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Secrets of Voice-Over Success event at The Times Center, July 29, 2009

Thursday, June 25th, 2009 Posted in Actor, Finding Work, General Info, Marketing, Q & A, Uncategorized, Voice Over Instruction | No Comments »

[caption id="attachment_955" align="alignnone" width="94" caption="Joan Baker, Author of Secrets of Voice-Over Success with the Neumann BCM 10"][/caption] On July 29th at 7pm sharp, at The Times Center in New York City, JOAN BAKER and PUSH CREATIVE ADVERTISING will once again unveil ...

How Do You Build an Animation Voice Over Character? Bob Bergen Shares his Secrets.

Monday, May 11th, 2009 Posted in General Info, Voice Over Instruction, blog | No Comments »

Who better to ask about building an animation character than the voice of Porky Pig himself, Bob Bergen. In tomorrow's podcast, (Tuesday, May 12th) Bob tells his memorable "how I got started in voice over animation" story and then shares ...

Audio Book Samples. An Emerging VO Opportunity?

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 Posted in Finding Work, General Info, Marketing | 2 Comments »

At last weekend's LA Times Book Festival, there was talk about the continued growth of audio books. Probably due to new technology like the iPod. Seemed to be a glimmer of hope amidst all the gloom and doom about the ...

How To Prep For Audio Book Narration? Listen To Radio Plays

Monday, April 27th, 2009 Posted in General Info | No Comments »

In tomorrow's podcast (Tuesday April 27) with top audio book narrator, Scott Brick (part 3) he shares his secrets to finding all those character voices needed in many fiction audio books. He'll do things like listen to old time radio ...

VO Actor Insights & Tips on Scott Brick’s Audiobook Narration Success (Part 2)

Friday, April 24th, 2009 Posted in General Info, Marketing | No Comments »

VO actor, Jon Morss wrote such a great comment last week on the Scott Brick podcast, that it needed it's own blog posting. This is part 2 of Jon's comments: Click here for part 1 "The other thing I found really important ...

VO Actor Insights & Tips on Scott Brick’s Audiobook Narration Success

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 Posted in General Info, Marketing | No Comments »

When voice actor Jon Morss wrote his in depth comments on the Scott Brick podcast, they read more like a blog post, so I posted it as one. Here's what he said: "There is a great quote by Thoreau which I think ...

Pat Fraley Audio Book Seminar

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 Posted in General Info, Voice Over Instruction | 1 Comment »

With the Scott Brick podcast having peaked the interest of voice actors wanting to learn about this part of the industry, here's an upcoming event taught by another top audio book narrator and instructor, Pat Fraley: Event: The Audiobook Reader Royalty ...

Audiobook Narration and Shakespeare

Monday, April 20th, 2009 Posted in Finding Work, General Info | No Comments »

In tomorrow's podcast interview (Tuesday, April 21) with top audiobook narrator Scott Brick (part 2) he talks about the importance of acting and narrating books. "If I hadn't been an actor, I would have never been hired." What kind of ...

Doing Voice Overs Against All Odds

Thursday, April 16th, 2009 Posted in General Info, Marketing | No Comments »

When you first see him you can't tell. Just your typical voice actor in LA, going to his next voice over job. Trev Broudy is a young, fit guy, with piercing blue eyes, walking with his Golden Retriever. When he ...

AudioFile Magazine Celebrates “Golden Voices”

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 Posted in General Info | No Comments »

With my interview with top audio book narrator, Scott Brick,  posted yesterday, it seems fitting to talk about AudioFile Magazine's  "Golden Voices" Hall of Fame. Of course Scott is a hall of famer. Here's an excerpt from the magazine: "AudioFile editors celebrate ...