With many friends who are animators, I get immersed in and entertained by their prolific drawings during the month of “Inktober.” I was inspired by their efforts and decided to do the same with my voiceover work. The name VOvember popped into mind (and made me chuckle) since my VO fun follows the month after their Inktober.
So, scroll on down and here’s to VOvember and the creativity and exploration it brings each year!
VOvember 5th: Today’s prompt of “Road” for my VOvember time behind the mic (and a distraction from Election Day returns coming in) gave me yet another opportunity to explore 1960s Sci-Fi. Here’s the opening of a story called “Road Stop” by David Mason from the January ’63 issue of Worlds of If Science Fiction magazine. #VOvember #VOvember2024 #Voiceover
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Prompt: Road
Content Source: “Road Stop” by David Mason (1963)
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VOvember 4th: Today’s prompt of “Jumbo” for my VOvember time behind the mic first let me to text about the famed elephant by that name, but I instead selected this bit from an 1899 story with a wee bunny by the same name instead. Here’s the opening of chapter two of “A Tale of the Summer Holidays.” #VOvember #VOvember2024 #Voiceover
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Prompt: Jumbo
Content Source: “A Tale of the Summer Holidays” by G. Mockler (1899)
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VOvember 3rd: First recordings of this year’s VOvember and I’m already pulling out bits and pieces of mid-century Sci-Fi. Some things never change! Today’s prompt, “navigator,” led to “Lancelot Biggs, Master Navigator” by Nelson S. Bond from “Fantastic Adventures” Magazine (1940) #VOvember #VOvember2024 #Voiceover
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Prompt: Navigator
Content Source: “Lancelot Biggs, Master Navigator” by Nelson S. Bond (1940)
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VOvember 1st: VOvember 1st: A bunch of awesome artist friends just finished “Inktober.” I’m following suit — for the 6th year in a row now — with my own version of the fun and creativity: VOvember!
I’m so glad VOvember is now an annual tradition based on a desire to reinforce a daily creative habit. VOvember reminds me to explore new text, new voices, new characters, new approaches — and reinforces doing so quickly to just get the sound out there in the moment and experiment with it later if I like. So, here’s #1 of 2024. The prompt: “Landmark.” The text, from “The Fastest Draw” by Larry Eisenberg from Amazing Stories Magazine (1964) #VOvember #VOvember2024 #Inktober #VOvember #VOvember2024 #Voiceover
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Prompt: Landmark
Content Source: “The Fastest Draw” by Larry Eisenberg (1964)
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72302
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VOvember 30th: Life got in the way of doing VOvember recordings for the last several days. But here’s a final one to cap off the month’s VOvember time behind the mic. Today’s prompt: “Dream.” And I let it lead me to 60’s sci-fi, because that’s one of my happy places and we should all visit our happy places as often as possible. #VOvember #VOvember2023 #Voiceover
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Prompt: Dream
Content Source: “The Big Engine” by Fritz Leiber (1962)
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VOvember 21st: Today’s prompt, “Wander,” helped me wander my way to microphone to record this bit from the 1916 book “The Phantom Herd” by B. M. Bowern. Can’t go wrong with a tale of an inspired filmmaker eager to give folks something they haven’t seen before (even if he disses Griffith Park a little in the process :P). #VOvember #VOvember2023 #Voiceover
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Prompt: Wander
Content Source: “The Phantom Herd” by B. M. Bowern (1916)
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VOvember 20th: The prompt of “Spicey” led to a poem for my VOvember time behind the mic today. This is “In Late September” by Evaleen Stein from the 1902 book “Among the Trees Again.” #VOvember #VOvember2023 #Voiceover
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Prompt: Spicey
Content Source: “In Late September” from “Among the Trees Again” by Evaleen Stein (1902)
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50634
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VOvember 19th: “Rise” was today’s prompt for my VOvember time behind the mic. Led me to “The Rise of Roscoe Paine” which I wasn’t familiar with but really enjoyed reading this bit of. #VOvember #vovember2023 #voiceover
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Prompt: Rise
Content Source: “The Rise of Roscoe Paine” by Evaleen Stein (1912)
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VOvember 15th: “Demon” – fun prompt! Definitely good for my VOvember time behind the mic today, and I turned to a bit of script I found online earlier this month. Demon Lord is the character’s name — great, traditional demon-lordyesque-type text which I then put my own spin on. Just because. 🙂 #VOvember #VOvember2023 #Voiceover
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Prompt: Demon
Content Source: “Voice Acting — Fantasy Script Samples 2 / Demon Lord” by Kasey Cooley (2019)
https://krcooley.com/2019/03/16/voice-acting-fantasy-script-samples-2/
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VOvember 12th: “Celestial” was the prompt today for my VOvember practice behind the mic. It led to an interesting collection of plays called “King Arthur’s Socks and Other Village Plays” by Floyd Dell (1922). Here’s a bit of the start of one called “Human Nature.” #VOvember #VOvember2023 #Voiceover
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Prompt: Celestial
Content Source: “King Arthur’s Socks and Other Village Plays” by Floyd Dell (1922)
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6587
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