1. Thoughts about voiceover demos from Some Audio Guy

    Posted January 27, 2012 by Bob

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  2. The Actors Library

    Posted January 26, 2012 by Bob

    While it’s not just for voice actors, there’s a ton of valuable information available for us voiceover types at Kristine Oller’s The Actor’s Library. Highly recommended. As is Kristine herself. Oh, The Actor’s Library is completely free!

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  3. Spotlight on Debbie

    Posted January 25, 2012 by Bob

    Last night was the premiere of a new documentary called “Incessant Visions -Letters from an Architect”, narrated by my friend Debbie Irwin. Debbie tells the story of how she booked this job on the Voice123.com blog Voice the Dream. Congratulations, Debbie!

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  4. Mission, no actually MoHos: Impossible

    Posted January 24, 2012 by Bob

    If you happen to be in Southern California on Tuesday, January 31st, check out MoHos: Impossible Joke Protocol. My thanks to Kevin Delaney (one of the performers) for letting me know about this event. Others featured during the evening are Bill Farmer, Richard Horvitz and the legendary Fred Williard.

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  5. Spotlight on Elisa

    Posted January 17, 2012 by Bob

    Here is my friend Elisa Cañas, shining brightly (vocally) on YouTube.

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  6. Spotlight on Lauren

    Posted January 13, 2012 by Bob

    My friend Lauren McCullough does a wonderful job voicing this book trailer.

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  7. New additions to Pat Fraley’s Free Lessons

    Posted January 12, 2012 by Bob

    Pat Fraley is a top flight voiceover talent, a superb and thoughtful coach, and a friend. He’s also prepared a number of free voiceover lessons on a page at his website called, originally enough, Free Lessons. He’s just recently posted 3 new lessons on demos, confidence and flow, but really if you haven’t visited the page in a while, it’s well worth exploring.

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  8. A spotlight on my daughter Karen

    Posted December 8, 2011 by Bob

    My daughter Karen is a virtual assistant to not only me, but a number of other voiceover professionals around the planet. She’s been interviewed by Lisa Biggs for the Voxy Ladies blog. What a kick to see my daughter in the spotlight for a change!

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  9. Live Sketch Comedy Show with VO guys

    Posted September 27, 2011 by Bob

    Fred Willard will be joined by Kevin Delaney, Richard Horvitz and Bill Farmer this coming Tuesday at Second City in Hollywood.

    The MOHOS

    Details are at Kevin Delaney’s blog.

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  10. Spotlight on Dan

    Posted September 19, 2011 by Bob

    My friend Dan Friedman is the voice of this delicious video.

    Superb work, Dan!

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  11. A life-changing book

    Posted September 1, 2011 by Bob

    There are lots of voiceover people who worked in radio at one time for whom dealing with the basics of the “technical bits” of voiceover (how to connect the cables, how to record and edit the audio, etc.) isn’t terribly difficult or terrifying. But, for lots of people working in voiceover, without any technical background at all, it can be a real challenge to figure out these “technical bits”; which is why I warmly recommend Dan Friedman’s book Sound Advice.

    I also highly recommend you read Dan’s blog post about the writing of Sound Advice. Good stuff, Dan. Your book has been a real help to me, too.

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  12. Mags n Mel Episode 5 is released

    Posted August 31, 2011 by Bob

    My friends Pam Tierney and Maritza Cabrera have released Episode five of their webisode series Mags n Mel. The earlier episodes are there on the same page, so you can enjoy all of the releases in order if you like.

    Or, go to Pam’s Vimeo page to watch.

    Wonderful stuff, Maritza and Pam. I think this is my favorite episode so far.

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  13. Added to the blogroll

    Posted August 30, 2011 by Bob

    My friend Doug Turkel has started blogging about voiceover. I’m thrilled to add him to my blogroll today. Welcome to the blogosphere, Doug!

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  14. So long

    Posted August 29, 2011 by Bob

    Well, it’s been over a week now that I’ve been thinking about what to write here. Over a week since I attended my last International Radio Creative and Production Summit. After a run of 15 straight years, this event is no more. Every year in the last summer starting in 1997 I’ve attended this event. I’ve learned at ton. Built many good friendships. Kept my toolkit sharp and up-to-date.

