1. Something else I love

    Posted June 28, 2005 by Bob

    I’ve written before about how much I enjoy doing non-broadcast narrations, but here’s something else I really love: getting a call from someone who really understands the way things are moving. It doesn’t even matter to me if they decide to hire me or not. Reading great copy in a style that connects with where people are today is a sheer delight. I hope to have many more such experiences in the months and years ahead. Yeah!

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  2. Useful information for fellow bloggers

    Posted June 19, 2005 by Bob

    The Electronic Frontier Foundation has posted a legal guide for bloggers. Well worth checking out, if you blog or are thinking about blogging.

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  3. More about non-broadcast

    Posted June 10, 2005 by Bob

    I’ve written previously about how much I enjoy working on non-broadcast projects. Recently I’ve been working on a project that’s taught me a lot about how local government, specifically how the local board of elections in a North Carolina county, works. It’s been quite fascinating. Just another reason I love doing this kind of work.

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  4. Reality check

    Posted June 6, 2005 by Bob

    For the last 10 days I’ve been essentially without a voice. As I’ve previously noted, I’ve been struck down with laryngitis. This has served to remind me of just how fragile is the thread upon which we dance. All the study, practice and effort in the world is useless when that tiny bit of flesh in our throats isn’t working right.

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  5. Never stop learning

    Posted June 4, 2005 by Bob

    The 2004 International Radio Creative and Production Summit in Los Angeles was notable for a couple of things. It was the first time that Dick Orkin officially didn’t co-present the event with Dan O’Day. And it was the first time no live critiques of attendees work were done, what had been known at the Critique-A-Spot-A-Thon.

    However, in spite of these elements that were missing, there were several excellent reasons to attend. Not least was the workshop on creating characters and the voices that go with them, presented by Patrick Fraley. It was excellent, and I say this even though I don’t do cartoon/animation voices. (Not professionally, anyway. However, I have been known to come up with a few goofy voices for my children while reading them stories.)

    Let me put my thoughts about Pat Fraley this way: If you get a chance to take a class from him, do it. He will be presented a completely different seminar at this year’s Summit. It will be worth the price of admission. I’m sure of it. You might even want to buy one of Pat’s books or CDs.

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  6. Equipment, part 3

    Posted June 1, 2005 by Bob

    Along with a good studio quality microphone and audio interface, you need to have a computer that’s quiet enough not to interfere with your recording. Or a way to control your computer remotely, so it can be in a different room than your microphone.

    For quality, quiet computers, I recommend two options:

    If you want to buy something, plug it in and start working, you’d be hard pressed to do better than a Dell. Their computers are generally very quiet, well built and well supported.

    However, if you don’t mind getting more “hands-on” with your computer equipment, then you’ll find lots of interesting ideas at EndPCNoise.com.

    Once you have your computer running silently in the background, plug in your audio interface. Connect your microphone. Fire up your audio editor. And you’re in business.

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