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An Appeal to all people in our Era! Show Mercy to Allaah's Creation and do not behave like those ancient miscreants
Allaah (The Most High) said to the people of Aad:
وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُمْ بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ
"And when you seize, you seize as tyrants? [Soorah Ash-shu-araa: Ayah: 130]
Imaam Ibn katheer (rahimahullaah) said: "He described them with strength, harshness and tyranny. And when you seize, you seize as tyrants without having any pity." [Ref 1]
Imaam as-Saa'di (rahimahullaah) said: "And when you seize'' the creation (i.e. your opponents), you seize as tyrants'' by killing, hitting and seizing wealth. Indeed, Allaah granted them great strength and it was incumbent upon them to utilize their strength in obedience to Allaah; however they were boastful and arrogant. And they said: ''Who is mightier than us in strength?'' and they utilized their strength in disobedience to Allaah, futility and foolishness. Therefore, their Prophet (Hood) forbade them from that. [Ref 2]
Imaam Abdul Azeez Bin Baaz (rahimahullaah) stated about the statement of Allaah:
وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُمْ بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ
"And when you seize, you seize as tyrants?" [26:130]
This is a rebuke from Allaah against Aad-the people of Hud (alayhis-salaam). Allaah rebuked them and that they are oppressors who strike people without right. They oppress people by way of striking, killing and seizing wealth by force. This is a rebuke against them and a blameworthy trait of theirs. This (behaviour of theirs) is not permissible; rather it is obligated on a Muslim that he does not take wealth except based on what is right and he does not strike anyone except based on what is right. He neither has a right to transgress against the people nor to strike them; rather he seeks what is right through the path of the Islamic Law. If he has a haqq (i.e. something he is rightfully entitled to) to seek after, he should seek (after) it through the courts- through an upright path and the authorities (i.e. rulers). He does not strike the people by way of oppression, transgression and injury. He should not oppress them by confiscating their wealth and striking; rather it is obligated on him to acquire his rights through the path of the Islamic Law and from an Islamic perspective. This (i.e. this statement of Allaah) is a rebuke against Aad and a blameworthy affair for which Allaah sent a devastating barren wind against them. They used to oppress the people and transgressed against them. [Ref 3]
[Ref 1: Source: Al-Misbaah Al-Muneer Fee Tahdheeb Tafseer Ibn katheer'. Publisher: Daarus Salaam' 1st ed 1420AH (Year 1990)]
[Ref 2: Source: Tayseer al-Kareem Ar-Rahmaan Fee Tafseer Kalaam al-Mannaan'. Publisher: Daar Ibn Hazm' 1st ed 1424 AH (Year 2003)]
[Ref 3: Source: Slightly Paraphrased. see link: http://www.binbaz.org.sa/mat/9111]
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Webcast Archive and Transcript of Justices Scalia and Breyer's 1/13/05 discussion at American University
If you haven't viewed the webcast, or read the transcript, I highly recommend checking it out. It's great fun to watch the two best minds on the current Court having a casual chat about the use of international legal precedent in american constitutional law adjudication. During the conversation, they both agreed that the use of international precedent is analogous to the citation of legislative history to support legal arguments. So, needless to say, Breyer thinks it's OK, but Scalia does not " use foreign law in the interpretation of the United States Constitution." Although Scalia mentioned one exception to the use of foreign law as precedent:
"Old English law, because phrases like 'due process,' the 'right of confrontation' and things of that sort were all taken from English law. So the reality is I use foreign law more than anybody on the Court. But it's all old English law."
In any event, Professor Kenneth Anderson notes on his blog the ease with which the two justices discussed complex legal issues. Well, they ain't Supreme Court Justices for nothin'.


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Since the mid to late 80's, DJ J-ROC has been rockin parties, clubs, concerts & private events for a very diverse audience. Having previously been an MC/Rapper, he was able to watch and study under several djs before deciding that rocking the crowd was his calling. Throughout his 20+ year career he's opened for many major djs that have made club appearances in the CT area including Funk Master Flex, Big Kap, Mister Cee, Craig G, Jazzy Joyce, Red Alert, Kid Capri, Susse One & DJ Kut to name a few. His versatility is one of his strongest attributes. He loves to spin everything from Hip-Hop to Latin to House/Dance music to Reggae & Reggaeton to Old School Classics and much more. No genre is off limits!!
His passion is currently producing hot mash ups/blendz and as you can hear for yourself, he never disappoints!!


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When I get mind-blowingly busy during the school year, certain things tend to happen in my life, roughly in this order:
1. No sleep
In an attempt to either accomplish all that is in front of me or do enough brainless vegging to make up for my otherwise lack of life, sleep is generally the first thing to go.
2. Steep decline in fashion
Because, quite frankly, when I'm running on 3 hours of sleep, yesterday's jeans and a semi-clean hoodie is often a best-case scenario. And don't you judge me, pretty girl in my Opinion-Editorial writing class. Just because you're willing to get up at 5:30 to give yourself the "oh I just wake up beautiful!" look, doesn't mean the rest of us have to. My hair and beard grew to ridiculous proportions:
I was originally going to have a video post weaving an elaborate story of being kidnapped by a hippie lumberjack commune, but admitting it would have hurt too much. Don't worry, I look much less like a wannabe Wookie nowadays.
3. Fall behind in class, then have a massive load of catching up to do come midterms/finals/test/essays
After sleep goes, my drive to do pretty much anything - especially my responsibilities- goes right along with it. Then I end up staying indoors during most of my waking hours relaxing because I don't have the energy to do anything, then realize that I should have been studying instead of relaxing, then I scramble to do it all right at the due date, leading to even less sleep. Vicious cycle.
Scene from one of my all-nighters this midterm season:
4. More blogging
While I'm sitting around doing nothing, I like to blog. It's good way to feel productive while not doing anything that requires me to do anything that I' don't particularly want to. I entered this semester knowing that it was going to be unbelievably hectic (particularly compared to my semester abroad before it), but I also figured that would mean an increase in blogging to relax and vent and what have you.
Unfortunately, I didn't count on the insane amount of writing that my classes and rediscovered journalistic passion would require. Call me crazy, but blogging after a week including a 10-page paper, a column for class, and three articles for the newspaper isn't the most appealing way to spend my time.
So here I am, crawling back to the internets. Once again. Don't say you didn't miss me, because I actually became MORE popular while I was gone (+1 follower, what what!). I don't know how frequent this whole "consistently updating" thing will happen. I'll at least try to get back on reading blogs again (I hid from you all in shame after the first month or so of no updates). But for now, off to the newspaper office.
As per usual.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
True Life: I'm Busy as S#!t
Labels: Life is Crazy Nonsense, List Nonsense
8 comments:
- The Shanner of Attention said...
welcome back. glad you're not dead.
- March 27, 2011 at 5:02 PM
- Hey! Look Behind You! said...
I was wondering wtf happened to you! Yay to being back to the world of blogging. Can't wait to read about your C2E2 experience!
- March 27, 2011 at 8:40 PM
- Penny Lane said...
I have missed you. Welcome back !!
- March 27, 2011 at 8:49 PM
- Eleni said...
Nice to see you around again! Good luck with whatever looming deadlines you're battling this week.
- March 28, 2011 at 8:12 PM
- Out of Sync said...
Hahaha this cracked me up, I can relate to #2 far to easily. Beards and uncut hair is for winners ;)
- March 29, 2011 at 11:32 PM
- Tudor Rose said...
The ridiculous proportions of your hair and beard actually look pretty good on you ;-)
- March 30, 2011 at 7:17 PM
- Tabs A. Geek said...