    It was at the Summit that I first learned about Voice123.com. It was at the Summit where I first learned about Nancy Wolfson. I encouraged many of my friends in voiceover to attend the Summit, at least some of whom came including Rowell Gormon, Pam Tierney, Melissa Exelberth, and Liz de Nesnera. A couple of times I brought my son Eric with me as he began working with me, doing a lot of my audio editing.

    It truly has been a great experience. Of those 15 years, I paid my own way in whole or in part for 8 of them. Yes, it was that valuable.

    This amazing run of years has seen me go from being a so-so radio production director through a number of transitions to today when I’m working full-time and exclusively in voiceover. I’m profoundly grateful to the hundreds of people who have touched my life during and between the Summits, and especially to Dan O’Day for being the fireplug that made it happen, and made it happen in a way that was fun and effortless to us who attended, every year. (Special thanks also go to Dick Orkin who was Dan’s partner in the Summit for the first several years.)

    What a wonderful set of memories!

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  15. Acting and telling stories

    Posted August 25, 2011 by Bob

    Voice actor Xavier Paul offers some insights into his approach to voice acting in a guest blog published at VoxDaily.

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  16. Generosity and genius

    Posted August 19, 2011 by Bob

    It’s not always the case, but sometimes in our world of voiceover the brightest people are also the most generous. Case in point? Pat Fraley, who is one of the brightest and most talented people I know. He has just updated his “Free Lessons” page. It’s a treasure trove of good stuff and I warmly commend Pat to you.

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  17. Ever get the jitters?

    Posted August 18, 2011 by Bob

    My friend Rowell Gormon, who has been doing voiceovers professionally for 30 years, shares a recent experience with “first time jitters” on his blog. Well worth your time, no matter where you are on your voiceover journey.

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  18. Friends or not

    Posted August 8, 2011 by Bob

    My friend Anthony Mendez has a great deal of talent and a great mind. His talent is on display in the demos available on his website. Just one example of his thinking is “Don’t kill my ideas …“, a recent post on his Posterous blog. My thanks to my manager and friend Stacey Stahl for passing along the link to Anthony’s blog this morning.

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  19. Take That! (updated)

    Posted August 5, 2011 by Bob

    My friend DB Cooper is one of the very best video game voice actors. (She’s also very good at all kinds of voice actory things, but this blog post isn’t about those things.) She’s going to be teaching a class on doing exertion sounds for video games and ADR on Saturday, September 10, 2011 in Studio City, CA. Details are on this page of her website.

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  20. Spotlight on Roy

    Posted by Bob

    My friend Roy Yokelson is featured in an interview published in the Bloomfield (NJ) Navigator.

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  21. Thinking about an iPad for your studio?

    Posted August 4, 2011 by Bob

    Then check our my friend Kara Edwards and her excellent blog post about how she is using her new iPad for her voiceover work.

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  22. Insights from a writer and director

    Posted by Bob

    Mark Evanier is interviewed at Internet Voice Coach by David Rosenthal. In case you’re not familiar with Mark, he’s worn many different hats for Garfield and Friends and now The Garfield Show, which when taken together is one of the longest running cartoon shows. My thanks go to my friend Charlie Glaize for sending me the link to this excellent interview series.

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  23. A deserving voiceover will go to Faffcon 3 for FREE with the FaffCon Scholarship!

    Posted July 29, 2011 by Bob

    Today I’m delighted to feature an official guest blog for the very first time. It’s from my friend CC Heim.

    Over the past two years, a peer-to-peer voiceover UNconference known as Faffcon has taken on a life of its own. What’s an UNconference, you ask? An UNconference is a gathering of like-minded individuals who meet and discuss topics of interest. Sound sort of like a conference? Well, in some respects it is, in that folks register, attend sessions, network, eat. Stuff like that. But the biggest difference is that while a conference is typically structured with specific lessons that are predetermined and planned for in advance, an UNconference unfolds as it goes along, with participants determining the content they believe would be most useful for them during the weekend of the event. While it sounds rather unstructured, the concept works remarkably well.

