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		<title>Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling &#8211; Rule 8</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, <a href="https://twitter.com/lawnrocket" title="Emma Coats on Twitter" target="_blank">Emma Coats</a>, who used to work at Pixar as a story artist, tweeted Pixar's 22 Rules of Storytelling.

I'm sharing with you one per week for 22 weeks, along with how you can apply each rule to your VO artistry.

Today, Rule 8......<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/pixars-22-rules-of-storytelling-rule-8/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>How to look busy at your survival job</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 18:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, so today's post has little to do with the sometimes lonely, solitary existence we have when we're sitting in our home studios, cranking out the auditions and work.

But some of us are still toiling away at a day job, yearning for the day that we can tell them, "Adios - I'm doing VO full time now!"

Until that day, that survival paycheck is crucial. And since Seinfeld is one of my fave shows, and George was the master at looking useful and busy, I thought I'd take a short detour from the VO tips and advice, and present to you (mostly because when I read it on Quora it made me snort my Doubleshot painfully thorough my nose as I laughed out loud):

<strong>George Costanza's 10 Commendments for "Working Hard" (Even When You're Not):</strong>...<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/how-to-look-busy-at-your-survival-job/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling &#8211; Rule 7</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/pixars-22-rules-of-storytelling-rule-7/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vo2gogo.com/pixars-22-rules-of-storytelling-rule-7/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 17:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, <a href="https://twitter.com/lawnrocket" title="Emma Coats on Twitter" target="_blank">Emma Coats</a>, who used to work at Pixar as a story artist, tweeted Pixar's 22 Rules of Storytelling.

I'm sharing with you one per week for 22 weeks, along with how you can apply each rule to your VO artistry.

Today, Rule 7......<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/pixars-22-rules-of-storytelling-rule-7/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Sarkisian has finally arrived</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/bill-sarkisian-has-finally-arrived/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 18:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[click on the title above if you can't see the whole article]

I love when a plan comes together.

And I really love when I get notes like this.

Bill wrote me:

<strong>SUBJ:</strong>
My First Audiobook!...<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/bill-sarkisian-has-finally-arrived/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling &#8211; Rule 6</title>
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		<comments>http://www.vo2gogo.com/pixars-22-rules-of-storytelling-rule-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 17:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, <a href="https://twitter.com/lawnrocket" title="Emma Coats on Twitter" target="_blank">Emma Coats</a>, who used to work at Pixar as a story artist, tweeted Pixar's 22 Rules of Storytelling.

I'm sharing with you one per week for 22 weeks, along with how you can apply each rule to your VO artistry.

Today, Rule 6......<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/pixars-22-rules-of-storytelling-rule-6/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Talking to your agent about commissions</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/talking-to-your-agent-about-commissions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My client and student, Tom, wrote me recently. He was wondering about getting an agent their commission when you book the job himself.

Great question. Here's the answer....<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/talking-to-your-agent-about-commissions/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling &#8211; Rule 5</title>
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		<comments>http://www.vo2gogo.com/pixars-22-rules-of-storytelling-rule-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, <a href="https://twitter.com/lawnrocket" title="Emma Coats on Twitter" target="_blank">Emma Coats</a>, who used to work at Pixar as a story artist, tweeted Pixar's 22 Rules of Storytelling.

I'm sharing with you one per week for 22 weeks, along with how you can apply each rule to your VO artistry.

Today, Rule 5......<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/pixars-22-rules-of-storytelling-rule-5/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>How hard do you want to keep working?</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/how-hard-do-you-want-to-keep-working/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vo2gogo.com/how-hard-do-you-want-to-keep-working/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got a message from a client asking me why she couldn't figure out how to record in Garage Band (because that's all she knew) directly to an MP3 file.

I knew that the answer I gave would be to a different question, but I did it anyway.

Here's what I said....<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/how-hard-do-you-want-to-keep-working/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Third time&#8217;s the charm for IMPROV to help your VO</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/third-times-the-charm-for-improv-to-help-your-vo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vo2gogo.com/third-times-the-charm-for-improv-to-help-your-vo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just got a quick note from Dan O'Day, one of the smartest and most helpful teachers I know.

He has this IMPROVability seminar that he's created that is SO useful for making your VO sparkle - creating characters, approaching copy, auditioning, and more.

And he's doing it one last time before he starts traveling around the world helping his international clients all summer.

So please, check this out - and do it....<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/third-times-the-charm-for-improv-to-help-your-vo/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling &#8211; Rule 4</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/pixars-22-rules-of-storytelling-rule-4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vo2gogo.com/pixars-22-rules-of-storytelling-rule-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vo2gogo.com/?p=1065</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, <a href="https://twitter.com/lawnrocket" title="Emma Coats on Twitter" target="_blank">Emma Coats</a>, who used to work at Pixar as a story artist, tweeted Pixar's 22 Rules of Storytelling.

I'm sharing with you one per week for 22 weeks, along with how you can apply each rule to your VO artistry.

