Tag: Narration
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Narration Demo
Somebody’s got a new demo… This week I’m in San Francisco, writing and recording a professional demo reel for narration jobs. I’ve learned gobs about this very technical work, and gained the experience of a director looking for a specific sound and helping me get there. Identifying areas where I need deeper work and more…
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How to Compliment an Audiobook Narrator
I read the books as they’re written. Occasionally I mess up, and I have to go back and fix something that isn’t good enough, but other than that, I read it out loud, doing the character voices, exactly the way you would. Except in a closet. With a microphone. And a lot of notes.
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Listening is Learning
I’m almost finished listening to Artemis, by Andy Weir, Narrated by Rosario Dawson. Very good book for doing laundry, dishes, and copying the addresses of convalescent homes into mapquest. How was your day? Anyhow, I’m not enjoying the super long, super technical, super boring ending (Ch 14 is the PITS), so I’m taking a break.…
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Notes From The Studio Audience: Return to Base
If it hasn’t become clear to blog readers yet, “The Studio Audience” is me. In this endeavor of learning how to do audiobooks, I am my own Producer, Actor, Director, Editor, and Marketer. I’m the only person with skin in this game, so especially when I am editing my narration, I work on several levels simultaneously. (I…
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The Speed of Narration
Forums are such an interesting place to hang out (when you have the time). This week I participated in an interesting thread about listeners who speed up their audiobooks. It’s a good topic for me to think about as I edit The Body In The Bathtub, due out at the end of this month. Some…
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Trust the Process. Follow the Process. Do NOT skip any step in the process.
In my work-life, I continue to learn the difference between an amateur voice actor and a professional one. Amateurs may “know” what to do, but haven’t repeated the process enough times (or recently enough) to do a task without a checklist, cheat sheet, or laborious pre-work. Professionals have gone through the process so frequently and fastidiously that…
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Competence Strikes Again!
One year ago I wrote the following content. Now that I have a bona-fide website and blog, I am revising and sharing it here. I am feeling a little competent about something and want to share: For each character I “voice” (meaning I change my voice slightly in some way to distinguish between characters) I lay…
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The Venom in the Valentine
In the spirit of full disclosure, I provided developmental editing for this installment of the Viola Roberts Cozy Mysteries. Even seeing it in its raw form, this is my favorite read so far in the series. Shea MacLeod has climbed to new writing heights with her unique way of mixing of the hilarious with the…
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Black Tea with Lemon and Honey
For the first time, I tried drinking my morning black tea with honey and lemon. The honey was a diluted buckwheat honey water (we are almost out of our honey stash and I am using up the last little bit). The lemon was a Meyer lemon, with a peel almost the pale orange of a sunset.…