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Have ALL THE HAPPIES
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Wait, have the moderators been fired as well, or is it time to engage in a sort of Hunger Games to make sure that only one of us lives?
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have ALL the happies
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I rank them 1.) Rockbarn, 2.) Wiberg 3.)Vayron 4.) Fulginiti.
Vayron's site is nice...if I were a pop star. It's got the right feel for that, but not the right feel at all for a VO artist, I don't think.
Wiberg's site is nice, if very Flashy with a capital F. Simple layout, though. But I like Rockbarn's site the best because it's all up front and the content is easy to browse.
Fulginiti's site is way too busy, full of square shapes, and just...I don't like it.
Thanks you guys for the opinions on the site design. I've only gotten maybe 3 people on OCR who are saying they'd be willing to do it for me, though, so if there are any other folks actually willing to DESIGN and BUILD the site, please hit me up. I do appreciate the critique and marketing advice, though.
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I just heard of this yesterday and thought back to this post:
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.
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Beware : 68 minutes
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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for those of you stuck in the last generation:
http://tech.woot.com/plus/xbox-360-controller?ref=cnt_wp_5
Xbox 360 for $140
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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
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Have a happy, Cory!
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Joe! Avashi is a killer player! I may have the opportunity to see him in Montreal this summer.
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.
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On what? If you're there and can justify it, go ahead and justify it. I think that's the first I'd gotten an idea how far your voiceover career is actually going.
I quit my day job
Additionally, and not something I'm pleased to admit, if I went further, I'd technically have to start charging for further consultation (since that's essentially what I'm doing here and one part of what I do at the firm) unless I owe you a favor. Kind of a dick move I totally agree, but in the spirit of things here... you kinda understand I think.
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.
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You need to be looking at a website that resonates with established professionals when you yourself are currently resonating with established professionals.
If you are, then I'd say you're justified to pay that, but what it sounds like is that you're using your website as the vehicle to get you several rungs up the ladder. This mostly does not work. You need a website that REFLECTS your position in the industry, not one that tries to put you there.
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.
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thanks, will look and get back to you
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I don't know what it's like being a voice over actor
It's actually mostly like this:
Thanks for the feedback!
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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).
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Your current website really isn't that bad, are you sure you want to throw down good money to have a site that looks like everyone else's that will serve you little real practical benefit other than you can say your site looks like the website of an industry leader in voice acting? Just because you're worried about your "branding"?
Not to begrudge anyone on here the chance of a paying job, but I really don't think you'd be getting any bang for your buck there. You just need to look for ways to attractively integrate demo reels into your website. Youtube, Tindeck, Soundcloud, etc. If you've got someone interested in hiring you for work, they're not really going to care about how crazy-awesome professional looking your site is going to be - in fact, the website you have now gives someone like me an indication you're affordable to hire. You go with a more expensive and fancy looking site, it will tell savvier employers that you charge a pretty penny.
You have a good start as it is, save your money and just rework it to how you want it to come off.
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.
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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://www.rockbarnvoices.com/
These four are people I know in the industry that are doing really well
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!
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This is why I should have continued learning guitar. I'm now sad that I didn't because of this remix.
Uno, dos, tres, four! Nice!
That title though, what is that, the mountain of youthful horses?
What's another word for a young horse?
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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
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I'm seriously baffled that people think this thread is a circlejerk. Their loss, I guess.
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.
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I feel like this thread is like one long dirty phone call for musicians
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Who will be our William Hung!?
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Hey, doesn't this also have sounds by XPRTNovice?!
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When I was little, doctors thought I'd either be dead or mentally impaired beyond all course of reckoning. Guess which one I chose.
This may be my favorite thing you've ever written.
Help Me Acoustically Evaluate This Room
in Music Composition & Production
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Hi Guys,
We're thinking of moving into a house, and one of the deciding factors is whether or not I can put a studio in it. The room in this house seems awesome; it's a workshop above the garage that's on its way to being finished.
The picture is here.
I'm looking to draw on the acoustic mastery of the people here - will this room cause me problems from a mixing and production standpoint? This may literally swing us one way or another on this house. I have a vocal booth that is soundproof, so my voiceovers are not an issue. But for mixing and producing music on a pair of monitors, is this room treatable for good acoustics or does the slanted ceiling make for a very bad situation for me?
Thanks!