Timing is everything. (That should be etched on my tombstone — way in the future.) No sooner do I start to ponder about getting equipped for real-time remote recording sessions than I find terrific forum threads and this very good blog by Harlan Hogan: (more…)
I’ve been researching methods for providing real-time voice over streams to clients who want to record at their end. Not only are there a bunch of choices with respect to ISDN equipment, but there may be a benefit to bypassing what may be outdated technology and going straight to audio-over-IP options like Telos System’s new Zephyr Z/IP or AudioTX. (more…)
I had the Food Network on in the living room TV while I read emails this afternoon. Ace of Cakes was on. They featured a Noah’s Ark cake they prepared for a little girl named Rachel who was celebrating her Bat Mitzvah. (more…)
I guess this one’s a blog retweet or maybe a reblog. Anyway it’s a plug. Tonight, I read a super blog by Mary McKitrick, Setting Rates in the Voice-Over Business. It should be required reading for anyone thinking of going into voice over and especially for anyone thinking of hiring and budgeting for voice over talent. (more…)
In a recent article, Agents: Traditionally They Don’t Promote, But Hybrids Bring Change, voice talent Jennifer Vaughn discusses common misconceptions that performers have about talent agents. Specifically, that agents are talent promoters. It follows from this misconception that, once a performer gets a talent agent, gigs will start flowing in. (more…)
Did you know that voiceover is a business? Not just something you do, but something you structure and manage? To make a living from it, you have to do a little, gulp, administrative work. That includes billing clients. So, how do we, as creative people who hate getting our hands dirty with something as prosaic as bookkeeping and accounting, manage to bill our clients so that we have some hope of making money from our efforts? (more…)
