Voice Acting

A.I. Voiceovers May Yet Start Eating Their Own

May 29, 2024 by Rowell Gormon

The Voiceover community is still abuzz over the emergence of so-called “Artificial Intelligence” and the impact it will have on VO jobs. In my experience (so far at least) voice actors who don’t mind doing more work for less money will be the hardest hit. I’m not out to bash “low-ballers” and “newbies” here. Rather, […]

Grunters and Screamers

March 12, 2019 by Rowell Gormon

I’m not a Grunter or a Screamer. No, this has nothing to do with my love life. (Shame on you.) “Whooooo Are You? Who-Who, Who-Who.” One of the first tools I received as a budding young copy writer was “Tell ’em who you are by telling ’em who you ain’t.” That may not be the […]

Just When You Think You’ve Heard It All…

February 6, 2013 by Rowell

People who know me are in general agreement that a Big Ego isn’t one of my worst problems. Still, every so often I catch my overly-humble self missing a real treat because I think “Oh, I already know all about that.” This turned out to be one of those treats. And if you think you already know all […]

Farewell To The Master

October 19, 2011 by Rowell

“Post proofs that brotherhood is not so wild a dream as those who profit by postponing it pretend.” — Norman Corwin, 1945 My friends often tell me I “kick myself” way more than I ought to. And they’re right. But one “kick” that’s still justifiable is the one I keep administering for not being able […]

How’re You Doing? On Second Thought…Don’t Tell Me.

September 26, 2011 by Rowell

At the recent Faffcon gathering (thank you again, Amy), several of us ‘fessed up to getting deep in depression the more we read online about the “great sessions” and “slammed schedules” and “most recent national payday” of our friends and colleagues in the biz. We all recognized that a lot of those posts from genuine […]

The Shadow Knows. And I know The Shadow!

September 15, 2011 by Rowell

The Wake County Public Library has a few items from my “Shadow” sanctum on display this month. Even more than the guilty-pleasure of the vintage Radio series it spawned, the Shadow Magazine was a thrilling discovery for me in my college days…both in reprints and surviving pulp magazines collected from the 30s and 40s. Pure […]

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