Khelo... my name is Inego Mantoya... You Keeeld my Father... Prepare to.. Just Kidding. Today's post is about a product I've heard allot about and is gaining popularity in the Voice Over and Home Studio Industries. This is not an advertisement and I am not getting paid by these folks but as someone who is constantly trying to improve the sound of his voiceover recording environment by making it quieter and quieter I came across several references to something called Green Glue. Apparently what this product does is absorb sound and instead of letting it through... it turns it into heat. According to their website:
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There is an old proverb that goes:
For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
What I’d like to talk about today is something that affects nearly all of us as Voice Over Artists. We cannot live without it and if its done badly can be one of the most torturous parts of our job.
The Script.
I believe that I recently mentioned that I was in the middle of recording an Audio Book. The script works on my two main strengths… English and Arabic. Its a bilingual text and usually a book like this wouldn’t take me any time at all to record.
Unfortunately, I had not read the full script of the book before accepting the job. I had read the original book in Arabic and thought that I wouldn’t have any problems reading it translated.
Suffice it to say that the book is an excellent Read but was not written to be Read Out Load. When reading a passage to yourself you can always go back and make sense of it … you can do this over and over until the whole structure of the sentence becomes clear to you. Now imagine doing this while recording a 182 page book…. out loud… Doesn’t work. Read More
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So I finally got around to Steven Lowell’s answer to my post Voice123 wants to turn my account inacctive
and loe and behold… I read this in his blog post answer (please keep in mind that he provided this answer to put my mind at ease)
” Now, I am sure that we all like to park ourselves on websites for good exposure, but the plain and simple truth is…You are either in this voice over business or you are not. It is not wise to throw your name on a website with the hopes they will find you, and then, not pay attention to it. You have to be there to answer when someone comes fishing around to offer work for you. In the eyes of those ‘looking for talent’, they have specifically stated they view this as false advertising. ”
First let me define the term Public Relations: Read More
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Hmmm… as a followup to my Transformers post I decided to go see if any significant interviews were made with Peter Cullen in case there wasnt and I can go do one myself.
Alas there was one done by Whitney Matheson of Pop Candy (part of the USA Today conglomerate) and here it is:
A chat with … Peter Cullen, aka Optimus Prime
Oh, how I wish the younger version of me were here to read this interview …
Even if you don’t recognize Peter Cullen‘s name, you’ve probably heard him — the actor has voiced husky Transformers hero Optimus Prime for 20 years, and he appeared in nearly every popular cartoon during the ’80s: The Smurfs, Snorks, Gummi Bears, Ghostbusters, G.I. Joe, Voltron, the list goes on. In recent years, he has also voiced Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh cartoons.
Recently I chatted with Cullen about what it’s been like to play an Autobot for two decades, and what he thinks of the upcoming live-action Transformers movie, in which he’ll reprise the role. If you’d like to meet him in person, he’ll appear at this weekend’s BotCon in Lexington, Ky.
Me: I grew up hearing you in several cartoons — how did you get into voice work? Read More
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Morning Folks, It occured to me that not all you busy folk get the chance to check my blog everyday... We get busy with our everday life and although visiting your fave blogs might be important to you... it might sometimes slip your mind. So I figured the best way for you guys to keep track of what's happening at the Emporium is to subscribe to get the blog updates by email. So whenever I update the Emporium you'll know about it within hours... instead of days or weeks! I looked long and hard all over the interweb... and I've decided to use
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