techniques of a Voice-Over Actor - Book Review by Tracy Lindley It all started one day when I was watching VO Buzz Weekly. You know, that invaluable and infinitely intriguing show dedicated to all things voiceover. You’d have to live under a voiceover...
My Personal Voice Acting Self-Critique Ever had the chance to go back and look at work you've done in the past, only to realize what you might have done differently? There are only six lines in this commercial I voiced for Leon's Furniture, Canada, in 2012, but three...
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