Comments on: “…only to a certain degree.” http://blog.audioconnell.com/2010/04/21/only-to-a-certain-degree/ where the worlds of voiceover, marketing and advertising collide! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:20:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: peter o'connell voiceover http://blog.audioconnell.com/2010/04/21/only-to-a-certain-degree/comment-page-1/#comment-5393 peter o'connell voiceover Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:36:18 +0000 http://blog.audioconnell.com/?p=4243#comment-5393 Hi D.C., Thanks. We all have choices to make in life and then some choices are made for us. For the moment, yours is an upstream swim - tough but not impossible. I think you have a sense of what you did right in this situation and what you did wrong. A year from now, you'll have an even fuller perspective. I hope it reaps rewards for you for the next 45 years of your voice over career. I know I'm still learning. Thanks for your comment and good luck. Best always, - Peter Hi D.C.,

Thanks.

We all have choices to make in life and then some choices are made for us.

For the moment, yours is an upstream swim – tough but not impossible.

I think you have a sense of what you did right in this situation and what you did wrong. A year from now, you’ll have an even fuller perspective.

I hope it reaps rewards for you for the next 45 years of your voice over career.

I know I’m still learning.

Thanks for your comment and good luck.

Best always,
- Peter

]]> By: D.C. Douglas http://blog.audioconnell.com/2010/04/21/only-to-a-certain-degree/comment-page-1/#comment-5392 D.C. Douglas Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:06:11 +0000 http://blog.audioconnell.com/?p=4243#comment-5392 Very nice post, Peter. Interestingly, this was the debate between my agents, manager and myself over the last 3 days. The original post by FreedomWorks CEO Matt Kibbe would've drifted away without notice. But letting them publish my number and encourage people to get me fired is akin to blacklisting. And they ONLY did it because they discovered my GEICO connection. Even more importantly, they WAITED until the morning after I posted on my Facebook page that I recorded a new campaign. I had to point this out. So we issued a press release. I may lose work because of this, but I already was handed more work from people who sympathize. But regardless of all that. I have up to 45 years left of life if I'm lucky. The first 44 went by fast. Not standing up and calling foul on this foul group - FreedomWorks - would rot my soul. Their tactics are dangerous and their goals are not what they print on their website. I didn't want to look back a year from now and feel raped and cowardly. Anyway, I'm still in the middle of this. I'm pretty sure a year from now no one will remember this hullabaloo. Life will go on, and I'll be able to live with myself. Very nice post, Peter. Interestingly, this was the debate between my agents, manager and myself over the last 3 days. The original post by FreedomWorks CEO Matt Kibbe would’ve drifted away without notice. But letting them publish my number and encourage people to get me fired is akin to blacklisting. And they ONLY did it because they discovered my GEICO connection. Even more importantly, they WAITED until the morning after I posted on my Facebook page that I recorded a new campaign. I had to point this out. So we issued a press release.

I may lose work because of this, but I already was handed more work from people who sympathize. But regardless of all that. I have up to 45 years left of life if I’m lucky. The first 44 went by fast. Not standing up and calling foul on this foul group – FreedomWorks – would rot my soul. Their tactics are dangerous and their goals are not what they print on their website. I didn’t want to look back a year from now and feel raped and cowardly.

Anyway, I’m still in the middle of this. I’m pretty sure a year from now no one will remember this hullabaloo. Life will go on, and I’ll be able to live with myself.

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