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  Topic: Gibberish
Mike Paul

Replies: 6
Views: 360

PostForum: Chat   Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2025 12:19 pm   Subject: Gibberish
Session went great! Thanks, guys. The takes they liked the best were the ones where I had a specific thing in mind, which gave me a point of view, and then we just let'er rip. In one A-B-C, they said ...
  Topic: Gibberish
Mike Paul

Replies: 6
Views: 360

PostForum: Chat   Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2025 4:00 pm   Subject: Gibberish
Cool--great stuff, I feel good about my process then. When I do these, I generally just think about what I'm saying in English, and then kinda scat my way through it. You know, come to think of it thi ...
  Topic: Gibberish
Mike Paul

Replies: 6
Views: 360

PostForum: Chat   Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2025 3:45 pm   Subject: Gibberish
Thanks, Bob! Thought you did this kind of thing but wasn't sure. Will give a look.
  Topic: Gibberish
Mike Paul

Replies: 6
Views: 360

PostForum: Chat   Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2025 12:33 pm   Subject: Gibberish
I have a session tomorrow where I am to embody a cat that speaks only gibberish. I know I can come up with stuff at random, but does anybody here have specific experience with gibberish sessions and h ...
  Topic: Accent coach
Mike Paul

Replies: 4
Views: 326

PostForum: Chat   Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2025 9:53 pm   Subject: Accent coach
What a website, holy cow - talk about storytelling--super easy to get to know exactly who she is, what she does. When I need a dialect coach, she'll be on my list!
  Topic: Website traffic from China and Russia
Mike Paul

Replies: 0
Views: 350

PostForum: Chat   Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2025 10:04 am   Subject: Website traffic from China and Russia
For those who monitor your website traffic: have you noticed a significant uptick in traffic from China (and/or Russia)?

I have--China is crawling every page, almost every day.

While services Cl ...
  Topic: Promo tips
Mike Paul

Replies: 6
Views: 666

PostForum: Chat   Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2025 8:54 am   Subject: Promo tips
Thanks, all. Two tips I learned: Trigger words and how you use your hands.

Trigger word might be "it's a party!" for something like a Jimmy Kimmel promo. say the trigger to get yourself i ...
  Topic: 50 Pros
Mike Paul

Replies: 3
Views: 539

PostForum: Chat   Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2025 7:21 pm   Subject: 50 Pros
I will say one good thing they did: every so often (once a quarter I think?) they'd let you send them an email asking for a list leads... something like "explainer video producers in the western ...
  Topic: Promo tips
Mike Paul

Replies: 6
Views: 666

PostForum: Chat   Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2025 7:48 am   Subject: Promo tips
Any tips on promo reads for network TV?

Recently, I landed an ongoing promo gig for a show on Nickelodeon and Paramount+, and wanted to make sure I was delivering good options. Turns out I'm giving ...
  Topic: 50 Pros
Mike Paul

Replies: 3
Views: 539

PostForum: Chat   Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2025 12:49 pm   Subject: 50 Pros
A couple years ago, I signed up for a newly launched startup called 50 Pros. Their idea: 50 vetted professionals across different categories, including voiceover. Year 1 cost about $750 or so. They di ...
  Topic: How many auditions is your agent sending?
Mike Paul

Replies: 10
Views: 3119

PostForum: Chat   Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2025 9:35 am   Subject: Know your market
It's so important to know your markets.

I'm with an agency in Houston, who hasn't been sending many auditions over the last three years, but prior to that they had been sending regularly. I sent th ...
  Topic: How many auditions is your agent sending?
Mike Paul

Replies: 10
Views: 3119

PostForum: Chat   Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2025 7:06 pm   Subject: How many auditions is your agent sending?
The days I get none gives me more time to market and write... No matter how many auditions, I'm never not busy.

Did this today with great effect. Today was a slower audition day, so I spent it stre ...
  Topic: Giving voice to the voiceless
Mike Paul

Replies: 0
Views: 12646

PostForum: Research and Development   Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 9:02 pm   Subject: Giving voice to the voiceless
For a change: a POSITIVE use of AI and voice technologies

https://youtu.be/JeWzFWnRy20?t=2733

Fascinating segment... we live in the future.
  Topic: Raspberry Pi
Mike Paul

Replies: 1
Views: 13412

PostForum: Gear !   Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 8:46 pm   Subject: Raspberry Pi
Interesting question and, while I haven't done it, I wonder how you'd run UA Console 2.0, if you're an Apollo owner.
  Topic: Source-Connect 4
Mike Paul

Replies: 7
Views: 65299

PostForum: Gear !   Posted: Fri May 09, 2025 9:01 am   Subject: Source-Connect 4
I upgraded to the buy-in over the weekend to test it out with a friend and be prepared for any upcoming SC sessions.

Funny, Jack--I had the opposite experience testing with a VO friend - his audio ...
 
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