Double Dutch

A bit of winning and a bit of whining

So far it’s been a great week for Nethervoice! I’ve worked on surveys for Microsoft and Novartis, and I translated  for Pearhead, a delightful new company making charming keepsakes for babies and pets. Dutch company ABCinema released the English version of their digital movie course (narrated by yours truly), and I became the European voice for Finnish company Safera.

The icing on the cake was the release of my fourth audio book “Trial of the Mystic”. It’s a medieval mystery novel, set in a dark and devious monastery. It doesn’t get much better than that! Truth be told, not every week is like this… but I’m sure you know what that’s like. If it rains it pours. Some projects were a long time in the making.

Meanwhile, I discovered a wonderful way to use and promote my voice-over skills to a live audience.  It fell into my lap, a few weeks ago, and I highly recommend you give it a try… continue

The second thing I’d like to share with you, is my frustration with the overall quality of voice-talent on some Pay-to-Play sites. I hate beating a dead horse, but some things simply need to be said. And instead of whining about it, I believe I came up with a few unusual solutions to persistent problems. But let me warn you ahead of time. You might not like my ideas. But if we’d all agree, life would be quite boring, wouldn’t it? So, it’s time we talk about the amateurs pretending to be voice-over pros, and in particular about this question… continue

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