The VOHeroes Podcast David H. Lawrence XVII

Hey there, hero!

"Scary hours."

Weird name.

Interesting concept.

Effective? Why not try out creating a scary hour for yourself and let me know?

Might scary hours be an effective way of getting stuff done for you? Or do you have enough in your life that's a little bit frightening already? Let me know in the comments below.

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Hey there, hero!

The strike against the TV/Theatrical/Streaming contracts and the members of the AMPTP continues, now months in for both writers and actors.

Writers are really hamstrung in terms of what they can work on, but our strike is slightly different as there are many areas of work, covered by many different contracts...

...many of which are voice over based, rather than on-camera.

(And what can you so with the time you might have spent doing on-camera auditions.)

Let's find out which ones you can get paid to do, and which ones you can't.

UPDATE: SAG-AFTRA has asked for a strike authorization against the producers of interactive projects (most obvious is video games). We will update once we get more information.

Once you watch or listen to the episode, is there an area of union acting work that you're not clear about in terms of accepting work? Are you a non-union actor that is confused about what work you can do? Let me know in the comments below.

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Hey there, hero!

It might have been a book I narrated.

Or it might not. 

I'm not sayin' one way or the other.

But a listener brought up a nonetheless interesting opinion: that there are some print books that should not be made into audiobooks.

Too complicated. Too controversial. Too many pictures. Too outdated. Too boring. Too...whatever.

Do you agree? What kind of content would stop you from accepting a job to narrate a particular book? Let me know in the comments below.

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Hey there, hero!

I apologize in advance for this episode.

Not really, but kinda.

I just got off a very difficult Zoom Q&A session, with hundreds of people in attendance, most of which had had questions and had absolutely no idea how to behave in that situation.

I have thoughts.

And advice.

And I need to vent.

Once you watch the video, let me know...was I too harsh?? Hit me up in the comments below.

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Hey there, hero!

There's a gift waiting for you in this podcast episode.

I'm going to show you what is waiting for you when you make a definitive choice, and help casting see your take on a character.

This ties in with a previous episode on being the casting office's consultant for this role.

When you do make that definitive choice, there's power in that decision. You feel like a professional, and you walk around with your head held a bit higher...

...as opposed to silently wondering if you made the best choice. And, I present to you the concept of SW SW SW SW. Watch or listen to the episode to find out what the heck that is.

How do you feel once you've made your character choices, recorded your audition and submitted it? Let me know in the comments below.

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Hey there, hero!

I have to admit that there are times when I stop what I'm doing, especially when they are repetitive or mundane, and ask myself an important question:

"Does this really matter?"

Because I have a tendency toward wasting time on things that, although I'm really good at them, they don't really move things forward for me.

We can sometimes be expert at something that isn't all that useful, and we can mistake that expertise for overall effectiveness...because we're good at it, dammit! 

How about you? Ever caught yourself being excellent but not effective? Let me know in the comments below.

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