Today, Rule 4......<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/pixars-22-rules-of-storytelling-rule-4/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A VO2GoGo Pro is killing it with Kindle and ACX</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/a-vo2gogo-pro-is-killing-it-with-kindle-and-acx/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vo2gogo.com/a-vo2gogo-pro-is-killing-it-with-kindle-and-acx/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love bragging on my Pros. Especially when they hit something out of the park. Emilee is doing just that, and she&#8217;s got a freebie from Amazon for you as well. I&#8217;ll let Emilee do her own talking (I got this video from her late last night&#8230;after you watch it, read on for a limited time free offer from Amazon, Kindle and my lovely Pro, Emilee.): [See post to watch QuickTime movie] Isn&#8217;t that the coolest?? And that class she talked about? Creating Your Own VO Content? It&#8217;s part of May&#8217;s VO2GoGo Intensive. Perfect timing. And&#8230;if you head over to Amazon right now (as long as you&#8217;re reading this before April 25th, 2013), you can get the eBook she wrote, Eat, Pray, HCG: Lose Weight Fast On The HCG Protocol And Keep It Off By Gaining Peace Of Mind, for free. (She&#8217;s still working on the audiobook version &#8211; and it&#8217;s going to rock). Let me know in the comments below if this is the kind of VO success story that inspires you &#8211; it inspires me, I can tell you that. David...<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/a-vo2gogo-pro-is-killing-it-with-kindle-and-acx/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Inexpensive voice therapy</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/inexpensive-voice-therapy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vo2gogo.com/inexpensive-voice-therapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 17:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend Kara sent this to me, and I think you might find it useful.

Especially if you find your voice strained, your breathing difficult, coughing, volume issues, etc.

She's got a really great idea....<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/inexpensive-voice-therapy/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Are you willing to travel to a studio near you?</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/are-you-willing-to-travel-to-a-studio-near-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vo2gogo.com/are-you-willing-to-travel-to-a-studio-near-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got a call from one of my VO2GoGo Pros the other day, and he was in a bit of a panic.

Not a huge panic, just a bit of one.

He was wondering why a voice-seeker on Voice123.com wanted all of the people who were auditioning for their project to "go to a studio near them."

I had an answer for him....<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/are-you-willing-to-travel-to-a-studio-near-you/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lock Down Your WordPress Sites &#8211; Step 2 of 2</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/lock-down-your-wordpress-sites-step-2-of-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vo2gogo.com/lock-down-your-wordpress-sites-step-2-of-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vo2gogo.com/?p=1294</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a world-wide war being waged against WordPress sites. And <a href="http://www.vo2gogo.com/?p=1293" title="Step 1 of 2">in the last 60 SECONDS, I gave you one thing</a> you could do right away to help you stay safe: change your WordPress administrator User's username to something other than "admin."

You did that, right?

Great.

And I promised you one more thing that would finish the bad guys off for good. Here it is....<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/lock-down-your-wordpress-sites-step-2-of-2/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lock Down Your WordPress Sites &#8211; Step 1 of 2</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/lock-down-your-wordpress-sites-step-1-of-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vo2gogo.com/lock-down-your-wordpress-sites-step-1-of-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vo2gogo.com/?p=1293</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a world-wide war being waged against WordPress sites.

If you use WordPress for your site, like I do, there's one thing you can do immediately, and one amazing plugin you can add to it that will keep you safe from this attack.

And it's all free. What do I recommend you do first?...<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/lock-down-your-wordpress-sites-step-1-of-2/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling &#8211; Rule 3</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/pixars-22-rules-of-storytelling-rule-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vo2gogo.com/pixars-22-rules-of-storytelling-rule-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vo2gogo.com/?p=1064</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, <a href="https://twitter.com/lawnrocket" title="Emma Coats on Twitter" target="_blank">Emma Coats</a>, who used to work at Pixar as a story artist, tweeted Pixar's 22 Rules of Storytelling.

I'm sharing with you one per week for 22 weeks, along with how you can apply each rule to your VO artistry.

Today, Rule 3......<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/pixars-22-rules-of-storytelling-rule-3/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Great sound intake</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/great-sound-intake/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vo2gogo.com/great-sound-intake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was over on LinkedIn the other day, and Tiffany posted this question in a VO group I'm in there:

<em>Does anyone have a recommendation for laptop w/ great sound intake? Not looking for a mac just pc......</em>

Puzzled at the phrasing of the question, I tried to help. And this is what I said....<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/great-sound-intake/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>What does &#8220;joint stereo&#8221; mean?</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/what-does-joint-stereo-mean/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vo2gogo.com/what-does-joint-stereo-mean/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh, do tech people love their labels, or what?

Whoever came up with the concept of "joint stereo," I don't think he or she had getting high in mind.

Joint stereo actually means something pretty cool, but hardly necessary these days....<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/what-does-joint-stereo-mean/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>What good is 128k?</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/what-good-is-128k/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vo2gogo.com/what-good-is-128k/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vo2gogo.com/?p=1114</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a recent 60 SECONDS, I described what 128 kbps actually means when describing an MP3 file.

