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WoVO/FaffCamp Coupon

March 27, 2013 By Leave a Comment

coupon-2In just a little over a month, FaffCon‘s latest offshot:  FaffCamp will take place in Charlotte, NC.  (see details here).  More like a typical conference (rather than FaffCon’s “un-conference format), FaffCamp will nonetheless have a very faffy feel, and you’ll see a lot of your friends there.

Among the vendors being represented at the Table Top Expo at FaffCamp is voice-acting’s newest Industry Trade Organization:  World-Voices.org (WoVO for short).  Please try to stop by and chat if you’re gonna be there.

The organizers of FaffCon/Faffcamp are embracing the goals of WoVO, and are offering a pretty good deal that is a win-win-win.

  • WoVO gets greater exposure
  • FaffCamp gets more attendees
  • Attendees get a total of $50 break on costs at FaffCamp and WoVO.

Below is the coupon offer. It’s getting down to the wire for FaffCamp planners, which is why the deadline is short.  But, honestly, there’s still plenty of time to make your plans, and get in your registration…and now there’s even more incentive.

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Can’t make it to FaffCamp, but still want to support World-Voices?  Peachy!  Just go to http://worldvo.org to sign-up online.  We’ve recently revamped our application procedure, combining the $25 one-time-only application fee, with the $49 annual membership fee for a total of $74 dollars initially… then $49 each year thereafter.

WoVO organizers have been meeting feverishly lately, and hammering out a lot of details that will make this an organization you’ll want to be part of, support, and help build.  Every profession that comes of age eventually launches an offshoot business trade group that helps represent the concerns of its members.  Go to http://worldvo.org for more explainers, and become part of our new free online social media site:  http://worldvo.com.  “”Our mission is to strengthen, improve and promote the artistic, professional and economic success of freelance professional voice actors world wide.”

CourVO

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The Big Decision

March 12, 2013 By 7 Comments

voxeventVoice actors like to gather.  Working alone in a studio day after day gets tedious.  We’re mostly a gregarious bunch…which makes THE BIG DECISION actually a very pleasant big decision.

What big decision, you ask?

The decision of where to find your best return-on-investment for a voice over meet-up where you’re also supposed to be…uh…maybe…learning something, too?

Sure, we’d all love to be at Faffcon6 in San Antonio, TX…and 100 of us WILL be.  But for if that’s not in the cards for you, the outlook is hardly bleak.

For instance, what about a trip to the British Isles?  My friend and fellow voice actor Natalie Cooper in the UK asked if I wouldn’t mention that the annual VOX event is coming up soon.  Organized by Posy Brewer and Mark Manchester (both of whom were in LA for VOICE2012), VOX is THE best-known and well-attended voice actor conference in Britain.  Clicking on the link takes you to a gorgeous website with all the info. Gotta love London in April!

Later this month, Pat Fraley and Brad Garrett are teaming up for a whole week-long actor’s workshop.  Check out my blog on “Getting Serious about Comedy” for all the links.  I’m actually helping Pat out during his portion of the sessions as “guest performer”.  (yeah, go figure!)

While I’m on the subject of Las Vegas, let me just mention that LA Demo producer Bill Holmes is also coming to Sin City at the end of the month to hold an intimate clinic at an incredible rate.  You can see all about it, and register on the VoiceOverDoctor website.  Hey!  It’s a weekend in Vegas!

In less than two weeks, VO2013 Atlanta takes place.  This is a first-time event, but is getting plenty of attention, and the planned events and speakers are tops (Fraley, Gaskin, Wolfson, Nistico, Alburger, Cashman and more!).  Looks like a winner!

I just recently blogged about the next two down the pike…both held on the same weekend, but in two different countries.

See my blog GET CAMPY to find out about FaffCon’s first-ever FAFFCAMP on the first weekend of May in Charlotte, NC.

Same weekend in Toronto, Voice World Toronto — sponsored by Voices.com.  See my interview with Voices.com’s Ashley Davidson here.

There’s more.  Bettye Zoller never sleeps, I swear!  She’s always jetting somewhere for an audiobook, or international VO, or Demo seminar.  See her  Bettye’s website for details.  http://www.voicesvoices.com.

Another person who seems to be always scheduling VO training is Stephen James of the New Orleans Voice Talent Foundation (NOLA).  Visit his site for a listing of upcoming classes, too.  Mardi Gras is over, the place is not as crowded anymore!

See?  You have no reason to be lonely, or bereft of voice over learning!