Yep, i recall my blogging suffered HORRIBLY during J-School... especially around exam time. Had about 17 articles/papers due in a span of 7 days... that one was fun.
Glad you're still alive!
- April 19, 2011 at 1:17 PM
- The Illustrious D said...
I, for one, would love to be kidnapped by a hippie lumberjack commune.
- May 26, 2011 at 9:18 AM


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G4TV Gaming News: Pokemon, Mortal Kombat X, Guitar Hero Live, DC Universe
Jan 22, 2016
By John Powell - G4 Canada
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DC Universe coming to Xbox One
DC Universe is celebrating its fifth anniversary by launching on Xbox One.
A staple on the Sony platform, DC Comics' free-to-play massively multiplayer will finally be available on Xbox One this spring.
Daybreak Game Company also announced that there will be cross-play functionality between PC and PlayStation systems starting the week of January 25th.
Since its release in 2011, DC Universe Online has received continual updates with new storylines and challenges through an evolving series of Episodes. Players have created more than 35 million heroes and villains since the game was introduced.
In February, Episode 21 will launch and feature a new eight-player Operation – "Prison Break" – and two-player Operation – "The First Piece" – inspired by the new Warner Bros. television series DC's Legends of Tomorrow and will introduce The Atom to the game.
Activision Blizzard bringing franchises to TV, theatres
Call of Duty, Skylanders and Blizzard Entertainment's Diablo and StarCraft could be coming to a TV or theatre screen near you.
Activision Blizzard announced that producer Stacey Sher is the new co-president of Activision Blizzard Studios, which is devoted to creating television and films based on the company's library of iconic intellectual properties.
An accomplished producer and two-time Academy Award nominee, Sher recently worked on many feature films including Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight, Pulp Fiction, Django Unchained, Garden State, Erin Brockovich and Matilda as well as nearly a dozen TV series and TV movies.
"As its large and loyal fanbase can attest, Activision Blizzard has created franchises that mean so much to audiences over the course of 35 years. I'm excited about our mandate to create filmed entertainment based on Activision Blizzard games that is as great as the games themselves," said Sher.
Sony, Cineplex, WorldGaming to host gaming tournaments
Game on!
Cineplex, WorldGaming and Sony Computer Entertainment Canada will be hosting a series of national video gaming tournaments. The first one-on-one tournament will feature Call of Duty: Black Ops III and registration is already open.
Online qualifying will The Regional Finals and Canadian Final events will be hosted at Cineplex theatres across Canada. Online qualifying will be held from January 16th – February 7th, moving to Regional Finals in 24 Cineplex theatres across Canada on February 21st.
The tournament will culminate with the Canadian Finals event on March 6th in Toronto.
Gamers must be at least 18 years of age to compete and spectators purchasing tickets to attend the Regional Finals and Canadian Final events will need to be 17 years of age or older.
For more information, you can visit Cineplex.com/GameOn and go to WorldGaming.com/Cineplex to register.
Pokémon celebrating 20 years
Gotta catch 'em all!
Trainers have been uttering that phrase for an unbelievable two decades. On February 27th, Pokémon celebrates 20 years since the first games launched in Japan and the company is gearing up for a year-long celebration.
To begin the celebration, a commercial will be airing during the Super Bowl on February 7th.
On February 27th, the original Pokemon games: Red, Blue and Yellow are being relaunched in the Nintendo eShop for the Nintendo 3DS. There will also be Special Edition bundles including a Nintendo 2DS system in transparent red, blue or yellow with Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue or Pokémon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition, pre-installed corresponding to the system's colour.
Also slated for release later this year are Pokemon Tournament arrives in spring 2016 for Wii U, Pokémon Rumble World releases on January 22nd and Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon releases on February 19th for the Nintendo 3DS family systems. Also, a special Pokémon Photo Booth app will be available to download for free for iPhone and Android later this year.
More than 275 million copies of Pokémon video games have been sold worldwide, 21.5 billion TCG cards have been shipped to 74 countries in 11 languages and over 450,000 players take part in Pokémon events every year. There are also more than 800 episodes spanning 18 seasons of the animated TV show.
Mortal Kombat X getting new Kombat Pack
It is time to finish them...again.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has revealed that the second Mortal Kombat X Kombat Pack 2 will feature horror icons Xenomorph from Alien, Leatherface from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Triborg and Bo' Rai Cho.
In addition to that, those who buy Kombat Pack 2 will also get the never-before-released Apocalypse Pack which features three new character skins, reimagining characters Takeda, D'Vorah and Erron Black with an apocalyptic theme.
Goro - The feral, four-armed Shokan warrior will be available as a playable combatant.
Brazil Pack - The Brazil Pack features three new character skins: Futbol Cage, Capoeira Liu Kang and Gaucho Kung Lao.
Kold War Pack – The Kold War Pack includes three new character skins: Motherland Sonya, Tundra Sub-Zero and Revolution Kano.
Kold War Scorpion – Kold War-themed Scorpion character skin.
New year, new tracks for Guitar Hero Live
Guitar Hero Live is rocking in the new year with the following tracks which are part of three new Premium Shows: Rock Till You Drop!, AAA Metal, and Indie Pop Hits.
Rock Till You Drop!
AAA Metal
Indie Pop Hits
Capcom Game Studio Vancouver teams with Epic Games
It is an Epic team up.
Capcom Game Studio Vancouver - the developers of Dead Rising - will be using Epic Games' Unreal Engine 4 for future titles.
Capcom Game Studio Vancouver is also on a hiring spree looking for a host of developers who are used to working with Unreal Engine 4.
"We have some ambitious visions for where we want to take our next games and while our previous proprietary engine served the needs for the projects at the time, shifting to Unreal Engine 4 delivers the right tools for our future direction," said Joe Nickolls, Studio Director of Capcom Game Studio Vancouver.
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Hello! Happy summer, friends!
I'm jumping into all this color and light with a new stack of books and bag of film.
I have plans for you, for a new photo course on photographing light plus another beginner course on shooting film and I can't wait!
In the meantime, join me over at the Photo Style Society on Facebook for today's prompt on photographing light. I think you're going to like it.
See you soon…
(shot in Wells, Maine with the Diana F+ on color slide film)


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Alleged Optimus G sequel G Pro specs leak again, this time with picture and dimensions
0. phoneArena posted on 18 Jan 2013, 02:05
The Optimus G sequel specs have leaked again as coming to grace NTT DoCoMo's portfolio. The handset is actually called LG Optimus G Pro, and, since G2 was only a speculative title for the sequel, G Pro is what it may end up be called indeed...
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
11. Jonathan41 (Posts: 532; Member since: 22 Mar 2012)
Dat battery...
18. spiderpig2894 (Posts: 597; Member since: 10 Jan 2012)
Xperia TX with Galaxy like home button
24. jackhammeR (Posts: 1548; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
do you live according to benchmarks? I don't like android but jb on optimus g or nexus is buttery smooth (mostly, which in that case means 99%). There are no apps which could use the full power of dual cores, not to mention even quads. Its is more than enough to provide you with blazing fast experience.
31. Guest_star (Posts: 231; Member since: 30 Dec 2011)
MULTITASKING is the word here :D
bigger RAM and more powerfull procesors with more cores=better mulitasking abilities, and android needs this because it has true multitasking ulike iOS and W8 where apps in the background do nothing on android the actually work, its a good thing and a bad thing at the same time...
25. skymitch89 (Posts: 1363; Member since: 05 Nov 2010)
I would say that going with Optimus G Pro is a good thing, considering how T-Mobile had the G2x by LG and seeing how "well" it was adopted and "liked".
29. AfterShock (Posts: 3698; Member since: 02 Nov 2012)
Make it now!!