So what is 128k (or 128 kBPS) audio good for? And what are other bitrates good for?...<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/what-good-is-128k/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling &#8211; Rule 2</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/pixars-22-rules-of-storytelling-rule-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vo2gogo.com/pixars-22-rules-of-storytelling-rule-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, <a href="https://twitter.com/lawnrocket" title="Emma Coats on Twitter" target="_blank">Emma Coats</a>, who used to work at Pixar as a story artist, tweeted Pixar's 22 Rules of Storytelling.

I'm sharing with you one per week for 22 weeks, along with how you can apply each rule to your VO artistry.

Today, Rule 2......<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/pixars-22-rules-of-storytelling-rule-2/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>128k, 192k, 256k &#8211; what?</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/128k-192k-256k-what/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vo2gogo.com/128k-192k-256k-what/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Digital audio files are described, as most things digital, with a lot of numbers.

And the numbers you see in the description of an MP3 file can be confusing.

So what does 128k (or 128 kBPS) actually mean?...<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/128k-192k-256k-what/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>4 more secrets of VO</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/4-more-secrets-of-vo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vo2gogo.com/4-more-secrets-of-vo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I used to write for Backstage about VO (no time any more to do that).

You've honored me with a bunch of their Readers' Choice Awards (plenty of time to do more of that). 

So I get a warm feeling when I see an article about VO in Backstage.

And the one I just read, and want to share with you, is a short and sweet one....<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/4-more-secrets-of-vo/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>What social networks should VO people use?</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/what-social-networks-should-vo-people-use/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vo2gogo.com/what-social-networks-should-vo-people-use/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And more importantly, what should they say/tweet/post/pin/link and so on?

That depends on your goal. And you can help shape that by asking one important question....<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/what-social-networks-should-vo-people-use/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Headphone Recommendations</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/headphone-recommendations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vo2gogo.com/headphone-recommendations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My client, Denise Fleener, wrote:

<em>Along the lines of headphones...can you recommend a few choices of headphone for the home studio VO artist?
Thanks, as always, for all the info!
Denise</em>

Absolutely, including one which I've been using for over 2 decades....<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/headphone-recommendations/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling &#8211; Rule 1</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/pixars-22-rules-of-storytelling-rule-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vo2gogo.com/pixars-22-rules-of-storytelling-rule-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You've no doubt heard me prattle on about storytelling, and how important it is to your VO career to develop and hone your storytelling skills.

It's essential.

Recently, <a href="https://twitter.com/lawnrocket" title="Emma Coats on Twitter" target="_blank">Emma Coats</a>, who used to work at Pixar as a story artist, tweeted Pixar's 22 Rules of Storytelling.

I'm going to give you one a week for the next 22 weeks, along with how you can apply the rule to your VO artistry.

Today, Rule 1......<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/pixars-22-rules-of-storytelling-rule-1/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cheap but Awesome, and almost finished</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/cheap-but-awesome-and-almost-finished/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vo2gogo.com/cheap-but-awesome-and-almost-finished/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 17:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hard to believe, but we're wrapping up the recording of all of the VO2GoGo intensives.

We've scheduled the last two dates, 4/9 and 4/10. And what we'll be wrapping up with will be spectacular.

Here are the details....<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/cheap-but-awesome-and-almost-finished/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kristine Oller needs an assistant</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/kristine-oller-needs-an-assistant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vo2gogo.com/kristine-oller-needs-an-assistant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 17:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You all know how much I love Kristine Oller. If you don't, well, I do.

And she's looking for an assistant.

Here's what she wrote me:...<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/kristine-oller-needs-an-assistant/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fun with headphone volume</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/fun-with-headphone-volume/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vo2gogo.com/fun-with-headphone-volume/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I come from a radio background. So I'm comfortable with wearing headphones when I record. And I think you should get comfortable with that option as well.

And once you do, you can use the volume control for your headphones to your advantage.

Here's how....<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/fun-with-headphone-volume/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Soundproofing versus sound deadening</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/soundproofing-versus-sound-deadening/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vo2gogo.com/soundproofing-versus-sound-deadening/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My student Karl Steudel wrote to ask how he could soundproof his noisy apartment, offering me various materials to comment on.

I get this question a lot. And it's important to understand these very major differences between sound-<strong>proofing</strong> and sound-<strong>deadening</strong>....<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/soundproofing-versus-sound-deadening/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Life without a VO agent</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/life-without-a-vo-agent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vo2gogo.com/life-without-a-vo-agent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although we have a VO2GoGo class called Finding a VO Agent, it's really important that you know how to operate without one.

Here's some great advice on how to do that....<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/life-without-a-vo-agent/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tom F. Leary&#8217;s Red Sock Diary</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/tom-f-learys-red-sock-diary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vo2gogo.com/tom-f-learys-red-sock-diary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I sure hope he wasn&#8217;t serious about going to 4 different stores. My client and student, Tom F. Leary, sent me a note (and a great photo) about his new pop filter. He modeled it after my own. I&#8217;m so touched. Here&#8217;s what he said: &#8220;Though I had to go to 4 stores, I secured 2 pairs of RED SOCKS! Can&#8217;t wait to test it out! I&#8217;m energized&#8230;&#8221; And he set it up beautifully: I push the medium-strength athletic sock in the VO2GoGo training classes for a couple of reasons: they&#8217;re inexpensive compared to the foam and stretch-stocking-ring pop filters, and&#8230;they work. The same weave that wicks sweat away from your feet is also acoustically clear. And now, he&#8217;s got 3 spares to use when the first one wears out....<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/tom-f-learys-red-sock-diary/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Seven great VO success questions</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/seven-great-vo-success-questions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vo2gogo.com/seven-great-vo-success-questions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm a member of a number of LinkedIn VO groups, and in one of them, someone asked how they could tell if they would be successful at VO.

And before I could answer with my ideas, a guy named Dave Wallace pointed the poster to seven great questions to ask before jumping into VO as a career.

Here they are....<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/seven-great-vo-success-questions/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Every episode of Star Trek absolutely free</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/every-episode-of-star-trek-absolutely-free/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vo2gogo.com/every-episode-of-star-trek-absolutely-free/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, I'll admit it. This post has nothing to do with the world of VO. Oh, sure, I could try really hard to hook it up, but really?

And, I'll admit one more thing: I'm a huge Star Trek fan. After working with Zach Quinto on Heroes, I was thrilled that his next project was to be the next Spock.

I wanted to let you know, if you too are a Star Trek fan, that Hulu's got a present...for both of us....<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/every-episode-of-star-trek-absolutely-free/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The 2nd session will be even better</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/the-2nd-session-will-be-even-better/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vo2gogo.com/the-2nd-session-will-be-even-better/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So it looks like the first one was a success. (Truthfully? I knew it would be, because I know Dan, and he's all about quality. Those of you that know me, know that my career was changed for the better by one of Dan's workshops in the mid-90's.)

And the second one's going to be even better. So what am I talking about?...<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/the-2nd-session-will-be-even-better/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kristine Oller gives us more hope</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/kristine-oller-give-us-more-hope/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vo2gogo.com/kristine-oller-give-us-more-hope/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My buddy, Kristine, is amazing. She shared a video that gives VO actors hope, even when things get totally and completely screwed up. I know Henning, and he&#8217;s a consummate pro. I can only imagine how all that felt. Hopefully, you&#8217;ve got more hope now &#8211; even when things go really wrong. And Kristine&#8217;s got a lot more videos for actors where this one came from. Just go to her site: http://www.theactorslibrary.com/...<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/kristine-oller-give-us-more-hope/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>An audiobook intensive do-over</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/an-audiobook-intensive-do-over/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vo2gogo.com/an-audiobook-intensive-do-over/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I started recording all 37 of my VO2GoGo live classes last November, everything was great. Except for one important issue with the audiobook intensive. And next Wednesday, I get a chance to correct that. What was it? The night we recorded the class on Fiction Audiobooks, and the two-part Mastering ACX classes, the video output from my computer was wonky. The nice people at Now Casting/AIA, where I do my tapings, had to scramble and gerry-rig up a television and camera to shoot the screen to see any of my slides. It looked, well, goofy. So, we&#8217;re doing it over. And that means you get another chance at one of the most requested classes I teach. And it&#8217;s a Cheap-but-Awesome class, so it&#8217;s only $20. And&#8230; &#8230;we&#8217;re doing another intensive the following night, Thursday. On animation, trailers and promos and managing clients and project. Also 20 bucks. Awesome. Here are the links &#8211; reserve your seat now! • Click here to find out about the audiobook intensive at http://www.vo2gogo.com/events/cheap-but-awesome-video-class-taping-3-27-2013/ • Click here to find out about the animation/promo/trailer/project management intensive at http://www.vo2gogo.com/events/cheap-but-awesome-video-class-taping-3-28-2013/...<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/an-audiobook-intensive-do-over/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Shall we get started in VO via a webinar?</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/shall-we-get-started-in-vo-via-a-webinar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vo2gogo.com/shall-we-get-started-in-vo-via-a-webinar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been thinking about giving my Getting Started in VO class as a live webinar. That way, people from all over the world can see it and benefit from it. And because my schedule isn&#8217;t busy enough, I&#8217;ve pulled the trigger on actually doing it. So, I&#8217;ll be there, waiting for you, live on the Interwebs. When is it? I&#8217;m glad you asked. It&#8217;s next Thursday, March 28th. And it&#8217;s at 11am Pacific, so hopefully, those of you in the EU and in Australia can be involved. I&#8217;m going to cover everything you need to create and sustain a great VO career. And we&#8217;ll leave time for questions as well. And it&#8217;s absolutely free. Want to join me? Just click the button:...<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/shall-we-get-started-in-vo-via-a-webinar/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Normalize to 0.0, not minus 3.0</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/normalize-to-0-0-not-minus-3-0/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vo2gogo.com/normalize-to-0-0-not-minus-3-0/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day, I showed you how I helped my client Lee fix a noise problem in his recordings. The screen shots of his normalization dialog in Audacity caused a couple of people to point out that his normalization level was too high. I couldn&#8217;t disagree more. An example of the emails I got &#8211; this one from Charles: Hey David! Always love reading your stuff. I’ll make this quick. I noticed his “normalization” level is 0.0. Shouldn’t it be set to -3 as that’s what sites such as Voice123 require for submissions? Have a good one! Charles I get this a lot. And I&#8217;d like to take a moment to make sure that this misconception is cleared up. Voice123 doesn&#8217;t require that, they suggest that. And, I believe that they are completely and irretrievably incorrect in doing so. Normalizing a piece of audio to -3.0 dB reduces the maximum volume to only 72% of full volume. Now, I&#8217;m all for headroom and avoiding the possibility of distorting sound, but that goes too far. I want my clients to sound powerful and professional, full and rich. And at that level (-3.0), what you sound like is weak and amateurish and [...]...<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/normalize-to-0-0-not-minus-3-0/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fixing noise in soft recordings</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/fixing-noise-in-soft-recordings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my remote ProPlus clients, Lee (who is, by the way, absolutely killing it in Norfolk, taking to VO like a duck to water &#8211; every month, he&#8217;s taking the video VO classes, sending in the work to me for review, we chat and he&#8217;s chugging right along) had a problem. He sent me this month&#8217;s homework, and while I was listening, I noticed a lot of unwanted room noise in his recordings. At first, I thought he might have the wrong mic selected in Audacity&#8217;s input device settings. It&#8217;s pretty common for that to be the case. But he wrote back saying that everything was correct, and that things sounded good before he normalized his work, so&#8230; And that was the clue for me. I asked him to record a clip, and normalize it, saving both versions as MP3s for me to listen to. He did me one better: he took a screen shot of his normalization dialog: (Click on it to see the full size screenshot.) He had his normalization set to 0.0. I like that &#8211; but look at how small the waveforms are in the recording! And you can see why: in the screen shot, [...]