Voiceover: Beyond the Booth Course begins at NYU 10/14/09…
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Enrollment for Johnna Gottlieb's New York University course “Voiceover: Beyond the Booth” is open. The Fall semester begins on Wednesday, October 14th. Here's a link to the NYU site for more info: http://www.scps.nyu.edu/course-detail/X34.8111/20093/voiceover-beyond-the-booth You can also access the info and a ...
Entertainment Tonight Producer/Director Shares What It Takes To Get Into Promo VO Work (part 1)
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 Posted in blog | 1 Comment »Recently I sat down with prolific producer/director of voice talent from CBS, Kevin Gershan (Entertainment Tonight, The Insider, Dr. Phil, Rachel Ray, The Doctors). Kevin's been with CBS for 30 years, working on virtually every first-run, syndicated, show they've ever had. ...
What Kinds of Microphones Should VO Talent Use?
Monday, September 28th, 2009 Posted in blog | 1 Comment »In tomorrow's podcast (part 2) sound expert, recording engineer & owner of The Invisible Studios Mark Holden talks about: •The best microphones for auditions •The best microphones for voice over broadcast projects •The best audio editing software programs •Basic home studio set-up equipment and more... Click ...
The Power of Social Media-Should we participate?
Thursday, September 24th, 2009 Posted in blog | No Comments »As voice talent, we need to be up on all the technology. From editing software, to sound equipment (listen to this week's podcast at The Invisible Studios ) to the internet including the explosion of Social Media. Social Media has ...
How fancy do we need to get for voice over auditions?
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 Posted in blog | 1 Comment »As technology changes at its rapid pace, voice talent must keep up. So many of us now are recording projects from home in addition to recording auditions. What's the difference in terms of your recording set-up? In this week's podcast from ...
City Confidential Narrator Paul Winfield’s Magic Touch
Monday, September 21st, 2009 Posted in blog | 2 Comments »They say the best way to develop your craft is to study excellence. And the late Paul Winfield is just that. As I sit here and watch another episode of A&E's docudrama , City Confidential, I continually marvel at Winfield's ...
Anne Frank Radio Play Performed in NYC. First time since 1952 (Part 2)
Saturday, September 19th, 2009 Posted in blog | No Comments »As I wrote in part 1 , this cast of New York stage actors had just one day of rehearsal to put Meyer Levin's radio play, "Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl" on its feet and they did a ...
Anne Frank Radio Play Performed in NYC. First time since 1952
Thursday, September 17th, 2009 Posted in blog | No Comments »This past week I was in New York for the live performance of Meyer Levin's radio play, "Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl" (at The Museum of Jewish Heritage). Levin's was the original adaptation of the Diary. This ...
Michael York Podcast-Comparing Voice Acting to Film Acting (Part 2)
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 Posted in Audio Podcast | No Comments »With an impressive body of work over the past 45 years on screen, stage, television, and with audio recording, Michael York is still passionate about his craft. York’s distinctive voice can be heard in more than 90 audio book and film ...
Michael York on Voice Acting vs. Film Acting
Monday, September 14th, 2009 Posted in blog | No Comments »In tomorrow's podcast (part 2) with Michael York, he talks about the changes and the future of voice acting and film acting. With his decades long, prolific career in Stage, Film, TV and Voice Acting, he gives his unique perspective ...
Voice Over Opportunity-What Would You Do? Part 2
Friday, September 11th, 2009 Posted in blog | 1 Comment »In yesterday's blog, I wrote about another voice over situation where the talent was asked by a producer friend to voice a spot and record it for almost gratis and I posed the question, "What would you do?" This industry ...
Voice Over Opportunity. What would you do?
Thursday, September 10th, 2009 Posted in blog | No Comments »We got so many comments from our What would you do? blog that it will be an ongoing piece as voice over situations arise. (and there are many!). So, here's another one: A producer calls. His friend has a project that needs ...
Should We Use Headphones in VO Sessions?
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 Posted in blog | 1 Comment »They're one of those voice over tools that has as many pros as cons. Some say they're an absolute necessity, others say they're nothing but a distraction, a crutch. Bob Souer has a definite opinion and wrote a great blog ...
Michael York Podcast-Voice Acting Compared to Film Acting
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 Posted in Audio Podcast | 1 Comment »With an impressive body of work over the past 45 years on screen, stage, television, and with audio recording, Michael York is still passionate about his craft. York’s distinctive voice can be heard in more than 90 audio book and film ...
Michael York Compares Voice Acting to Film Acting
Monday, September 7th, 2009 Posted in blog | No Comments »In tomorrow's podcast, actor Michael York, talks about the differences and similarities to acting in front of the camera in a Film and acting behind the microphone for a radio drama. He's just finished recording (at The Invisible Studios) "The ...
Anime Resource
Friday, September 4th, 2009 Posted in Actor, Audio Podcast, Beginners, Interview, Podcast, Voice Over Instruction, blog | 2 Comments »This week voice-over talent Peter Drew told me about Crunchyroll website, a great resource for those of you out there who either voice Anime, want to voice Anime, or just plain love watching Anime! (To learn more about Crunchroll ...
Best “Worst” Voice Over Winning Stories
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 Posted in blog | No Comments »Thanks again everyone for entering our Best "Worst" Voice Over Story contest. And thanks to all the voters! Because it was such a success, we will be having more contests, so stay tuned. Here are the top two stories: 1st place winner. Iris ...
New York Voice Over Coach Peter Rofe podcast part 3
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 Posted in Audio Podcast | No Comments »Peter Rofe is a top New York Voice Over Coach, demo producer, director, teacher, voice over artist and co-author of Voice For Hire, Launch and Maintain a Career in Voice Overs (with Randy Thomas). Peter says “voice-over artists benefit greatly ...
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