VO-BB - 19 YEARS OLD!

Hart · Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 9:02 pm Post subject:

NEW PIC!!!! Wow! Nice D.
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Drew · Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 9:33 pm Post subject:

Philip Banks · Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 2:12 am Post subject:

Just read through all the posts and detect no bitterness or smart ass attitude.

When we try to be open and honest with each other, lighten the mood or encourage a different perspective there appears to be an over reaction. I would never make deeply personal, hurtful or offensive comments, attack the behaviour or professionalism of others and I would hope that all posts are intended to take people forward.

While there are individuals on here who are determined to grab hold of the wrong end of the stick, who KNOW that every negative post is about them, who are never wrong, who must win some undeclared war and will see the negative in everything none of us will grow. That's a real shame as I for one have so much to learn from many of you.

Back to the thread. Do you ever feel like giving up? Yes. What do I do? Give up. What happened? My income as a voice over (It is my only job) more than doubled. No ego involved in the above answers, just fact. I really hope that this time next year many of you will be posting comments about how you did something and won, I further hope that it will be posted without fear of being pounced on by someone who is unable to see beyond their own back yard.

As a parting salutation, my sincere wish is that today you are able to change just one thing in your life for the better and that in 2006 dreams come true.

VO-Guy · Guest

Yeah, I've had the "what the hell have I done" thought's before. Especially when I first left my radio gig running 4 radio stations. The first year was mainly when I had those thought's as financially things were looking pretty slim. But if your persistant and keep at it, make the contacts and get your name out there it WILL happen. Now flash ahead 4 years later and things couldn't be better. I have two great kids since then and financially I'm doing 4 times more than I ever did in Radio after 21 years in it. DON'T GIVE UP! Take the down time to market yourself and practice. It really pays off and if you believe in yourself, other's will too. Just my two cents.

Later,

Russ

Deirdre · Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 4:47 am Post subject:

Thanks for the compliment, Hart.

You know-- I like Banksey's modus operandi here:

Christopher French · Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 5:49 pm Post subject:

I feel the love! I knew I came back here for a reason! Smile

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Hart · Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 7:04 pm Post subject:

Well, maybe I was wrong about the bitterness perhaps. It's easy to read emotion into a chat board.

Now, about them blueberries...
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Deirdre · Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 7:16 pm Post subject:

In cyberspace, it's hard to hear facetiousness.
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Bailey · Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 9:02 pm Post subject:

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donrandall · Guest

I am always watching for little bits of information that may prove to be useful, I am always looking for something that fits my personality and aptitude - and BAM!! - there it is! GIVE UP!!

Finally, somebody comes up with some advice that actually relates to something I can do! Well, not now.....but.....maybe later. Right now, I gotta go layabout and maybe even get some sleep. I'll give up later on, when I have more time.

Deirdre · Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 4:34 am Post subject:

The idea of audio posts hosted here is out of the question. Based on the clamor/result of the chatroom, I don't think I'll be knocking myself out to add any more bells and whistles for quite a while.
If you want to record your response and post a link to it along with or instead of your written replies, go nuts.

I will gladly receive ideas for threads/posts that you feel are worthy of inclusion of a "best of" category. Publishing on paper or doing anything to sell our scribblings here is a noble notion, but quite unreasonable in terms of time expenditure.
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Jeff McNeal · Guest

Deirdre, I totally support your opposition to such an idea. God, it would be awful. Everyone trying to professionally narrate their thoughts. Plus, the bandwidth would be a killer.

Regarding the live chat, you may want to try posting a schedule of some sort, so anyone interested in typing their thoughts in real time might stand a better chance of actually running into some other like minded soul.

Like maybe something simple, like "the top of the hour, on the hour", or something like that. I've instituted live chat rooms on various boards I have run over the year with similar disappointing results. It's one of those things that sound good on paper, but then in practice, it's a dud. I shut mine down when eventually, the only people using it were perverts from Denmark that would have strange liasons at 2 in the morning. Got to be strange and creepy. Anyway, good luck.

Deirdre · Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 2:02 pm Post subject: