Alow myself to introduce myself.

[TangentTrout]

Hi everyone;

Why am I here? Way to big of a question. Why did I join this forum? Much eaiser.

I am considering a career change. I have been doing the computer networking thing for a long time now and I need a new challenge.

While I am not a complete newbie at voice work, it has been a very long time.
Before being a network administrator, teaching college computer courses, doing flight test communication/telemetery, fixing video games, and wearing bear suit in a pizza restaurant, I studied broadcasting in college. I then spent over a year doing weekend DJ duties at KOSO FM Paterson, Ca and KYOS AM Merced, Ca. I have cut Spots, PSAs, and Promos. However it has been (Gasp) almost 30 years since the last one.

So, here I am trying to learn all that I can before I take the plunge. I look forward to reading your posts and asking questions.

Craig R. Bowers The Tangent Trout.
craig@tangenttrout.com

P.S. If you have any technoloigy questions, please ask. Who knows, I may even answer then. :bye:

[TangentTrout]

Great I can not even spell the first word of my first post right.

And so it begins.

Craig, The Tangent Trout.

[JoeActor]

Hey Craig,

No worries on the spelling (no chekar hear oon thus bord).

Sounds like a mixed and varied past you've got - should help you in the odd world of VO...

See you on the forums,
Joe J Thomas
www.JoeActor.com (http://www.JoeActor.com)

[Steve Royal]

Welcome aboard, Craig!

Here's to career changes!:afro:

[Jodi Krangle]

I'm SO with you there, Craig. I decided to give this a go after many years as a singer and a day job as an Internet Marketing specialist. So you're certainly not alone. ;) Go for it! Just be aware that it's not an easy journey ... Like anything, it takes a lot of hard work and dedication to get anywhere. I'm not even *close* to where I want to be ... but though it's a long tunnel, I *can* start to see the light at the end of it. ;)

[SilverSurfer3001]

Welcome to the pool oh trout-y one!

Jodi's right (must be something about that name) - it's a tough journey to start ( but ain't they all?) but after lots of hard work it will hopefully start to pay off for you.

Lots of very knowledgeable folk lurking these halls. They're really great about sharing lots of tips and tools.

Enjoy the journey - there is no destination.

[Scott Pollak]

Craig,

Welcome. This may be a good place to start out if you haven't already read it:

http://www.voice-overs.com/forum/newbie-board/1342-random-thoughts-newbies.html

Best wishes!

[TangentTrout]

Welcome to the pool oh trout-y one!

Jodi's right (must be something about that name) - it's a tough journey to start ( but ain't they all?) but after lots of hard work it will hopefully start to pay off for you.

Lots of very knowledgeable folk lurking these halls. They're really great about sharing lots of tips and tools.

Enjoy the journey - there is no destination.


Hey there Jody/Jodi;

This is weird. Our Son's name is Jody. (Sound of Twilight Zone theme.)

While I do expect this to be a hard row to hoe. So is resetting the password of the same person every few weeks.
Phone rings: Me "Hi This is Craig."
Them: "Craig? What is my password?"
Me: "I don't know. But I can reset it for you. OK it is now Password001 with a capital P."
Them: "Oh, it's 001."
Me: "No it is Password001 with a capital P."
Them: "Got it 001P."
Me: "Just a moment. I'll be right there."
Sound of head banging on desk.

Thanks for the welcome. It's good to be here. It's good to be anywhere.
Have a good week all.

Craig, The Tangent Trout

[Jodi Krangle]

:D Ahhhh. IT Support. Gotta love it. ;)

Enjoy the journey, Craig. :)

[TangentTrout]

Craig,

Welcome. This may be a good place to start out if you haven't already read it:

http://www.voice-overs.com/forum/newbie-board/1342-random-thoughts-newbies.html

Best wishes!


Hi Scott;

Yes. I have read that. Great stuff!
The more I read and re-read the posting the more I believe that I can do this.

Thanks.

Craig, The Tangent Trout

[SilverSurfer3001]

OBTW Craig: My wife's MSOutlook keeps cr*pping out on her. When can you be around to fix that? ;)

(Seriously - I figured out the solution: Reboot. If that doesn't work, turn it off for two minutes, then boot'er back up. Seems to do the trick!)

[Robert Jadah]

。我们一贯坚持以周到疏通下水道 (http://www.bjjjjgd.cn/stxsd.htm)、热情的工作态度为社会各界提供最优质的服务

How true. I was just thinking that this morning. Around 3:30.
(Darn Moosehead....)

HeadScratchingly Yours,

[Diane Havens]

Robert, stop playing with them or they'll never leave!

[Michael Murphy]

That was funny Robert!

I was thinking the same thing as I read then you posted it!

Mike

[Lee Gordon]

Fan mail from some flounder? :uglystupid2:

[mirzai_m]

Holy s**t! Merced, CA! I grew up in Merced, I lived right between G and M streets! I'm probably more excited than I should be but I don't care. That's awesome and so therefore, you are too. Welcome aboard.

[sreeja]

Hello all
I am new here.I am sreeja.I am from India. I am working in a private firm. Nice to meet you all.This forum looks so interesting.Hope i can enjoy stay.

[Scott Pollak]

OBTW Craig: My wife's MSOutlook keeps cr*pping out on her. When can you be around to fix that? ;)

(Seriously - I figured out the solution: Reboot. If that doesn't work, turn it off for two minutes, then boot'er back up. Seems to do the trick!)

Okay, seriously? I gave up on Outlook over a year ago. Tried Mozilla's Thunderbird program but was less-than-enthused by that one too.

So now I use gmail and direct web-access to my voicebyscott e-mail account.

No more Outlook.

No more headaches.

Life is good.