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A Nice Set of Headphones

by J.S. Gilbert
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Wow, it’s been awhile since I’ve posted anything new to this here blog and my faithful 3 followers are no doubt sorely upset. Add to that the fact that I promised I would speak a little about my experiences at AES, which was almost 2 months ago, and I’m seeming downright lazy. So, to get [...]

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Canon EOS Rebel T2i vs. Canon EOS 7D

by J.S. Gilbert
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DSLR’s are all the rage these days, in particular for videographers looking to get high quality results with a minimal outlay of dollars. There are lots of pluses and minuses and I would recommend anyone looking at making an investment of what is easily several thousand dollars, (no matter how you slice it) borrow, rent [...]

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How to Become a Rich and Famous Voice Actor

by J.S. Gilbert
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While I wear a lot of hats, the one that I most enjoy is being the voice over guy. But it seems as though everyone these days is trying to become a voice actor. Most will never make a nickel, but will leave a sizable donation with one or more of the many, many individuals [...]

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Gadgets and Stuff

by J.S. Gilbert
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The Making of Play: Music Video shot entirely with an iPhone Play: Music Video shot entirely with an iPhone Accousticalsurfaces.com For those of you looking to upgrade project studios or home studios or are looking to build or retrofit studio space, www.acousticsurfaces.com is a treasure trove of information and products for almost any situation. From [...]

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Jake Ludington to the A/V Rescue

by J.S. Gilbert
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I was browsing the Web recently and came across a video in YouTube by a Mr. Jake Ludington, demonstrating how to make portable recording environment. It was simplicity at its best and would be quite helpful to many pod casters, broadcasters and v.o. folks. One big takeaway from this was that he used a serrated [...]

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The Governator Guy

by J.S. Gilbert
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I have a dream job or you might say dream jobs. I could find myself on any particular day writing a couple of radio commercials, performing the voice of a maniacal zombie and then ending it off by working on a viral video.  I also love the fact that so many of my clients and [...]

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Compliments of J.S. Gilbert

by J.S. Gilbert
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It’s a shame that as a society we seem to be moving further and further away from the personable, perhaps “chivalrous” society, where we might compliment one another. Nowadays it’s rare for one to get a compliment from a spouse or significant other, a friend, co-worker. I have personally recorded over 20 all purpose compliments [...]

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Voice-Over For Games: Part 2 – A Playbook For Winning Jobs!

by J.S. Gilbert
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Make sure to see Part 1: The Floppy Years to Today I am frequently approached by talent looking to do voice-over for games. Sometimes it’s talents who have been mostly involved in commercial VO or corporate narration. And other times, it’s by relative newcomers with little VO experience. The gaming industry is huge! It continues [...]

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These Are A Few of My Favorite Things

by J.S. Gilbert
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More and more of my work seems to involve production, audio or video. Yes, I do own some pricy little gadgets, but sitting down and writing a blog about $4,000 microphones or $8,000 video upsamplers didn’t seem to make much sense. So instead, I’m going to talk about some of the very practical and relatively [...]

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