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To Breathe or Not To Breathe-in Jobs and Auditions
I am a firm believer that speeding up auditions equals more auditions turned in equals more jobs. And this efficiency means mo’ money per hour of auditioning. When I read an audition there is often a sentence or two that I … Continue reading
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Is This Client Nuts? Watch That Word Count!
Ok, you’re signed up with voices.com or voice123.com and a new audition is posted with a budget of $1000.00. Looks good to me… until you open the project description. This is someone’s autobiography and it’s 110, 000 words. Yikes! That’s … Continue reading
Posted in Auditioning, Commercials, Home Recording, Narration, Professionalism
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Speed Up Your Recording: Set Your Audacity Preferences
If you record with Audacity Recording Software you notice that each time you record certain file specifications are used. And when you export certain specs, such as the bit rate for your MP3s, are used. And you may notice that … Continue reading
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Doing Pickups? Do You Match Your Sound?
OK, you finished a long, involved business narration. You’ve done the slicing and dicing and sent the client flawless edited files. Maybe you underbid this job a little but you stuck it out and you finally uploaded the files, invoiced … Continue reading
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Eliminate Noise in Your Voice Over Recordings
What is Noise in a Voice Over Recording? Trying to define noise is like trying to define a “weed”. A rose can be a weed in a vegetable garden. Many a lawn-care expert spends much energy defeating the dreaded dandelion and … Continue reading
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6 Tips for Choosing a USB Mic
Once upon a time audio engineers dreamed of a digital microphone. With the advent of the USB mic that dream is now a reality. This type of mic requires no mixing board or interface box. You simply plug it into … Continue reading
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You Can Say “Yes! I have a Phone Patch!”
Improve your jobs and earn more money faster with a “phone patch” If you’ve done any jobs from online casting in your home studio you may have experienced the “do it again” syndrome. This occurs when the client fails to … Continue reading
Posted in Auditioning, Equipment, Home Recording, Marketing, Professionalism
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Simplify and Speed Up Voice Over Jobs Using Pickups
Often, when you record a job at home you will receive a request for “edits” from your client. Maybe you pronounced a name wrong or didn’t have the right “vibe” on a sentence. These edits can be fixed with pick … Continue reading
Posted in Acting Skills, Auditioning, Home Recording, Professionalism
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Room Echo? How You Should Position Your VO Home Studio
Record from home and make big $ ! OK, you’ve decided to be the next Don Lafontaine or Nancy Cartwright. And you’re convinced that, just like selling Amway, you can do it all at home from your kitchen table. Well, … Continue reading
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Voice Over Recording-Pickups Can Speed The Process
“Do you come here often?… What’s your sign?” No! Not THAT kind of pickup! In voice over recording, a “pickup” is a sentence or phrase which didn’t come out correctly the first time, so it is repeated, hopefully with better … Continue reading
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