Use Your Voice

Use Your Voice

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Use Your Voice episodes

  • Music for Podcasts and Other Projects

    Anchor has secured $10 million in Series A funding for its growing audio social network, SAG-AFTRA has reached a tentative agreement with video game companies over contracts for voice actors, and Bruno Mars could send your kid to camp. How cool is that?

    • Anchor secures $10M in new Series A Funding
    • SAG-AFTRA Reaches Agreement with Video Game Publishers
    • Bruno Mars to Sponsor More Children to Grammy Camp

    Later, this week's topic for discussion is an introduction to how music works in independent audio projects: what does "royalty-free" mean, what are the different licenses, where can you go to get music for your project, and who's trying to disrupt the market in favor of creators?

    Resources:

    • AudioJungle
    • FreePD.com

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    15 min
  • How to Shrink a .wav

    SAG-AFTRA and The Actors' Fund team up to help hurricane victims, Dolby Atmos is coming to the new Apple TV…at some point, and PRX's Podcast Garage looks set to expand, but I'm not sure if that's a good thing.

    • SAG-AFTRA Foundation, SAG-AFTRA Motion Picture Players Welfare Fund partner with The Actors Fund for Hurricane Relief
    • Dolby Atmos coming to Apple TV 4k
    • PRX aims to replicate Podcast Garage success in other cities
    • September 30th is International Podcast Day

    Today's topic for discussion is a slightly mathy explanation on how to shrink the filesize of your wav's…and in the creator spotlight, I'm showing off one of my recent commercials.

    18 min
  • Anchor.fm Just Isn't for Me

    The IRS extends tax deadlines for those affected by hurricanes, Spotify's already hired someone to replace Tom Calderone, and the Creative Arts Emmys celebrate excellence in voiceover. IBC's highest honour goes to Dolby, object based audio is the next big thing, and is it going to be Battle of the GarageBands between Apple and Microsoft?

    • Extensions for Tax Deadlines for Hurricane Irma
    • Tom Calderone's Already Been Replaced at Spotify
    • Creative Arts Emmys Winners
    • IBC Show Awards International Honour of Excellence to Dolby Laboratories
    • Object-based Audio for Broadcasters
    • Is Microsoft creating a new DAW?
    • Merriam-Webster Time/Traveler

    This week's topic for discussion is all about why Anchor isn't really for me, and our spotlight this week is a technically challenging piece from audiobook narrator James Allison.

    21 min
  • Hurricane Irma from the Inside

    Three weeks into a new podcast and I get derailed by a hurricane…This week is a little different because for the past week, my day-to-day has mainly been living through Hurricane Irma. I promise I'll get back to my normal format next week, but this week I wanted to share with you a little about what it's like to actually live through the most intense hurricane ever recorded. Today is Wednesday, September 13th, 2017, and Hurricane Irma passed over my house just three days ago, on Sunday, September 10th.

    12 min
  • Upwork's 20% Fee is 100% Worth It

    There's relief available for performing artists affected by Hurricane Harvey, Morgan Freeman is honored by the Screen Actors' Guild, and Spotify's Head of Video and Podcasting leaves the business. Podcast tech company Art19 raises $7.5 million dollars, and I'm following up on last week's story about podcastmusic.com.

    • Actors Fund help available specifically to performing arts and entertainment affected by Harvey
    • Morgan Freeman honored with SAG Life Achievement Award 2017
    • Spotify's Head of Video and Podcasting Leaves
    • Art19 Raises $7.5m in Series A funding

    Topic for discussion: Why Upwork's 20% fee is 100% worth it

    Spotlight: F-16 narration sample from Don White

    18 min
  • It's All About the Decibels, Baby!

    I've got the winners and the super-winners from the Academy of Podcasters Awards, presented at last week's Podcast Movement conference. The BBC World Service is getting twelve bigger, and audiobooks for dogs is somehow a thing now. This week's topic for discussion is all about that mysterious unit: the DECIBEL, and our spotlight is a fantasy book excerpt from narrator Scott Bennett.

    • The Academy of Podcasters Hall of Fame 2017
    • The Academy of Podcasters Awards 2017 category winners
    • PodcastMusic.com launch
    • BBC World Service expands to 12 new languages by end of 2018
    • Audiobooks for Dogs is a thing now, apparently

    Topic for Discussion: It's all about the decibels, baby!

    Spotlight: The Dragon's Curse: The Sorcerer's Saga, Book 4

    17 min
  • How to Use Your Voice

    In this inaugural episode of Use Your Voice, I'm introducing you to what you can expect from this show, and telling you how you can get involved!

    8 min

About Use Your Voice

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A resource for independent voice artists and audio producers. I look at news and topics that come up in my day-to-day, and I share them with you. In return, I hope you'll share some of what you're…