If I’ve missed an important event, please let me know int he comments below, or drop me an email.

CourVO

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Get Campy

March 8, 2013 By 1 Comment

FaffcampIn the interest of absolute fairness, It behooves me to underscore the opportunities available at the OTHER major Voice Over Conference taking place during the first weekend of May  (I’ve already blogged about Voice World Toronto, organized by the fine folks at Voices.com).

What’s cool is that the universe of possible voice over people who would benefit from EITHER event is big enough that they will both be a success.

So, today, let’s talk about FAFFCAMP!!

As we all know, FaffCon is the bestest, most uniquest of all voice over UNconferences.  With five blockbuster events under their belt, the staff at FaffCon (led by the indefatigable Amy Snively), thought it might be a worthy idea to (1) open up the field of potential attendees, and (2) give FaffCamp a more organized structure, like you might find at most traditional conferences.

[FaffCon is limited to 100 attendees who are proven voice over pros, and the event has a delightful free-form attendee-centric design to it.]

Scheduled main stage speakers at FaffCamp are Bob Souer, Dan Friedman, Doug Turkel, and Rowell Gormon; all are FaffCon alumni stalwarts, and experts in their speaking role.  Of course, there are many other elements to the event, including the Table Top Expo, and breakout sessions.  Charlotte is a great place to visit, and FaffCamp is modestly priced.

FaffCamp returns to the scene of FaffCon5 at the Omni in Charlotte, NC, and is more of a weekend experience…so come early and stay late!  It’s probably best to head on over to the FaffCamp website, and get your registration done ASAP, as an early head-count helps in the organization of the event.

As luck would have it, I was able to spend some time on a Skype call yesterday with FaffCon founder Amy Snively, and her right-hand: Lauren McCullough.  The interview is below, and includes some info you have not yet heard concerning this May event, so take a listen!  Thanks Amy and Lauren!

FaffCamp Interview from Dave Courvoisier on Vimeo.

CourVO

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Voice World Toronto

February 27, 2013 By 2 Comments

voiceworldtorontoVoice.com’s upcoming VoiceWorld conference is worth mentioning for a lot of reasons, but RIGHT NOW for the fact that early-bird pricing is about to run out ($199).

After Thursday, standard pricing of $249 kicks in (but after looking at the line-up, even THAT price ain’t bad!).

Tough that you have to choose between this conference and the equally worthy FaffCamp in Charlotte — both scheduled for the same weekend — but in a sense it’s cool that the opportunities in this business are such that you have good choices like this!

Presenting at VoiceWorld:  Pat Fraley, David Goldberg, Deb Munro, Dan Lenard, David & Stephanie Ciccarelli, Elley-Ray Hennessy and many more.

I sat down with Voices.com’s Ashley Davidson yesterday for a Skype interview, and she talks about the conference (and a little bit about their new apps for IOS and Android).

You’ll find all the pertinent highlights mentioned in this interview… but for the record, VoiceWorld’s website is here, and  VoiceWorld’s registration site is here.

Thanks, Ashley!  Now, here’s the interview:



CourVO

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Bits ‘n’ Pieces

February 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment

bitspiecesWe operate in an amazing world of information and connectivity, and voice actors are perhaps more in tune with that than other professions, ’cause we make our living online.

The VO world seemed to be humming yesterday.  Many of you who frequent social media like I do, may have seen some of the same things I did, so in the bullet points below, just skim past that, and go to the stuff you haven’t yet seen.

ANOTHER ONE?  VoicesOnlineNow.com looks to me like another online casting site.  The staff is based in Salt Lake City (Brent Marshall, Laura Gabour, and Mackenzie De La Torre), and the website is well-designed, concise, and full of content.  They deal in audiobooks, production, foreign languages, commercial, technical and more.  They also have a link for accepting talent submissions (info@voicesonlinenow.com).  Might be worth a look-see?

