Posted April 28, 2006 by Bob
If you are just getting started in the voice-over business, you will want to watch for the start of a contest sponsored and hosted by MineWurx Studio. I’ve written about Michael Minetree, the owner of MineWurx Studio previously, in a post title A Kick in the Pants.
As I write this, Michael is in the preparation stages of a contest that will be open only to folks who are just getting started in voice-over, or who’ve been trying for a while with no real success. You’ll find his blog post about the contest, here. Just look for the post(s) about the contest.
In the interests of full disclosure, you should know that Michael has asked me to be one of the contest judges. I’ve agreed to be one and in fact told him I’d be honored to do so.
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Posted April 17, 2006 by Bob
Some weeks ago I auditioned to become the voice of a podcast through Voice123.com thinking it might be an interesting thing to work on. I also figured that, if the producers of this podcast liked my work, they would keep using me and that leads to one of the most important keys to making a living as a voice-over talent: steady work, or clients who keep sending you work.
Well, I was cast for the job, and have been recording the narrations for them now for a couple of weeks. The podcast is called “bridges“, and is published along with a text version by the Office of Science and Technology of the Embassy of Austria in Washington, DC.
The, first thing we worked on were some previous issues. If you explore those issues, you’ll find my narrations on several of the articles. One thing I really like about the way the “bridges” site is designed is that there’s a flash player embedded in the page, so you don’t have to download the sound file unless you want to. You can just listen right on the spot. And there’s a download link too, if you’d rather do that.
(Update) I’ve updated this post now with a link to Vol. 9, which is the newest issue as of this posting. But, in the meantime, the one thing I think you’ll notice if you explore some of the articles, is that each article, no matter what the topic, is well-written and interesting to read.
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Posted April 15, 2006 by Bob
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| You did so extremely well, even I can’t find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon intelligence necessary to understand things that most people don’t. You have an extensive vocabulary, and you’re not afraid to use it properly! Way to go!Thank you so much for taking my test. I hope you enjoyed it!For the complete Answer Key, visit my blog: http://shortredhead78.blogspot.com/. |
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Posted by Bob
Several weeks ago I posted a quick note about a massive voice-over project I was involved with. The lion’s share of that work has been done and submitted for several days now; but the “clean-up” work is still under-way.
On top of that, I’ve had the great delight of being cast as the voice for a podcast. I’ll say more about that next week, but it’s also been a lot of work.
Both of these projects, though, have been a tremendous amount of fun. Why? Because I love words. I love knowing how to say things correctly…even if it takes a lot of practice…even if it’s in a language I don’t speak. About which, more later.
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Posted April 10, 2006 by Bob
I’ve posted previously about the excellent voice-over business webminar I took part in with Freddie Bell last fall. At the time, the earlier webminar by Peter Rofe about how to approach and break down copy wasn’t available. They both are now. And, both of these webminar’s from Voice123.com (link goes to my custom page) are well worth your time.
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