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Wanna be big? Then start small – Voice Actor's Notebook
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Ok. So you wanna be the next Sponge Bob or Porky Pig or Joker or even just a smaller character in an animated series. It’s a good goal. Goals are good. But if you are just starting out as a beginning voice actor, then you’d better stop packing your suitcase for your big move…
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Ignorance isn’t bliss – it’s insulting – Voice Actor's Notebook
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I’m getting annoyed. Very, very annoyed. I’m getting annoyed at how some voice seekers have become almost condescending towards voice actors. The tone with which they write their job descriptions and the budgets that they post are down right insulting. Yes, I understand that many voice seekers are ignorant of the voice-over world, its…
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HISHE – Superhero edition (video) – Voice Actor's Notebook
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It’s been a while since I posted videos here on VAN. And since my last post was “heavy on the deep-side” I thought it might be fun to put up a video or two (or three or four or…) The following videos are from one of my favorite sites called “How It Should Have…
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10 hard rules of life – Voice Actor's Notebook
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I’m not sure where this originated, but it arrived in my inbox the other day. I usually don’t pass along these “forward-this-to-the-whole-world” kind of emails, but after a quick read-through I knew this was something worth sharing. It’s mainly aimed at young students who haven’t graduated yet, but I found many of its points…
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What I learned from the cherry blossoms – Voice Actor's Notebook
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The day my best friend announced that she was getting married I was truly and deeply happy for her. “That’s wonderful!” I said. “Congratulations!” I hugged her in that I’m-a-man-and-you’re-a-woman-but-we’re-just-good-friends kind of way. We happily chatted for a few more minutes until she lowered her eyes in a very sorrowful expression. “And…” she began,…
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Voice over app: iSaidWhat? – Voice Actor's Notebook
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I bet the developer never envisioned how his app would be used when he created iSaidWhat. Originally, this was supposed to be a gag app. But what happened was that voice over artists, singers, and other “vocal” people discovered that this app goes way beyond the whole gag concept — it is actually a…
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The Faces Behind the Voices – Voice Actor's Notebook
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Here’s a replay of the segment called The Faces Behind the Voices – CBS Sunday Morning that appeared on TV just recently. (My kids loved it because they could finally see who does the voice of Dora the Explorer!) (Thanks Bobbin for posting this first! 😀 )
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A new job, a disease, and long hair (video) – Voice Actor's Notebook
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I realize that I haven’t written in about a month, but there is a very good reason. Well, actually two good reasons. A new job The first is that around the middle of August I landed a new voice acting job, and it’s the kind of job that voice actors salivate over: a full-year-contracted-guaranteed-pay…