Biggest Mistakes in VO Part 6: The Crappy Home Studio
Now that we’re all getting ready to have a fantastic 2013 (aka The Most Kick-Ass Year Yet!), let’s take a look at such an easily preventable “biggest mistake in voice over”: the crappy home studio.
Biggest Mistakes In Voice Over Part 5
Focusing Only on The Craft (and Not The Hustle) Part 5 addresses the flipside of the Hustle Vs. Craft balancing act: the Perpetual Class-Taker.
Biggest Mistakes In Voice Over: Part 4
Focusing Only On The Hustle (aka Ignoring the Craft) Spark up the interwebs, and you’ll see some pretty active voice over talent online. They are blogging, tweeting, giving advice, connecting with one another, starting groups on facebook, and posting ad nauseum to online message boards. Most of these folks have some very sound advice to […]
You are “On-Demand”
Breaking news…the world’s gone digital and it includes you! To in part quote Francis Ford Coppola, “…digital technology will allow 200 million people to tell their story…but unfortunately we’ll have 200 million bad stories.” Now, that is not a direct quote, but it is the basic point of that quote by Mr. Coppola over a […]
Time to change your oil?
Are you busy? Is your planner full? Your class schedule, your job, your life to-do list, your personal life, your social life, all the social media outlets you’re trying to juggle…and just breathing. You busy? I bet you are, I bet you feel commonly tired, that you might be going around in circles, that you […]
Just below Cloud 9!
From the first time I ever attended an acting class, stepped on stage either as an actor/comic/improv artist, read a script or got hired…I would float…just a bit. Over time, and often even before any of this we actors/performers/artists …DREAM. Dreaming to inspire yourself, dreaming to set the bar high, dreaming to give yourself a […]
@AFM, 2012 – HELLO MOVIES!!
I’m going to write this with the mildly certain presumption that “most” folks reading this have not even been to the American Film Market, annually hosted by the Loews Hotel, down by the ocean. So with that premise in mind, I do highly recommend that at some point in your career, you take the time […]
Professionally Pushy: When, Why…and how much?
Yes, I’ve been busy remodeling the TAN studio, and other such key aspects of the organization, but along the way this very important aspect of our careers…came back to me. Take it to heart, and learn HOW to do it, because it can make or break your career. This subject, all on its own, tends […]
Biggest Mistakes in Voice Over: Part 3
Trying For An Agent Too Soon I know that getting an agent is a big goal for most talent, as well it should be. And I’m not going to deny the importance of having a really great agent for one’s career. But I notice that for most voice over talent, getting an agent is an […]
Biggest Mistakes In Voice Over: Part 2
Last post, I discussed the dangers of not practicing aloud EVERY SINGLE DAY. This week’s biggest mistake to make in VO: NOT WATCHING TV OR LISTENING TO THE RADIO. Well, that seems silly, right? Why would anyone want to get a job in television or radio and not have a working knowledge of what is […]