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Intro to Voiceover Workshop....coming in September. Sign up now!

cammie — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Greetings from Voiceovers International!

We are happy to announce that we will be offering our Intro to Voiceover Workshop in September:

Voiceover 101

Saturday, September 18th from 8:30 to 5:30 PM.

Voiceove [...]

Voiceover 101 Workshop coming this Fall 2010! RESERVE NOW!

cammie — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100

We are happy to announce that we will be offering our Intro Voiceover Workshop this fall:

Voiceover 101

Saturday, September 18th from 8:30 to 5:30 PM.

Voiceover 101 is designed to give you an indepth overview of the voiceover business, tips and techniques [...]

Important news from Voiceovers International

cammie — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Voiceovers International is moving! Last week we learned that the Sacramento Art Complex (where we are located) is embarking on a major renovation, to start within the next six weeks. Which means lots of noise, dust and a ton of mess. Which doesn't work for an audio-based business like ours.

So we must find a new office space. Which, we've learned, is going to take some time in finding the right place.

In the meantime, we [...]

Voice Demo Packages......Simplified and Affordable

cammie — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Effective October 1, 2009

Now....simplified pricing on all voice demos. Basic demo pricing starts at $300. Additional time is available at $100 per hour.

Basic Voice Demo Package: $300.00

A great value!

Includes:

1 hour behind-the-mic, recording copy of your choice
2 hours finished production time.

3 hours total time commitment.

Want help with selecting scripts? Want mo [...]

Recipe for Voiceover Success

cammie — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100

We get many calls from people who are interested in getting into the voiceover business. It's an intriguing prospect for people who have been told they have a great voice; maybe they've spent a lot of time reading stories to kids or have made announcements on PA systems and loved it.

It seems like an easy way to make money. And besides, it's just reading outloud, right?

No! No! No! The pros make it sound like it's an easy way to make [...]

The Fabulous Florida Keys

cammie — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Is there anything better than a tropical vacation? Not in my opinion and our favorite tropical destination is the small strip of islands south of Miami known as the Florida Keys.

My first visit to this island chain was in 1979 as a 19 year old college student spending a summer as a nanny, taking care of two little girls, for a Long Island, New York family who just happened to have a vacation home in the Keys.

I've been hooked on the Keys since and my husband Jeff, too, sinc [...]

Join our Voiceovers group!

cammie — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

We just formed a new group, Voiceovers International, on Facebook for voiceover professionals, audio producers and ad agencies and marketing groups.

The business of voiceovers is growing and changing rapidly and our hope is that our new group will be a forum to connect, share ideas and build relationships.

We'll also post upcoming events, workshops and mixers that we hold at our midtown Sacramento studios.

Everyone is welcome to join...the more [...]

Facebook Addiction

cammie — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

After months and months of being hounded by well-meaning friends I finally bit the bullet and joined Facebook a few weeks ago.

That explains my temporary absence of new blog entries on my website. Sorry. I did not expect Facebook to be so, well, fun. There was no way I would of ever imagined that I'd spend several hours....every day.....just goofing off on Facebook.

Being a hater of learning new technology (hey, I'm a baby boomer, give me a break!) [...]

Frequently Asked Questions

cammie — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

What do you do at Voiceovers International?

Audio! And for almost any application.

Can you give me an example of your work?

Sure. Jim is an audio producer/engineer and specializes in Messages on Hold for phone systems. He also produces image liners for a Sacramento radio station plus he produces custom sound effects and speciality audio, too.

My area of expertise is voiceovers and I voice commercials for radio, TV, telephone systems, websites, [...]

A Bread Recipe you'll go Bananas for!

cammie — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Hang on to those mushy bananas hanging out in your fruit bowl and whip up a batch of this banana bread.

This particular recipe is unbelievably good. I gave a loaf of it to Mayo on Saturday when she came in to the office to record Verizon phone system prompts.

Mayo texted me later that day and told me her 2-year-old daughter Mia ate it "like there was no tomorrow". Adults seem to react the same way. It's that good.

I've named the bread fo [...]