...<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/fixing-noise-in-soft-recordings/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Music2Hues is having a sale</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/music2hues-is-having-a-sale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 17:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When people ask me where to go for high quality, low cost, fully licensed production music, I always send them to the site where I buy my music: Music2Hues.com. I&#8217;ve been a happy customer for years. Well, they just sent out a special offer. I don&#8217;t make a commission or anything for passing this along. I just thought you might be able to use this. The deadline is Friday. Here&#8217;s what they sent me: Dear Music 2 Hues Client, Back by popular demand ! Our &#8220;8 Tracks for 8 Dollars&#8221; promotions. Originally released as part of our summer promo last year, many of you that missed out on the offer requested we bring these back again. So they&#8217;re back for 8 days only. This promotion ends March 22nd. Volume One of our 8-for-8 collection contain tracks that range from world percussion grooves, to soft solo piano beds. These tracks are not part of any of our Flagship Series CD titles or download categories. They are only offered through this promo as online instant downloads in either Mp3 or WAV file format. Volume Two of our 8-for-8 collection contains special remixes from our &#8220;Feel Good Acoustic&#8221; category, and will certainly be [...]...<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/music2hues-is-having-a-sale/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>What do you really know about Voicebank?</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/what-do-you-really-know-about-voicebank/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like Breakdown Services for on-camera auditions, all the good VO stuff is at Voicebank. But is that the extent of what you know? Along with the hope that someday, you&#8217;ll be repped by an agent and get listed there? (Those are the two things most people know, but some VO artists don&#8217;t even know that.) There is a lot to Voicebank that you can take advantage of, whether you&#8217;re with a VO talent agency or not. And I sat down with Ashley, the product manager for Voicebank&#8217;s Voiceregistry a few weeks ago, and hammered out the syllabus for two new classes in the VO2GoGo series: Mastering Voicebank, and Mastering Voiceregistry. In the Voicebank class, I show you some really ingenious ways to use Voicebank to make your demos better, to research potential agencies and to model your VO practice after the professional talent we all admire. And I&#8217;m going to give you a first crack at getting into each of those classes, both on the same night, this Monday at 7p. It&#8217;s part of a jam packed night of microphones, bridges and Death Stars. (You&#8217;ll have to be there to get all that.) And it&#8217;s just $20 (free for you [...]...<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/what-do-you-really-know-about-voicebank/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The raw power of storytelling</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know how I harp in class about being a story teller. Always. Here&#8217;s why. Really short, but really powerful. I love being a story teller. And I love that you, my friend, are a story teller, too. Let me know your thoughts. Comment below, or pop me an email....<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/the-raw-power-of-storytelling/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Are you suffering from audition fatigue?</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/are-you-suffering-from-audition-fatigue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I asked that of members of my SXSW audience. A lot of them didn&#8217;t know what it was right away, but it&#8217;s such a descriptive phrase that a lot of hands shot up. It&#8217;s true. In the world of VO, given the huge numbers of avenues by which we can get auditions (agent submissions, web sites like Voice123, ACX, Voices and more, existing clients, our own entrepreneurial bent and more), we could be facing 10-20 auditions a day. (A lot of the new faces at SX were a little shocked at that.) And I sure don&#8217;t want that large number of opportunities to be anything but exciting. Sometimes, it can look like a mountain of work. Here&#8217;s the secret I promised I&#8217;d share with you to make that pile of scripts feel invigorating instead of fatiguing: simply work faster, by making bolder choices. Let me explain: if you voice a take, and you&#8217;re not happy with the energy you display, don&#8217;t just ramp it up a little. Make a bold choice, speak to a larger space, and really turn up the heat. Don&#8217;t take it up a step or so, only to have to do the same ramping up again [...]...<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/are-you-suffering-from-audition-fatigue/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>VO training at SXSW with me &#8211; Monday</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/vo-training-at-sxsw-with-me-monday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I write this, I&#8217;ve just gotten back from seeing my friend Jenn Selke lead another great session here at SXSW on managing millennials, and being inspired by Jeffrey Tambor&#8217;s acting session. He rocks. And in just 24 hours, I hit the stage in the Big Bend room at the Hyatt Austin, leading my very first SXSW session. I&#8217;ve created a special blend of my VO2GoGo classes, Mastering Cold Reading, Mastering the Art of Self Direction, Voicing Animation VO and Mutual Muscles. I&#8217;ve called it Naked Auditioning: The Art of Self Direction &#8211; but don&#8217;t worry. No one will actually get naked. (If you&#8217;re here in Austin for SXSW, please join me as a member of the audience. It will be worth the trip across the river from the convention center.) The one thing I plan on leaving the audience with is that making bold choices, and making them quickly, letting the script do the heavy lifting, will lead to better auditions and more bookings. I was talking to a potential client today about VO, and the question of how to make adjustments came up (and I&#8217;m going to address those in the next edition of 60 SECONDS) &#8211; should [...]...<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/vo-training-at-sxsw-with-me-monday/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>How much do you know about microphones?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 09:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re a voice talent, the answer should be &#8220;a lot.&#8221; If that&#8217;s not your answer, I can completely understand. Microphones, even though they are our main physical tool, are sometimes the least understood part of the VO excellence chain, and certainly confusing when purchase time comes. I&#8217;ve decided to do something about that. I have heard so many of my students and clients ask simple questions about microphones that I decided to create an entire class on the subject. It&#8217;s called Mastering Microphone Technique, and it not only will show you how to speak into a microphone to get various types of reads, but it will give you the basics on how microphones work, what mics to purchase, and how to take care of them. I&#8217;ll also tell you which mics to avoid and common mistakes when &#8220;playing&#8221; a mic. I&#8217;ll even tell you what &#8220;playing a mic&#8221; means. And if you act fast, you&#8217;ll be able to get that information before anyone else: I&#8217;ve got yet another Cheap-but-Awesome video taping coming up on Monday, March 18th, 2013 &#8211; and you can be in the audience for it. And if you&#8217;re a VO2GoGo Pro, you get in free! (It&#8217;s [...]...<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/how-much-do-you-know-about-microphones/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New reading opportunity from Voiceregistry</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This notice just came in from Ashley over at Voiceregistry:

