Stories From The Biz

Huh? Depression May Be Good For You???

March 1, 2008 by Rowell

This might well be my shortest post, because I’m not really sure which way my opinion falls on this idea…but I freely admit it got me thinking. Maybe it will do the same for you. A British study (which earlier stirred up controversy over the effectiveness of anti-depressants) has also suggested that depression…not necessarily clinical […]

“Booth Mentality”

February 28, 2008 by Rowell

Contrary to what others might think, voiceover people don’t get into this business because they’re lazy. Well…maybe some of us are actually lazy, but that would be the case no matter what we got into. Point is, doing what we do well actually does require a lot of work. It’s just a different kind of hard work. […]

“all that jazz…” (what was lost is now found)

February 19, 2008 by Rowell

[Writer’s Note: the piece below was the second attempt at a web log entry I made, September 2007, and the first one to get some attention and comments…largely due to its recommendation by Bob Souer on his Voiceover Boblog. When I had to switch web hosts early this year, the few posts I had (and all […]

the nicest people you’ll never meet

February 14, 2008 by Rowell

This evening, while enjoying some in-studio conversation with the lovely and versatile Leanne Heintz (a wonderful voice talent just now starting to extend her VO reach via the internet), I was bragging again about the Voiceover Bulletinboard, or www.vo-bb.com. Leanne had come over to record an audition at my place and had some questions about […]

Is it an INSULT? …or a FAIR WARNING?

February 11, 2008 by Rowell

The image is from a real billboard for a real college. And every time I look at it I get angry. Perhaps I should be magnanimous…and careful. After all, the school did hire me for a TV voiceover last year. But look at this darned thing! What, exactly, is the message? Option A: “Get it […]

oh “me” of little faith…

February 5, 2008 by Rowell

There’s one theory of human nature that says most people tend to remember the good things that happen to them and blot out the bad. And then there are Actors. Except for the stereotypical raving egomaniac of the breed (and if you are one, I’ve little worry about offending you, since you probably only read […]

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