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About purrrentice

Fantastic Voiceover? How About PRENTASTIC VOICEOVER?!?! I'm Prentice Osborne, a full-time, freelance voiceover talent out of Atlanta. My specialty is Millennial, teen and everything in between, and I work in multiple genres of VO, from e-learning to games to cartoons to radio and TV ads. I love the entire VO process, from pen to paper, mouth to mic, cursor to waveform. It's totally Prentabulous! Need some voice work? Bring it on, World! Freelance Prentice is here to blow your mind with laughs, creative magic, mad skills, and a little bit of razzle dazzle!

Cilant-YO! The (Dis)Likability of Cilantro

As my Facebook friends may know (and others may not), I want to start another poetry challenge. What I mean by that is I miss the old school challenges of my fridge poetry days. I’m one of those weird writers … Continue reading

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Pirates of the Career-ibbean: Why Freelancing is Like Being a Pirate

Ahoy, me Hearties! Pirate Prentice here.  Last Friday was Talk Like a Pirate Day, and the fact that I did not finish this article in time for the occasion made my heart walk the plank. But, I’d be a son … Continue reading

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Time for Another Workout Review – Fitness Blender

I know some of you may think that working out has little to nothing to do with voice over and promo marketing, but oh man. You’re so wrong. I use my body in the booth all the time, and part … Continue reading

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My Ideal Workday

Last week, I lived without internet. IT WAS AWFUL!  You don’t really know how much you depend on the internet until you don’t have it, especially if you work from home. It really messed with my workflow, and while I … Continue reading

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Prentice, Where You Been?!

I have neglected this blog since April! APRIL! I kinda got into a funk and then came out of it and fell into it again and so on and so on. I was going to write an article about that, … Continue reading

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A Throwback Throw Down: Poetry Month Rap Realness

I’ve decided after much thought that I will include my song parodies and such in my Poetry Month Showcase. Even if they are not traditional, original poems, it does take some poetic prowess to match words to lyrics in a … Continue reading

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Throwback April – Terza Rima and Time Off

For my next Poetry Month post, I’m showing off the second poem in my archives. It was a climbing rhyme I wrote for a fridge cleaning on Friday the 13th. In the blog post where I shared it originally, I … Continue reading

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Throwback April is the New Poetry Month

Hello? Hello!!!!! (Frantically clears dust and cobwebs and inadvertently disturbs a spider nest and freaks out before opening a window to air out a long unused space). Ah, Blog! There you are! It’s been a while. I’m sorry for letting … Continue reading

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Bye, 2013! 2014???

It’s been a while since I wrote a blog, and seeing my yearly WordPress review made me want to share it publicly with a few words about 2013 (may it rest in peace). 2013 was a mix bag of great … Continue reading

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Seven Things to Know About Pursuing Voiceover

This feels surreal to me sometimes, but people come to me for advice about breaking into voiceover. I love helping newcomers because it’s hard to be a noob. I enjoy it so much that I teach Introduction to Voiceover at … Continue reading

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