April 2010 Archives
- RT @DrewCommins We adopted a Miniature Schnauzer today. This is Yogi http://twitpic.com/1gnw03 #fb
- @bonniegillespie Your tweet read like conversations that I have w/ @DrewCommins! Impressed that you conveyed that whole thing in 140 char!
- In re-reading that last post, it sounds like I only left my house twice in a month. Pretty soon, I'll be able to live a normal life! :) #fb
- For the 2nd time in a month, I left my house and had dinner with fellow voice talents. This time, it was with @Audioconnell & @Voiceroy #fb
- The Bookseller reports that ebook sales outpaced audiobook sales in 2009 for first time: http://www.thebookseller.com/news/115933-page.html
An amazing trend is emerging in my voice-over career. For the second time in 2 weeks, I've had the immense pleasure of meeting some fellow voice talents. In fact, both occasions occurred on a Monday evening dinner at an Italian restaurant. See? Amazing!
First, Drew and I met our friend Dave Courvoisier during our trip to Las Vegas in March. This week, it was our turn to play hosts to our friend, the highly successful voice talent and marketer extraordinaire Peter O'Connell as he visited Atlanta.
Voice talents Peter O'Connell, Karen Commins, and Craig Crumpton
are all smiles after dinner together
Although we've interacted a good bit on-line for several years, I hadn't been able to connect with Peter during 2-3 of his past trips to my lovely (and right now, pollen-caked) city. This time, he wisely alerted me in plenty of time so that I could hire a professional organizer to arrange my sock drawer. I wanted to eliminate any possible obstacle I would have in meeting him! :)
In addition to his tremendous vocal talent and impressive client list, I have long admired Peter's marketing prowess. He actually practices "old school" marketing and PR techniques like setting up a booth at trade shows. Of course, his skill in marketing just adds more companies to that already impressive client list. In his copious spare time, Peter wrote the fantastic VoiceOver Entrance Exam, a free e-book that should be required reading for everyone entering this industry.
I also was delighted to meet at long last the multi-talented Craig "Voiceroy" Crumpton, who was able to join us in this little soiree on Monday night. Craig and I also have shared on-line correspondence over the years but hadn't met. Anyone who lives in Atlanta or is familiar with our traffic -- sure to be on any top 5 list for worst traffic in the country -- can understand why Craig and I hadn't met before this week! Craig entertained us with stories of his recent adventures singing with a gospel quartet in Japan, as well as his stint as a featured extra in the upcoming movie The Conspirator.
We decided to meet at Olive Garden, and their slogan of "when you're here, you're family" certainly seemed to apply to us. Time flew by in the company of both these fun and engaging gentlemen. We got to know each other better as people and learned from each other as voiceover professionals. I found the conversations about agents to be especially helpful as I will soon seek additional representation in new markets.
I've met more voice-over pros in 2 months than in all of last year. Getting out of my house and meeting my wonderful peers is an exciting trend that I intend to continue.
- @iStoryTime I just tested the 2 stories I narrated (I Can Almost Do It & Holler for the Dollar) on my new iPad. They look & sound fabulous!
- Why do restaurant hosts insist on walking by 27 empty tables in order to seat a child-free couple at the table next to the loudest kid?
- 10:00am on a lovely Saturday as @DrewCommins & I await our iPads. I bought it for #voiceover scripts & iBooks. Will my Kindle need new home?
- @commeagent LOL! You remind me of the scene in AMADEUS when Mozart hated Salieri's symphony and said: I never knew such music could exist!
- Exc WSJ blog explains why Oprah is not a good choice as "Life" narrator. Um, Discovery? Pro voice talent here! http://tinyurl.com/yhdtjyn
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