Business. The word alone used to send icy shivers down my spine. But, to be a professional artist, as in be able to write “artist” or “musician” or “dancer” or “actor” on your annual tax forms (aka more money coming in than going out) you must understand your talent or product IS your business. … [Read more...] about How to Run your Professional Art like a Small Business
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Dream Counsel: How to Find a Mentor in the Entertainment Industry
Breaking into the entertainment industry whether voiceover and acting or music and producing is not a clear-cut path. It’s not like medical school or studying for the bar. The road is circuitous and different for everyone. Like the traditional professions, it does take an investment of time and … [Read more...] about Dream Counsel: How to Find a Mentor in the Entertainment Industry
Voice Over Insights: A Behind the Scenes Look at Audio Description
Applications for voice work are many and multiplying and every few months I’m delighted to discover another avenue within my field. A couple of months ago, I worked on a pitch for a large Audio Description project. You might have accidentally come across Described Audio, Described Video … [Read more...] about Voice Over Insights: A Behind the Scenes Look at Audio Description
This is how “voice actor websites” can rock your w-w-world
Hey, voice actors. Is your website limp, lifeless or barely there? Does it suffer from lengthy load times, apparent invisibility to Google or other seo struggles that could steer precious potential clients away from your online storefront? Well then, I'd like to direct your attention to a team I … [Read more...] about This is how “voice actor websites” can rock your w-w-world
My Fresh Insights Behind the Scenes in Audiobook Narration
There are few things I love more in life than story. Nature, maybe. Water, but that’s a subset of nature. People aren’t things…well, not generally anyway. But the point of this big reveal into story at the head of my behind the scenes insights on audiobook narration is that the tales we tell and how … [Read more...] about My Fresh Insights Behind the Scenes in Audiobook Narration
How to Do ADR – The Wonderful Weird World of Post Voice Work
Audio Dialogue Replacement, (ADR) or looping, has come Poor quality of ADR dubbing in old School kung fu movies a long way since the old-school Kung Fu movies where the mouth movements and dialogue didn’t match. Dubbing is the unglamorous low man on the totem pole in the voice world. Not as … [Read more...] about How to Do ADR – The Wonderful Weird World of Post Voice Work