37. lallolu (Posts: 560; Member since: 18 Sep 2012)
This is a year of big batteries...AT LAST.
LG just killed optimus G which is about to be released in Europe. Now, people like me will wait instead for optimus G Pro.


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Toronto Maple Leafs left wing Nick Kypreos announced his retirement yesterday after missing the entire 1997-98 season because of a concussion he sustained in a preseason game against the Rangers on Sept. 15, 1997. Kypreos's decision to retire came at the advice of the Chicago neurosurgeon Dr. James Kelly.
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Senior Mechanical Engineer
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- Glasgow
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- Posted
- 30 Apr 2017
- Closes
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- Sector
- Defence, Engineering, Engineering
JFD, based in Glasgow, provides a range of specialist underwater operating and engineering services in the defence sector worldwide and is looking to recruit a Senior Mechanical Engineer to support its growing business.
Job purpose
JFD, based in Glasgow, provides a range of specialist underwater operating and engineering services in the defence sector worldwide and is looking to recruit a Senior Mechanical Engineer to support its growing business.
Drawing support from a multi-disciplinary team, an opportunity exists for an experienced Mechanical Engineer to work within the Submarine Escape and Rescue Services (SERS) Engineering Team in Glasgow, and occasionally on-site at other JFD locations in the UK and around the world, to provide engineering/technical support to a range of JFD Submarine Rescue Systems and wider defence marine-focused customers.
In an exciting environment, and as part of an evolving team, your role will allow you to contribute significantly to the delivery of state-of-the-art technical products and a globally recognised Submarine Escape and Rescue Service.
Responsibilities·Work independently and as part of team to resolve time-critical technical issues from operational systems in support of JFD's commitment to world-wide rescue system availability.·Identify Root Cause and Corrective Actions for a wide range of technical issues ·Deal with defect correction, process improvements and engineering changes.·Assign tasks to other mechanical engineers, draughtsmen and contractors.·Maintain up-to-date communications / information exchange with overseas divisions.·Ensure that project related documentation is complete, accurate and up-to-date.·Support continuous improvement within JFD.·Development and adherence of processes, in accordance with JFD QA Department and Business Management Systems.·Produce and collate technical reports and aid in decision making based upon their results.·Produce designs and concepts using 3D modelling for analysis, initial presentations and project discussions.·Undertake specialist analysis and calculations work to verify integrity of design.·Arrange and chair design reviews on projects, and undertake technical reviews of proposals identifying design costs and realistic lead-times for design activities.·Provide design instructions to enable creation of Engineering Drawings and other document deliverables.·Ensure Engineering Change Control and Design Control process is being followed within the team.·Assist in the assembly and testing of prototype equipment prior to releasing for final engineering work.·Supervision of trainees as required.·Interact directly with operators and customers·Senior level input into relevant engineering processes and procedures.·Ensure engineering software is being used to its full potential.
Occasional duties·Travel to Singapore, Australia, India and other Services locations as they arise for the purpose of overseeing Maintenance, Trials and Modification Work Packages organised by the Engineering Team.·Travel to suppliers/contractors and manage/communicate/present project specifics.
Qualifications and experience
Essential attributes:·Degree qualified in a Mechanical Engineering discipline.·Minimum of 5 years' experience in an appropriate engineering field. ·Sound knowledge of engineering principles and strong mechanical engineering skills.·Comfortable working independently on complex and varied problems.·At ease dealing directly with customers, suppliers and contractors.·Good interpersonal and communication skills - written and verbal.·Comfortable with maintaining and controlling project documentation, costs and procedures.·Effectively identify and communicate critical tasks and key risks.·Display a professional manner and willingness to learn.·Fully familiar with Microsoft Office suite.·Focused on delivering to tight deadlines and changing requirements. ·Capable of reacting to changes and willing to go the extra mile to deliver quality products.·Ability to work effectively within a team structure, accept and understand management instruction and manage own and specified timescales effectively. ·Excellent attention to detail.·Competent in the use of engineering design software tools / CAD packagesDesirable attributes:·Chartered or Incorporated Engineer·Familiar with international Quality and Safety standards (e.g. ISO 9001)·Familiar with working to marine/defence standards and Classification Society rules·Knowledge and experience of mechanical systems used and operated in the underwater domain·Familiar with Autodesk AutoCAD 2D and Inventor or Solidworks 3D software.·Subsea/offshore/defence background·Experience of commercially sensitive projects and the security aspects this entails·UK Government Security Clearance·Full clean driving licence James Fisher and Sons plc and all subsidiary businesses are committed to creating a diverse workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. For further information on the James Fisher group please visit www.james-fisher.com
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Exclusive: Bre Scullark talks about 'America's Next Top Model'
By Elizabeth Kwiatkowski, 10/21/2011
Bre Scullark
became the fifth girl eliminated from
America's Next Top Model
's all-stars edition's sixth episode during Wednesday night's broadcast on The CW.
On Thursday, the 26-year-old who previously appeared on Top Model's fifth season, talked to Reality TV World about her
America's Next Top Model
experience -- including whether she was shocked about her elimination, what she felt the judges were looking for when they told her she wasn't the same person who competed on the show's fifth season, whether she found her ouster strange since she had never been in the bottom two while a few fellow all-stars had been numerous times, and why she was surprised that model Coco Rocha found her modeling performance at the bar-fight photo shoot distracting.
Below is the first portion of our exclusive interview with Bre. Check back with Reality TV World on Monday for the second half.
Reality TV World: Were you shocked to be eliminated or did you somewhat see it coming beforehand?
Bre Scullark
I kind of knew that I was going to be eliminated yesterday and so it wasn't really a shock to me, you know?
Reality TV World: Why was that?
Bre Scullark
I listened very carefully to what the judges have been saying for the past couple of weeks and so, I knew that there was a point where they were probably going to eliminate me. They just felt like I wasn't the same person that I was since my cycle -- Cycle 5.
Reality TV World: You are clearly older and more mature now, but what do you think was missing for the judges that you showed them your first time around on the show? What do you think they were looking for and why do you think you didn't or couldn't really deliver it?
Bre Scullark
I don't think you ever really know 100% percent about how to make someone else happy. You gotta make yourself happy first, and I think that what they were looking for was just that young girl that was 19 again and I just couldn't give them 19 anymore. It's kind of impossible. (Laughs)
Reality TV World: This week happened to be the first time you had ever been in the bottom two during this all-stars competition, so I know you said you saw your elimination coming a little bit, but did you find it strange that you were eliminated especially since Alexandria Everett,
Lisa D'Amato
and Angelea Preston had been in the bottom two a couple if not several times? Did you think that was unfair and that you should have gotten another shot?
Bre Scullark
I think anybody would have loved to stay around, but I think I accepted that it was just my time to go. I didn't really read into how many times I had been in the bottom two or you know, thinking it was unfair. I just learned to accept that it is what it is and just appreciate the opportunity and keep moving.
Reality TV World: You had tied with Lisa for the win at the Kardashians' runway challenge and you also got the acting role on
by winning the challenge the week prior -- congratulations on that by the way! You clearly had been doing very well in the competition at the challenges that weren't photo shoots. So would you say looking back that the challenges where your photos don't end up getting critiqued aren't that significant after all when it comes to what they're looking for in the winner of the competition?
Bre Scullark
I think that it's a lot of different things. It isn't just one thing. It isn't just pictures. It isn't just challenges. I think the judges want to make sure that you can deliver across the board and they didn't feel that I could do that.
Reality TV World: Could you talk at all about your upcoming role on
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
and where and when that will take place?
