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🎙 Voice Actor | Games/Audiobooks/Movies/ Radio 📚 Author | The Chrome Carriage & Beneath A Domed Sky Podcast . cakeniron.com | IG: @cakeniron

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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Thanks to Michael (@thiefcatchergames ) for allowing me to voice this. As a fellow fighter (bjj), it's cool to see the culture make the culture. #voiceover #voiceacting #indiegames #Seattle #portland store.steampowered.com/app/4982860/...
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Blood & Canvas: Bareknuckle Boxing on Steam
Fight your way from basements and parking lots to the top of the bareknuckle boxing world. Welcome to violence.
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
To THE MAN who started my VO career. . I was enthralled with your villians in Annie and IT, but your Cajun accent as Gabriel Knight made me practice as a teenager. . Thanks, sir. Your indie and VO work quietly became legendary. . #timcurry
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
youtu.be/BHBFBYAUmaM Credit: www.reddit.com/r/LoveLetter... . #redditstories #seattle #voiceover #voiceacting #asmr
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Her - A Reddit Love Story
YouTube video by Cake N Iron
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
www.reddit.com/r/LoveLetter... . #voiceover #voiceacting #lovestory #redditstories #seattle
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Wrong Timing | Unrequited Love [r/loveletters]
YouTube video by Cake N Iron
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I am a SYLUS GIRLIE. . archiveofourown.org/works/61293439 . Give Kisstrela some love! . Brought to you by @aalborg_akvavit !!! Get SUMMMM #loveanddeepspace #sylus #voiceover #voiceacting #audiobooks
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Drunken Audiobooks: The Crow's Plunder (Sylus: LADS) Fanfic
YouTube video by Cake N Iron
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
New project?! Maybe..... . #90s #analoguehorror #voiceacting #voiceover #seattle
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I love about negative comments are that I get to perform them for free. Join me as I read and swim through the world of improper grammar and performative rage for my vocal portfolio. . #seattle #voiceover #voiceacting #commentsection
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Negging On The Net: How EMBARRASSING....
YouTube video by Cake N Iron
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
#voiceover #voiceactor #careergrowth #seattle
I get these sometimes, so let's talk about them. Especially for new voice actors who may get discouraged when going against AI.
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First: If you are a woman, please note that a majority of the time, these are men who are trying to bait you to give them attention because they are not getting any at home. This is NEGGING. For those who don't know, nagging is a tactic using backhanded compliments to get someone under the user's control. Most men on the internet use negging. Ignore them. If I wasn't so important, he would not have rambled so long and tried to continue the conversation. He wants to be seen. Ignore people like this.
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Second: He talks about 'The Past', but we live in an adult world; 'The Past' isn't going anywhere. Hollywood has already evolved to YouTube, Netflix, Streaming, and Podcasts. And very few of the Internet Social Influencers crossed over and placed a concrete hold between both worlds. Which brings me to the last point...
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Third: Talent and Drive. The space I park on youtube is my demo reel. For the people who don't have money, they can learn from a seasoned professional who is growing her business from scratch. For those who do have money, they have hundreds of examples to see my range, work, and talent. They know what they are buying. That's what a demo reel is for.
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I try to have good housekeeping in my corner of the digital space, but I wanted to give an example of what any opinion sounds like from a novice and what education sounds like from a professional. 
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I don't talk the talk. I walk the walk. Daily.
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#voiceover #voiceactor #careergrowth #Seattle
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Listen to the voice as I play Woman in: The Bilateral Project of a Man and a Woman hitting the indie circuit this summer. . #filmfestival #indiefilm #voiceactor #voiceacting #seattle
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
#voiceacting #voiceover #audiobooks #acting #seattle
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Voice Acting : The Bad News...
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Author: Addis Leavitt m.fanfiction.net/s/13721486/1... . Artist: Gum Suis . #audiobooks #voiceover #voiceactor #warhammer40k #seattle
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Drunken Audiobooks | Sister of Blood [Warhammer 40k]
YouTube video by Cake N Iron
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Another day, another 40k Sister script. . #warhammer40k #voiceover #voiceactor #adeptasororitas #Seattle
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Omg, gurl. Patreon Only.
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Because...why not?
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Naked Soul: The Erotic Love Poems by Salil Jha
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Beyond that, the world these poems inhabit is so nondescript as to be non-existent. Much of the verse could have been written in the 10th Century BC, and one could easily sneak some of them into the book Persian Love Poetry (see above). The upside, I suppose, is that this gives them a feeling of universality. The downside is that writing like this risks being bland and generic. But for being explicit in a way that a 10th century poet wouldn’t dare, it doesn’t really add anything to what was already written a thousand years ago.
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#Persian #poetry # voiceover #erotic #Seattle
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
- Chapter 1 on Patreon first. - . Virtue: Pure Art . Vice: Fear, belief, faith, control, science, and the like. . #voiceover #audiobooks #austinosmanspare #chaosmagick #seattle
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Advocate For Your Self | The Quiet Part Out Loud
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I've been screwed over plenty during my career. Especially  when it comes to writers looking for audiobook producers. Video Game Developers tried me, but I had a decade under my belt working for the enemy. Those jerks paid.
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For years, my fellow Union compatriots shamed me for going by word count. You will never get union being so expensive and strict,I was told. Charging 150 per finished hour was madness to me. You're telling me you can read a chapter in one take and mix it down in under an hour? You're lying. I know you are. I understand what The Guild says, but I wasn't born yesterday. Books take time, and you are killing yourself at 150. I won't do that.
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And FINALLY, I am vindicated. The above is an author who is established. Not a King or a Koontz, but comfortable and knows what to pay VO talent. An author stated facts. An author TOLD THE TRUTH.
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Know Why? Because he knows that audiobooks sell books, but stay with me: Nearly ALL authors know this. They just hope you, the VO talent, don't. They hope you are dumb and desperate enough to take whatever crumbs they toss because they are broke. 
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And poverty breeds predators.
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It is up to you to advocate for yourself. Even if you're freelance. Even if you have an agent. You are the product and your time is precious. Don't get played...just know your worth.
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#voiceover #voiceactor #booktok #audiobooks #seattle
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
To new VO Actors:
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Only do a gig like this if you are new to audiobooks and want to work on your delivery flow for ACX to Audible/Other Digital Platforms. When I say new, I mean a year of solid work but low on Producer Skills.
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For Experienced VO Artists:
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Never take this. No matter how desperate you are, never take this. This is a 750 to 1200 cost gig depending on word count, audio production and how explicit it is. Remember: SMUT SELLS. Negotiate ROYALTIES FOR SMUT NO MATTER WHAT. 7 years of Royalties VS 550 upfront? You do the math.
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#voiceactor #voiceover #audiobooks #smut
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
#seattle #voiceacting #voiceactor #audiobooks #anasiboys
// I DO NOT SUPPORT THE AUTHOR SINCE HIS CRIMES ARE LAID BARE FOR ALL TO SEE. Yet shout out to Orlando Bloom for calling out what reality is.//
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TCA 2020: Jones said he was let go because new showrunner Chic Eglee said his character sent “wrong message for black America”
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You know the deal. Patrons first.
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Pic: Starz
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
https://youtu.be/akmRzAsXxOQ

