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Vacation & Voice Over In Thailand

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When you work hard, you should play hard. But this playground was 22 hours awayfrom my doorstep. Thailand! A place I loved so much I had to visit twice in 7 months.

Thailand is an alluring place. I met an ex US soldier in Tokyo who said to me that he had been all over the world but Thailand was his favorite place. So much so that he had moved there. And I see why.

My tour guide to this constitutional monarchy was Jackie, a beautiful 32 year old woman who I met hanging out with some friends. Jackie was from Chang Mai, and is the daughter of a Thai mother who passed and an African American US Army father who she had never known. We had great conversations where she shared what Thai life was like. She also surprisingly knew a lot about US culture with great accuracy. She agreed she would pick me up from my hotel room and take me around Pattaya to find voice over work.

I did a lot of research about voice over in Thailand before I started knocking on doors. Many of the doors were closed and one was even slammed in my face but I found a be gentleman who ran a
local tv and radio station who spoke to me. I talked to him for quite a while and kept in touch but found that the rates for doing voiceover, at least in Pattaya Beach were quite low.

On my next trip I some more networking but this time in Bangkok. But Bangkok is also a big city with lots of tourist attractions that I took full as anywhere of. From the Kings Palace to the river ride to the market, I really took it in.

From there it was of to Phukett in the south of Thailand. Phukett is a beautiful pace far from the hustle and bustle of the capital, Bangkok. It’s relaxing and the water and landscape are breathtaking. Phukett is famous for being one of the places in Thailand where the the tsunami hit and over 10,000 died or went missing. Now there is a clearer evacuation plan and early warning systems in place to help residents and tourist survive possible devastation.

From Phukett back to Pattya beach where I ran into that ex US soldier by coincidence.

We hung out for a few days and he really explained more in detail why he loved this place. It was also in Pattya when I started checking my email and realized that i had missed a few voiceovers and auditions. But I was prepared.

In anticipation of doing actual voice over in Thailand I brought my Harlan Hogan potabooth to see if the old thing still had it. It still had it. And i still had to squeeze work in to playtime. I guess as a working voice actor there is no such thing as a real vacation. But Thailand is one hell of a workplace.

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My Voiceover Studio- A GoPro Experience

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One of the most popular video subjects on YouTube amongst Voiceover Talents and recording enthusiast is the subject of what’s in your studio. This topic, no matter how many times its posted and how many ways it’s recorded, always seems to get thousands of views per video.


But this video is done with a twist. I show off and explain my studio using my Gopro Hero Black 3 Edition with a first person view. With my camera strapped to my head, I show you the main elements that keep my studio operating.
Why do people show off their home studios? Some of it is bragging of course. But some of it adds real value to people who are looking to build their own home studio. Many talents are also audio engineers and have expertise in acoustics and pro audio gear and can help other voice talents create the best and most professional sound. Sometimes Voice Talents create these Youtube videos to showcase to clients that they are working with the best gear themselves.
But for me, I just wanted to share. In the spirit of creating great online video content, I wanted to take you on a journey into my world and where I work. Just as a Dr. has a stethoscope, these are the tools that make a great voice actor sound amazing. A pro studio helps you land the job by telling the client that you are serious about your craft. And over the years, I have shown clients how serious I am.
Home recording studios are the center of much controversy too. It gets Voice Talent and audio engineers debating about how much do you really need in a studio to get the best sound. It pits Mac users against P.C. users and friends against one another. (OK, I’m not sure about that last part). But with technology constantly changing, making the home voice over studio smaller and less expensive, it makes you wonder why we even need ALL this stuff… or if we will need it in the next few years.
For now I enjoy my home voiceover studio and all its bulkiness because size does matter in this case. It creates great sound that clients appreciate. For a while, bigger is better for me.
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Doing Voice Overs and The Blue Screen Of Death

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What does a Voiceover Talent do when he has no computer? In this day and age most of us are very reliant on our computers: for keeping in touch with family and friends, for entertainment, and if you are anything like me, doing voice overs.

When my PC displayed the most terrifying message that any PC owner can ever see… the dreaded BSOD (otherwise known as the “Blue Screen of Death”), I was left with downtime to fill until it was repaired.

Whether PC or Mac, occasional computer problems occur in all businesses. But in a small business that relies on its computer to produce its sole product, time is critical. While my good friends at Next Level Computers Ricky and Dave came to my rescue, needless to say, I had some free time on my hands.
I have produced hundreds of commercials and done countless voiceovers with this computer. It stays running most of the day and night and gets little rest and takes a lot of abuse. So regular maintenance is essential; Regular maintenance that I don’t perform. So what does a PC-dependent Production Pro do when his computer goes down?
For a full time voice talent, social networking is important and a good way to fill time, but without a computer, social networking is difficult to do. Instead, I found myself wasting time watching TV, searching for lunch and even grooming. But none of that earns you money.

Luckily Ricky and Dave fixed my computer up nicely! They installed a new hard drive and did some necessary Windows Updates (who does that anyways?)
Some people will find this fodder for the PC/Mac debate but the truth is that I am also a Mac user who has sometimes serious issues with my MacBook Pro. So no, this is not the forum for that debate.

Now you tell me, what goes down when your PC goes down?
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