PROMO VOICES   The Commercial Production/Promotions Mgr here at my TV station is a real veteran.  He’s deep into the business of promotions, listens to lost of voice talent, and recently sent me a link to a great article published online this week.  You’d do well to take the 5 mins it would require to read it:  http://promocoderichanded.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-better-way-to-direct-voice-talent.html?spref=fb

40 CITIES, 40 VOICEOVRS   An Aussie VO talent and blogger by the name of Dave Kirwan wrote me last night to pass along a challenge.  He writes:  “…I’m setting myself and any other voice artists who want to get involved to raise money for a charity, whilst also travelling the world and doing voice overs in as many cities as possible. (From a portable studio)  Sounds crazy? I’ve already done it in over 30 cities with so many amazing stories to share on my blog…”   I promised him I’d help spread the word here.  Go visit his site to read more:  http://davekirwan.com.au/voice-over-artist-blog/

AUDIE NOMINEES   AudioBook narrating may be one of the few niches in voice-acting that actually has an extremely well-organized awards program for it’s talent.  That’s largely due to the efforts of the APA,, the Audio Publisher’s Association.  At the annual APA Conference (APAC) in May, this year, most anyone involved in the business of audiobooks will gather for the one-day event, then stay an extra day for the Audies awards, and might even attend the concurrent BEA (Book Expo America).  Here is a list of this year’s nominees, broken down into categories:
Audies2013PR.

HONORABLE MENTION   Don’t ask me how or why.  I guess it’s harmless, but how the heck did I ever become the subject of a Czech video/media site?!  You think they might have asked my permission?  http://video-hned.com/Dave+Courvoisier/

Well, what did I miss?   Please add it below in comments.

CourVO

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2-Fer Tuesday

February 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment

ZollerAdSize_newVoice Over Virtual is gaining momentum.

The brain-child of VoiceOverXtra’s John Florian… VOV keeps growing, and adding new features, and for an out-of-the-box new idea, it’s got real legs!

To see how it’s all coming together, go to VoiceOverXtra and read about the people and plans for this innovative event coming to voice acting.

http://voiceoverxtra.com/article.htm?id=qouief9h

New to the team:  Tom Dheere, marketing consultant (nice going!).

Registration will probably open up in March, with the event happening in September.  VO topics include: Voice Acting, VO Business & Marketing, Home Studio, Audiobooks, Working Pro, VO Newcomer.

 Click on the above link will also reveal some of the sterling cast of characters assisting with this event.  Lots going on, and many top coaches and instructors asking to be part!

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Google keeps adding value to it’s Hang-Outs.

What’s a Hang-Out?  An online video gathering place for you and anyone else you invite.

You can launch a Hang Out from the top right of your G+ profile page.

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Did I mention you can invite 10 other people with a webcam, and all of you can chat at the same time in amazing ease for nothing?   No cost.  Skype charges for something like that.  In addition, in a Google Hangout you can chat on the side, share docs, and even record the session so it can be found later on YouTube.

Inevitably, the success of Google Hang Outs would spawn 3rd-party services that might help you FIND, search, and index HangOuts.  It’s http://www.hangoutslive.com.  Why the need?  “HangoutsLive is the first crowd sourced G+ community calendar that helps you find great live shows by category, tag and even keyword with one simple click. No more wishing there was an easier way post your events. You post your show and it shows up on the calendar”.

More and more voiceover-related events are happening on Google Hangouts.  Hangoutslive.com can help you find the various webinars and online sessions with people and information that will help your business.

There ya go…two blog articles all in one day!

CourVO

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Living In White

December 31, 2012 By 1 Comment

20121231-102022.jpgOh, I HATE this place. ;-}

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2nd Floor View

December 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Truckee/Donner, California
6ft deep snow

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Nevada’s Austere Winter Beauty

December 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Somewhere between Tonopah and Hawthorne, NV.
(taken on an iPhone 4 in a moving car)
CourVO

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Do Yourself a Favor…

December 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment

dheere…and spend attend Tom Dheere’s VoiceOverXtra webinar TONITE (12/18/12).

I know it’s short notice, but you can make it right?

Tom is a voice actor like the rest of us…but he’s a successful voice actor ‘cause he’s devised some of the best habits I’ve ever seen for a freelancer in getting new, and keeping steady business.

I’d known Tom several years before I attended his VOICE2012 seminar in 2012. I left the session astounded at the new information I’d gleaned.  If you don’t come away with at least 5 new ideas for marketing and building your business, I’d be surprised.

Tom will give you ideas for good strategies, procedures, plans, and protocols in your daily business that will get you on track for a successful business…and then the metrics to measure your success.

He’ll share marketing systems that work…and how to execute them.

Click here to see the flyer, and to register:  VOICE OVER MARKETING, STRATEGIES AND MEASURING SUCCESS.

As part of the price of admission, you’ll get a full recording of the webinar…so just sit back and listen and learn.

I get nothing for plugging this webinar, I just believe in Tom’s system…and I know you’ll get a lot out of it.

CourVO

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