Thomas Harris's 1988 psychological thriller novel, The Silence of the Lambs, follows FBI trainee Clarice Starling as she seeks help from incarcerated cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter to catch another murderer, "Buffalo Bill". Buffalo Bill is abducting and skinning women, and Starling hopes to gain insights into his mind through Lecter's expertise. 
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//I'M DRUNK. MY BAD.
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#voiceacting #voiceactor #audiobooks #darkromance #seattle

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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Hey Colorado. . Listen for my voice and vote for SB 102! . #voiceactor #voiceover #artificialintelligence #Colorado #seattle
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Number 2 compiling. Ready for Patrons.
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Chaos Magic encourages the idea that individuals can alter their experience of social reality according to their own unique perspectives and principles.

Published: Jan 10, 2026 written by Scott Mclaughlan, PhD Sociology 
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https://www.thecollector.com/chaos-magic-explained/
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#chaosmagic #occult #esoteric #voiceover  #seattle
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
It's my first film in a while, but I am grateful to be voicing Ellen Armstrong, a rare and vibrant Black Magician who performed Circus style across America in the late 1800s. . #blackhistory #documentary #voiceover #voiceactor #Seattle
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Chaos Magic encourages the idea that individuals can alter their experience of social reality according to their own unique perspectives and principles.

