I once went to a seminar taught by a #1 NY Times bestselling author. She didn’t reach #1 by buying thousands of copies of her own book as some people do. This woman was the real deal, and I’ll never forget what she said. She said being #1 is over-rated. You’re still a bundle of…
The other day I was talking to a friend who is on one of the on-line casting sites. Like many people he is doing lots of auditions but barely getting any jobs. So he did some research, listened to the work of the talents who were booking a lot and had a BIG scary Halloween…
I’ve been in the business long enough to remember recording on reel to reel tape. In my voice over studio I had two huge Tascam reel to reel machines, lots of white wax pencils, sticky tape, razor blades and band aids. Fixing flubs was a real ordeal . You’d listen on slow speed, mark the…
He’s a big-time producer and director, hiring voice talent almost daily. So when he told me what happens with some of the voice talent he works with I was shocked. It’s about scratch tracks. A scratch track is a reference voice over that a videographer uses to edit their work, primarily for timing purposes. When…
You and I have spoken before about what I call “the attack of the killer voice over coaches”. These are unethical people who will string you along for months (and even years) of lessons before they finally permit you to make your first demo. The reasons are obvious– more money for them. But aside from…