Old Beginnings

Greetings, and welcome. By way of introduction, my name is Jeff, and over the last year or so I've been working on developing a second career, in the field of voiceover/voice acting. This blog is intended to be an outlet for my thoughts on all things related to this venture, and hopefully a source of some amusement, sympathy, and (maybe) reassurance to others with similar inclinations.

How did I get here? I did my first voiceover job 26 years ago, and have had opportunity to do similar things at various times in the intervening years. But I've never made my living entirely from my voice. My primary career has been in software and system development, so it's natural that I'd tinker with digital sound recording and reproduction over the years. However, it's only been in the last year that I've been working toward a standard of audio engineering and production that I'd call professional.

I've also been exploring the whole idea of using the Internet as a means to find voice work--a totally new and foreign concept to me. It seems there are lots of tools available, but their comparative value is still mostly a mystery to me. Much more on this later.

So that's where I am--the coming days and weeks will include much more about what I've encountered so far. I intend to talk about whatever hits me that day regarding audio, VO work, technical stuff, and so forth. Feel free to drop me a line--I have no idea if any of this ramble will be value to anyone, but I guess that's sort of the nature of the blog. Onward.