by Jack de Golia | Aug 24, 2018 | Jacked up: Talk and Tips
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 | Aug 10, 2018 | Jacked up: Talk and Tips
A question came up in a recent audiobook class about pseudonyms, and whether you need them in other areas of voiceover. The short answer is no. You generally don’t need a pseudonym for elearning or commercials. For example, In audiobooks, you may need a pseudonym if...
by Jack de Golia | Jul 24, 2018 | Jacked up: Talk and Tips
When my two sons were in high school, I had a rule: Tell me where you’re going and when you’ll be back. Call me BEFORE you’re late. In any business, clients can’t read the minds of those they hire. But they do judge behavior. If you’re friendly, easy to work with,...
by Jack de Golia | Jul 10, 2018 | Jacked up: Talk and Tips
Mistakes Most of us can’t remember what it was like when as babies, we learned to walk. In fact, research has found we can’t remember much about life before age 3. That’s probably a good thing. There’s a lot of hard-knocks learning going on in those years. Wobble a...
by Jack de Golia | Jun 8, 2018 | Jacked up: Talk and Tips
At some point in your voiceover journey, you’re going to start auditioning and booking jobs. You’ll be producing audio files—remember to record, edit, and process in .wav or .aiff formats—not in mp3—you may deliver an mp3 to the client, but your work is in one of the...