Bre Scullark
I can't really talk too much in detail about it as of yet, but as soon as I have a date for everybody as to when it's going to air, I'm definitely going to blast it. So, I will let you know soon.
Reality TV World: For most of the past episodes, you have been called out in the middle of the pack when Tyra hands out the best photo to the worst of the week. Do you think just remaining in the middle of the pack is what got you eliminated, maybe in that you weren't the best at the end of the week but you also weren't at the bottom where you could show the judges how you could drastically improve? It seems like Angelea has been called out for doing really well in challenges just because she's been portrayed as kind of the underdog.
Bre Scullark
You know, I never looked at it that way. I think that's a great question but I don't really have a response to it. It's just another thing to think about.
Reality TV World: When you got eliminated, the other girls seemed very surprised and you could clearly see that on their faces. What was your reaction when you noticed that and were aware that the girls seemed to view you as a frontrunner?
Bre Scullark
I just -- when I saw that the girls were shocked, I just wanted to make sure that they knew that I was okay and I didn't want to make any sudden moves. I just wanted to make sure that they knew that it's a competition and anything can happen and I loved all of them, really, honestly. I just wish all of them the best -- every single last one of them. They're special. They really, really are.
Reality TV World: You went into the bar fight photo shoot with Coco very confidently and you seemed to be just as confident when the shoot was over about your performance and how you and Alexandria went above and beyond. Was it a shock to you when you realized you were in the bottom two and that your picture wasn't well received by the judges since you had been so excited about how the shoot went?
Bre Scullark
I think I just accepted it for what they are. I have to be confident in my work because if I'm not going to be confident in my work then who is? More importantly, for me, I just felt like sometimes it happens. Realistically, everybody doesn't get a great shot every time. So, yesterday just wasn't my time and I didn't take a great shot and I deserved to go home because of that.
Reality TV World: When you watched last night's episode from home, the editing made it seem like you kept screaming and doing the same pose repeatedly in the bar photo shoot. Would you say the editing was accurate or do you think they concentrated on one aspect of your photo shoot and almost tried to poke a little fun at you?
Bre Scullark
I think it's a show and it was entertaining to watch. For me, it was like nails going across a chalkboard, but I don't know if they tried to make fun of me or they just wanted to mess with the edit. I don't even really look at those things anymore. I just saw that they pulled out what went wrong in my photo shoot and that was my reason that it didn't go well and that's subequently why I went home.
Reality TV World: Watching the show back, would you agree with the judges that your performance at the bar photo shoot was a little bit too much and too dramatic, or would you argue and say you felt you brought just the right amount to get a good photo in the end?
Bre Scullark
I think that I committed and listen, just like everything else, it's a gamble. You commit; You go 100% percent. Sometimes it doesn't work, sometimes it does. Yesterday, it didn't work, but I'm always going to commit. I didn't get where I am right now because I half-assed anything. (Laughs)
Reality TV World: What was your reaction when you heard Coco's reaction of your performance in the photo shoot? She seemed a little distracted and taken aback by your screaming and such. Did that surprise you or did you get a sense that's how she was feeling while you were posing with her?
Bre Scullark
No, you know what? I never even thought about it. I thought that we were all professionals and distractions don't happen that much because we're focused on what we're doing. So, it was unfortunate that she was distracted because I wasn't.
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Something strange is happening in the voice-over world, and it scares me.
I know of no other profession where colleagues (and I use the word loosely) denigrate other colleagues simply because they're advocating for decent rates.
Those who favor higher fees are regularly labeled as greedy, unrealistic, elitist, old school, or as misguided union members.
Since when did it become uncool to want to make more money, or at least earn a living wage?
Is it bad for business? Would it tarnish our reputation? What are people afraid of?
Some voice-overs who operate on the lower end of the scale have even come forward to proudly defend why they're charging next to nothing. People like Rebecca Schwab, who confessed in a recent blog post that bloggers like me sometimes make her feel like "a voice over fraud."
She goes on to describe her method of breaking into the voice-over business: by selling her services at rock bottom prices. In another blog post Rebecca writes:
"Whether or not I was "undercutting" anyone was the last thing on my mind. It was simply a matter of economics."
I'm not going to copy and paste her articles here, but I think Rebecca* needs to learn a thing or two about economics and collegiality.
The frightening thing is that she's not alone. If you frequent certain Facebook voice-over groups, you'll notice that even some moderators have become very defensive when the subject of rates comes up. What's even worse, you can't argue with these people because they will kick you out of a group if you try to start a dialogue about money.
So, rather than get into a discussion with people who are unwilling to listen, let me give you my take on some of the arguments that are being used to defend, excuse, or justify low rates. Even though we're talking about voice-over services, you'll find the same type of reasoning when other freelance rates are discussed.
Let's start with something I hear almost every day:
1. There will always be a high end and a low end of the market. Accept it and move on.
That's a given, and it's not addressing the real issue. We all know that there's a market for KIA and Rolls-Royce. The point is: how low is the KIA dealer willing to go to make a sale? Is he prepared to sell his cars at a loss, just to get his business going? How long can he keep that up before he goes bankrupt? It's not a way to get loyal customers either. Next time, they'll just buy from someone who's willing to go even lower.
Bottom line: You need to cover your costs, and then factor in a profit. Once you get clients hooked on cheap fees, they will never pay full price again.
2. You may lose money on every sale, but you'll make it up in volume!
That's like buying ten melons for a dollar each, and then selling 12 for 10 bucks. Does that make any sense? No matter how many KIAs a dealer sells, if he sells them below cost, he's not making any money. A small business owner once said: "Sales numbers feed egos. Profits feed families."
It's not how much you sell, but how much money you get to keep that matters. Business is a game of margins, not volume. Bargain airlines tried making money on volume. Guess what? They're gone! Would you rather do less for more, or more for less?
3. Purchase decisions are primarily based on price.
If that's the case, Mr. Client, I will send you your order in two years, okay? I'll also make sure that it will fall apart in two weeks, and you won't be getting your money back. Don't bother calling me, because I just closed our customer service department.
Most people do not buy on price alone. They will talk about price, but what they really mean is that you haven't offered enough value to justify paying the price you're asking.
There's this cartoon with a picture of a brother and sister each with their own lemonade stand side by side. The brother's lemonade stand reads "Lemonade 25 cents." The sister's lemonade stand reads:
Lemonade 50 cents (clean water).
Do you want your service to be known for being the cheapest on the market, or for high quality? Competing on price is a losing battle.
Lawrence Steinmetz and William Brooks are the authors of How to sell at margins higher than your competitors. Winning every sale at full price, rate or fee. They say:
"If you want to earn a solid living in sales, you need to remember that you are going to face a consistent challenge to hang on to a higher price, because you will always find yourself competing with a fool who is going broke cutting prices."
The key is adding value. If you don't offer exceptional value, then your product or service becomes just another commodity. People buy commodities on price. If you're just another web designer, voice-over artist, or car dealership, you're in trouble.
Value means: offering more at a higher price.
4. Price does not influence the perception of a product.
If that were the case, why are people prepared to pay thousands of dollars for a Rolex, instead of buying a $50 Seiko? Most watchmakers agree that the Seiko is the better time piece.
Let's talk about brain surgery. Why don't people go to the cheapest surgeon in the area? Because low prices make people think he isn't any good. Price makes a statement. Cheap = cheap. What does your rate tell the world about what you think you're worth?
5. Some clients just can't afford paying higher rates. I cannot change that.
How do you know they can't pay you a better rate? Buyers lie in order to get you to lower your price. It's the oldest trick in the book. If they could get it from someone else at a better price, why are they still talking to you?
Stop making excuses for those who don't respect you enough to pay you a decent fee. Unless you've seen their balance sheet, you don't know what they can or cannot afford.