Published: Jan 10, 2026 written by Scott Mclaughlan, PhD Sociology 
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https://www.thecollector.com/chaos-magic-explained/
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#chaosmagic #occult #esoteric #voiceover  #seattle
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
It is good to work with the Native Women of Kinship Heals as they grow and prosper for Native Wxmen in the Northeast. . I thank you for coming back and allowing me to be your voice. . #voiceover #voiceactor #nativewomen #commercials #seattle
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Life streamlines itself with frightening efficiency the older one becomes. In youth, we over complicate actions, events, and interactions with our own perspective because youth is, to our chagrin, very dynamic and self-centered.
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Then life, if we are blessed to live long enough, ducks into our ring, gloves cinched, sweat gleaming, and systematically beats pattern recognition into our proud jaw, shattering it to screws and glass. If we are wise, we quit our careers and keep an eye out for random hooks, but let's be basic bitch real: most of us don't. We take Life's beatings and think we can rest up, retrain and do it again. Humans are dumb like that.
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Forgive the boxing metaphor; I dusted off an old computer of Mike Tyson's Punch Out and digital rumble ruminated and sloshed around into three shot Malört philosophy.
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People fall into two categories: Lil’ Macs or Glass Joes. Lil’ Macs have enough common sense and foresight to know they are small and they need wisdom, inner reflection, community and consistency to succeed in life, love and society.
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Then you got the Glass Joes. They succeeded with whatever they did in the past. They got their way before and they think past successes means ALL SUCCESSES. No matter how dubious, or dumb, the choices, they think their jaw is invincible. One more match. One more round. 
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They are the poster child for my favorite quote:
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“Children make mistakes. Adults make choices.”
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So, just think about it. Put aside your contemplation, or delusion, and think: Am I a Lil’ Mac, helping my circle succeed, or am I a Glass Joe, taking the spotlight and hoping Life won't end my career by force?
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You won't have to think long. We are all adults here; your spirit's corner will tell you where you sit before you do.
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‘Better listen to your corner and watch for the hook.’
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#life #nintendo #punchout #seattle
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Okay, why Dawson's Creek?
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You have to be an American Gen -X woman, no matter the race, to understand. The latest Super Bowl commercials were all about 90s nostalgia, which I find silly.
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The 90s were not as great as people remember. It wasn't. The first round of Boomer greed, serial killers, hard drugs, and spousal abuse was at all-time highs. The generations today see te low prices and the fast food deals. We saw kids disappearing and never being found, and it was still okay to SA/PA women in the streets without reprocussion.
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So why was James Van Der Beek so popular at this time? Because the average Gen-X male had a very hard, cold image. As a woman, you were supposed to accept that you were not going to get a 'Lover' but a 'Provider' unless you decided to shack up with a 'Fairy Artist'.
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Dawson was that bridge. The show was trash, but Van Der Beek was a fictional example of a man, especially a 90s man, growing up, going through hardship, accepting his emotions, and being vulnerable. Every American Gen-X woman desired a Dawson, desired an American Man to be human.
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Those of us who are old enough to watch Dawson's Creek on WB mourn Van Der Beek's loss, but thank him all the same. He tried to show American Men that it's cool to be gentle and kind, yet strong and resilient.
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He tried. 
 
The men failed. Thus our political environment today.
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And we American Gen-X women mourn.
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#genx #dawsonscreek #jamesvanderbeek
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
#seattle #poetry #blackhistory #voiceactor #voiceover
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Drunken Audiobooks | And Still I Rise
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
I've been writing a lot, y'all. I'm sorry, but I'm feeling well enough to let the creativity bloom. Forgive the splatter. . #voiceover #voiceactor #80smusic #bryanperry #Seattle
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Drunken Audiobooks: Slave to Love : Are Your Really Happy? FR?
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Love takes time. Growth. Evolution. . Link: www.reddit.com/r/love/s/v4T... . #reddit #voiceover #seattle #asmr #love
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Drunken Audiobooks: Reddit | Not A Day Goes By That I'm Not Grateful.
YouTube video by Cake N Iron
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
If it's too good to be true, it is.
Let's talk about SCAMS, because lately, they've been squatting on my doorstep. Especially as a creative because scammers scroll 4chan/reddit/socials.
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Scammers know that crewtives are foaming at the mouth to work. And I get it, dawg. You Wanna do your passion and not get a 9 to 5.
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Let me hold your sticky hands with a napkin, baby. If it's too good to be true, it's not true. See the picture above? See how vague it is? I call it the 'Hostess Hustle'.
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What is the 'Hostess Hustle'? I've you been to any major Japanese city at night, you know that the women and clean cut men on the street bark to get you in their clubs. If you're ignorant to the scam, you go in, have some fun and then you have to pay this GINORMOUS bill. If you don't, yakuza are waiting for you.
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This scam is the same thing. They always use a female character to eaen your trust. Then it goes down one of two ways; they try to extort money from you online as part as an engineering fee that you 'split' OR they get you to a physical place, give you a dummy script and then lock you in until you pay something crazy. Either way it's extortion.
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Did I go through this? No, but I know people who have and they all hold one common denominator: they were desperate to work.
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So, Loves, let's be real. Even SAG is finding it hard to scrape up work. We are in a transition phase. Always be skeptical. Always ask questions and NEVER accept vague answers sprinkled with your hope.
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#voiceactor #voiceacting #scams #Seattle #voiceover
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Your work? Stolen in real time.
TLDR: How Chuds steal your work.
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This is an educational moment about voice work and how one in the craft has to fight their ego for internet clout and think long term for their career. The above young man is quite good at Warhammer Epic; and that is a problem. He's very good and he's doing a lot of it on his page...which draws  'licensing squatters' . Here is what will happen.
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1. They will go through all of his posts and use an internet ripper to take his samples.
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2. They will take all the samples and go to an AI website like 11 Labs, create a fake profile, and feed his voice samples into it.
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3. They will license his voice, post it on the site, and let people download it for a fee. The Chud will make residual income from the stolen work, and it's nothing the young man can do about it.
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So, what can you do if you are a voice actor? You have to advertise!
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Simple: Keep your samples small (under a minute) and do not show your face while you act. Headshots, okay. Some random pics are fine, but do not have a video of you acting while in front of a mic.