"...If your not a Platinum member yet, hurry up! Monday's Guest Director is an awesome agent, who always loves to hear new voices!...<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/new-reading-opportunity-from-voiceregistry/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Naked auditioning at SXSW</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vo2gogo.com/?p=995</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What? Naked what? Yep. Naked auditioning. Looks like this&#8230; You&#8217;re up late, very little clothing if any at all, and you have to do some VO auditions. So you do. And we&#8217;ll show you how, this Monday at 5p at SXSW. Details to follow....<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/naked-auditioning-at-sxsw/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Two new vClasses are now up</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can now get the 12th and 13th video in the VO2GoGo series, Voicing News and Info VO and Voicing IVR and Phone Prompts, on the main video vClass page: http://vo2gogo.com/vclass Voicing News and Info products shows you everything you need to know to be a stringer at a local station, provide the voice for a bank&#8217;s newsletter, and more. And Voicing IVR and Phone Prompts is full of money making ideas, like&#8230; - why IVR is the richest category in VO - how 10 billion phones translates into a huge market - what to charge for phone prompt work And much more. Click on this link to get the entire list of videos....<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/two-new-vclasses-are-now-up/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Should I voice childrens and non-fiction audiobooks?</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/should-i-voice-childrens-and-non-fiction-audiobooks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:36:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[sfx: tympani, up and under] Yes. Yes, you should. Fiction isn&#8217;t the only broad category of books that you can audition for and narrate on ACX (and for the offline audiobook production houses). At last count, a full 22% of the books available on ACX for production were non-fiction, and another 12% were children&#8217;s books. These are often shorter books, with less time spent producing and an often larger fan base for the authors and rights holders &#8211; meaning more money for royalty split and stipend books. Plus &#8211; it&#8217;s fun. Who wouldn&#8217;t like to read a book to a kid? Or to an entrepreneur? So don&#8217;t pass those categories by when you go looking for auditions on ACX.com....<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/should-i-voice-childrens-and-non-fiction-audiobooks/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>How do you pronounce Antheil and leonine?</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/how-do-you-pronounce-antheil-and-leonine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This page lets you to hear how to pronounce George Antheil&#8217;s last name, as well as how to pronounce the word &#8220;leonine,&#8221; both of which appear in the excerpt from Tender Is The Night, the audition copy for ACX&#8217;s SAG-AFTRA contest. David H. Lawrence XVII pronounouces Antheil and leonine This was mentioned in today&#8217;s VO2GoGo newsletter, which you can sign up for over to the right....<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/how-do-you-pronounce-antheil-and-leonine/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Getting new VO2GoGo articles via Feed My Inbox?</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/getting-new-vo2gogo-articles-via-feed-my-inbox/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2013 09:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We just found out that Feed My Inbox, the service that you signed up with when you asked us to send you any new VO2GoGo articles, is shutting down. We&#8217;re switching over to Blogtrottr, but you&#8217;ll need to resubscribe. So, use this form to do so. The changeover will occur on January 10, 2013. Please sign up now to assure continuous service. Type in your email address:...<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/getting-new-vo2gogo-articles-via-feed-my-inbox/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>SOVO Daily: ACX raises stipend limit to 15 books. 15!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2013 01:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SOVO Daily: 2013-01-04 Want to get these Secrets of VO the moment they are revealed? Sign up for the SOVO Daily Newsletter here. It&#8217;s free! Hot off the presses: ACX has finally raised the limit on the number of stipend books you can narrate. What&#8217;s a stipend book, you ask? Oh, so glad you asked. And I&#8217;ve got free help for my Pros, and you, if you want it. So, what do you have to do to book more stipend jobs on ACX? Not very much &#8211; just be really good at auditioning, great at producing the book, and excellent at cashing the check they send you. (This is a no-brainer, and I&#8217;m jumping into action to help my Pros (and you) take advantage of this &#8211; there&#8217;s a free bonus for Pros further on in this Daily. Keep reading.) So, here&#8217;s the note that ACX sent out today: Greetings David H. Lawrence XVII, To help bring in the new year we have a new Stipend Offer, one that gives you a clean slate regardless of how many stipends you may have claimed in the past. From now until the end of March, if you accept a Royalty Share offer [...]...<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/sovo-daily-acx-raises-stipend-limit-to-15-books-15/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Do showers make you brilliant?