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I just heard of this yesterday and thought back to this post: http://www.helpareporter.com/ You can basically list yourself as an authoritative source on any subject, after which you may/may not be contacted by people looking to gather sources for an article. You can also find queries already posted where someone is looking for someone who knows a lot about gaming, and pitch a reply to them. Might be a little more work, but definitely a way to expand your platforming reach.

This may be part of your problem. I might break this up into songs and post them one at a time (not all at once) and engage in dialog with people. Asking someone for 68 minutes of their time is a bit much, I think.

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I updated the example links with some better examples of good websites in the industry...the other guys were mostly people I knew to be successful. Yes, yes! I don't like the RenManStudio website for a number of reasons, which is why I want to ditch it. I appreciate you guys supporting me in telling me how bad it is though

Have a happy, Cory!

DO IT. I'm telling you, man, when I saw him in Tel Aviv he had an oud player and a flute player with him that were both fucking KILLER. That place was jumpin' easily one of the most fun concerts I've ever seen.

I quit my day job I do. I'm also not above becoming a paying client if you can show me some real power and how I can harness it like an Esper.

I think I am there. I have some big names under my belt (Red Bull, GE, Lenovo, etc) so thought it was time to start acting like voiceover artist that pulls in the clients I'm pulling. I'm definitely doing as much work as the guys I posted (with the exception of maybe Blum, whose page is, yes, shit). So, yeah, that's why I'm taking a marketing turn and trying to put brand on that level to catch up with my career, if that makes any sense. I'm trying not to be a pretentious prig in saying that I'm doing well enough, but I think I'm doing well enough. Don't get me wrong, your insight is awesome and I totally appreciate the years of marketing/web experience you're taking the time to write and want to hear more if you have more advice to give. So I'm not just telling you to stop poo-pooing things and stroke my ego.

thanks, will look and get back to you

It's actually mostly like this: Thanks for the feedback!

I use a Focusrite Saffire Pro 14, and I've had it for years. It fits snugly in your price range, I believe, unless something has changed, and the preamps are generally rated to be some of the best (I was told by someone helping me pick it out that the preamps are considered better than the M Box).

Meh, I totally hear you. This is pretty much the internal argument I've been having since my VO career took off; it was a bit unexpected. I built the studio site before that all happened, and now when I compare it to what the industry leaders are doing, it leaves me in a nebulous position, I think. I'm also going off some advice I've gotten from the folks whose links I posted, too. As I learn a bit more about the industry, I'm finding that the term "studio" implies something that, yes, I am, and can do, but not my focus. Most VO artists that are successful are tied to their names, not an LLC, which I think I've also done wrong. So there were lots of factors going into this. Ultimately, I stand to lose the cost of the website with a chance of solidifying my brand as a VO artist, so it's a calculated risk on my part. At the minimum, I gain a little bit of fall-in-line-ism that helps me resonate with established professionals in the industry.

Hi guys, If you don't know, I'm a voiceover artist (apparently) and while I like my current webpage I think I made a bit of a misstep in branding. That page deals with a sort of amalgamation of what I do for side jobs; what I need, I think, is a dedicated voiceover page. I know there are huge amounts of savvy folk here, and your networks of savvy people are equally as huge - so I'm open to referrals as well. Here are some examples of some of the top guys in the industry right now: These first four were shown to me by a voiceover marketing consultant http://fulginitivo.com/ http://www.jordanwiberg.com/ http://www.vayronmusic.com/ http://www.rockbarnvoices.com/ These four are people I know in the industry that are doing really well www.jmcvoiceover.com www.bradziffer.com www.bradyhales.com I'm really not looking for something complicated or something that mimics that exactly, but I'd like it to showcase my demos as well as my credits. I'm very open to ideas because I'm quite a bad designer - this will definitely be a dialogue process as well as a designing process. And I am definitely not looking for anything for free. This is my primary source of income now, and I am willing to pay accordingly. If you have marketing experience as well and can help me re-brand, that's a bonus and you can include it in your quote (or you can tell your referral to include it in their quote). A final warning - I am in the decision stage in this, not waving money around, but I promise you I won't be wasting anyone's time; I'll know pretty quickly whether or not I'll be purchasing the services offered and I am not above paying a design fee that can be reimbursed if I choose that designer for the full project (i.e. I pay someone $50, or whatever, to sketch out a design, then that $50 comes out of the total price I pay them if I hire them) Thanks in advance!

What's another word for a young horse? :D

So I was listening to the guy I'm going to post at the end of this, here, and thinking - there's just so much amazing stuff out there, but it's hard to sift through the white noise. Sometimes the most obscure bands or artists are the ones that I find the most compelling to listen to, because real musical genius often does not equal popularity (and nobody knows MY music, so I must be a genius ). So I thought I'd open up a thread here for everyone to share a track from their favorite "Who the hell is that guy?" artist. I'm sharing Avishai Cohen, an Israeli jazz bass player who puts Middle Eastern influences into his music in ways that are just absolutely fantastic. I saw him live when I was in Tel Aviv a few years ago, and the concert blew me away; I keep waiting for him to come to the US so I can see him again. Here is one track by him. Name: Avishai Cohen (don't confuse him with the trumpet player) Style: Contemporary Jazz, but not so contemporary as to be formless and silly. Heavy syncopation with ethnic instruments like oud and saz. Sometimes includes bitchin' Hebrew vocals. Sample Track: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8un8nEkQJG0

Oh, man, I was totally just being a goof! There's lots of great stuff here, but you can't deny it's a music nerdfest. It's awesome. Sorry if it came off like I was being negative; I was more cheering on the geekiness in my own way.

I feel like this thread is like one long dirty phone call for musicians

Who will be our William Hung!?

Hey, doesn't this also have sounds by XPRTNovice?!

This may be my favorite thing you've ever written.

I use the 2i/2 for my mobile studio and I like it. It's sturdy, light, and simple. The price is certainly right. I have had some issues with the driver, though, if the computer goes to sleep. It has some trouble booting back up again and sometimes requires a restart.

Well, normally you don't have the leisure of setting stuff up in a gym, since you're doing it outside and people take umbridge when you move buildings around so that you can kong-vault them better. You know I have no idea what the term for it is. In rock climbing you'd call it a "problem." I might just call it a sequence. The sequence in this case was a dive vault (a kong) into a series of tic-tacs (bouncing off objects that are at an angle) ending in a cat hang. I've been doing this for maybe a 8 months? But it's hard to tell how long it would take to learn, because I feel like I've been doing parkour-like stuff all my life playing around as a kid and stuff.

....Parkour!

dude, all of this is so much awesome. I can't imagine how much better you're feeling right now and I bet it's only going to get better from here. Congrats.