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...
by Jack de Golia | May 28, 2018 | Jacked up: Talk and Tips
Copy can come in a variety of forms. Sometimes it’s buried in an email from an agent. Sometimes a pay-to-play site makes you copy the copy with your mouse and then paste into something useful on your computer. And then there’s long stuff, like elearning or video...
by Jack de Golia | May 17, 2018 | Jacked up: Talk and Tips
There’s plenty of opportunity at the Voice Actors Studio to take “ongoing” classes. They’re how many times a week—twice? You can fill your dance card each month. And it’s good experience. Time in the saddle, time on the mic, time listening to others make choices...
by Jack de Golia | Apr 30, 2018 | Jacked up: Talk and Tips
Fear or dislike of advanced technology or complex devices and especially computers: — technophobe noun — technophobic adjective In voiceover, you have to lay your hands on a computer every day. You may be watching your iPhone for auditions or marketing yourself on...
by Jack de Golia | Apr 16, 2018 | Jacked up: Talk and Tips
What’s a character? Some student voice actors look all eager to jump in, doing their impressions of somebody famous or their worst nightmare high school math teacher. Some folks have the “deer in the headlights” look and a default: “Oh, I can’t do character voices”...
