Morning Y’all.
I wanted to take a step back from my back to basics category of blog posts and take a look at what’s happening with the VO casting scene. I don’t think I need to interview anyone at this point in time since most of these are my thoughts and are very editorial like…
So yeah I was reading the Vox Daily blog from Stephanie at Voices.com and they were mentioning that they had to change the look of their front page to this…
What you’ll notice is that they no longer have that list of showcased voice over talent… most viewed… most listened… recently hired etc. Read More
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Hello folks… today’s post comes courtesy of Shure Microphone’s newsletter… this article appeared in issue #27. some of this stuff is wicked technical… so for those techno-buffs… this is a treat… for those who arent… some of it is actually legible!
Debunking Common Audio Myths
When we decided to devote this issue to dispelling common audio myths and legends, we had no trouble impaneling a group of experts. Culled mostly from Shure’s Applications Engineering Group, these individuals devote their days, and sometimes their nights, to setting the record straight. Chief among this talented group is Tim Vear, who served as our primary mythbuster and spokesperson. Read More
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Hello Folks, you might have noticed that I had not updated my blog in a couple of days… the culprit dear reader was a head cold that had me home sick for the past two days… Well I am back on my feet although my voice still sounds a tad congested… neverthless I wanted my 40th blog post to be something special.
So I decided to come up with a category called back to basics that explains certain things that we take for granted… like in this article… the science of microphones and how they work. Since the microphone is such an integral part of who we are as voice over artists and in many ways is as important to us as our vocal chords themselves… Knowledge is power and having some knowledge on what makes a microphone work and why there are so many different kinds of them is sure to help us understand this important part of our everyday life and how to better make use of it. Read More
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Today's post was inspired by that first youtube video I posted yesterday for Ms. Amy Walker accent maestro extraordinaire. The woman shifts from accent to accent seamlessly... and although she is able to perform 21 different accents. Some of her accents are much better than others. Apparently Ms. Walker has a website dedicated to teaching people how to speak in different accents... And in our business ' a definite plus to landing more jobs. Personally I wish I could do a light British one (where as on a more personal note I would much prefer knowing how to speak the welsh
Read MoreHello All, Today is another installment of Funtime! If you have been following my posts that means I look into something that Interests me and post youtube videos about it that I found interesting. Today's post was inspired by Ms. Julia Lombardo and her French teacher from texas! 21 accents by Amy Walker A collection of British Accents from the Isle (careful some profanity) More British Accents (more profanity... sorry!) Peter Sellers doing British accents Adam Hills - Australian Accent Shtick (careful contains profanity) There are so many more! but I think the best job I have seen at accent manipulation is by Hugh Laurie of House
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