My friend Scott Shurian is the featured narrator of this delightful video.
People
Rowell’s Star shines
My friend Rowell Gormon‘s turn in the Star Wars Universe shines brightly. You can hear his narration in this wonderful video.
And read more about it on his Clogged Blog.
Watching Mike work
Mike Elmore provides us with a glimpse into his voiceover studio today.
Very nice Mike. Thanks for the quick tour of your place.
Steven Zirnkilton spotlighted
My thanks to Tony Quinn for for posting the link to this video on the VO-BB. Steven is the voice of Law And Order.
Music and voiceover
Though Benjamin Zander doesn’t mention voiceover a single time in this 20 minute video from TED, if you will take the time to watch it with your eyes and ears wide open, I think you’ll agree with me that he has a whole lot to say on the subject.
Are your eyes shining now? Mine are.
A voiceover workshop in Charlotte this weekend
Gabrielle Nistico will present an hour and a half voiceover workshop this weekend as part of the Charlotte Film Festival. Details and registration is available at this linked page of the Charlotte Film Festival site.
Audiobook class with Pat Fraley coming to Seattle
My audiobook narration work really took off after I attended one of Pat Fraley’s audiobook master classes in Los Angeles a few years ago. At that class I learned everything I needed to know to not only do the work, but to find it as well. October 17, 2009 is the date for Pat’s The Billion $ Read Audiobook Event in Seattle. Click through on that link for all the registration details.
Anthony shines
Take a look from the "black hat" side
My friend Greg Houser is not only an extremely gifted voice actor, he understands security extremely well. He’s written a superb article published at VoiceOverXtra called Beware the Hidden Spider’s Web
Need a laugh today?
One way to handle a sales solicitation
My friend Philip Banks has a wickedly British sense of humor (or humour, depending on your spelling preferences) which makes complete sense since he is, in fact, British. It isn’t everyone’s cup of tea; however, if you appreciate that sort of thing you might enjoy Philip’s recent demonstration of same on the VO-BB.
The story behind "Hear the Bill"
John Florian has published an interview on VoiceOverXtra with Kat Keesling about the Hear the Bill site and effort. It’s well worth your time to read.
Invaluable insights
My friend Bruce Miles is not only a superbly gifted voice actor, he also writes and produces; so from time to time he needs other voice actors to provide voices for some of his production projects. One of those came up recently and he took some careful notes during the auditioning process using not only a few friends, but also two of the online casting sites.
Would you like to read his thoughtful observations about what he saw and heard during that process? Click through to his post on the VO-BB. I think you might find it very interesting. I know I did.
Dave White shines
My friend Dave White emails with news that a guest appearance he’s recently made on a TNT drama called Leverage is now available on the web. You can see the whole episode on the TNT site. Very shortly after the program starts, Dave makes his first appearance as a police officer only a few minutes in.
Terry Daniel on realistic expectations
My friend Terry Daniel has posted an excellent video. Good advice, Terry.
Comments are open. How do you help folks keep realistic expectations?
Do you want to do audiobooks?
If you do, then get over to Pat Fraley’s web site and sign up for his Billion Dollar $ Read two-day audiobook event. I took Pat’s audiobook class in 2006 and have been working steadily in audiobooks ever since.
And you get to work with not just Pat, but the cream of the audiobook world: Scott Brick, Stefan Rudnicki, Kathe Mazur and Hillary Huber.
Here’s Pat’s first lesson, free.
Again, all the registration information is at Pat’s web site.
The Consistancy of Change
I’ve been studying with Marice Tobias for a couple of years now. It’s been a great experience. I’ve learned a ton. I’ve booked more and better paying work. And she’s one of the most insightful and delightful people I know. If you’ve been wondering about where Marice will be teaching her workshops for the rest of this year, here are the details.
Check out Voice Talent Productions
Just launched and looking mighty spiffy is Voice Talent Productions, a web site featuring some mighty fine voice talent, even me.
Show what you know
My friend Rowell Gormon‘s latest blog post is titled A Day at the Museum, and it recounts his experience helping demonstrate how live and recorded sound effects make visual entertainment more fun. Well worth a few minutes of your time and pretty much guaranteed to put a smile on your face.
By the way, I’m just returned from a weekend of study with Marice Tobias. I have photos and observations galore to share, but no time yet to do so. However, I hope to make up for my quietude over the weekend very shortly.
Mic positionizing from the Voiceoverist
My friend and mentor Philip Banks has posted the first of what promised to be an on-going series of instructional videos from the “Number One Voice Overism coach in Portgordon.”
Philip has a unique sense of humour (I’m using the UK spelling intentionally here as Philip is a citizen of the UK) and certainly isn’t everyone’s cup of tea.