 I know that seems counterintuitive,  but the more you give the chuds, the more they can take to build your likeness. It is not 100 percent, but the whole point is NOT TO MAKE IT EASY TO STEAL FROM YOU.
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If you decide to do it the old-fashioned way, go to those AI sites and license your own voice first. Beat them to the punch, but keep in mind those sites only give you 10% of sales. That's right. 10%...and it's not forever either.
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Welcome to the world of AI, my love. It's a jungle out there.
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#voiceover #voiceacting #artificialintelligence #ai #seattle
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
A quiet ASMR to help relax you while you unwind in bed and slowly drift to sleep. . #seattle #asmr #sleepasmr #relaxation #whispering
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ASMR: Rest Now, My Love.
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Greetings! . Guess what. I'm the new voice rep for Instytutum Beauty! So if you hear me in Europe, Tiktok, or other social platforms, that's yer gurllll! . Thank you, Switzerland! . #voiceoverartist #voiceover #beauty #seattle #switzerland
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
#psychology #narcissism #asmr #Seattle #relationships
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ASMR: Narcissism: Do They REALLY Want To Solve The Problem?
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Usually, I would never agree with Gen Z, but with the way the world is, they may be right: The Powerful Feed. #loosh
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Loosh and The Old World Order. | JC Brazil
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
A Less Rude Song #videogames #voiceactor #voiceacting #seattle #morrowind
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A Less Rude Song | Elder Scrolls | Morrowind #videogames #elderscrolls #morrowind
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Hey, Ohio. Listen for my voice for Dayton Children's Hospital. . #voiceactor #voiceover #television #daytonohio #seattle
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
A short meditation about maintaining courage during hard times. . You got this. . #seattle #asmrsleep #asmr #sleep #meditation
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ASMR: Quiet Courage
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Well. I guess I cooked that one. I was so drunk, I forgot I read that. . #voiceover #voiceactor #romancebookstagram #booktok #seattle
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Jungian Meditation: Active Imagination & Shadow
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A twilight courtyard meditation about connection with the Shadow. 
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https://youtu.be/1L7v7JGrJk8
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#seattle #asmrsleep #asmr #sleep #meditation
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
I turned down VO work today. 
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I know the rebuttal all to well: 'JC, you are freelance. You spent a year not working and now you are turning down work? Unbelievable.'
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And yet I did.
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The picture above you? All of it, down to the voice acting, is AI. I was asked to perform the part of said woman in the far right corner. I didn't turn it down because of AI...
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I turned it down because of the product and the portrayal of women.
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The company was pushing this weirdo innocent looking puzzle game with GAMBLING under the hood. You play the game, add some stakes, and get paid back in make up, shopping sprees and home decor in the form of game specific crypto.
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Yes. Crypto. 
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The climax of the commercial was two women in a full on cat fight over a bonus spin. Screaming. Hair pulling. Tackling.  In the restaurant. In public. The winner got a massive shopping spree.
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The spectacle turned my guts.
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The director needed my talents since the AI voice could not enunciate most of the script. She didn't sound real. I knew what that meant. I refused.
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Level with me, Chaps. I know I'm old and I'm not hip on Tik Tok and such, but, despite my crass opinions and my obnoxious love of dirty smut, I have honor towards my creative brethren and to women; even if some women wouldn't show me the same.
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The world is becoming this strange ass casino, but I won't go in. What is the saying when playing the Old Heads in Dominoes?
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"Not all money is Good Money."
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It took me decades to understand that piece of stoop wisdom, but now? Whoooooo Boy; it hits different.
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#ai #artificialintelligence #voiceactor #voiceover #Seattle
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Can I say something?
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Can I feel myself?
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In my ENTIRE 10 YEAR VO CAREER, I've only portrait powerful women, High level demons, military commanders, Cabal Leaders and Goddesses.
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On the smut end? Always the one who holds the key, the command and the whip.
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And I was ALWAYS paid well for it.
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I've never portrayed a role that I regretted, was never under paid and that...that let's me know I was trained by the right man (Thank you, Old Man Gilmore) and kept my moral compass clean.
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I am grateful and blessed. I don't care who hates me. They can stay where they are: in the nosebleeds.
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#voiceover #voiceactor #seattle #powerfulwomen #blackwomen
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Listen for my voice for the upcoming RPG/Puzzle game Mosaica: Aboreal . I am one of the Tree Goddesses. The sarcastic one. Fitting. Kinda dope. . Coming soon on Steam. . #videogames #pcgames #voiceover #voiceacting #Seattle
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Let a rainy evening reaffirm your love of self and boundaries. A quick mantra for your downtime. . #asmr #meditation #Seattle #voiceactor #voiceover
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Let a rainy evening reaffirm your love of self.#asmr #meditation #Seattle #voiceactor #voiceover
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
A small, positive meditation to affirm your progress day to day. I am proud of you. Keep going. #asmr #asmrsleep #seattle #meditation
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ASMR: I Am Proud of You
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
This is wild, man. . I've been hired for not one, but two commercials for X Energy. . Apparently, nuclear is America's future. . Wild, man. I'm grateful, but I never thought I'd voice n establishment like this. . #voiceover #voiceactor #Seattle #voiceoverartist #nuclearpower
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Thank you CPB/PBS for nurturing my mind as a child and allowing me to voice your EPIC SCRIPT as an adult. . I only pray that my voice reached a young child as yours reached me. . Thank you again. . #publicbroadcasting #seattle #voiceover #voiceactor #actor
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
I beg...no, I plead on a constant basis for new VO artists as well as established ones:
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NEVER AUDITION without contractual clauses that the producers will NOT USE YOUR VOICE for any purposes and will DELETE all recordings if/if not you are chosen.

