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November 3rd, 2015 / By
Johnny Heller /
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FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL. 7 NO. 7 AUDIOBOOK NARRATION – MYTHS AND MYSTERIES By Johnny Heller So you’re wondering how you can make money, become famous and not work too hard. You hop in your car, hit play on your audiobook and go for a drive. Suddenly, it hits you—Audiobooks! Those people are famous. They probably make lots of money and all they do is read a book! Hell! That’s it! You can read out loud! You should narrate books! WooHoo! What a great car ride. Since I’ve been inundated of late with pleas from people I don’t even know about how to get into this audiobook business …
On
January 5th, 2015 / By
Johnny Heller /
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Carol Monda,
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FAFFCON. VO Atlanta,
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Peter Berkrot,
Robin Miles,
Scott Brick,
Tom Dheere
FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL. 7 NO. 1 by Johnny Heller ON THE YEAR 2014 Many important things happened during the year. Sadly, I can’t remember a single thing without going to the internet and looking stuff up. A whole year and I’m not certain what happened without Google. Is that just me or are we all so used to learning about the world around us in social media sound bites that we’ve lost the facility of recall? I dunno. I do know that I can – and will – look up a few “news highlights of 2014” and then I will go “Oh Yeah! I remember that!” And …
FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL 6. NO . 4 BY JOHNNY HELLER ON BRANDING There has been quite a bit of discussion in the voiceover industry on “branding”. Let’s have a look at this phenomenon and see if we need to have a look at this phenomenon – which we’re going to do either way so let’s get on with it. One of the serious questions asked of Mr. Answerman in my last blog was about this subject. Here is that question: Anonymous: Just as in film and acting I was dismayed about hearing “branding” mentioned at APAC – what’s your strength? What’s your brand as a narrator? I …
On
June 9th, 2014 / By
Johnny Heller /
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Elizabeth Wiley,
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Paul Gagne,
Peter Berkrot,
Robert Fass,
Tavia Gilbert
FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL. 6 NO. 3 By Johnny Heller 6/9/14 AFTER APAC – NOW WHAT? You came to New York City. You saw the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building and paid $15 for eggs and toast. You watched people jostle each other for the privilege of standing in the front of the queue waiting to cross a street. You noted that one Irish bar looks exactly like every other Irish bar right down to the staff. You went to exotic shopping stores and bought things you don’t need that were on sale so they only cost $80 more than they would’ve cost had you bought …
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