Anyone who records voiceovers at home knows what a nightmare a leaf blower can be. Not only is the noise just downright annoying, it makes it impossible to record in a typical home. Even worse, your neighbors only seem to run their leaf blowers when it’s time for you to voice something. Either that, or you have an OCD neighbor with a clean fetish who runs his leaf blower every day. Continue reading “The Instant Cure for Leaf Blower Noise”
I really, REALLY hate the hiccups.
Not only do they make it impossible to record any voiceover work, mine are painful. Continue reading “A Voice Actor’s Crazy Cure for the Hiccups”
Are you an audiobook narrator?
Have you ever wondered what it’s like behind the curtain that ACX puts between you and the authors?
What happens after you submit your audition?
How many auditions did they receive?
How did they choose the narrator? Continue reading “Interview with an ACX Author”
Has this ever happened to you? You record the voiceover for an eLearning project, and when you play it back, you think, “Yuck! Do I really sound like that?” Or maybe you hear your outgoing voice mail message or your voice on a video someone recorded on their Smartphone, and you think there must be something wrong with the equipment because your voice can’t possibly sound that way…
If this has ever happened to you, I have good news and bad news.
Continue reading “The #1 Reason You Don’t Like Hearing a Recording of Your Own Voice”
Have you ever wished you could go back in time and tell your younger self what you’ve learned so far about eLearning? That’s the premise behind John Araiza’s short little book, 26 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About eLearning. There were 4 “things” that really resonated with me.
Continue reading “26 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About eLearning”
Whether you are developing eLearning content for an internal client, an external client, or, in my case, providing the voice for that eLearning content, it’s a good idea to have a good understanding of your client’s business and the challenges they face.
Continue reading “The 3 Biggest Takeaways from My First ATD Meeting”
