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jsgilbert
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 Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 2:17 pm Post subject: Guess Where Voice Over landed ina a national salary survey? |
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http://jsgilbert.com/?p=842
Parade magazine came out with their annual salary survey. Among the 50 or so respondents shown, was a voice actress.
Let's see what you think.
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Deirdre
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I like your essay.
I also think it's nice to see an unvarnished telling of the "pro" VO story.
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Brad Venable
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| Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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Great post, JS. Scientific sampling or not, that should be something of a wake-up call for fledgling voiceoverists-to-be.
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Lee Gordon
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| Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 1:31 am Post subject: |
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Thank goodness they selected her and not someone uber-successful like Joe Cipriano. After the saga of Ted Williams left thousands of people thinking all you need is a deep voice and to be discovered, the last thing the world needs is to think all VO people are pulling down gazillions of dollars.
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jsgilbert
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Thanks all and hugs back at ya Connie.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:38 am Post subject: |
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I really liked your quip about the obit writer from Miami.....
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J.S. - You write good!  
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Lee Gordon
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I was scratching my head about the obit writer, as well. In the not so high paying world of newspaper writing/reporting, one of the first things they assign to the most entry-level newsroom employees is crafting obituaries.
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cyclometh
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When I started at a newspaper (true story) I was a typesetter and pasteup artist. Writing obits would have been a step up in pay, but at least I got to work with headphones on most of the day.
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| Quote: | | J.S. - You write good! |
And not a typo to be found.
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That ****whoosing****sound you are hearing is the millions of bubbles
being burst by the evil J.S. !  |
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JS, that was fantastic. I had the same thought about 99 cents per when I read the Parade info but you said it way funner like.
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Moe Egan
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Nicely written JS.
Please continue to bust bubbles. Those who want to continue to work their butts off to make a living doing this thing we call VO will make it happen sans bubbles. The others just get soap in their eyes and continually bump into things....
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Rob Ellis
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Like I have said, J.S. is the Dr. Phil (or maybe Gordon Ramsey?) of
voiceover.
I lived in Texas for 2 years, and am from Kentucky originally. So believe me y'all I appreciate a straight shooter! |
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