tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29376201.comments2023-10-17T01:17:50.579-07:00World of StoriesWorldofStorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03010484326191796221noreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29376201.post-12782936518347144132022-07-20T06:52:17.622-07:002022-07-20T06:52:17.622-07:00This extensive list of considerations and potentia...This extensive list of considerations and potential pitfalls has been a most helpful guideline to a would-be novice voice actor like me. Many thanks! -Robert Davis NitzschkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29376201.post-6960525076877180282021-09-04T18:26:13.422-07:002021-09-04T18:26:13.422-07:00Thanks for this! Looking deeper at language really...Thanks for this! Looking deeper at language really helps us see other things that might be missed! Which is why it is also important to keep the culture of the story alive and well. Thanks Anoymous!Smilin' Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11020208018631616901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29376201.post-8298273825463812242021-09-04T17:11:13.630-07:002021-09-04T17:11:13.630-07:00Thoughts: Rinkrank, in English sounds like Rink-R...Thoughts: Rinkrank, in English sounds like Rink-Rank. But in German it could just as well be Rin-Krank, krank meaning ill or sick. Krankheit, opposite of Gesundheit. Suddenly Rin-Krank is a sick old man.<br />Next comes Manrot. looking to German again, man is man and rot is red. As in Rot Kapchen, Little Red Ridinghood. First meaning of Rot is Ruddy, as in complexion. Man-red, could be a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29376201.post-62052336608728326922020-07-06T19:13:23.619-07:002020-07-06T19:13:23.619-07:00I think you characterized the difference in nervou...I think you characterized the difference in nervousness well -- like taking an exam as opposed to an "electric" feeling.<br /><br />I think the Q&A afterward helps, otherwise you're so abruptly back in your own home.<br /><br />Thank you for sharing your set up!Misty Matorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11997970692226749581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29376201.post-73029371814923767312018-02-23T09:22:47.680-08:002018-02-23T09:22:47.680-08:00Good to read your immigration experiences. We'...Good to read your immigration experiences. We've had too much ideology & not enough human experience in this ongoing political debate. I suppose that's a job for... Storytellers! ~ MMarek Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545005577320264093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29376201.post-32881333928329876222017-08-21T03:37:58.905-07:002017-08-21T03:37:58.905-07:00Thanks Simon. It's been a long time since I&#...Thanks Simon. It's been a long time since I've checked in. Seems like I've taken my boots off and have been mostly touching the ground barefoot for a few years - listening deeply, but not TELLING many stories. thanks for the reminder of stories being like boots. Gotta put 'em on before they can travel.<br />PatPat Spaldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04036145202331784119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29376201.post-45080852933433972812017-03-21T10:36:27.284-07:002017-03-21T10:36:27.284-07:00Thanks for the review. Now I'll read library&#...Thanks for the review. Now I'll read library's Gaiman and save my cash for Patakin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29376201.post-69562494085377074112017-01-04T11:05:21.413-08:002017-01-04T11:05:21.413-08:00Well, Simon, you have convinced me. I will now loo...Well, Simon, you have convinced me. I will now look for this book. Sounds like a good one. Happy New Year. Tony Toledonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29376201.post-46865377563687721312016-09-28T14:58:19.266-07:002016-09-28T14:58:19.266-07:00You've got a stouter constitution than I have,...You've got a stouter constitution than I have, old chum. I've read novelized Iliads, but never an actual verse translation. Something about that high flown epic language puts me right to sleep. Literally.<br /><br />Concerning body count and how many dead soldiers you could rack up in ten years... I don't picture them clocking in for battle every day. Somewhere I heard a definition ofmegan hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169239422147100427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29376201.post-51494400036068210332016-09-18T21:27:10.483-07:002016-09-18T21:27:10.483-07:00Many thanks for such valuable and details work, Si...Many thanks for such valuable and details work, Simon. This is really useful.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02629671179969389449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29376201.post-88884797796078417802016-08-29T10:23:02.538-07:002016-08-29T10:23:02.538-07:00Great idea, Simon. I'm not quite ready to buil...Great idea, Simon. I'm not quite ready to build an entire booth. I'm working on a smaller setup, since I don't record as often as you do. I found this as an inspiration: http://www.instructables.com/id/Sound-Cancelling-Portable-Studio-Box/Tim Ehttp://timereneta.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29376201.post-32484705496191277202016-08-25T10:11:39.129-07:002016-08-25T10:11:39.129-07:00Thanks for this, Simon. It arrived at the perfect ...Thanks for this, Simon. It arrived at the perfect time. I spent 2 hours at a studio yesterday as I begin my new cd project. I was not super happy. I often record stories at home to submit as auditions but my other cds have been studio revorded. I think with a little of your ideas I can adapt my home without changing its real estate value. Then I can revord on my own time & edit as I prefer.<Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29376201.post-11850244127156377842016-05-24T16:53:54.507-07:002016-05-24T16:53:54.507-07:00There is something about your poem.There is something about your poem.PapaJoe Gaudethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11681570310036579498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29376201.post-40877841057604878802016-05-03T22:51:13.034-07:002016-05-03T22:51:13.034-07:00I hate an empty comment board -- It looks so forlo...I hate an empty comment board -- It looks so forlorn! So----<br />Tell the Stories you love and Love the stories you tell!