These summaries are getting to be a regular Monday event here on “Voice-Acting in Vegas”. ‘Hope you don’t mind, but as I’ve said before, the VO cup runneth over, and with all the great info popping up on the web, it’s a shame not to pass it on.
Herewith a list of worthwhile links of late…anything older than a week is ancient history with the pace of today’s information:
1) George Whittam and Dan Lenard took a big chance and had me as a guest on their EWABS show this weekend. I spoke with them for about 15 minutes, but as usual, the whole hour is worth a listen, including call-in questions from Paul Strikwerda and others. Here’s the UStream link: Sunday, 5-1-2011 EWABS.
2) VO pro Brad Venable wrote a truly perceptive blog article on AFLAC, Dan McKeague, Ted Williams, serendipity, jealousy, and judgement. You’ll find it on his blog: http://www.bradvenable.com/post/5047456242/aflac
3) Sooooo easy to get bamboozled by insincere (but convincing) come-ons from people who claim to get you on the road to voice-over. I often get the question about who to choose for a voice-over coach. There’s a lot of ways to answer that question dependin on where you are in your career…but if you’re relatively new to the business, or relatively new to running a VO business….then an upcoming series of online classes is just for you. Harlan Hogan’s: Starting Your VoiceOver Business.
4) Paul Strikwerda’s been building a booth. He’s also been chronicling his work. Here’s Part IV “Building a Booth on a Budget”.
5) Pixability has a free online video grader. Yeah, seems a bit different, I know…but these days, video is (or should be) a big part of your online presence and marketing approach…and maybe it wouldn’t hurt to get a little professional feedback on your moving pics. Just answer a few quick questions and you’ll get an instant report analyzing how you use video on your website, how you rank on Google and other video search engines, and how successfully you leverage your YouTube presence. Pixability Free Online Video Grader.
6) RainComputers has long been on my “favorites” list. This company is small-ish, but thinks big in creating computer hardware/software packages perfect for audio production. If you ‘re thinking about upgrading your “stuff”, give their new STRATUS a look. Quad-core or 6-Core…no heat, and QUIET.
7) HOLD ON TO THIS LINK. This Wednesday, VoiceOver pros and coaches Bettye Zoller and Bob Bergen will engage in a seminar coordinated by VoiceOverXtra. Their focus will be voice training for animation jobs.
8) The mother of all forum threats on the issue of Unions. SAG. AFTRA. Financial Core (Fi-Core). It began a month ago with an innocent question, and the thread has grown and grown and grown. This is really worth a look. There’s a lot of reading involved, and some passionate debate all around. LinkedIn’s “Working Voice Actor” group.
Have a great week, and thanks for visiting.
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