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2012 18:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a while now, I&#8217;ve been trying to figure out exactly how to bring the quality and accessibility of the Secrets of VO video classes up to the same level as the live classes I teach. I finally figured it out. As usual for me, it just took getting clean. I wonder&#8230;do you get your best ideas, your breakthrough moments, in the shower too? I don&#8217;t know what it is about a nice hot shower, but I&#8217;ve found that throughout my life, I&#8217;ve gotten some amazing breakthroughs in thinking by simply getting clean. Experts will tell you that isolation from distractions, no expectation of results or deliverables, and a whole host of other reasons contribute to the extra special space that a shower becomes for our thinking and reasoning. So, the next time you&#8217;re stumped, jump in the shower and see if that doesn&#8217;t jump start your brain. I take notes right on my shower&#8217;s glass door. I went online and found the old-school china markers that I used to use when I was a hotshot reel-to-reel audio editor and used them to mark the tape before slicing with a razor. Thank god someone invented digital audio editors. (And I&#8217;ve [...]...<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/do-showers-make-you-brilliant/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>SOVO Daily: How to make CCITT mu-law files for older IVR systems using Audacity</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/sovo-daily-how-to-make-ccitt-mu-law-files-for-older-ivr-systems-using-audacity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SOVO Daily: 2012-05-15 Want to get these Secrets of VO the moment they are revealed? Sign up for the SOVO Daily Newsletter here. It&#8217;s free! I came THIS close to spending nearly $400 this weekend that I didn&#8217;t need to. I was saved by experimentation. And I&#8217;m going to save you too &#8211; especially if you do IVR work for older phone tree systems. Here&#8217;s how. (And do refer back to this little snippet of a screenshot when I reveal this Secret.) So, what&#8217;s the secret of using Audacity to create phone prompt WAV files for ancient IVR systems? I do a lot of IVR work &#8211; and it&#8217;s one of my most popular classes. I&#8217;m the on-hold voice, the voice you get mad at while you&#8217;re waiting for the opportunity to get mad at a real live person, for many of the Fortune 5000, including AOL. AOL has systems that go back decades (I&#8217;ve been their voice since 1988), and although I can send them WAV or MP3 files for the modern systems they use, those older legacy systems are really picky about what kind of files they can play to callers. In fact, they are so old and [...]...<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/sovo-daily-how-to-make-ccitt-mu-law-files-for-older-ivr-systems-using-audacity/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>SOVO Daily: When and when not to record under a different name</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/sovo-daily-when-and-when-not-to-record-under-a-different-name/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 01:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lovely British VO talent has been asked to voice a book with some very explicit scenes and language. She just called to ask if she should use a different name as talent.
My answer? Yes. But, in this case, no. Here's why....<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/sovo-daily-when-and-when-not-to-record-under-a-different-name/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>AT-2020 USB Pouch Lead Warning Letter</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/at-2020-usb-pouch-lead-warning-letter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2012 10:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the letter Audio-Technica sent to registered users of the AT-2020 USB microphone that I heartily recommend&#8230;warning that &#8220;certain microphone storage bags for the AT2020 USB microphone may contain a lead level in excess of the permissible limits under California Proposition 65&#8243; and gives instructions on how to get a replacement. Pay attention to the dates shown for the pouch replacement in the letter, as you may be reading this post long after the replacement program has ended. (Click on the letter itself to see the full-sized PDF version.) If this letter has been sent only to California residents (I&#8217;m not sure as I just received it, I live in California, and I haven&#8217;t heard from owners in other states &#8211; comment below if you got one outside the state), the replacements may not be available to non-California owners &#8211; but I doubt Audio-Technica would refuse to replace your pouch if you asked....<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/at-2020-usb-pouch-lead-warning-letter/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Audition Studios</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/audition-studios/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are a number of studios that offer what are called &#8220;talent rates&#8221; for stopping by, doing an audition and sending it off. These rates are for VO talent that either have yet to install home/portable equipment, or are at the wrong end of town, or can&#8217;t get to your agency when a last minute audition comes in. Aside from recommending using Rehearsal or iAudition on an iPhone or iPad, use the following studios if you need a place to record an audition for a reasonable price. And please email me if you know of any others I&#8217;ve missed, or if you have corrections to the list. Los Angeles The Voicecaster (VO &#8216;n&#8217; Go) 1832 Burbank Blvd. Burbank, CA 91506 818-841-5300 $10/10 minutes Voice Trax West Andrew Feliciano 12215 Ventura Blvd #205 Studio City, CA 91604 818-487-9001 $10/10 minutes Sessions Songwriting and Music Lauren Bruns 1739 Berkeley St. Ste. 101 Santa Monica, CA 90404 310-828-8909 $10/10 minutes...