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WHATEVER HAPPENED TO GRATITUDE?
Can’t think of any sane reason to get back to doing voice overs… Quick story: In all the years I’ve been in the VO business, I have served thousands of clients. During those 40+ years, hundreds of them have asked
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LIFE AFTER VO: GRATITUDE AND DISAPPOINTMENT
It’s been a month and a half since I officially left the voice over community and stopped working as a full-time voice actor. I was seventeen years old when I first used my voice on Dutch Public Radio. I’m sixty-one
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MY LAST HURRAH
We’ve reached the end of this series, can you believe it? If you’ve been with me on this journey, thank you so much for your time and for your patience. By now you should know that I’m Paul, a guy
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STOP BEING SO NEGATIVE
I think I owe you and apology. Sorry, but I can’t stop talking about why I am going to stop talking… about why I’m leaving the voice over industry. One of the reasons I’m breaking up with voice overs is
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DIRTY ROTTEN APPLES
Let’s talk about generalizations. Throughout these blog posts you have heard me talk about THE voice over industry and THE voice over community. In fact, I’ve been painting with some broad strokes to get my points across, and there’s a
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SITTING DUCKS IN AN ECHO CHAMBER
To summarize my last blog post: in my opinion, the voice over industry has turned to you-know-what, and we as voice overs bear the brunt of the blame. What is happening today is the result of all the things we
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