So you wanna become a voice actor, huh?
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February 17th, 2012 I can’t believe it. The last time I wrote was November 30th. NOVEMBER 30TH! Ack! There is a reason. Well, a few reasons to be exact. But before I get back into the full blogging swing of things, I just want to let the VAN readers know that I’m still alive…
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September 19th, 2011 After briefly mentioning the new voice over job that I got back in August I’ve received quite a few emails asking me to talk about some of the juicy details. Since I aim to please, this post will be all about what exactly the job is, how I landed the job,…
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August 12th, 2011 Are you ready to take your voice over social media game to a whole new level of awesomeness? Then let the voice over super socials show you how! There’s no other way to describe Terry Daniel, Trish Basanyi and Dave Courvoisier – the best known and most authoritative voice actors on…
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March 30th, 2011 Now that Gilbert Gottfried lost his job as the voice of the Aflac duck, voice actors from around the globe are battling for this one primo gig. Others have taken this opportunity to have a little fun amidst all the calamity. No matter which side of pond you swim in, I…
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April 9th, 2011 Today’s post introduces you to the world of HISHE — How It Should Have Ended: original videos of new and funny endings to popular movies. What I like about HISHE isn’t only that the videos are a hoot, but it’s proof of what people can do when they have an idea…
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April 17th, 2011 A while back I stumbled across this excellent audio seminar by voice coach extraordinaire Nancy Wolfson (the audio is brought to you by voice actor Dan O’Day) titled How to do voice acting without getting caught! It’s probably one of the most eye-opening seminars I’ve ever listened to. In it you…
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August 4th, 2011 I just got back from a much-needed vacation. While on vacation I enjoy doing as close to nothing work related as possible. It’s not that I hate my job. In fact, I love this job! But to me, vacation is a time for family, friends, and fun… unless I’m invited to…
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March 7th, 2011 On Tuesday night, March 15th, the good people over at VoiceOverXtra will be presenting another killer webinar called How To Nail That Copy! The webinar will be presented by best-selling author and voice actress, Terri Apple. During the webinar you’ll learn: How to understand FULLY what all specs mean Know the…
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April 27th, 2011 Multi-award-winning voice talent Bettye Zoller and Bob “man of a thousand cartoon voices” Bergen are teaming up to give you 90-minutes of live, online, interactive training in VoiceOverXtra’s Voice Overs in Animation special audio/visual webinar. This is not just a phone chat, boys and girls. It’s training, training, training! It all…
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August 6th, 2011 This isn’t a detailed scientific study. This isn’t even a controlled experiment. It’s just an observation of a single occurrence. And yet every voice actor in the industry has seen something similar. They know this is going on and they know it’s causing the slow decline of the voice actor’s salary…