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Every passion does not lead to a career choice

Recently, I received this message as a comment on the entry A plan to break into voice-over: Karen, I can not tell you how thankful I am for your blog, and your selfless giving of voice over artistry information. I am at turning point in my life and realize I’ve been working 20 years in […]Read More
“Perils of Pauline” Audiobook is Available

One reason that I am performing some audiobook work on Librivox as a service project is because it allows me to practice some acting techniques needed for effective storytelling in audiobooks. A project that was recently completed and is now available for free download is a multi-cast drama of The Perils of Pauline. I voiced the […]Read More
Trying to get a voiceover agent?

Suddenly, I am receiving a rash of emails with the question: “can you direct me to some Atlanta voiceover agents?” Many people think that the key to voiceover success lies with an agent. Once you get an agent, you just have to sit back and let the lucrative offers come in, right? Ah, if only […]Read More
4 Lessons to Help You Keep That Client

Aflac fired Gilbert Gottfried after the so-called comedian made crude, tasteless jokes on Twitter about the Japanese earthquake/tsunami disaster. In case you didn’t know, Gottfried was the voice of the company’s signature spokesduck for many years. It’s not the first time that a major company fired a voiceover talent due to the talent’s remarks that […]Read More
Fantastic FaffCon!

Attendees at the original FaffCon had nothing but glowing things to say about it. After all, how often do voiceover actors get to spend an entire weekend in the company of other working professional voice talent, much less actually sharing ways to improve our performances and business operations to get more work? I was unable to […]Read More
A Demonstration of My Soundproof Studio

When I started my voiceover career, I recorded in a tiny closet with accordion doors. The room is upstairs on the front of the house and faces the street. The only entrance to our subdivision is about 150 yards away from my house. Consequently, 99% of my 200+ neighbors must pass my house every time they […]Read More
Exercise Your Creativity to be a Better Voice Talent

Creativity is not something that you wait for. Creativity is something that waits for you. — Neale Donald Walsch A few years ago, Drew gave me a Valentine’s present of joint membership at a local pottery studio. While we weren’t envisioning a re-do of the famous scene from the movie Ghost, we had been interested […]Read More
Reasons to Create Your Own Stuff

Create your own stuff. I’ve written about this theme in the past, but today, I want to show an example and talk about the marketing advantages available to voice talent who choose to cast themselves and develop their own work. As a service project, I’m narrating the audiobook of A Woman Who Went to Alaska […]Read More
Voice talent will *love* “The King’s Speech”

Screen shot from Teri Clark Linden’s Facebook status update 12/29/10   After seeing fellow voice talent Teri Clark Linden’s Facebook status last week, I was intrigued about the new movie “The King’s Speech”. Regular readers of my blog know that I often find hidden parallels to voiceover work in my life situations, as well as […]Read More
Beware of 5 Techniques of the “Information Marketer”

We live in the Information Age. A dizzying array of information on any topic, including starting and marketing your voiceover business, is freely available on the Internet. For instance, I Googled “how to get started in voiceover” and received a list containing more than 3 million hits! With so much information freely available, you may […]Read More
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