Wednesday, May 25, 2011

My Joly mic


Ok, first off. I don't have kids, the car is paid for, and I needed a decent microphone to add to the mic closet.

I was surfing the web one night and found Michael Joly over at OktavaMod.com, and I listened to his sound samples.

A quick search of Ebay and I found a used Rode NT1a for a song and had it shipped to Michael.

I've had it now for about a month and have been using it daily for various scripts and I have to say... I freakin' love it. It's everything the stock NT1a isn't. Lush and full, clear and warm. My new clients in California have been gushing about how great my stuff is. (it's embarrassing and bordering on flirtatious!)

I'm the first to admit, I like gear. I read the Sweetwater catalog cover to cover and check out musican's friends stupid deal of the day every morning, (I'll let you know about the MXL V900 in a few weeks) but my new Joly modded mic is amazing and I can't think of any reason to spend more. It's paid for itself already with landed auditions. (I'm the new national voice of the hawk for Identity Hawk)

So ya, I'm hooked. I'm going to go tell Michael right now that I'm a huge fan and I'm spreading the word of his outstanding work.

Monk

Do good work, get more work...

Work comes from all sorts of places. My ex-brother-in-law, hell of a nice guy, asked me for some character voice work for a friend of his last year. It was spec work, gratus. No problem. Who knows right?

This year, that guy calls me, would I be willing to do some scripts for him for an educational sight? Yup, and this time with pay.

Would he have called me or found me on Voice123? or some other way by chance? Maybe, but he's out in San Diego, why would he be looking for a guy in New York?

You never know where that next gig will come from or where it would lead. Do you really think that the people who voiced the Simpsons were expecting the gig to last this long?

Do good work, get more work. Repeat.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011