by Jack de Golia | Dec 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Quick story: my wife (a university professor), a few years ago, dropped her one and only external hard drive on the hard tile floor. That was the end of that drive. But, no worries, she said. Off we went to campus, where in her office, she had a backup program that...
by Jack de Golia | Oct 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
From the Cart-before-the-Horse Dept.: EIGHT-FOOT BLUE CURTAINS A student the other day was all pleased about his new gear. His dad had, without asking, went out and bought a package deal (RED FLAG—well meaning, but untrained parent, “helping”). The package came with a...
by Jack de Golia | Aug 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
One of the things about VO is that nobody’s experience (AKA “the journey”) is quite the same as anybody else’s. Two people can sign up at the same pay-to-play site, for example, put up essentially similar demos, and do everything like each...
by Jack de Golia | Nov 23, 2020 | Jacked up: Talk and Tips
Voice acting, like any form of acting, is a form of storytelling. And as with all acting training, the actor takes the craft of storytelling and breaks it all apart. You study each element of the craft (performance, tech, business), you see what you range you have,...
by Jack de Golia | Aug 17, 2020 | Jacked up: Talk and Tips
Quick story: my wife (a university professor), a few years ago, dropped her one and only external hard drive on the hard title floor. That was the end of that drive. But no worries, she said. Off we went to campus, where, in her office, she had a backup program that...
