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Keep it Simple & Save Your Sanity
Have you ever worked on a script that initially seemed really simple to do but turned out to be way more complicated than you ever imagined? It may have seemed simple for a number of reasons. Maybe it was short, well written or was the type of read you normally excel at. Then you get […]
5 Tips for Working with First Time Voice-Over Clients
May 11, 2013 by Marc Scott
When a first time voice seeker comes to you for a job, there’s a chance they’ve done their research. They may know exactly what they’re looking for and how the process works from script delivery to audio delivery to payment. There is also a chance that they won’t have a clue! If they’re in the […]
Reasons No One Answers Your Emails
January 18, 2013 by Steven Lowell
Did you ever email someone, and then spend days wondering why they never wrote you back? I have come to see many reasons people do not answer emails. In the process, I found almost all the reasons someone did not answer an email, was completely avoidable. I also found strange reasons emails between users of Voice123 […]
Home Studio Master Tip of the Week: How to Remove Breaths from Your Audio
January 10, 2013 by homestudiomaster
Here is your Home Studio Master’s Tip of the Week, brought to you by Dan Lenard! How to seamlessly remove breaths from your audio… We all have to breathe. However, some of us breathe louder than others. Excessive breaths in a read will show you have little breath control and therefore my not be as […]
Why Am I Not Receiving Quality Auditions For My Project – Part II
December 14, 2012 by Marc Scott
Yesterday I shared five reasons why you’re not getting more auditions, or better quality auditions for your voice over project postings. Today I’ll build on that with five more tips. In many cases, the difference between getting a few auditions or many good auditions is just a couple of simple, quick fixes. 5 More Reasons […]
Embrace the Challenge by Michelle Falzon
December 13, 2012 by Michelle Falzon
I was 13 years old when I enrolled in my first real acting class. Not the cutesy, school play kind of acting class, but real acting with real technique. It was a summer school program with a teacher who was known for being very tough…and boy, was I in for it. This was totally outside […]
Why voice talent need to stop comparing Pay 2 Play sites
December 11, 2012 by Steven Lowell
Trust me…this advice will be of a big help to all voice talent seeing all auditions and websites as one industry. Quite often I receive emails from voice talent letting me know of things other websites do, and comparing Voice123 to others. When I listen to their reasons for comparing, I get concerned. They need […]
What do those rankings really mean
December 10, 2012 by Michelle Falzon
What do those rankings really mean on Voice123? If I had a dollar for every complaint I see about “Not Likely” I’d be pretty well-off. That doesn’t surprise anyone reading this. Let me tell you something that will. People complain about “Finalist” just as much as they complain about anything else. At first, I was […]
Some thoughts on the NY Voice Over Mixer 2012
December 6, 2012 by Steven Lowell
Last night I had the chance to get out from behind this laptop and go to the NY Voice Over Mixer, hosted every year for the past 5 years by voice talent, Erik Sheppard. You can read more about it here As you may know, this was the 5th and final year of the event. […]
Expectation for 2013 in voice overs: Back to business as usual
November 29, 2012 by Steven Lowell
This is a post about what I believe is going to take place in 2013, when it comes to online voice casting. My expectation from this seat is that websites will get back to business as usual. Normally, I only mention Voice123, but this post requires mentioning other sites. What do I mean by “business […]
May 16, 2013 by Michelle Falzon
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