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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.
Need a character voice? Listen in public and borrow the vocal characteristics you hear, advises Joe Loesch in today’s MO-JOE Friday Video. Your new character voices are everywhere!
‘War of the Words’ October 30, 2038: “Well, it’s finally happened. The last known person-to-person conversation in the world has taken place. The fear of actually talking to another person live, let alone face-to-face, has become too much to bear. After decades of looking at screens and having conversation with voices that sample and simulate human speech but are instead powered by AI, people just can’t bring themselves to talk to other human beings any longer.” – Brian Ufen, Voice Actor. More (if you dare) …
Do you really, honestly care about the product or training that you’re reading in the script? Thought so. But if you don’t sound like you care, your listeners won’t care, either. In today’s MO-JOE Friday Video, coach Joe Loesch reminds us to “say it like it matters.”
Silence please. At the microphone. What? “Don’t be afraid of the pause,” coach Joe Loesch advises in this new MO-JOE Friday Video. “It’s one of the strongest tools in voice over.” Who knew? Now YOU do …
You’ say you’ve got talent. But also the will and stamina to succeed? Veteran voice actor/narrator/coach/director Jame Conlan details the elements of success in a voice over business – and DO believe that it IS a business …
How many voice overs today are done in a deep, radio-perfect voice? By contrast, how many sound “natural” – like a real person talking to a real person? Right. As Joe Loesch observes in today’s new MO-JOE Friday Video, your voice is enough …
Are your audition reads a race to the finish? Whoa! Slow down. “Pauses are powerful,” advises Joe Loesch in this new MO-JOE Friday Video. “They create drama. They create meaning.” To see what he means, click on this video … and learn to pace yourself.
What influences your career in the galaxy of voice over? Voice actor/business strategist Tom Dheere fits the elements of VO into the ‘fundamental forces that govern the entire universe’ and creates an insightful guide to controlling the trajectory of a VO career.
Ever feel like you’re busy all day but nothing’s getting done? Distractions are dream killers, and to move forward in voice over, you need to keep momentum flowing. As always, Joe Loesch rushes to the rescue with quick tips in today’s new MO-JOE Friday Video …
How to keep motivated during the day – especially when procrastination, perhaps depression – weighs in? Voice actor/educato Dervla Trainor offers this roadmap to daily productivity. And adds tips for email direct marketing. Ready? Start!