If you are an online personality, NEVER USE YOUR MONRY MAKING VOICE while recording or streaming. AI will scrub whatever it can, so make it harder for the platform. Make them dingy asses work for your time.
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Last, if you see a gig that is 20 to 50 dollars an hour, NEVER TAKE IT. It is a company gathering VO for whatever data banks they can pawn you off to whatever company that will pay for it. Note: they will not pay you.
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My stance is simple: I did some VO work for an AI company years ago before it was vogue/infamous. As a nerd, I thought I was helping technology. Sadly, I realized that what the Tech Bro dudes were pulling was getting my voice for cheap...
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But here's where I screwed them. I didn't use my money-making voice... and since how I normally talk versus what I am paid for differs drastically, they couldn't replicate the data without it sounding weird.
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Look, if you're reading this...I know you want to work, but don't be so eager to toss your labor away to a bunch of tech dudes who would rather steal than pay you. 
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Yes, I said stealing. No, I didn't stutter. 

AI is LAZY THEFT. I said what I said.
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#voiceoverartist #voiceactor #voiceover #acting #seattle
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Have a good year. Do your best. . #yearofthehorse #Happynewyear #seattle
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
via r/voiceacting 
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Hey. I've been doing Fiverr a long time. Hell, it launched my professional career. This is my suggestion, take it as you will: charge by word count. I never charge by anything less when working gig sites.
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My current rate is 250 words/100 USD non-negotiable unless I like the project and it will not take much time. Audiobooks are the same rate, but with a percentage discount and an adequate time frame. I put this on my gig pages so I don't get offers like these.
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 I've finished 10 books this way. Hope that helps.
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#voiceover #voiceactor #seattle #audiobooks #fiverr
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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
A small relaxation session for a break from the daily grind. Enjoy resting in a cabin with a fireplace and the rain. #seattle #voiceactor #voiceover #asmr #sleep
youtu.be
ASMR: The Quiet Cabin
YouTube video by Cake N Iron
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