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Voxy Ladies is a highly talented group of professional voiceover ladies. Many members of the collective are friends, so I’m thrilled to see an article published in Verve Magazine spotlighting 4 of the groups members. Voxy Ladies indeed!

My friend Joe Geoffrey is featured as the narrator of this video.

Mighty nice work, Joe.

Voice actor, Blogger, TV News Anchor, and Social Media advocate Dave Courvoisier announces a September promotion to help build an informational database that benefits voice actors everywhere, while encouraging a sense of community and providing a fun program offering valuable prizes.

By lending a “VOAT” to a specially-designed website, voice-actors can contribute to a shared informational resource based on their answers to weekly questions. Doing so automatically puts their name in the running for some handsome weekly prizes specifically designed for voice actors.

VOAT in 2012 — building on last year’s success — plays off the ‘VOTE’ homonym by asking voice actors globally to ‘VOAT’ on 4 different issues impacting voice actors…one for each week of the month.   The ‘VOAT’ consists of an answer to a “question of the week”.  ‘VOATing’ in this manner allows the website visitor to be eligible for specific voiceover-targeted prizes provided by well-respected voiceover equipment, service, and client-seeking providers.

As an example, the question being asked of visitors to the site during the first week of September will be:

What does your recording studio look like? Provide a picture and a brief description, history, or special features of which you’re proud.

People responding, are required only to provide their name, and an answer (email is required to be eligible for the prize).  No data is collected on the visitors for marketing purposes.   The site also allows respondents to upload a picture or soundfile to accompany their comment if they wish.

“All the responses will be listed in a thread-like format for all to see on the website, creating a collective knowledge-base that will benefit the entire community of voiceover artists,” adds Courvoisier, “each week a new question, new comments, a new set of prizes, and a new winner.”

Prizes for the month-long event are generous.

High-profile businesses readily recognized by voice actors everywhere are contributing substantive prizes, including for instance, a free year’s premium annual membership to Voices.com, an annual subscription to Voice123.com for both male and female, a choice of demo or consulting services from Edge Studio in NYC.  In addition, John Florian of VoiceOverXtra, is offering a free pass to an upcoming webinar, and Cliff Zellman, Founder and Organizer of the Dallas Voice Acting Meet Up Group (DVA) is contributing gift certificates from an online equipment site. EWABS’ George Whittam & Dan Lenard, and the Voice Acting Academy are also contributing.  This is not a complete listing of prizes. We’re also pleased to announce that Harlan Hogan’s Voice Over Essentials.com is donating a new 3rd generation Porta-Booth Pro audio studio…just now being released!

Sponsors include:  Voices.com, Voice123.com, Bodalgo, World-Voices Organization, Harlan Hogan’s Voice Over Essentials.com, VoiceOverXtra.com, The Dallas Voice Acting Meet Up Group (DVA), Bettye Zoller, The Voice Acting Academy, EWABS, and Edge Studio, Julie Williams, Deb Munro, and Bob Bergen.

“Voice actors are an extremely supportive, encouraging and giving people.  Many of them have enabled and sustained my VO career, and this is an attempt to celebrate the generous nature of the business, while helping to inform and create a community of like-minded peers,” adds Courvoisier.

The site is “live” as of today, Labor Day, Monday, September 3, 2012.
http://www.VOAToday.com

My friend Rob Ellis is the voiceover of the narrator for this delightful commercial:

My friend Donovan Corneetz narrates this piece on NCAA football.

My friend Sam Mowry, shining his talent as the voiceover of this game trailer.

And my thanks also to my friend Dan Nachtrab for posting the link to this on the VO-BB.

My friend Rowell Gormon is the old geezer in this Taco Johns commercial.

Wonderful work, Rowell! By the way, if you’d like more of the background, check out Rowell’s blog post about this commercial.

My friend Chuck Davis is the narrator of this lovely short film called Diana – A Short Film.

Mighty nice work, Chuck!

My friend DB Cooper is the narrator at the end of this fabulous video.

Wonderful work, Deirdre!

I know that voice! A documentary coming soon.

My thanks to my friend Dan Nachtrab for emailing me the link to this trailer.

Check out the interview Peter O’Connell has posted on his blog with Scott Pollak

My friend Scott Pollak does a very nice job voicing this spot.