Know your bottom line. Add value. Don't compromise so easily. Negotiate. Dare to say NO to a bad deal. Study the art of making the sale. It's part of being a pro.
6. I don't set the rates. The market does.
So, what you're saying is that you don't take responsibility for your prices? They are forced upon you at gunpoint? You're just a helpless leaf in the wind?
Let me put it bluntly: The market doesn't determine your price. Your client doesn't set your fee. YOU do.
It's just very convenient to tell the world that you don't have any influence over your rate. If you can't control it, you can't change it. You're a victim of circumstance. End of story. Now go feel sorry for yourself.
Market trends are the result of millions of individual decisions. Decisions you and I make, each and every day. Change the decisions, and you change the trends.
Price-cutting is a self-inflicted wound. Should you decide that $5 for an eight paragraph voice-over script is fair compensation, so be it. Contract law states that parties must agree to enter into a contract freely, and must be of sound mind.
I'm not saying that you should ignore the competition or forget about the rate cards that are floating in cyberspace. It's up to you if you want to look at Odesk, freelancer.com, or the $100 voices.com minimum rate, and decide that that's what "the market" is willing to pay. After all, the only thing the client cares about is price, right?
Or you could decide to look at union rates, and make those the basis of your pricing structure.
Why not talk to a few agents? If you're any good, they might want to represent you. They will fight for a decent rate because if you do well, they will do well.
7. I'm not a sales person. I'm an artist. I don't know how to negotiate.
No, you're a wimp, and you need a firm kick in the pants! Nobody is forcing you to be a full-time freelancer. But if you tell the world you are doing this to make a living, it automatically means that you're the head of the sales department, whether you like it or not. Lawrence Steinmetz has this to add:
"The first thing you have to understand is that the selling price is a function of your ability to sell and nothing else."
Any idiot can cave in at the first sign of buyer resistance, and offer a price cut. That's not selling. That's being lazy and fearful. It's a sign that you don't believe in the value of your product or service. Clients always pick up on that, and it will cost you dearly.
Being extraordinarily talented in what you do, doesn't guarantee instant success. Life might have dealt you a pretty good hand, but if you don't know how to play the game, even the best cards are useless. We all know starving geniuses.
The way I see it, you have two choices. You either learn the rules and become good at playing the game, or you stay out of it. Remember: experience is the slowest teacher.
8. Low-end rates do not affect high-end rates.
If that were the case, why aren't rates going up, instead of down? Why have so many auditions turned into a bidding war? Actor, writer and producer J.S. Gilbert:
"While it's not being broadcast, I'm seeing people I know who have made six-figure+ incomes at voice-over for years now, looking at incomes that are fractions of what they were a few years ago."
I understand that we'll never get back to the golden days of Don LaFontaine (a.k.a. "The Voice of G-d") and his limo. Thanks to the internet, the rise in home studios, and online job boards, clients no longer have to book union talent at union rates through an agent. Talk has become a lot cheaper.
As Gilbert pointed out to me, a job that used to cost the client $1000, is now offered at $250. But why pay $250 if some fool is willing to do it for $25?
As I said before, once clients are taught they can get it for less, why should they pay a penny more? Give me one reason why this trend does not impact today's prices, and has never done so in the past.
9. But I'm just getting started. I can't possibly ask full price.
Some beginners admitted to me that they've offered their services for free, just to be able to build a portfolio. Mind you: they were not talking about doing stuff for charity.
I think a freebie only makes sense if you have something else to sell. That's why a baker hands out samples, and that's why my custom demos are free of charge. But if you're giving 500 dollars worth of services away for free, you're not only creating expectations, you're in fact saying: "This is what I think my work is worth." Meanwhile, you're robbing a colleague of the chance to make five hundred bucks.
Jason Fried is the co-founder and President of software solution provider Basecamp. He recommends you practice charging a reasonable rate from day one. But what he said next was a real eye-opener to me:
"It's very safe to charge low rates, because you don't have to prove anything. But as soon as you charge a customer a good price, it gives them the power to demand something from you, such as good quality and great service. Those are the types of pressures you want on you as a small business owner. You want to be forced to be good. Charging for something forces you to be good."
10. I don't need to make a full-time income. It's only a hobby.
If it's only a hobby, then why are you advertising yourself as a voice-over professional? I play the piano, but I don't market myself as a concert pianist.
If you enjoy reading to other people, go volunteer at your local children's hospital or elder care facility. You will probably get more appreciation for doing this, than for anything you've ever done before.
Most talents I know are only freelancing part-time, because they're still building what they hope will become a full-time business. A part-time teacher only gets paid less because she puts in fewer hours. Does a part-time cab driver fix the meter so he can drive you around at half-price? So, why should you offer your services at bottom dollar?
Oh… I see. Your partner has a steady job, and the money you make doing the occasional voice-over doesn't have to pay the mortgage, right?
Guess what? In this economy there's no such thing as a steady job anymore. What would happen if your partner gets laid off and you become the sole breadwinner? Can your beer money pay the bills? Do you really think you could raise your rates to make ends meet?
Price buyers are the first to look elsewhere. They don't care about your personal situation. They care about cutting costs. But stop thinking about your own situation for a moment.
There are people who depend on doing this for a living right now, and they think your price dumping is nothing but unfair competition. I must admit: you're quite talented, and by charging these low rates you are making it harder and harder for them to justify their fees.
I think it's time for you to think about the bigger picture.
Asking for a reasonable rate is not about shameless greed or about becoming filthy rich and famous. This is about being able to provide for your family; being able to send your kids to college, and save some money for a rainy day.
Your voice could help sell millions of dollars worth of product. It can introduce people to brilliant books that enrich their lives. Your voice can be the voice of a mentor, teaching valuable skills to e-learners across the globe. Your voice can inform, entertain, sell, and assist. Surely, that must be worth something?
Those who fail to build value, have nothing left but to compete on price.
Paul Strikwerda ©nethervoice
*since the publication of this article, Rebecca's blog posts are no longer available
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Ron Rhodes
Just when I thought there had been enough chatter about low rates . . . this just happened.
I received an offer from a major company in Canada is paying $50 OR LESS per spot depending on the market. Some spots in the smaller markets are only paying $10…Yep, ten bucks…AND they expect the voice talent to perform all of the editing and post work. What's worse is they probably have an abundance of voice talents lined-up out their door who are willing to sacrifice an opportunity for a decent living for the chance at the tiniest little sliver of fleeting fame. So maddening.
Kent Ingram Reply:
September 8th, 2015 at 6:11 pm
Ron, the story you just told makes me want to throw up! I can't believe I had the same mentality as the bottom-feeders, at one time. To expect something for nothing seems to be the mindset of these clients, nowadays. We need to seriously band together to get some kind of economic justice.
Rose C
This is such a good post. I loved reading Rebecca Schwab's LinkedIn profile – because there you COULD see the clients that are willing to pay cheaply for their voice over recordings. Shame on you big clients! As she states here… https://www.linkedin.com/in/beccaschwab
Scott Gentle
Paul – add me to to chorus about another great, timely, and well thought-out and state article!
Based on my experiences and observations with new and veteran VOists, union and non-union, it seems most new talent (and even many experienced ones) have NO idea what the "real" cost of a gig could and should be.
We can point fingers at the usual suspects for muddying the waters…
– P2Ps and their bogus "throw it up against the wall and see what sticks"/"anything goes!" pricing charts – with numbers that have remained unchanged for years, went down when they did (and is outright ignored by their "we'll bottom-feed even more with our 'Professional' Services Division' which ignores them!")
