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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.
Yes, there are exceptions. But speed (and low cost) are guiding factors in today’s fast-moving voice-over business. VO pro Dave Courvoisier laments how “no one has time” anymore to consider what voice may be better or best for a job …
To start a voice-over career, do you need to be in New York or L.A.? No. And no matter what you’ve mapped out as your end goals, “Start where you are. Do what you can. Use what you’ve got,” Joe Loesch advises in today’s MO-JOE Friday Video …
Do you need a head shot for your voice-over business? There are differences of opinion on this, especially in the internet age. But as Joe Loesch advises in today’s MO-JOE Friday Video, voice-over is “still a direct contact business” and a head shot helps where first impressions count. (PS: A smart phone selfie won’t cut it) …
Go ahead, embarrass yourself. Failure won’t kill you. In fact, it’s a well-worn step to success. And most people will give you credit for trying. Along the way, you will build voice-over self-confidence “by trying things and discovering that you can do them,” explains Joe Loesch in today’s MO-JOE Friday Video. Joe adds: “You need to learn three things” …
Eleven phrases from Dave Courvoisier that ring true for your voice-over career success – starting with where the buck stops …
Voice actors tend to be wonderfully creative, naturally talented and charismatic. Many are highly business minded, too. But as VO pro Natasha Marchewka discovered, natural talent will only take you so far. A worthy coach will lift someone to the next level in any game. Here’s how …
“Cheap can be very expensive.” What? In today’s MO-JOE Friday Video, Joe Loesch – the voice of experience – describes how an initial reason for working for less money, or for free, can eventually hurt you. Listen up …
Don’t laugh: Long-term security in a voice-over career IS possible, argues voice talent/coach J. Michael Collins – if you approach it as an investment in clients and genres that builds ‘compound interest.’ Here’s the plan …
You’re not just “reading” a book. You’re performing it – with stamina, breath control, articulation, characterization … and consistency. Whoa. That’s quite a skill. Joe Loesch explains what an audiobook narrator needs to know, in today’s new MO-JOE Friday Video …
Think of great company logos. They instantly bring a product to mind. A well-done logo can do the same for your voice-over business, as Joe Loesch explains in today’s new MO-JOE Friday Video …