    Consider the most recent business conference you attended. What were the parts that really stood out to you? Was it a keynote speaker talking about some Big Thing? Was it a technical session that discussed how-tos with remarkable minutiae? Or maybe, just maybe, it was the time you spent in the lobby bar, chatting with a new friend about some really cool way he was drumming up new business/refining his performance approach/targeting new representation.

    Let’s be honest – for many of us, the conversations held during the social part of industry conferences are the best takeaways. We make new contacts, chat about the industry often sharing “inside” information, and just generally enjoy having others around who can relate to our own professional journey. That’s what Faffcon is. One big chit-chat session. Granted, chit chat with focus. For instance, there may be a group chatting about mic technique, another chatting about how-tos of getting an agent, another chatting about personal websites… you get it.

    So now you’re excited, and you want to go! But funds are tight, and that mortgage payment is really important. Well, we may have a solution for you. After Faffcon 2, many of the participants felt a strong urge to express thanks for all they received, and decided to do that by creating a scholarship fund. If there’s one thing we’ve learned from the first two Faffcon events, it’s that participants are generous – with time, knowledge, and money! Lots of people pitched in, and before we knew it, we had 850 bucks in the kitty! So this fund is the direct result of your voiceover peers sharing their finances after enjoying a rich sharing of knowledge at the last event.

    The Faffcon 3 scholarship is intended for a well-deserving voiceover professional, who may be a bit cash-strapped, but sees the value in this type of a gathering. The scholarship provides up to $850 to cover registration and travel expenses (see note below). Faffcon 3 is currently SOLD OUT with only one spot remaining – and that is for the recipient of this scholarship.

    Don’t be shy! If you are a working voiceover talent who would not be able to financially swing it without the help of this scholarship, and really, REALLY want to attend Faffcon 3, I do hope you’ll apply. And I hope you’ll do it quickly because the deadline is August 15, 2011.

    If the promise of one of the most amazing career-building events of your life is not enough, just remember: there will be chocolate. Lots of chocolate. Cheers!

    (NOTE: The recipient of this scholarship will receive up to $850 in funds to cover air/rail travel, hotel room and registration fee. Actual amount to be awarded will be determined based on actual cost of these expenses. If these costs exceed $850, recipient will receive a full $850 and will be responsible for any costs over that amount.)

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  24. Take That!

    Posted July 28, 2011 by Bob

    My friend DB Cooper is one of the very best video game voice actors. (She’s also very good at all kinds of voice actory things, but this blog post isn’t about those things.) She’s going to be teaching a class on doing exertion sounds for video games and ADR on coming up soon. Details will be announced as soon as they become available.

    (edited to change details that are not yet fully finalized.)

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  25. Charlie and George

    Posted July 27, 2011 by Bob

    My friend Charlie Glaize is one of my voiceover mentors. He’s also a little … uh … strange, which is why I like him so much.

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  26. Spotlight on Wayne

    Posted July 20, 2011 by Bob

    My friend Wayne Thompson is the voice for this wonderful spot:

    Mighty nice work, Wayne.

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  27. Spotlight on Doug

    Posted July 16, 2011 by Bob

    My friend Doug Medlock is featured as the narrator of this video.

    Loadtoast from Doug Medlock on Vimeo.

    Mighty nice work, Doug.

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  28. Vocal training and breathing

    Posted July 14, 2011 by Bob

    My friend Jane Ingalls emailed me a link to an excellent article on breathing at eHow. Jane and I share a common background in musical training, though she’s done far more with hers than I have with mine.

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  29. Spotlight on Bruce

    Posted June 29, 2011 by Bob

    My friend Bruce Miles narrates this stunning science video.

    Mighty nice work, Bruce!

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  30. Tom Kane is featured on Alibi

    Posted June 28, 2011 by Bob

    With thanks to my friend James Lorenz who posted about this first, you’ll find a superb interview with Tom Kane at Alibi.

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