– bottom-feeding talents masquerading as legit VOists/coaches, who are happy to profit from selling the art of their stupidity
(who apparently aren't making enough despite all those gigs they're booking…because…well, DUH…so they have to pitch snakeoil)
– newbie millennial talent and producers who think everything in the world is free, or nearly so (and predatory cheapskate veteran producers who are happy to cash in on them)
– etc. etc. etc.
…but let's be honest: a good bit of blame lies squarely with the unions, too.
(For the record, although I'm currently not a member of one, I'm NOT anti-union. I get why they were founded and why they're there, and what they can do to help talent if all goes like it's "supposed to". Bravo to anyone who works hard to set the bar high, and is successful at keeping it that way.)
The problem?
For years, they've whinged about non-union talent working below their scale – while doing virtually nil in terms of outreach to promote that their way is better, or offering easy-to-use, publicly accessible tools to demonstrate why.
They're quick to point out their rates have been public on their site for years, yet you need to download multiple PDFs – then have a NASA lunar landing engineer's degree – to figure out their arcane, byzantine methods of computing the return for a simple radio/TV/internet campaign.
Yes, several third party sites have posted simplified rate breakdowns…which many fail to keep updated.
Some even have extremely simplistic calculators…which are geared towards the needs of onscreen actors, but not VOists.
Am I the only one who's wondered why there's never been an official union online resource for this, in this gilded age of the interwebs?
Well, lo and behold, look what came up on a random Google trawl the other day:
SAG-AFTRAnumbers | Version 1.0 (Beta)
Apparently, it's new, and just went public recently…I've never heard a union friend or colleague mention it (I could be totally wrong too).
Of course, it's beta, so stuff's missing – at the moment, something huge: radio – but it does have the basics for figuring out TV and/or New Media gigs. In fact, I used it the other day to nearly double the originally-offered price on a not-insignificant gig a past client offered.
Obviously there will be people who will use this as a tool to build their "business" by saying "Look! I'm way cheaper than those guys!" – but those of us who know better know they'll either be forced to see the light from overwork, or drop out of the biz thanks to their ultimately unsustainable price model.
Everyone else should use this as intended – to discover that a lot of what we're told is "the new normal" is far from that – and argue that they deserve more for their talents…sometimes MUCH more…because they do.
I think a lot of VOists will be angered by this, and they well should be, because they've been unknowingly ripped off for years, and in some cases even made laughing stocks in the union and production communities for their lack of negotiating savvy or the simple ability to do the complicated math, which previously required a union insider's or hired paymaster's assist.
I think the union should be commended for posting this, and hopefully will keep it public and develop it further, because as they say, "a rising tide floats all boats".
This post is way long so I'll stop here for now, but will pop back with a real-world example about just how bad somebody got shyster-ed both on – and by – a P2P, and why many of us publicly chastised their CEO on LinkedIn for their hand in it.
Scott Gentle Reply:
August 24th, 2015 at 7:26 pm
Okay kiddies….gather around ye olde campfire for a cautionary VO tale/horror story – except it's neither a tale nor a story – it's totally real, and verifiable.
Voices.com users may remember Job #113727 "Voices – Lumosity – TV & Internet Spots {10 Total}" in July 2014, the year that the site seems to have made a big push with their so-called "Professional Services Division", apparently their newest attempt at building a cash cow by soliciting themselves as an agent…er…."one stop VO marketplace".
Whatever they want to call it, by most definitions they acted as an agency, which usually gets talent the best deal possible, right?
Yet the talent got TOTALLY screwed on this one.
It was already pretty obvious from the initial listing – 10 national TV spots for $100-250 each?!?! – that things were pretty rotten in Denmark…to say that pricing's an insult is an insult to the term insult – and that's even without internet included….AND the talent likely didn't see a maximum return on that, since the price on this was a bid range and not fixed.
But oh, how things get even darker when viewed through the lens via SAG-AFTRAnumbers.
Yeah, sure, the talent likely came away with at least a grand, if you use the bottomfeeder mentality…but as you'll see with the help of SAG's calculator, that's hardly anything from what COULD have been made.
Can it get worse?
Believe it or not, yes…they also got totally hosed by the worst of predatory bottomfeeders…mot by a cheapskate veteran production company, nor a Leisure Suit Larry-esque skeevy agent…but ACTUAL JOB SITE ITSELF, which claims to be an intermediary working in the best interests of everyone.
I turn your attention first to the historical record from the actual listing, for the benefit of non-subscribers (with apologies for the less-than-clean copy/paste:
Voices – Lumosity – TV & Internet Spots {10 Total}
Job # 113728
Job Posting Details
Job Status
Posted Date
Respond By
Word Count
Completed Jul 29, 2014 @ 15:46 Jul 31, 2014 825 $1000 – $2500
Age Range
English (North American) Male Young Adult Television national
Script & Instructions
Job Description
Hi there,
Our client is looking for a male voice for their national broadcast TV commercial and Internet videos. There is a total of 10 scripts {9 x :30s, 1 x :60}.
The client is looking for a male voice aged 30s-40s. The overall tone should sound natural and not overdone. The client is NOT looking for someone who sounds too "announcer-y," or "marketing-y."
The voice should sound confident, with a hint of seriousness.
An example of the type of voice we're looking for: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1Ci2UGrv1M
PLEASE NOTE: The client requires talent who are local to SAN FRANCISCO or have access to ISDN. Please mention whether or not you meet this criteria in your proposal.
Thank you and good luck!
So, as written (union folks please feel free to correct me) on the union site, assuming this was a cable ad like most Lumosity spots I've seen, this looks like:
Television Commercial (Voiceover/Off Camera)
1 Principal Actor
10 versions of the script
0 tags
Airing as both a TV broadcast + Internet/New Media
National Cable – 13 week cycle
Internet/New Media – 1 year option
Broadcast on a national station with Max 3000 units
Et…voila…the numbers:
Estimate Summary
Principal Actor 1
Session Fee
$ 472.00
9 Add'l Versions of the Script
$ 4248.00
Session Fees Subtotal
$ 4720.00
National Cable – 13 week cycle
1 Principal Actor(s)
$ 2317.00
Internet or New Media Use
1 Principal Actor(s) with the 1 Year Option
$ 1652.00
Usage Fees Subtotal
$ 3969.00
Talent Agent 10%
$ 868.90
$ 9557.90
Pension & Health
$ 1605.73
Payroll Taxes
$ 1338.11
Estimate Total
$ 12501.73
Now remember folks – this is ONE cycle of TV…not even a whole year, so that number could go much higher…and I seem to recall seeing somewhere that past Lumosity ads have run for upwards of 2 years+.
Regardless of how you do the math, the talent could have easily seen nearly $10K at scale, and even if they lowballed it at 50% off, there could have been more than double the pittance that Voices.com gave.
The only people that appeared to have gotten real benefits was the client (by way of uber-cheap VO talent savings on a spot they ran on the internet…AND TV – and they run a LOT of TV) and Voices.com, who if I understand their service correctly, took not only a yearly subscription fee and a 10% SurePay commission from the talent – but also a third bite via upwards of a 50% commission since this gig was listed by their PSD…or more, according to some estimates, but that's a whole other post.
Paul Strikwerda Reply:
August 25th, 2015 at 5:42 pm
This painfully illustrates why P2P's like voices.com aren't working in the best interest of their members. They're operating the in these interest of their bottom line. That's why I call them bottom line feeders.
Paul Strikwerda Reply:
August 25th, 2015 at 5:38 pm
Hi Scott, thank you so much for your comments, and for discovering the link to the SAG-AFTRA rate calculator. I hadn't heard of it, and I think it's a step in the right direction.
