In the Roy H. Williams Monday Morning Memo a couple of weeks ago he featured this quote.
“Education costs money, but then so does ignorance.”
– Sir Claus Moser
Noticed this today
General
Pace Yourself, Eleanor
That’s the title of a television commercial voiced by my friend Roger Tremaine.
Pace Yourself, Eleanor from Roger Tremaine on Vimeo.
Nice work, Roger.
In a world …
When you see that headline, if you have any connection to the voiceover world, you can’t help but think of Don LaFontaine, sometimes known as the King of the Movie Trailers. The New York Times today features an article on the unseen stars of the movie trailer business. I don’t know how many days the article will be available to the general public on their web site, so click through while you can.
My thanks to my voiceover coach, and more importantly my friend, Marice Tobias for sending me the link to this article today.
A healthy corrective
This Los Angeles Times magazine article is must reading if you’ve been told “you should so voiceovers.” My thanks to my friend Dave Houston for posting the link on his blog, thus leading me to it. And now you.
Eating your Gmail cake and having it too
My friend Anthony Mendez has crafted a brilliant set of tutorials about how to set up Google Apps. Why would you want to do that? Because you can continue to use your own email from your website, but use Google Mail’s powerful spam filter.
Now, it actually gets better because in addition to powering your own site’s email through the Google Mail system, you also get access to a calendar you can share, Google documents and a host of other utilities and applications. I’ve been using Google Apps in my business for some time now and I highly recommend you start, too.
Once you’ve signed up, keep digging. You’ll be amazed at that you can do.
Do you have a distinct brand?
The term branding gets tossed around these days like an ingredient in a salad mix. Here’s a superb insight by Grant McCracken about how you need to stand out. (A hat tip to Tom Asacker for the link to Grant’s post.)
A Preamp journey
My friend Zurek (founder of the fabulous Voiceover Universe) has documented his exploration of a new preamp for his narration work. There are four steps, at least so far, on this journey. Part one. Part two. Part three. And finally, part four. Enjoy.
Voice acting hobby or business?
My friend John Florian emails with a link to an article just published on his VoiceOverXtra site by Miata Edoga on taking control of your finances. Good stuff here. Very good stuff.
Is your brand up to it?
Tom Asacker blogs about a comment made by Richard Lipscombe that brands “will die — overnight.” I think Tom makes the case quite cogently that brands aren’t dead or even on life-support. In fact, if anything, one’s (or company’s) brand is more important than ever to stand out in the ever more cluttered and communicated world in which we live.
Added to the blogroll today
My friend Greg Houser is a man with a comprehensive knowlege of voice acting, microphones and martinis. He’s managed to combine these interests into a blog that I’ll be visiting with some frequency.
Also, while looking at Greg’s blog today, I saw a link to the Adventures in Voice Acting blog from BangZoom.
Acoustic Treatment questions?
Kudos to Michael
My friend Michael J. Schoen is the new imaging voice of the New York Yankees Radio Network for the 2009 Major League Baseball Season, according to a new I received this morning. Good for you, Michael.
Girlfriend voice
OK. I haven’t watched this show in a long time, but there is some interesting voice work happening here.
My thanks to Nancy Wolfson for passing along this link.
How many auditions does it take?
If you’re doing voiceover work, you’ve pondered that question a few times haven’t you? Lisa Rice has written a thorough examination of this question for VoiceOverXtra. You may not find her answer satifying, but that doesn’t change the value of what she has to say.
How to derail yourself
OK. You probably don’t actually want to know how to derail your voiceover business. But, maybe it’s work thinking about whether there are some traps into which you’ve fallen that aren’t helping you. In that case, take a few minutes to check out my friend and mentor Philip Banks and his latest blog post on Voiceover Universe. It’s called The ten top traps Voice Overists love to put their feet in. It’s well worth a couple of minutes of your time.
More work?
John Florian emails with news of an article on his VoiceOverXtra site about how at least one category of voiceover work is likely going to increase a great deal in the coming months and years.
Is your pantry full?
I love reading Kara Edwards’ blog because she writes about food and lots of other topics I like in addition to always having something valuable to say about voiceover work. Her entry from a couple of days ago asks some good questions and points out some things you should think about for your own career.
Firewire audio interface anyone?
With thanks to my friend Eddie Eagle for posting the link on the VO-BB, you’ll find a handy chart comparing 69 different firewire audio interfaces on Tweakheadz site.
A VO meet-up at Six Flags Great Adventure
Erik Sheppard through his Voice Talent Productions invites you to a day of fun with your VO peeps (as a cool guy like Erik would say) on Saturday, May 30, 2009. The location is Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey and you’ll find details on this events page of Erik’s web site.
Voices That Motivate Edition #6
My friend Doc Phillips has release the Sixth edition of the voiceover blog carnival called Voices That Motivate. Lots of good and interesting material again.