<br /><br />And -- here is food for controversy:<br /><br />Don't be afraid to change an old story and make it yours -- In fact, if you look at a story and can't think of anything you can add or change so that it speaks for you -- skip it -- And find one that's Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13733257566732327168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29376201.post-72508097401941786562016-05-03T19:50:30.746-07:002016-05-03T19:50:30.746-07:00Well said and oh so true. It's always helpful ...Well said and oh so true. It's always helpful to see how tellers we admire got to where they are. Gives us. Lot of hope. Thanksmfor sharing.Harvey Heilbrunhttp://www.hdhstory.net/Storyblognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29376201.post-9101440752617737132016-03-15T08:03:40.796-07:002016-03-15T08:03:40.796-07:00Thanks for this: it helped me to undestand my audi...Thanks for this: it helped me to undestand my audience better on one occasion when I did tell a personal story and got a blank response. I was asked to tell the story of having to call an ambulance for my six-month-old baby who had breathing difficulties because of pollution. It is a rew story, and I had to tell it in German, which is my second language.<br />I felt a lack of sympathy, but I can Andy in Germanyhttp://www.absolutestory.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29376201.post-21762368043853871342016-03-08T03:31:19.099-08:002016-03-08T03:31:19.099-08:00Thank you, Simon. I think of all the things that I...Thank you, Simon. I think of all the things that I can pick up in my hands that I have created. How quintessentially different it is to gain a "product" rather than lose time. Sadly, as I got older and entered the tribe of Adults, what I made was no longer good enough, no longer perfect enough. Luckily, once I became a crusty old elder, it came home to me that it was creating for the Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03546322545366794526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29376201.post-10167320558421929602016-03-08T02:34:31.098-08:002016-03-08T02:34:31.098-08:00Sweet post Simon. Great memories. Thank you. I ...Sweet post Simon. Great memories. Thank you. I remember lots of curb ball where we threw the tennis ball against the curb and because it was curved, never knew if it would be a pop up, a grounder or an airball going into the bushes across the street. We also had twig boat races after the rainstorms, following new streams that would flow in the streets to the drains. David AMaggid Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12852826351358673103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29376201.post-76550832874396098612015-12-14T14:35:17.381-08:002015-12-14T14:35:17.381-08:00I think it would be a thought bubble from Isolde, ...I think it would be a thought bubble from Isolde, saying: "I warned you!"WorldofStorieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03010484326191796221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29376201.post-54464712528885678952015-12-14T11:18:29.542-08:002015-12-14T11:18:29.542-08:00What I want to know is: Was there an after-picture...What I want to know is: Was there an after-picture - an illustration of this cozy scene AFTER the axe came down? I'd like to see THAT caption!Bruce Marcusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29376201.post-59991028758337833022015-12-13T09:16:59.919-08:002015-12-13T09:16:59.919-08:00"No Stairway? Denied!""No Stairway? Denied!"Danielle Schulmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09236381538550527307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29376201.post-4820021083387068732015-11-02T17:15:15.654-08:002015-11-02T17:15:15.654-08:00Tim,
I did see this book and was sorely tempted to...Tim,<br />I did see this book and was sorely tempted to buy it. I love the story, as you already know, and I am also a HUGE Pixar fan, and Sanjay's style of art. I will have to look for the movie! Sounds... interesting!<br />Peace,<br />SimonWorldofStorieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03010484326191796221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29376201.post-59548086859317430912015-10-30T22:54:31.723-07:002015-10-30T22:54:31.723-07:00Simon,
if you can find a copy of Sanjay Patel'...Simon,<br />if you can find a copy of <a href="http://www.chroniclebooks.com/titles/ramayana.html" rel="nofollow">Sanjay Patel's <i>Ramayana: Divine Loophole</i></a>, it's a treat. I introduced my kids to the Ramayana through it.<br /><br />Thanks for your perspective on this. I always thought Lakshman and Hanuman stole the show, and both Ravana and Sita are more memorable for me than Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15432302620700328040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29376201.post-40643812935021822692015-10-30T22:54:08.501-07:002015-10-30T22:54:08.501-07:00Simon,
if you can find a copy of Sanjay Patel'...Simon,<br />if you can find a copy of <a href="http://www.chroniclebooks.com/titles/ramayana.html" rel="nofollow">Sanjay Patel's <i>Ramayana: Divine Loophole</i></a>, it's a treat. I introduced my kids to the Ramayana through it.<br /><br />Thanks for your perspective on this. I always thought Lakshman and Hanuman stole the show, and both Ravana and Sita are more memorable for me than Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15432302620700328040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29376201.post-12758742122727384182015-10-25T15:57:54.045-07:002015-10-25T15:57:54.045-07:00Dear Simon,
Peace and fall greetings and thank you...Dear Simon,<br />Peace and fall greetings and thank you for reminding me about the Ramayana.<br />I first became acquainted with it while taking a History of India course about 9 years<br />ago. It is a great epic and at one point was broad cast as a serial on Indian TV and literally shut down the country on the nights of the broadcasts. It was so important and popular.<br /> My History Todd Goodwinnoreply@blogger.com