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Archive for October, 2009

How Sound Affects Us. A Voice Over Opportunity?

Friday, October 30th, 2009 Posted in blog | No Comments »

Check out this TED.com video. Julian Treasure goes through the 4 ways that sound affects us, including how companies are branded with sound. Wonder how voice over fits into all of this? Treasure talks about how noise can lower productivity ...

Slice of Voice Over Life. An International VO Career (Part 3)

Thursday, October 29th, 2009 Posted in blog | No Comments »

Mike Cooper, is a British voiceover artist, based in London who came to voicing via work in radio and TV over a number of years. He put together his first makeshift studio about two-and-a-half years ago just to see if ...

Podcast- Robbie Rist talks to Tracy Pattin (part 3)

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 Posted in Audio Podcast | No Comments »

As a child, Robbie Rist played Cousin Oliver in the final season of The Brady Bunch. In 1976 and 1977, Rist played David Baxter (Ted Baxter’s son), on the television program Mary Tyler Moore. As an adult, Rist has worked ...

The Brady Bunch & Ninja Turtle Voice Talent Robbie Rist on VO Success

Monday, October 26th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

In tomorrow's podcast (part 3) former child actor (The Brady Bunch) and current voice talent Robbie Rist (Teen Mutant Ninja Turtle's Michelangelo) in conversation with voice teacher/producer Bill Holmes, talks about: •How to book by bringing out the kid in you •Improv ...

Eugene Levy on Voice Over Acting

Friday, October 23rd, 2009 Posted in blog | No Comments »

Eugene Levy voices the character, Orrin in the animated feature, Astro Boy. He was on Live with Regis and Kelly today promoting the film.  When they asked about which he prefers, on-camera acting or voice over? he said,  "With voice ...

Slice of Voice Over Life- An International VO career (part 2)

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 Posted in blog | No Comments »

Click here for Part 1 of An International VO Career Mike Cooper, is a British voiceover artist, based in London who came to voicing via work in radio and TV over a number of years. He put together his first makeshift ...

Slice of Voice Over Life- An International VO Career (Part 1)

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 Posted in blog | No Comments »

Mike Cooper, is a British voiceover artist, based in London who came to voicing via work in radio and TV over a number of years. He put together his first makeshift studio about two-and-a-half years ago just to see if ...

Podcast-Robbie Rist Talks to Tracy Pattin (Part 2)

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 Posted in Audio Podcast | No Comments »

As a child, Robbie Rist played Cousin Oliver in the final season of The Brady Bunch. In 1976 and 1977, Rist played David Baxter (Ted Baxter’s son), on the television program Mary Tyler Moore. As an adult, Rist has worked ...

VO Teen Age Mutant Ninja Turtle Robbie Rist Shares Child Acting Insights

Monday, October 19th, 2009 Posted in blog | No Comments »

In tomorrow's podcast (part 2), former child actor Robbie Rist (Cousin Oliver on The Brady Bunch) shares his insights on: •How child acting helps him as voice talent and a performer today. •Stage parents. How they hurt and help kids. •Advice for parents ...

A New Voice Over Opportunity?

Friday, October 16th, 2009 Posted in blog | No Comments »

Seems voice over opportunities are cropping up everywhere on the internet! You may know this already, but I just realized this. I went to digg to share a story, they have the "Are You Human?" Security box below. You know ...

Need To Get That “No-Accent” Accent to Compete in VO? Put your career in orbit at Stoller System!

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 Posted in blog | No Comments »

Are you a performer? Ever been told by a producer, casting director, agent, or teacher that you need to "get rid of" your accent to get more voice over work? Want to improve your diction for documentary projects? Need more ...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle’s Robbie Rist Talks to Tracy Pattin (Part 1)

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 Posted in Audio Podcast | 1 Comment »

As a child, Robbie Rist played Cousin Oliver in the final season of The Brady Bunch. In 1976 and 1977, Rist played David Baxter (Ted Baxter's son), on the television program Mary Tyler Moore. As an adult, Rist has worked ...

Robbie Rist talks about Brady Brunch, Teen Mutant Ninja Turtles

Monday, October 12th, 2009 Posted in blog | No Comments »

In tomorrow's podcast, former child actor, now VO talent, Robbie Rist talks about his child acting career on the (Brady Bunch (played cousin Oliver, Mary Tyler Moore) and his VO career. He compares his TV acting career to the world ...

Getting & Keeping Your Creative VO Edge- Stuart Dillon’s “The Voice Over” DVDs

Friday, October 9th, 2009 Posted in blog | No Comments »

Most of us in the Voice Over Industry know that this fun and lucrative work is also still a tough nut to crack. So how do we create and keep our competitive edge? They say to be successful and at ...

Entertainment Tonight Producer/Director Shares What it Takes to get into VO Promo Work (part 3)

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 Posted in blog | 1 Comment »

In Part 1: What it takes to get into VO Promo work Entertainment Tonight producer Kevin Gershan talks about what executives look for in promo talent. In Part 2: What it takes to get into VO Promo work, Entertainment Tonight producer ...

ISDN, Phone Patch, Skype. What’s the Difference?

Monday, October 5th, 2009 Posted in blog | No Comments »

In tomorrow's podcast (Part 3) Sound expert, recording studio owner, Mark Holden of The Invisible Studios talks about: •ISDN. What is it? Do you need it in your home studio? When is it required for voice over projects? •Phone Patch. What is ...

Entertainment Tonight Producer/Director Shares What it Takes to Get into Promo VO Work (part 2)

Friday, October 2nd, 2009 Posted in blog | 2 Comments »

In part 1 of What it takes to get into Promo VO Work, producer/director Kevin Gershan of Entertainment Tonight talks about the importance of the VO resume and the name. If you've voiced high profile projects like the Oscars, Tonys, ...