So you wanna become a voice actor, huh?
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August 4th, 2011 I just got back from a much-needed vacation. While on vacation I enjoy doing as close to nothing work related as possible. It’s not that I hate my job. In fact, I love this job! But to me, vacation is a time for family, friends, and fun… unless I’m invited to…
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March 7th, 2011 On Tuesday night, March 15th, the good people over at VoiceOverXtra will be presenting another killer webinar called How To Nail That Copy! The webinar will be presented by best-selling author and voice actress, Terri Apple. During the webinar you’ll learn: How to understand FULLY what all specs mean Know the…
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April 27th, 2011 Multi-award-winning voice talent Bettye Zoller and Bob “man of a thousand cartoon voices” Bergen are teaming up to give you 90-minutes of live, online, interactive training in VoiceOverXtra’s Voice Overs in Animation special audio/visual webinar. This is not just a phone chat, boys and girls. It’s training, training, training! It all…
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August 6th, 2011 This isn’t a detailed scientific study. This isn’t even a controlled experiment. It’s just an observation of a single occurrence. And yet every voice actor in the industry has seen something similar. They know this is going on and they know it’s causing the slow decline of the voice actor’s salary…
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August 10th, 2011 During the month of June, audiobook narrator Scott Brick posted one tweet a day on how audiobooks are made. Accompanying each tweet is a link to a video. If you’d like to see the whole tweeted conversation and the videos, then head on over to How an Audiobook is Made.
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November 14th, 2010 Two questions for you: 1)Do you use Pro Tools, Apple Logic, or some other DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) software? And 2)Is your computer far away from your microphone? If you answered YES to both of these then you just might love ProRemote LE. This app allows you to wirelessly control almost…
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November 13th, 2010 What?! An eBook reader? What’s so great about an eBook reader? Well, how about one that scrolls vertically like reading a document instead of one that you flick through like a book? Bookshelf does just that. In addition, you can set it to automatically scroll through the eBook at a reading…
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January 6th, 2011 Ever since its beginning, I’ve always tried to keep the focus of VAN away from me. I want the blog to be about helping others discover the world of voice acting and not jabber on about my recent auditions, gigs, or my unfortunate coffee addiction. But recently I’ve noticed many of…
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January 4th, 2011 Nothing says “Welcome to the new year!” like a brand new blog design! Still the same great voice over blog, but now with a new and shiny look! It’s almost like opening presents on Christmas morning! Well… almost. (Please be patient while I tweak the color and work out the browser…
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January 10th, 2011 Recently, voice actor Paul Strikwerda created a very eye-opening video about the realities of becoming a professional voice actor. It’s worth checking out (and now you, too, can finally hear how to correctly pronounce his last name! ) Remember: being a voice actor really is about loving the job. It certainly…