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October Rates Roundtable: Usage
We enter a world of arcane language, conflicting buyouts, and digital media streams this month on our Rates Roundtable. “Usage” was something agents handled for their talent…buffering them from...
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Voice Synth is Ba-a-a-a-ack
7 years ago, in October of 2009, I wrote a series of articles about the challenge presented to our business by artificial voices. See: Voice Synth…not just in the future Synthetic Voices – this time...
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The Votes Are In….
…and World-Voices Organization has two new board members! They are familiar to most of you: Liz de Nesnera Anthony Gettig Both were approved by an overwhelming majority in a vote of the...
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Skype Real-Time Translator
Think synthetic voices aren’t a part of our reality yet? Check out Skype’s new feature, providing a real-time spoken word translation from one language to another. Now, mind you…no one seems to be...
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December 2016 WoVO Rates Roundtable
. Listening to our astute panel for the December WoVO Rates Roundtable talk about the realities of being part of the Spanish-speaking and bilingual marketplace, I was struck by the sameness of their...
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11 Signs You May Be a VO Pro
Does it matter? Not really. You don’t need ME to tell you if ‘n’ when you are a professional. But increasingly, some people want to know if they’ve “made the grade”. World-Voices Organization was...
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Long Live Atlanta…
…until 2018. Now what? There’s a lot of 2017 left! Gerald Griffith pulled off a masterful and edifying voice over conference again. 500+ newcomers and seasoned pros made the scene, and made memories....
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This Only Happens Once a Year
April 2012. Four-and-a-half years ago WoVO was born. Today more than 800 voice actors are members of this organization, and we couldn’t be more proud of the progress we’ve made. Much of the last four...
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October Rates Roundtable: Usage
We enter a world of arcane language, conflicting buyouts, and digital media streams this month on our Rates Roundtable. “Usage” was something agents handled for their talent…buffering them from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Voice Synth is Ba-a-a-a-ack
7 years ago, in October of 2009, I wrote a series of articles about the challenge presented to our business by artificial voices. See: Voice Synth…not just in the future Synthetic Voices – this time...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Votes Are In….
…and World-Voices Organization has two new board members! They are familiar to most of you: Liz de Nesnera Anthony Gettig Both were approved by an overwhelming majority in a vote of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Skype Real-Time Translator
Think synthetic voices aren’t a part of our reality yet? Check out Skype’s new feature, providing a real-time spoken word translation from one language to another. Now, mind you…no one seems to be...
View ArticleClik here to view.
December 2016 WoVO Rates Roundtable
. Listening to our astute panel for the December WoVO Rates Roundtable talk about the realities of being part of the Spanish-speaking and bilingual marketplace, I was struck by the sameness of their...
View ArticleClik here to view.
11 Signs You May Be a VO Pro
Does it matter? Not really. You don’t need ME to tell you if ‘n’ when you are a professional. But increasingly, some people want to know if they’ve “made the grade”. World-Voices Organization was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Long Live Atlanta…
…until 2018. Now what? There’s a lot of 2017 left! Gerald Griffith pulled off a masterful and edifying voice over conference again. 500+ newcomers and seasoned pros made the scene, and made memories....
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Still Using a Beeper?
Of course not! You’re a fully-vested citizen of the 21st century. Which means you understand 10-second attention spans, 140-character texts, and can explain the fascination with Kylie Jenner (so...
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Oh, the Opportunities You Could Be Missing!
Christian Kolberg used to work for the local newspaper publisher. Then he realized he had a knack for auctioneering. That’s him to the right, and him with me on the far right at the recent “Chefs...
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Will the Rush of VO Newcomers Ruin the VoiceOver Profession?
Every day a new amazing voice is born. When the owner of that voice grows up, people tell them “you should be in radio” (not knowing that radio these days hardly has any live humans to speak of...
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Coming Soon to a PBS Station Near You
Brent was smart. He got out of TV news several years ago. He’s been my friend since 1985, and we never lost touch. Now, he’s his own video freelance videographer/producer…and he’s good: creative…...
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The Tide’s Coming In
…and we begin with that most cliche’ of sayings: “…a rising tide raises all boats…” The struggling VO newcomer dinghy is effected, so is the audiobook narrator sailboat, the radio-imaging rowboat,...
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