James Alburger and Penny Abshire will present a 3 day Voiceover Masters Class October 10 – 12, 2008 in Hartford, CT. Full details and registration information is available here, at my friend Anthony Piselli’s site.
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Get your game on
Pat Fraley presents The Ultimate Game Voice Over Event in Los Angeles. You have two days for which you can register. Either Saturday, October 11, 2008 or Sunday, October 12, 2008. Actually, one of those days may all ready be sold out, but if there are a few places left, you’ll be sure to gain a ton of valuable and practical information that will help you move forward in your efforts to get cast in the fast growing business of video games.
Behind the scenes at the Primetime Emmy Awards
Joe Cipriano provides this very interesting look behind the scenes in the voice booth at the 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.
Ask Joe Video number 12
Joe Cipriano‘s latest Ask Joe video is a tribute to the late, great, Don LaFontaine.
With profound thanks to Erik Sheppard
I had no idea, but my friend and mentor Philip Banks has a voiceover blog. I ran across the link to it today on Erik’s blog. Added to the blogroll, it is. Today.
Gregg Berger interviewed at TFCon 2008
Voice actor Gregg Berger is featured in this two part interview from TFCon 2008.
My thanks to my friend Craig Crumpton for posting the link on his Voice Actor Appreciation Yahoo group.
Charleston VO get-togethers
I’m in Charleston, South Carolina on a business trip and as long as I was going to be here, I posted on the VO-BB asking if anyone might be in the area who’d like to visit. As it turned out, I had two delightful visits today. The first was this morning with my friend Roger Tremaine, who actually lives in Kentucky. But, Roger is here in Charleston to visit his daughter and her husband and the grandchildren. So, he came by the hotel where I’m staying and we had a wonderful time catching with what’s been going on in our respective lives and careers.
Before Roger had to head back to his family we snapped a quick photo together.
A couple of hours after Roger was on his way, my friend Carl Hedgepeth came by for a visit as well. We again talked about a whole range of subjects including Carl’s professional background and of course plenty about our mutual interest in voiceover work. Again it was truly a delightful visit and then Carl had to get to a video shoot nearby where he was serving as a production assistant.
A nice lady walking through the lobby of the hotel was nice enough to snap a photo of Carl and me with my phone camera.
Great advice about voice booths and home studios
My friend Dave Courvoisier has posted a superb interview on his blog with Dan Lenard on the subject of home studios, voice booths and all things audio. Excellent information that will help you a bunch no matter where you are in your journey into voice acting.
Bob Bergen featured in Atlanta area newspaper
Bob Bergen, who is going to be in Atlanta for a two day animation voiceover workshop October 18 and 19, 2008, is featured in a very nice article in the neighborhood newspaper for North Dekalb (GA) county.
Extensive interview with Don LaFontaine
George Whittam has posted a long interview Joan Baker recorded with Don LaFontaine on the front page of his web site. Thank you, George. Great stuff. And thanks for posting the link on the VO-BB, so I could find this.
Rodney Saulsberry Commercial Intensive tele-class coming next month
Rodney Saulsberry’s next Commercial Intensive tele-class runs 3 Thursday evenings starting October 16, 2008. Details are available on his web site (click the Commercials tab) and you can also register for the class while you’re there.
More DB Cooper at GDC
Joystiq has a terrific article about my friend DB Cooper’s presentation at the Austin Game Developers Conference. Good for you, Deirdre and for your friend Maryanne Krawczyk.
Don Morrow on Don LaFontaine
I don’t know how long it will be available on the front page of Voiceover Universe, but take a few minutes right now to stop over there and listen to the audio that’s in the player at the top center of the front page. If you have a soft heart, like I do, keep some tissues near while you do.
DB Cooper at GDC
My friend DB Cooper is one of the featured speakers at this year’s Game Developers Conference in Austin, Texas. Gamasutra has a very nice write-up about her presentation, which was done with God Of War 3 writer Marianne Krawczyk.
Audiobook Joe
My friend Joe Rodriguez is blogging about his experiences of reading audiobooks for Audible.com. Day one is here. Day two is here. Good stuff, Joe. Thanks and please keep the reports coming.
How are you going to learn if you don’t ask?
Tracy Pattin has issued an invitation on the Voicebank Blog. She’s recording a panel discussion with voice actor Bob Bergen, Producer/Director Joyce Castellanos and Demo Producer/Casting Director Bill Holmes. You now have a chance to ask these three top flight professionals your voiceover career questions. Just stop by the Voicebank blog and leave your questions in the comments section. But you need to do this today, September 15th.
Don LaFontaine feature by Backstage
Close-up on Ernie Anderson
My friend Charlie Glaize emails with a link to this delightful video spotlight on the late, great Ernie Anderson.
Marc Cashman now provides one-on-one coaching
Marc Cashman writes that he’s received a lot of requests since he appeared as one of the keynote speakers at VOICE 2008 to do one on one coaching. He’s now prepared two options, over the phone or via email. Details, including pricing and contact information, are all on Marc’s web site. Once you’re there, click on the link at the bottom for V-O Coaching.
Tribute page to Don LaFontaine at Voiceover Universe
There is a wonderful tribute page to Don, including numerous videos, on the Voiceover Universe site. Thank you, Rick Party.