The End of an AirBnb Era
The first day we ever tried hosting on Airbnb was Friday the 13th. Three years later, it’s now Friday the 13th again, and our last guest checks out. Spooky, right?!! A new law in Seattle goes into effect on December 15th, 2019 that will require all short term renters to have a short term rental (STR) license. You cannot obtain …
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5 Steps I’ve Uncovered to do Audiobooks
In 16 years now (!) of doing voice over work professionally, I never had the desire to do audiobooks. The jobs I usually take can be completed in anywhere from 10 minutes to about a day. So I just assumed I didn’t have the attention span for a several hundred page novel. But over the years, I’ve voiced short stories …
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I did an interview
This is a loooooong interview but if you have time, it’s conversational in a way that is very real:) The host has kids and I have a 14 month old as well as anther baby coming in 10 days, so we got off the subject of VO a lot and talked about parenting. But we do always keep coming back …
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Announcing My Promo Demo
Last year, it was a goal of mine to learn a new skill in voice over. I’d been trucking along with the skills I have for years and it was time to learn a different genre and add it to the list of types of voice over jobs I do. I took some promo classes and learned how different it …
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Bratz Blast from the Past
This was a while ago but I found a compilation of Bratz commercials from 2013 and my voice does nearly all the tag lines! Good times:)
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Today FM Promos Down Under
I love voicing anything for 2DayFM or any of Southern Cross Austero’s other stations around Australia! Not just because I’ve been doing this gig for years but because the contests prizes are wicked fun and it pumps me up to think of the winner when I’m doing the job. When I went on my honeymoon in Thailand, we met a …
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First Episode of Emara goes up THIS FRIDAY
Meet Emara, a young Emirati girl who harnesses a special power to fight crime across the Emirates. I voiced the English version of Emara, the “female superhero who makes it her mission to fight crime on the streets of the UAE.” We recorded it over the course of 2015 and 2016 and I had such a blast playing a strong …
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Sound Credit Union
Just like with any skill, in voice over, sometimes you have ‘off’ days. Maybe your reading or your timing is just not as good for one reason or another (tired, not warmed up, nervous, sick, etc). But, on the other side of that coin is that some days you are ‘on’ 🙂 Where it’s like you can do no wrong! …
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Someone Made a Cover of Satisfaction w/my Voice
Ha! I always wondered if anyone would play with this feature beyond it’s original purpose. Glad to see someone did! This is hilarious. Enjoy!
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Announcing The Workflow of VO
I am so excited to announce my online streamable class about the business-side of voice over, The Workflow of VO! The consists of 6 lessons and a bonus lesson – over 2.5 hours of video! This class is about the daily ins and outs of a voice over actor and how you can design your workflow into a well-oiled machine …
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