Page stretching will be inevitable because of YouTube videos. To minimize page-stretching, I shall combat it by posting more often so I won't throw an as big wall of words (+ videos) as when I usually updated in the past, which was... Like... Whenever something got released on NG.

People have been nicer about co-authoring me, so yeah!

...Also, AAAAAAUGH!! I'M DROWNING IN VOICE ACTING REQUESTS!! I deeply appreciate the interest, but I have work and I don't want to destroy my chords screaming day to day, so if I suck at responding, methinks you either oughta look for another gal to help you out or email me in a few weeks after I finish a bunch of things. I forget what I'm working on very easily when I'm PM'd instead of emailed.

Junk Drawer of Thoughts

Remember that indie, freeware, point-and-click game, Eternally Us, from the last post? It won the competition! Yay!

My favorite sushi roll is a Caterpillar Roll!
My favorite drink is a Shirley Temple!
My favorite flavor at Baskin Robbins is Rock n' Pop Swirl! It's a seasonal flavor that's only available in the summer!
My favorite flavor at Cold Stone is Cake Batter!
I like colorful food and I have a ridiculously high sugar tolerance!
Someday, life will give me diabetes!
...Eugh.

Voice Acting: Behind the Scenes! - PART 1

No, I'm not gonna tell you my "secrets". I just practiced basic stuff for years. Wanna know the basics, like where to start? I wrote a couple guides on the VAC (I moderate there too) and some good guides made by other folks. Give 'em a read. Sapphire made a great guide on NG as well!

When I used to voice act for a LOT of machinima, people couldn't believe that I could do most of the voices I did, especially after hearing my natural voice... Which is what I usually get cast for or just use when folks are vague about what kind of voice they want. I often receive PM's and comments asking "How do you do that? What do you do?" and I try to upload videos with explanations of what I go through.

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(Haha, if you have sharp ears, you'll pick up my audition for Civil War: Down to Earth!)

Dive through my YouTube or past journal entries to see Part 1 of my Rejected Audition Samples, if you really wanna hear how much my recordings/abilities improved.

...But that's just not the same as hearing/seeing my voice acting for yourself!

I think my attempt at "educating the general populace in regards to the proper articulation and expression of the vocal arts" was the first time I've ever changed my voice on the fly, mid-word/sentence. That quickly showed that yeah, the range I have is real and I learned it.

So what about while I'm actually auditioning? Like, live? Voila.

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(Directing me is D-Mac Double! He's pretty good at casting/directing on top of voice acting, by the way.)

Whenever I talk about live recording sessions, people don't know what I'm talking about and whenever I invite people to sit in on me recording for projects, I get distracted very easily and sometimes I gotta shoo people away because it's "a secret" the producer(s) told me to keep (non-disclosure agreement of sorts).

Okay, fine, this is still not a live audition (like, you only have one shot with the producer/director right in front of you), but I still recorded a live recording session, mistakes and all! And it's an audition for a flash animation (Castlevania Quack Edition) and I decided to upload it after the audition finished.

XD I got cast as Lisa Belnades, but with my redos, so ultimately, none of /these/ samples got me roles. And thaaaaaaaaaat's how auditions (recorded live, complete with mistakes, retakes, and whatnot) work!

Next time: YOU WILL SEE ME RECORDING FOR AN AUDITION. LIKE, WITH A CAMERA. YOU WILL SEE ME ACT. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAMAGES YOU INCUR UPON YOUR MONITORS IN ATTEMPT TO SMASH IN MY FACE.

OBLIGATORY CLIP REEL VIDEO UNTIL I GET TIME TO RECORD FOR MY DEMO--FARK THIS, I SHOULD JUST MAKE TIME TO WORK ON THAT MOFO, FFFFFFFFFF--

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