Archive for April, 2009

The Invisible Mythbuster- Mahmoud Taji Interviews Robert Lee Narrator For Discovery Channel's Mythbusters (Part 2)

April 30, 2009  |  Articles  |  6 Comments

Hello folks, Thanks for hanging in there… here is the second part of the Interview with Mr. Robert Lee. If you missed the first part of the interview you can find it here.

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This interview was made possible by the Kindness of Mr. Lee giving me some of his much sought after time. When I first contacted him he mentioned that he had actually read a post or two on my humble blog and was guided to it via the power of Google Alerts… What follows is the second part and conclusion of my interview with the voice of the Invisible Mythbuster:

Mahmoud Taji:

Do You have a home studio?  if so what equipment do you use? Do you work at all through the Internet? Read More

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FreshBooks.com Painless invoicing and job tracking for VO professionals

April 29, 2009  |  Articles  |  1 Comment

Greetings and Salutations! As you might have guessed by now you, as Voice Over Talent, are to a Business that is considered a Sole Proprietorship (except if you have partners which some of you do have) . That means you own your own business and in these financially shaky times you have to do things quickly and efficiently to stay afloat and even prosper.

The faster you are at:

  • Replying to your clients.
  • Sending Auditions
  • Sending Quotations
  • Doing Post Recording Preperation
  • Recording the job
  • Invoicing your client

…will put you and your level of professionalism at a level higher than that of the competition. Your efficiency (and work attitude) will keep clients coming back to you over and over because you make their life easier. Read More

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www.VoiceEmporium.com is up and running!

April 28, 2009  |  Articles  |  No Comments

Hello All, I thought I'd make life easier for those loyal Emporium Readers so I registered www.voiceemporium.com. Now if you want to visit this blog all you have to do is write voiceempoirum.com and it will bring you right here! Many thanks to my loyal readers for their ongoing support. Regards, Taji

The Invisible Mythbuster- Mahmoud Taji Interviews Robert Lee Narrator For Discovery Channel's Mythbusters (Part 1)

The Invisible Mythbuster- Mahmoud Taji Interviews Robert Lee Narrator For Discovery Channel's Mythbusters (Part 1)

April 27, 2009  |  Articles, Audio Technology, Interview  |  4 Comments

Hello folks, I can’t tell you how excited I am to present to you the first part of my interview with one of the most recognized Narrator in the Business Today. It’s very possible that you are already a fan and you don’t know it. If you’ve ever spent more than a few minutes on the Discovery channel you’ve probably heard my guest today Mr. Robert Lee Narrator for the Hit Discovery Channel Series “MythBusters.”

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As you might already know Mr. Lee works out of Sydney Australia and I out of Cairo, Egypt so we had to co-ordinate this interview over the interweb over a period of a few weeks. I will be publishing the interview in 2 parts so check your Emporium RSS feed for the latest update of Taji’s Voice Emporium:

In case you have been living under a rock or have had amnesia here is a youtube clip of mythbusters being introduced by Mr. Robert Lee.

Mahmoud Taji:
First I’d like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to conduct this interview… I’m a huge fan of Mythbusters (it appeals to the male gene in me that likes to blow things up) also as a Voice over artist I appreciate all the subtleties that you put in your work with mythbusters.

Lets start at the beginning… I read on a mythbusters fan site that you were born in the UK… moved to North America (spent some time in Canada I believe as well as the states)  then moved to Australia… Could you give us a little more detail on your early years and what made your parents move to north America… and why you decided to move to Australia? Read More

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Futurist's Vision of the Future

April 26, 2009  |  Articles  |  No Comments

found this using the Stumble Upon plugin for firefox on the Impact Lab Blog.

If you don’t know what firefox is… please click the link in the line before and download it… save yourself a few big headaches and improve your web surfing experience.

Back to this post… This has nothing to do with voice overs but I am passionate about technology and this looks likes an interesting take on how things might end up being like in the not so distant future.

Of course this is done tongue in cheek… but with the exponential leaps and bounds that technology is making… maybe… just maybe a few of them can come to fruition.

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