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I did VO work for years. I'm out of the industry now, but I'm pretty certain that there's no real point in getting back into it because most VO actors will be replaced soon. The voice that they gave ChatGPT with simulated emotional inflections has convinced me of that.
I would probably be a little more protected because I specialized in characters, accents and impersonations, but really, for the most part, if you aren't already famous as an actor, you probably won't be getting much VO work in the near future.
Time to start a Dungeons & Dragons podcast!
Might have worked out for him, but I think people on Lemmy are tired enough hearing from me as it is. I'd hate to inflict myself on the general public like that.
I, for one, enjoy seeing a familiar squid, even if we've disagreed once or twice ❤️
Thanks. Much love back. I was mostly being facetious. I have considered doing a podcast before but I honestly have no idea what I would do a podcast about or what people would want to hear from me. I also don't really want to do it alone, but don't have anyone to do it with.
Maybe one day...
Have you ever listened to the podcast “ologies”? It’s a woman who interviews people who are -ologists (proctologist, ornithologist, geologist, etc., as well as some non-ologist specialties that nonetheless fit the theme)
Maybe something like that would work for you :) then you aren’t stuck with a single topic, you don’t have to do it alone, and you don’t have to find one person to commit to it, it could be several. Just come up with good questions and have a semi-formal chat. It’s a very enjoyable model for learning new things you didn’t know you wanted to know about.
https://www.alieward.com/ologies
Thanks. It sounds fun, but it's not really in my skillset. My skills would involve character voices and accents along with my comedy writing and improv abilities. So it would be some sort of comedy podcast. But honestly, I have been out of creative ideas for a long time.
That’s totally fair; I’m also not really capable of doing something like that consistently (even tho I would absolutely love talking to smart people - my degree is science communication, so talking to smart people to learn about things and pass them along is easily my favorite thing), so I get it.
That kinda makes me wonder if interviewing comedians would be funny.. I’ve never really talked to any in person for the full impact, but some of them have that timing and wit that means any conversation can be funny. I certainly thought morning radio shows where they have guest comedians on sucked big time, but those are meant more for mass appeal, and they probably work for a lot of people or they wouldn’t have them on.
Unfortunately, there are so many shows that do that already, ones already done by well-known comedians. I wouldn't even be able to get their guests.
Nope. In fact I worry if you aren’t posting.
I think a lot about the fact that, on anonymous forums like this, any one of us that others have gotten to know over our time here could die and we'd never know. They'd just stop posting one day. I'm sure it's happened to people I've befriended on forums over the year more than once. It makes me sad. I wish there was some good way we could let people we talked to know after the fact. I suppose tell loved ones to create accounts and make a post.
Oh shit, really?? Any work we'd know?
I never got any real work as a VO artist, but Lord knows I've worshipped those who have had some success.
In one case, in the sense that you would know those characters, yes. In the sense that you would know the work I did with them, much less likely. When I was voicing those characters, it was for flash webstoons for the skeleton of the company that was about to close up shop and just become another arm of its parent company. I don't even think there's an online record of most of it. I also had very early success on YouTube long before you could monetize anything, so my voice was heard there.
I'd say the other really big thing I did that people here might have heard my voice in was a PS2 game... but I don't really want to dox myself any more than that.
There aren’t that many PS2 games let’s all start guessing lol
Wikipedia says there are over 4000, so good luck with that. It was a well-received game but it wasn't exactly GTA.
4000-1
Unless I was being highly deceptive and I'm actually Ice-T.
^(I'm^ ^not^ ^Ice-T)^
Holy shit! Flying Squid is actually Ice-T!
I'm the O.G.
Old Guy.
John Madden had some pretty successful games, I bet FlyingSquid is the ghost of John Madden!!!
John Madden was no squid!