Opportunity taps - thing 1 of my 100 things

[darkemeralds]

I was out putting sheets on the clothesline this extremely fine spring morning when my across-the-street neighbor wandered over to be neighborly. We spoke for a few minutes about the WDOUY*, who resides and yips pretty much right outside her patio doors and is therefore even more irritating to her and her ten-month-old baby than he is to me.

We discussed the problem of neighborliness in the face of dog noise, and I mentioned that I was getting ready to replace my bedroom windows with more soundproof ones--not because the WDOUY (or anything else) disturbs my sleep, but because my bedroom is also my little fledgling recording studio.

"Oh, what are you recording?" Neighbor asked with interest.

I gave her my evolving elevator speech about audio versions of niche-market spiritual books, and she responded by telling me about a volunteer program she's involved with that needs voice-over work on videos they produce.

Hard to say what might come of such a casual exchange, but I let her know that I'm interested.

*Weiner Dog of Unending Yippitude

Comments

[vampirefan]

now this is awesome! i hope it works out because you will be able to practice and hopefully get good feedback and learn more about the professional recording process (that is, if this volunteer thing uses professional recording services).

can't wait to hear if this pans out!!

[darkemeralds]

I got the impression that they use an amateur setup, so I might not learn too much in that regard, but the interesting thing is how the professional/amateur line is blurring. This is one of probably a thousand situations where "good enough" really is good enough, and that's where I see my chance.

Maybe eventually I'll get into the "big leagues" of professional studio recording, with costs fronted by real publishers, but in the meantime, I think there's a lot of opportunity in the bush leagues.