The Six Truths About Voiceovers:

cammie — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The world of voiceovers is one of curiosity for many. Think about it. We hear voiceovers everywhere from radio commercials to movie trailers to telephone phone prompts but there is little info out there about the actual business.

Which means we get lots of calls from people asking lots of questions.

"What's it like to work in voiceovers?" How do I get started in the business?" "How much money can I make?"

Today I will [...]

Have you seen my Hormones?

cammie — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100

One of my favorite stories is about the time I went to a pizza restaurant and a 50-ish lady in line in front of me was ordering a mushroom and meat pizza. The 16-year-old behind the counter asked her what kind of meat did she want on her pizza? The lady got a puzzled look on her face and said that she couldn't remember what they were called but said that they were round and spicy.

You mean pepperoni?, the suddenly sarcastic teenager quipped.

The lady, now red-faced, said [...]

The Fountain of Youth

cammie — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

As we walked into the tempanyki restaurant I promised my husband Jeff that I would not mention to a soul that it was his birthday. At this particular restaurant the staff likes to come over to your table and sing HAPPY BIRTHDAY (with drums, nonetheless) when they catch wind of these type of celebrations. Which my reserved husband does not enjoy at all.

Food is prepared benihana-style, which means you're seated at large tables with other diners. Strangers. Sometimes they become f [...]

It's My BLOGiversary!

cammie — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Yep, I've been writing this Blog for one year now. I originally started it out of curiosity. I wanted to know: What exactly IS a blog? Why does everyone have one? If everyone else has one....I've got to have one, too!

From what I had been reading on the web, a Blog is a good way of having a platform to voice one's own opinion. A Blog would be my own personal soapbox, so to speak. Who doesn't want that?

Over the last year I've used this soapbox/Blog to talk a [...]

The Importance of Having a Home Recording Studio

cammie — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

It used to be, back in the old days (like 5 years ago), that all voiceover work was done in a professional recording studio. The client, producer, engineer and voice talent would all drive to a local recording studio and produce audio.

Nowadays a very high percentage of voiceover work is produced in home studios. In my case a good 80% of all the voice work I do is done in my home studio. Clients love voiceover talents that have home studios as it as it saves them money and time. [...]

Ready to produce your first voice demo? Here's how to start!

cammie — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Lately we've been getting calls at the office from aspiring voiceover artists asking us:

"Am I ready to get my voice demo produced?"

And though we know many of you very well and have been working with you in workshops and individual coaching for a while now, we cannot tell you when you are ready to take the big step of getting your first professional voice demo produced. Sorry.

What we do know is that you do need to feel ready. The c [...]

Holiday Open House Recap

cammie — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Thank you to everyone who took time out of their busy holiday schedules to stop by our studio last Saturday for our Holiday Open House. We had an impressive turnout of more than 80 people! We even had a couple people drive up from Oakland to join in the festivities. It was a fun group!

Jim and I were happy to take the time to spend a few hours of the holiday season with all the great people we've met and worked with this past year including students, clients and fellow voiceove [...]

My favorite Christmas Present

cammie — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The year was 1991 and I had just started dating a very nice guy about six weeks before Christmas. I knew that this relationship had real potential but neither one of us had articulated that fact OUTLOUD just yet.

I had been married for seven years prior and was a bit gun shy about getting into another relationship. Dating after my divorce wasn't much fun. One man who asked me out had been married six times. Another man admitted that he had a foot fetish and consequently reque [...]

The Seduction of a Sale

cammie — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100

With the holiday shopping season upon us I must admit that I am powerless over a sale. Send me a sales catalog and I'll find all kinds of things to buy that I didn't even know that I had to have....until I saw how low the prices were.

I was raised with practical, midwestern parents. They grew up during the depression and we were regularly reminded of that fact. Because they grew up during lean times we had criteria to follow before we purchased anything. The question we had [...]

A Good Investment

cammie — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100

A year ago last July I went to Honolulu with my college friend Sheri. This was a special trip for us as we were celebrating the 30th anniversary of first meeting as college freshman at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion.

The years have really zoomed by since then and this was an opportunity for us to reminisce about the past and plan for our futures. Of course, any good trip involves shopping.

One day, as a lark, I said that we should go in the Louis Vuitton store. [...]