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Believe In Yourself
September 4, 2011 — stefsvoicecategory lifestyle,voiceover,careerandwork]
This is the entire post. The previous post of this title is missing some copy!
This was posted by my colleague Michael Wilcox on Facebook.
It’s great motivation for us voiceoverist and anyone, really, who has a dream!
“Always believe in you. Listen to
your heart. Trust your instiincts. Know you can.
See your own strengths. Dream it~Dare it. Do what
you are afraid of. Keep the faith. Follow your vision.
Remember anything is possible….if you believe.”
I had to comment to Michael with the following addition:
“And you do the work. Trying this way and that till you succeed!”
I believe that we’ve got to be proactive and put in the hours, days, weeks, months to make the dream.
Keep dreaming, training, working, believing and it WILL all work out in the end! Which will in fact, be the BEGINNING…of a new, better and higher phase in our lives!
Cheers!
Pay It Forward
February 9, 2011 — stefsvoiceBlackBerry Moment-Recording with Sony Sound Forge Audio Studio8 from Stefania Lintonbon on Vimeo.
I’ve learned so much from the various forums, my VoiceOver colleagues and my teachers. I’ve wondered what can I bring to the party.
Well, I’ve been experimenting with my little BlackBerry phone’s video function, and discovered that not only can I have fun making videos but they can be posted on the major sites like Vimeo or YouTube. So since I have a little knowledge about editing gained from my experience with gigs and auditions, I thought I’d pass this on for beginners to recording – be they voice artists, podcasters, small businesspeople, etc.
I hope it’s useful and answers a few simple questions for someone who might be in “scratch head” mode with their Sony software!
Read a brilliant post by blogger Seth Godin ( http://sethgodin.typepad.com/ )on how, and I quote,
“Self sufficiency appears to be a worthy goal, but it’s now impossible if you want to actually get anything done.
All our productivity, leverage and insight comes from being part of a community, not apart from it.
The goal, I think, is to figure out how to become more dependent, not less.”
I think it’s most important to choose your friends well. I’m very happy that I’ve met some wonderful friends in voiceover and other circles. Their help and encouragement has been invaluable. You can find many of their blogs and groups on the right hand side of my blog page.
The best of luck and blessings to all my wonderful “online” and “real world” friends!
Would I Survive No Internet for a Whole Month?
July 21, 2010 — stefsvoicerabbit, rabbit, rabbit…
I believe I could live without the internet for a month if I was somewhere on an island…but then I'd be dying to tweet about all the beautiful animals and scenery I would see. I'd be aching to send a piccie via my BlackBerry to facebook and twitter. I'd be rolling on the sand in a frenzy cause I couldn't blog or podcast about my beautiful time!
Being a voice artist, I'm constantly on the net either working or looking for work, so it would be very difficult. I'd miss my cyber friends. But, if there was no need to worry about what I might be missing on the voiceover scene – I'd spend the time embroidering, drawing or painting, reading, making jewelry, exercising (would there be pubs in this fictional nightmare – errr, world…without internet) and playing games on my ipod or conversing with my hubby.
After a period of adjustment, I could survive.
Voiceover — Am I reading?Am I acting? Pass the M&Ms please!
September 24, 2008 — stefsvoice
Statue of Liberty from the Ferry
After reading several excellent articles on reading and recording voiceovers, I asked myself a question — when I do a voiceover audition or gig, am I — me — reading copy, or am I a character, acting. It’s a little bit of a toughie because I’m not just reciting the copy as I see it on the page. I am acting it/ interpreting it — even if it’s a message on hold.
But, I’m also using my experience and “left brain” logical type thinking to make technical choices such as deciding what’s the heart of the message; who’s the speaker; why is she there; and who is she talking to, and finally what result am I seeking – what do I want (or what does the client want) the audience to do.
Then I have to think, where to breath so the conversation sounds natural, and where to put my emphasis.
So, maybe it’s a kind of very conscious and aware acting — making adjustments as necessary (improv classes are good for developing this skill) instead of making knee-jerk stereotypical choices.
I think this is what gives the “natural” sounding read that so many of my voice over peers excel at!
Ok, I’ve worn myself out with all of this thinking — I think I’d better go lie down!
I’ve started work on the 1st of my series of children’s audiobooks on CDs. Lots of work there, but I’m loving every minute of working on it. More details to come later.
Got a sweet tooth? Did you know there’s an M&M’s (chocolate sweets) store in New York in Times Square? Yes! Here are the piccies to prove it. It was great, I couldn’t believe there was such a store. However with a belly full of M&M peanut samples, I had to believe it!
Cheers!
TIME OFF is good!
August 10, 2008 — stefsvoiceTaking a little time off from the Voice Over world, — and in hubby’s case — the world of Osteopathy, we enjoyed a day at the Motor Show at Docklands Excel. It’s a fab way to get into a posh car, live the good life and not break the bank.
And it’s good for a couple to share each other’s interest — lots of fun!
My turn...whey-hayyy!
AND NOW
David -- happy and off in his own little world!
David -- happy and off in his own little world!
Have a fabulous day,whatever day it is that you read this post!