Sean O. Shea
Ignorance is a huge factor, Paul. None of the coaches I worked with or classes I've taken, ever brought up rates. Sadly, I learned from the P2P sites. For years I had no clue. We didn't have the VO blogs and sermons of generous people such as yourself.(Loved the Roundtable discussion on World-Voices.org.)
I am so happy to see more discussions popping up concerning rates. I even noticed Terry Daniel featuring an ENTIRE class on rates for his VO Camp. Kudos, sir!
This is exactly how we invoke change, isn't it?
Paul Strikwerda Reply:
August 23rd, 2015 at 10:41 am
In this information age we live in, ignorance is a poor excuse, Sean. If you ask me, I think it's a matter of stupidity, carelessness, and laziness.
I can't imagine being a coach, and not talk about setting rates. Becoming a VO-pro is not just about learning how to read lines and make them sound conversational. It's about getting someone ready to run a for-profit business!
Giving people more information is a positive step, but it does not necessarily lead to change. People have known for decades that smoking is bad for their health. Yet, every day people pick up the habit.
We can tell horses where they can find the water, but if they're not even thirsty, we cannot make them drink.
Melanie Fraser
What a splendid article – I strongly support your views and hope that many more VO artists will do too. I often say "No" to these murky business dealings but do volunteer to charities.
It's about time the bargaining stopped. What about having a global rate card as a gold standard? The only problem is, who would set the rates?
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August 23rd, 2015 at 10:36 am
A global rate card? I don't see it happening. The price of a Big Mac or a Tall Latte fluctuates due to geographical differences. The same is true when it comes to services. As I explain on my voice-over rates page:
"rates are based on a number of variables: the medium (radio, television, internet), the market (local, national, international), the length, the nature and the use of the audio."
Even if we were to have such a card, there's no international body that could hold people accountable, and ensure that those rates aren't undercut.
What turned things around for me were the words of a homicidal, sociopathic "agent of chaos."
"If you're good at something, never do it for free." The Joker – The Dark Knight.
Jeff Bugonian Reply:
August 21st, 2015 at 3:43 pm
That is just awesome DaveC! I may just steal the quote you have just stolen….:-)
Mike McGonegal
Well written as always! One thing I like to point out when people trot out the old "I'll make it up in volume" saw is that 'volume' only works when it's the same item produced over and over again – like a can of soda or a box of cookies. When it comes to VO, where every single thing we do is a custom piece of work (shall we say, 'bespoke audio'?), that idea completely falls apart. We, if we're doing our job right, have to record, edit, and QA every piece of audio – and that all takes time, energy, and skill.
…and the Steinmetz book? A VERY useful and informative read. It should be on everyone's shelf right next to the acting books.
Have a great weekend!
Jason Lechak Reply:
August 21st, 2015 at 1:27 pm
Mike, this hits the nail square on the head, regarding explaining voice over quotes. Their message, which they want to convey, is not mass produced.
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August 22nd, 2015 at 7:33 am
Great points, Mike. The only time voice-overs can make it up in volume, is when they're asked to speak louder!
Paul Garner
Thanks for this. We see more and more rate races now and not in a good direction. Standing together on this will hopefully bring us about on the right course!
Ron Rhodes
I'm convinced there is a significant large section of the talent pool who are just trying to grab a small modicum of fame. And they will gladly trade the opportunity to make a decent living in exchange for notoriety (however fleeting or small). They want so much to tell their family/friends "Hey! That's me on the radio! Ain't that cool!"
Yeah sure. Congratulations, you're still poor, Genius.
Ron Rhodes
I think. . . no, I HOPE, that the voiceover industry is in a bubble right now. I hope that the bottom end of the talent pool will soon wash away due to lack of work.
As for me, even as a beginner, I've always felt like it was important to charge a wage that I can live on. And I would walk away from work that paid too little. I was once offered $150 for doing 15 national spots on Pandora.
Paul Strikwerda Reply:
August 21st, 2015 at 6:58 am
Why charge a fee one could not live on, I wonder. What's the purpose? A pro turns a profit, otherwise it is a hobby.
Jason Lechak
Hi Paul, and all!
I am fairly new to voice over but I don't settle for lowball prices. What will I do for a $20? Give it a lift – pick it up off the floor! A lowball price gets lowball quality; pretty simple.
Anyway – keep fighting the good fight everyone! 🙂
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August 21st, 2015 at 6:55 am
Good for you, and good for us, Jason! If you offer a quality product, you rate should reflect that. Always.
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1-person $11,770 = 235 $50 spots or 117 $100 spots.
2-person $15,930 = 318 $50 spots or 159 $100 spots.
* rate integrity is paramount even if your significant other is the higher income earner.
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August 21st, 2015 at 6:53 am
Thanks for adding those numbers, Mike. Now imagine voice-overs working for Fiverr, and making less than $5 per spot… Madness!
Kent Ingram
When I got back into the business, after a lengthy sabbatical, I fell into that trap of agreeing to lower fees and making up for it in volume. Boy, did that ever fail! I learned my lesson and established some standards that I could live with and not appear to be desperate or a sucker. Paul, if I haven't registered with World Voices, I'll do so, posthaste! By standing together and establishing reasonable standards, we can become the kind of class outfit that we should be. Limited free markets work better than anything, but there have to be limits to make it successful. Thanks for reinforcing these points, Paul!
Paul Strikwerda Reply:
August 21st, 2015 at 6:51 am
I'm sure World Voices will welcome you with open arms, Kent. It's not a trade union, but it's a group of seasoned professionals dedicated to set and uphold professional standards in our industry.
Kent Ingram Reply:
August 21st, 2015 at 1:23 pm
Just looked at the site, Paul. Very impressive! I also sent an e-mail to Chris, regarding some confusion I have about membership. I'm sure it'll be answered soon. This is definitely a place to start the ball rolling in the right direction!
Terry Daniel
Brilliant blog, Paul! If you take your craft and career seriously, then you always have to remember you are worth so much more than the $10 and $15 jobs that seem to be popping up out of nowhere. You might be saying to yourself, "But, those are the only jobs that are available right now!" By thinking this way, you are clearly not able to see the forest for the trees. Believe me, I know what's like to struggle to get as many jobs as you can when you are sitting on a big goose egg for the week or even the month – bills piling up, prospective clients bailing out and you're left wondering whether or not you should have gotten into this business in the first place. I went through this when I first got started in voiceovers. Take a deep breath and erase this level of thinking from your mind.
The key is to make sure that you focus on what is really important – the quality of the client instead of the quantity of the payment. When you're not making very much money or closing very many jobs, you may start to think about joining such sites as Voice Garden and Internet Jock just to scrounge up as much work as possible. As is the case with any business, you need to focus on working smarter and not harder by focusing on high-quality clients.
There are always going to be clients that are simply looking to save a few bucks by getting whatever they need done as cheap as possible. As long as their basic needs are met and they don't have to spend a lot of money to do so, they are happy. Even if they are not familiar with the average rates that professionals within our industry charge for our services, they will find themselves simply searching for the lowest bid amounts and hoping for the best. Those are low-quality clients that accept low-quality work as long as they get it done for low quality prices.
You need to be focusing on the type of client that is the exact opposite. The type of client that clearly understands the simple fact that quality work requires quality prices. Even if they have limited experience when it comes to this industry, they know that if they want it done right the first time around with no exceptions – they will have to pay for it. In comparison to the lowballing clients looking to save a few bucks, high-quality clients ARE OUT THERE and could be just around the corner. Keep in mind that one high-quality client can do a heck of a lot more for you in the long run than twenty low-quality clients.
