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Christopher French
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Location: The Mitten, USA
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 Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:29 pm Post subject: I now have a website, I think. . . |
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Hey all,
I have a spot on myspace.com if anyone wants to actually see it, I'm planning on putting some demos there (just some 1 min wave files that I created with the sound recorder and a stick mic) if I can figure out how. There IS a picture of me on there if anyone was curious. Hope you all stop by and visit. See you soon!
Chris
PS. The address is in my signature line.
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Christopher French
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| Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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I've finally figured some things out on my computer. I've been using my little Labtech 504 computer mic to do some VO stuff on the sound recorder on this computer. It's all I've got for now. I DID manage to enter the VOG Contest, although, I still need help getting clips posted for people to take a listen to. I really would appreciate anyone and everyone listening to what I'm doing. I'm all for constructive criticism. Until I get to the point of a real demo, I'm probably going to be doing things this way for a little while. At least until I can get a better sound program and maybe a mixer board. Winning those headphones wouldn't be such a bad thing either. . . 
Chris
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dhouston67
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Joined: 01 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 12:21 pm Post subject: |
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Chris ---
Any presence on the web is better than none; however, you should at least look into using Voice123 or InteractiveVoices to point people to your demos. Your web page should focus only on your voice-over work. MySpace is more of a "friends/dating" site, and even though they allow you to list business categories for networking, it's not really that useful a tool for that purpose.
You can join V123 and IV without paying the fees, at least for now; that will allow you to have a page that prominently shows your demos.
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Bailey
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Location: Lake San Marcos... north of Connie, northwest of the Best.
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| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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| dhouston67 wrote: | Chris ---
Any presence on the web is better than none; however, you should at least look into using Voice123 or InteractiveVoices to point people to your demos. Your web page should focus only on your voice-over work. MySpace is more of a "friends/dating" site, and even though they allow you to list business categories for networking, it's not really that useful a tool for that purpose.
You can join V123 and IV without paying the fees, at least for now; that will allow you to have a page that prominently shows your demos. |
Ditto... you don't sell ice cream in a hardware store. People don't go there to buy ice cream.
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TimDowns
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:07 am Post subject: Websites Continued... |
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Hi All:
I Agree with the Assesment about MySpace, my teenagers use it to post pictures of each other and music they like, I'm not sure it would be taken seriously.
I Am trying to Create my own Site on "1 & 1"
and am having trouble with inserting a Demo. Support says "you can insert an html file but we don't support it"..and there are no instructions, so I may look elsewhere..
I have thought about using V123 or Interactive, but then I wonder is it a good idea to send clients to an area full of competitors?
Thanks,
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Charlie Channel
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Location: East Palo Alto, CA
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:27 am Post subject: Re: Websites Continued... |
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| TimDowns wrote: | | I have thought about using V123 or Interactive, but then I wonder is it a good idea to send clients to an area full of competitors? |
I honestly do not believe there are many competitors. Like, everybody's got a voice. Every being on the planet is your competition. It's not that there isn't other talent out there that might get business. Usually, one person does. Although, after using Opera for a bit and getting the voice recognition software perking was quite enlightening about the possiblities of speech recognition software. The damned browser will read a web page faultlessly in a computerized voice!
The fact is, many clients do not know what they're seeking. But, they know it when they hear it. Figuring out what's in the client's mind is a crap shoot, at best. Since each of us is unique, I think VO is closer to golf than anything else. Tiger and the boys are great, but they're really playing against themselves most of the time. And, if you ask 'em, I bet that's what they'd say.
In any audition, there are probably several who get it "right". But, there's only one who's going to get the job. So, enjoy the competition. You may find you are better than yourself.
That's my $0.02.
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anthonyVO
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:34 am Post subject: |
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I agree with CC.
If you're on the web, then you're already in an "area full of competitors."
Don't look sideways.
Don't look back.
Just look ahead.
Free websites are worth the money you pay them. There are really affordable webhosting companies out there. As technology becomes cheaper and cheaper, there really is no reason not to have your own domain. Then, and only then, can the free websites (like V123, etc.) be useful (i.e., reciprocating links). Also, you shouldn't be afraid of setting up your own domain for fear of web design - there are many good templates out there that you can buy for a one-time fee then plug away and change text, links, etc.
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Doc
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 1:34 pm Post subject: |
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Tim,
I use 1 and 1 and have no problems with uploading my demos. In fact, I'm quite happy with 1 and 1, except maybe for the slow support. It used to be substantially faster.
Can you be more specific? Maybe I can help. |
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