<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/audition-studios/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>What is LAME?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 09:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LAME, the MP3-exporting plugin for Audacity, enables software that doesn&#8217;t have built-in MP3 export capability (like Audacity) to spit out MP3 files. What does the acronym LAME stand for? It actually stands for LAME Ain&#8217;t an MP3 Encoder &#8211; and for good reason. It isn&#8217;t. You need to make MP3s, and Audacity (and LAME) are free and open source. The company that created the MP3 format charges money for each of their MP3 encoders that get distributed. That collides with the concepts and requirements of open source software. LAME is an open source, reverse engineered version of the actual, official Fraunhofer-Thomson MP3 encoder that the company licenses for money. A group of software geeks got together, and working backwards from a finished MP3, figured out the process (or their version of the process) that T-F created to encode MP3s. Reverse engineering of a technical process is recognized around the world as not being a violation of patents or copyrights. It&#8217;s as if a company figured out how to exactly duplicate the taste of Coca Cola, not by stealing the formula from Coke, but by working in a kitchen for days and months, trying different recipes until it discovered exactly the [...]...<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/what-is-lame/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Slating</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/slating/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 09:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When recording an audition, the very first thing you want to lay down is a clear, precise and brief slate. Your slate is there to not only let the casting person know who&#8217;s speaking, but also to set the stage for your audition. A couple of rules about slating (that can be altered to taste, but try to follow them when starting out). If you&#8217;re the only role in the production, a simple statement of your name is just fine. Example: &#8220;Hi, this is David H. Lawrence XVII.&#8221; If you&#8217;re auditioning for more than one role, add the role to your slate. Example: &#8220;Hi, this is David H. Lawrence XVII as your announcer,&#8221; or &#8220;Hi, this is David H. Lawrence XVII as the customer.&#8221; If you&#8217;re auditioning for a production in which there are more than one roles that are being cast with your gender, then also add the role to your slate. For instance, if you&#8217;re a woman, and there are three roles for women and two for men, make sure to say which role your audition is for. (And, of course, never include more than one audition in an MP3 file &#8211; they may not know there&#8217;s more [...]...<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/slating/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Normalization</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 07:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Electronically, you can "turn up the volume" by using a process called normalization to tweak the audition's overall loudness before exporting to your MP3 file for submission. Normalization is a process available in any sound editing and recording software, including ProTools and Audacity....<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/normalization/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>6 Steps to a Perfect VO Demo</title>
		<link>http://www.vo2gogo.com/6-steps-to-a-perfect-vo-demo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 03:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David H. Lawrence XVII</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Making a demo with VO2GoGo is a breeze. It&#8217;s fun, it&#8217;s fast and it&#8217;s inexpensive. And you can start working right away. Our goal with VO2GoGo is to demystify and simplify the process of making a commercial voice demo, and to make the whole experience a satisfying investment of your time and money. We love watching clients walk away from sessions happy and excited, knowing that they can start getting auditions and work within a few minutes of putting their demos together. Here&#8217;s what to expect from the VO2GoGo process. Step 1: Ya gotta want it Ask yourself (and you may have already enthusiastically asked and answered these questions &#8211; if so, great): Do you really want to do voicework? Are you excited to work in a studio? Do you find advertising fascinating? Do you love performing, even if there&#8217;s no audience in front of you? Answering these questions with resounding &#8220;Yes&#8221;es is a prerequisite. It&#8217;s not about having a great voice (that helps, but it&#8217;s not the most important thing) &#8211; it&#8217;s about being committed to the art and commerce of commercial voice acting. Step 2: Have a conversation with David Start with a brief consultation with David H. [...]...<a href='http://www.vo2gogo.com/6-steps-to-a-perfect-vo-demo/'>Read More</a>]]></description>
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