When you're a new voice talent, it may come easy settling for these types of jobs for the long haul just because they seem easy to close. Professional anglers don't use their best tools, equipment and boats to find goldfish just because they are available. Not only would they be wasting their time, money and resources, but they would look absolutely foolish doing so, wouldn't they? How do you think you look with all of your time, money and available resources chasing after the "goldfish" clients and jobs of this industry?
I look at some of these lowball VO directories like a kiosk in a shopping mall. Full of junk that true professional voice talents don't need. So, do yourself a favor and avoid them! Focus on revamping your marketing strategy in order to effectively target the "big fish!" This can be done much easier than you might think.
The key is to simply remember that your work is worth more than $10 – regardless of any rejection notices and emails from prospective clients that would rather keep their money and sacrifice quality than the other way around.
Think of your voice as a showroom-quality product that just hit the shelves today for the first time. Don't place your brand new product on the clearance rack just so it can sell quicker for pennies. You could easily miss out on the high-quality sales opportunities that will slip right past you along the way.
Keep in mind that my entire sermon here is based on working with clients direct. If you're represented by a talent agent, the agent will negotiate the rates with the client and more often than not, they are really good rates! Thank you, talent agents! More about the agency game in a future blog.
So, I ask you again….what amount appears on your price tag?
Paul Strikwerda Reply:
August 21st, 2015 at 7:07 am
Thank you, "pastor" Terry! This is a great addition to my piece.
I always tell my students: "It's very easy to book a low-paying job. It's much harder to book a job that pays well. We can all compete on price and go broke in the process. It has happened, and it will happen again and again. Those "professional" voice-overs end up selling their studio on Craigslist and eBay.
It's time voice talent stop blaming clients for the decline in rates. We cannot change clients. We can only change our own attitude toward money.
Sandi Sloan
Paul thank you so much for articulating this issue so concisely. As a long time voice agent working with Union Actors in a major market and managing Paul Boucher in a non union environment, I must say that I see declining rate structures being offered in both environments. As a community it is incredibly important that we understand the realities of the marketplace…but we must also have the courage to say NO to some of the inappropriate rates being offered – otherwise we are all in a race to the bottom – and that is not a place I for one plan on arriving.
Paul Strikwerda Reply:
August 20th, 2015 at 5:33 pm
I totally agree, Sandi. The power of NO can be very persuasive. If we don't draw a line in the sand, we devalue our own services.
Paul Boucher
Hi again Paul,
Although I stand by what I said earlier, I wanted to thank your blog readers for their very productive, and constructive comments following your post. I particularly appreciated the references to books and other reading.
Although I've seen dissenting opinions and commentary on some of your other blog posts, this initial stream of comments on this post is a fine reflection/testament of/to you and your business.
Thanks again.
Paul Strikwerda Reply:
August 20th, 2015 at 1:18 pm
This happens when the people who "get it," get together and support one another. One of the reasons I keep on blogging is exactly because I can't wait to turn my monologue into a dialogue. That's where you'll often find the real gems.
Jim Edgar
Clean, clear and professional, Paul!
I'd also suggest folks read/listen to "Linchpin" by Seth Godin – it talks a lot about both the delusion of competing on price and the clear benefits that training and focus can bring. Making yourself the Linchpin in an organization (or in our cases, to our clients) is how you build a business relationship.
Very true insights on the whole "…can't afford to pay a better rate" argument. For someone who negotiates rates for a living – likely the person on the client side of the communication – the first answer is always "No. That's too much." Having the confidence in your product to say, "OK. Thanks. That's what this is worth.." should also set the bar for what professional work costs. And do it graciously with a smile. It may take them going through production purgatory with missed deadlines and poor audio to realize what they have purchased. If they truly don't have the budget, that's OK too. I've had clients come back on later projects, when they did have the budget.
Paul Strikwerda Reply:
August 20th, 2015 at 11:52 am
Thanks for the tip on Seth Godin's book, Jim. I'll put it on my reading list.
Anyone who has ever negotiated anything knows that the first offer is never the real offer. It's just a way to test the waters. Yet, too many colleagues fall for it because they're afraid to loose the job.
Jim Edgar Reply:
August 20th, 2015 at 11:55 am
just after I read your post, this one from Joe Gilder dropped into my inbox – so, lest we think VO is unique in not treating the Biz like a Business:
Jeff Bugonian
Excellent blog Paul. Here is a major paradox on this subject too: The same people who are trying to cut the cost of VO to rock bottom prices would probably be highly offended if a customer were to offer them less money for the product or service they are selling.
Paul Strikwerda Reply:
August 20th, 2015 at 11:46 am
I see the paradox, Jeff. The goal of every entrepreneur (including myself) is to keep costs as low as possible, and to maximize profits. But what some "colleagues" fail to realize is that beer money won't pay the bills.
Karen Souer
This is a challenging issue from more than just the voiceover side, as well. A colleague of mine and I got into a lengthy (thankfully civil) discussion with an editor that wanted to give 18 hours of his time away for free. People and this guy commented on how he wasn't competing, or undercutting anyone, and I struggled to direct his attention to the larger issues. This wasn't personal, this was about the way post production persons are viewed by the very people we work with!
Paul Strikwerda Reply:
August 20th, 2015 at 11:40 am
Absolutely. Sooner or later, every freelancer will feel the pressure to do more for less. It's ironic, because so many solopreneurs started their own business to (eventually) do less for more.
Paul Boucher
I offer an emphatic THANK YOU for clearly articulating your arguments against the tripe being offered by the bottom feeders as justification for unsound thinking, bad planning, bordering-on-moronic "business practices", etc.
I applaud you for sourcing out examples to support your arguments; that definitely helps to strengthen your piece.
It really is unfortunate that the same technology that allowed those of us with career, rather than hobby level ambition, contributes to consolidating so much of this naked stupidity as a shadow industry that has weakened the "legitimate" industry to the point where these sorts of pieces of necessary.
It's happened historically to countless other industries, art forms and professions, but it's still disheartening to feel like we're struggling to reverse what seems an overwhelming tide.
Thanks for bringing together other voices who agree and for being a champion of reason in a community that needs to hear and see it.
Debbie Grattan
I agree with everything you say here Paul. AND, I also feel the pinch from all directions, as the playing field continues to change. I lose work all the time to rate, and it gets old after a while. Yes, there are clients and agents who understand fair rates, but I still see the "low rate" alert in audition emails from agents as well. I think they get hungry enough too, to allow for someone at less than standard rates to boost their bottom line.
Paul Strikwerda Reply:
August 20th, 2015 at 11:34 am
The next question would be: what to do about this downward trend?
I hear you, Diane! The question is: What do we do to counter this downward trend?
As a blogger, my pen is my weapon. As a voice-over, I'm a member of the World Voices Organization. Why? Because I know I can't fix the problem of low rates on my own. We need to stand together on this, and make sure clients are aware of the tremendous added value we bring to the table. One voice at a time.
Ron Rhodes Reply:
August 25th, 2015 at 6:50 pm
Completely agree with both of you. I have seen low rates from agents, too. One of the latest I got from an agent was a multi-regional radio spot for $230. Blessings to both of you.
Mike Harrison
Excellent, Paul. Jason Fried's brilliant comment needs to be repeated:
"It's very safe to charge low rates, because you don't have to prove anything. But as soon as you charge a customer a good price, it gives them the power to demand something from you, such as good quality and great service. Those are the types of pressures you want on you as a small business owner. You want to be forced to be good. Charging for something forces you to be good."
Giving one's services away for next to nothing makes them appear desperate, not professional. In fact, nothing could be further from it.
Thank you.
Paul Strikwerda Reply:
August 20th, 2015 at 11:17 am
You're right. Desperation is never a client magnet. Confidence, on the other hand, is.


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