I had a particularly stellar Monday last week as the guest on the LA vlog show, Voice Over Body Shop on Mar 27th, hosted by Dan Lenard and George Whittam. We jawed on about a lot of things voice over talent chat about. How did I get started? My early days wove back and forth between … [Read more...] about My Guest Spot on vobs.tv with the Jimmy Kimmels of VO: Dan & George
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18 Months with My VO Peer Mentoring & Accountability
I can’t wait for every Wednesday at 8 p.m. I marinate and soak in a total a love fest, complete with slobbery cyber kisses and virtual hugs and goofy grins, chatting with 5 other voiceover artists for an hour. Our mentoring and accountability (M&A) group is our regular check in to revel in each … [Read more...] about 18 Months with My VO Peer Mentoring & Accountability
Optimal Voice Care: A Dozen Do’s & Don’ts
There are tips & guides and Do's and Don'ts for the optimal care of pretty much everything in your life. You’ve got a trainer to keep your body in shape and a financial planner to keep your finances in check. Your primary tool for emotive expression to the world is your voice, and you use it … [Read more...] about Optimal Voice Care: A Dozen Do’s & Don’ts
Narrating for the Options Industry Council
Narrating for the Options Industry Council A great question came up while I was coaching an eLearning voiceover workshop yesterday: Should your narrator read the script before recording? My answer? It depends. This fall, I recorded the narration for the “Quick Guide” of fourteen videos … [Read more...] about Narrating for the Options Industry Council
Narrating Off-the-Shelf
When I was contracted to do an eLearning voice over for an off-the-shelf Online course by content development company Taimma Communications (now known as Ebix), I didn’t quite get all the hullabaloo. Off the shelf—that’s like off-the-rack, right? Yes! It was right at the point when … [Read more...] about Narrating Off-the-Shelf
Voice Narration: Humans vs. Computers
Jumbo shrimp. Climb down. Constant variable. Pick your favorite oxymoron…I just lived another…a four and a half minute online video on the Effective Use of Audio in eLearning featuring narration by a computer! Central to the AI’s discourse was a resounding, albeit mechanized, “Yes” … [Read more...] about Voice Narration: Humans vs. Computers