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The long game. Career strategy, business structure, productivity, mindset, and navigating an industry that keeps changing. Includes the full MO-JOE Friday video archive from Joe Loesch.
The COVID pandemic is creating a new world for voice over – a “new norm” – for our way of doing business. Amid the change, VO pro Dan Hurst shares his recent home studio experiences with home-bound clients and producers, a continuing demand for quality VO (at quality rates), and marketing with a growing reliance on agents and social media …
The voice over recording is done and you’ve moved on to the next job. But the first client returns with a request to fix an error in the script – or make a change (or two). Should you seek a fee for that? Joe Loesch acknowledges a fine line between what is and what is not acceptable to revise your recording at no charge. Here’s his take on that, in this new MO-JOE Friday Video …
What?? OK, there’s no such thing. You don’t need to adjust your audio chain settings for clients who are seeking your voice for a COVID delivery (whatever THAT is). But VO pro Dave Courvoisier’s tongue-in-cheek headline drew you into this discussion on how to amp up your voice over business in this challenging time …
Working at home in your office and the recording booth is ideal for most of us. But home is embedded with distractions. And without a clear, dedicated focus you might wonder at the end of the day what the heck you’ve accomplished! In this gem from the MO-JOE Friday Videos library, Joe Loesch advises how to get a handle on external – and internal – distractions …
Are you spinning old VO wheels – or adapting to the new needs voice over clients amid the COVID crisis? Top VO pro J. Michael Collins reveals how he has changed genres and types of clients to aggressively pursue – “as some of my best clients went into a temporary holding pattern” – and new forward-thinking marketing tactics …
How well do you ‘self-direct’ on a voice over script? How imaginative are you in applying mental imagery to your performance? It’s all about acting at the microphone (where you should know the right techniques). In today’s MO-JOE Friday Video, Joe Loesch reviews what will help make you a better voice over actor …
You’ve got talent? Great. But there’s more than performance skill to winning voice over auditions. In addition to knowing what to do right, pay attention to what will turn clients off. Joe Loesch calls them ‘audition no no’s’ – and rolls out five of ’em for you in today’s MO-JOE Friday Video …
Have you got a lazy S? Sibilance, we mean – a lingering “s” in your voice over reads. It might grate on your ears like fingernails on a chalkboard – but others might hardly notice. Still: Should you diligently edit out every “s” creep? In this encore MO-JOE Friday Video gem, Joe Loesch offers a time-saving way to get off your lazy S …
As the saying goes, you can “Shoot yourself in the foot” – and that’s what you’ll do by rushing to cut demos before you’re truly ready to perform and deliver quality audio from your home studio. And a negative, fret-filled attitude will blast a hole in your other foot. In today’s MO-JOE Friday Video, top voice actor/coach Joe Loesch observes how to self-sabotage your voice over career …
How do you win the casting director’s voice over audition? “Only the best will leave a good impression – and be invited back for projects they are right for,” notes top voice actor/coach Joe Loesch. In today’s MO-JOE Friday Video, Joe shares eight ways to make it to the top of a casting director’s list of VO professionals …