Bill Davis - Creative COW

Too many years producing, writing, editing, and delivering videos to remember them all.
FCP since v.1.0 (April '99)
20 years doing voiceover work, plus I write the Timeline column for Videomaker Magazine and lecture on video production all around the country.

245 Posts

Hobbies and Interests: Hey, I'm self-employed - hobbies??? Who's got time for hobbies...
Actually, converting our hay barn into a video/photo studio has been a kind of a hobby, I suppose - one that will likely never end...

Comments and Things Worth Noting:
Smartest thing I've heard in the past ten years was a quote from Blaise Pascal...

When the tool you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a nail.

My Recent Posts:

Re: Corporations by Bill Davis on Nov 20, 2009 at 7:15:00 am
Re: voiceover industry - questions by Bill Davis on Nov 20, 2009 at 7:04:28 am
Re: Should I still charge a kill fee in this instance? by Bill Davis on Oct 16, 2009 at 11:10:09 pm
Re: lightweight dolly by Bill Davis on Oct 8, 2009 at 5:01:54 am
Re: Internet Monitoring of Remote Shoot ??? by Bill Davis on Oct 6, 2009 at 6:27:05 am
Re: Song choice disagreement by Bill Davis on Oct 6, 2009 at 6:11:55 am
Re: Internet Monitoring of Remote Shoot ??? by Bill Davis on Oct 6, 2009 at 4:03:44 am
Re: Descent into Madness - NOT so fast guys. by Bill Davis on Oct 6, 2009 at 3:41:45 am
Re: lightweight dolly by Bill Davis on Oct 4, 2009 at 7:44:20 am
Re: Preproduction by Bill Davis on Sep 23, 2009 at 7:46:10 pm
Re: Which Blue Mic For VO / Narration? by Bill Davis on Sep 22, 2009 at 7:38:53 pm
Re: TS vs.TRS by Bill Davis on Sep 22, 2009 at 7:24:10 pm
Re: Rate for editors? by Bill Davis on Sep 22, 2009 at 3:47:27 am
Re: TS vs.TRS by Bill Davis on Sep 22, 2009 at 3:13:25 am
Re: Isn't there a minimum wage law? by Bill Davis on Sep 21, 2009 at 9:26:23 am
Re: Meeting topic. The new digital SLR cameras that shoot video too. by Bill Davis on Sep 19, 2009 at 9:02:55 am
Re: How to get clients - Revealed by Bill Davis on Sep 17, 2009 at 9:18:47 pm
Re: Rate for editors? by Bill Davis on Sep 17, 2009 at 6:43:27 pm
Re: Why do I never get the *fun* assignments? by Bill Davis on Sep 17, 2009 at 6:35:37 pm
Re: Why do I never get the *fun* assignments? by Bill Davis on Sep 16, 2009 at 7:24:27 am

My Tagged Posts

Re: voiceover industry - questions
by Bill Davis on Nov 20, 2009 at 4:00:32 am
in the Business & Marketing Forum
Having about 2000 paid VOs under my belt I guess I can weigh in on this. The piece of gear that Mark was referring to is a Telos Zephyr. For many years, that and an ISDN line were the keys to...

first tagged as a 5 COW post by Nick Griffin

Re: Which Blue Mic For VO / Narration?
by Bill Davis on Sep 18, 2009 at 12:52:25 pm
in the Audio Professionals Forum
Top 3? OK. Coming in at #3. The AKG 414 TLII The reason - In the early 1990s it happened to be the mic hanging in the studio where I did the first VO series I'd ever done where...

first tagged as a 5 COW post by Archie Cruz

Re: stop the echo
by Bill Davis on Aug 22, 2009 at 1:14:29 pm
in the Audio Professionals Forum
Margaret, Your description is a bit hard to understand - but let me try. Typically, the sort of echo you appear to be describing takes place when a speaker produces a sound, that is then picked up by a MICROPHONE, which sends...

first tagged as a 5 COW post by John Fishback

Re: Frustration with new-age communication being ignored *whinge*
by Bill Davis on Aug 22, 2009 at 10:12:09 am
in the Business & Marketing Forum
David, If you mis-read this you're going to find the tone harsh. It's NOT supposed to be. I'd like it to be more like a good exercise at a high level customer service seminar you've paid a lot of hard earned...

first tagged as a 5 COW post by Ron Lindeboom

Re: client not paying - need advice!
by Bill Davis on Aug 6, 2009 at 12:16:21 am
in the Business & Marketing Forum
DeAnna, This has clearly been a huge learning experience for you. It's also probably been a huge pain in the butt for you. Particularly since you note that the money you're NOT collecting is important to your family. So the plentiful advice...

first tagged as a 5 COW post by Nick Griffin

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