Morning Folks, Just a quick note to tell you I'll be on vacation starting tomorrow (Friday) and for the next 2 weeks. I can't promise there will be any updates because I am unsure of my internet connectivity where I'm going but I'll definitely be making regular trips to internet cafes to check up on the VOpavilion.com subscriptions and upkeep. I'll probably be reviewing a few products when they arrive (I've ordered a few voiceover related products online and hope they arrive in Cairo by the time I'm back from my trip. The list includes: 1. Red100 mic enhancer from studiospares 2. CEntrance MicPortPro 3. Universal
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The following illustrations are by Alex Noriega, an illustrator from Barcelona. This is not his complete selection but the ones I found I most liked:
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Notice I didn’t say like, or admire, or even “Are you fond of”. I said love, because it seems to me like most of the people I have dealt with in the Voiceover industry “love” the business they are in.
Very recently a client had made amendments on an IVR I had recorded for him. They had added a company to their IVR system (a second company) so they wanted to add the new company to the system. But the way the gentleman was talking to me… it was like I was a rockstar… He treated me like Talent, with respect, appreciation and regard.
It was odd to tell you the truth as usually I have to deal with casting agencies who will peddle the job to the lowest quoting VO out there… Make me feel anything but talented and miles from appreciated.
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As voiceover artists we sometimes have to put on several occupational hats. From Social networking marketeers to accountants, to recording talents to sound engineers. You can’t do everything but you can try to make some of the different aspects of the job easier with the right tools.
I don’t know how it started but a few weeks back I realized that I need a proper invoicing software. What I did in the past was a somewhat laborious and a very medieval method of using a graphic design program to design an invoice template and just used that design program to send out my invoices and quotations (or estimates if that is what you like to call them).
I usually limit myself to finding free or open source (which technically means free) applications that can do the job for you. But this time around I figured that I won’t limit myself to just free applications, the only restriction I would put on myself is how much I would pay for them.
So I embarked on a quest to find an invoicing solution that suited me. Oh yeah, and I also didn’t want to use an online invoicing company although their are many available who will not charge you if you have less that 10 or so clients. The reason for this decision was that I was kind of sick of having all my information available online… and didn’t want to have to go through a facepalm moment (look up facepalm online for clarification) if one of those sites gets hacked and my information goes public.. although now that I write this I have no idea who would find that information in the least bit interesting.
In any case, a few weeks back this was an issue for me. So I started looking for both applications and server based programs that you run on your hosting account.
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