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VO Buzz Weekly is the Voice Over web show that gets YOU up close and personal with all the top voice actors as well as voice over agents, directors, marketing gurus and many others.
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Thursday Jul 14, 2016
Thursday Jul 14, 2016
An intimate look into the lives of Joan Baker & Rudy Gaskins.
Chuck
and Stacey announce that Sennheiser/Neumann has become their official
microphone and show sponsor. They are both now Neumann Endorsed Artists
as well as the VO Buzz Weekly show. Big thanks to the wonderful Chris
Currier and the entire team at Sennheiser/Neumann! Guests Joan Baker and
Rudy Gaskins light up the set and allow viewers a very intimate look
into their personal journeys.
Joan talks about her childhood
dreams as well as the painful struggles she endured growing up as
bi-racial child and the ways it has impacted her life. She tells the
story of finding her way into the voice over business, by way of dance
and on-camera acting, and how she didn’t let fear or expectation stop
her from moving forward.
Rudy offers the reasons why he left
Washington, D.C. for New York and how he first became aware of voice
talent by doing documentary films. He describes how switching roles with
a voice actor in order to experience their process has given him great
insights as a writer and director.
Joan and Rudy discuss how
their popular event THAT’S VOICEOVER came to be, what they get out of
doing the event as well as their strategy for creating an experience
that is both meaningful and beneficial for the attendees. They tell
viewers how they can attend the upcoming THAT’S VOICEOVER event on
August 17th 2013 at the Director’s Guild in Los Angeles, CA. Chuck and
Stacey will be in attendance along with top talent agents, casting
directors, voice talent and more. We hope to see you there!
Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
Thursday Jul 14, 2016
Thursday Jul 14, 2016
How to leverage yourself on Facebook when YOU are the brand.
Joshua
Parkinson continues with more Facebook etiquette regarding sharing
other people’s posts and things to avoid when posting. He offers
suggestions for creating your Profile and Timeline photos and shares
more about how his awesome Post Planner App can benefit your business on
Facebook.
VO Buzz Weekly subscribers can take advantage of a
30-day free trial of the Post Planner App with promo code VOBuzz2013.
Get valuable tips for using Post Planner when posting to Facebook groups
and hear about the meaningful personal experience Joshua had with the
Troops in Afghanistan.
Read another post in the Post Planner Blog
regarding a Profile or Fan Page, and go to the VO Buzz Weekly Blog for
more links to the topics we discussed in both of Josh’s episodes, plus
much more.
To get the VO Buzz Weekly T-shirt Stacey is wearing in this episode and other awesome VO swag in our VO Buzz Weekly Store.
Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
Thursday Jul 14, 2016
Thursday Jul 14, 2016
Facebook marketing tips and tools to help grow your VO business.
Chuck
and Stacey do their first VO Buzz Weekly interview via Skype with
Facebook marketing expert and Post Planner app creator, Joshua
Parkinson. He addresses why it’s important to be using social media and
offers some effective Facebook marketing tips and tools to help grow
your business. The benefits of having a Profile page and Fan page are
discussed as well as some Do’s and Don’t’s for posting.
Joshua
explains Edgerank, gives some ways to boost your reach on Facebook and
answers the question of how often to be posting on your pages. He
generously offers VO Buzz Weekly subscribers a 30-day free trial of his
Facebook App, Post Planner with promo code: VOBuzz2013.
Read a
special post in Joshua’s Blog, Profile or Fan Page and also head over to
the VO Buzz Weekly Blog for more links to topics we discussed in this
episode and much more.
Get Stacey’s super cute VO Buzz Weekly t-shirt and other awesome VO swag in our VO Buzz Weekly Store.
Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
Thursday Jul 14, 2016
Thursday Jul 14, 2016
More ridiculous fun, tips, advise and stories with Maurice LaMarche.
Maurice
demonstrates some of his unique, warm up exercises he’s created and how
he executes his famous burp, like for Will Ferrell’s character in the
movie Elf and in Animaniacs. We hear the advice, fellow comedian Mike
Binder, gave him that’s helped him in his career to this day.
He
discusses the cancellation of Futurama on Comedy Central and encourages
people who love the show to sign the online petition to help save the
show, again. Maurice expresses his appreciation for the fan support and
hopes it will be picked up on another network or Netflix.
Maurice
tells how he became one of only a few voice actors to be the voice of
Popeye, reveals what he would do if he wasn’t a performer and shares
what he still hopes to accomplish in his career. He tells the story of
how he co-created “International Talk Like William Shatner Day” and what
William Shatner thinks about it. The episode closes with Chuck and
Stacey rallying viewers to create a day to honor Maurice and the IF
question prompts another stellar impersonation.
Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
Thursday Jul 14, 2016
Thursday Jul 14, 2016
Stellar advice and tips about what it takes to make it in the VO biz.
Stacey
reads another great viewer email from Charlene in Seattle and Chuck
reminds viewers if they like the show they can support it through the
website’s SUPPORT page. Time to chat with the Emmy and Annie award
winning VO superstar, Maurice LaMarche, who engagingly shares how he
sometimes gets a little lazy about his appearance being a voice actor
and the benefits of being the spokesperson for Lexus.
He takes us
through how he made the transition from stand-up comedian to voice
actor and tells a story about his very first gig doing Inspector Gadget
with Don Adams.
Maurice offers advice and specific tips about
what he thinks it takes to make it in the business today, recalling that
it took him a year of auditioning before he booked his first job. He
stresses the importance of the relationship in any script whether it’s
for Lexus commercials or in animation like working with Rob Paulsen on
Pinky and the Brain.
He addresses the question of whether or not
he still auditions everyday and talks about his process of creating
characters. He shares how he records his multiple characters in Futurama
with fellow cast members Billy West, Katey Segal, Phil LaMarr, Lauren
Tom and John DiMaggio.
The episode closes with Maurice doing some
of his first, stellar impersonations of entertainment icons Peter Falk
and Tony Curtis and how the years he spent studying and perfecting his
Orson Welles impersonation changed the course of his career.
Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
Thursday Jul 14, 2016
Thursday Jul 14, 2016
Amazing demonstrations and tips on bringing characters to life.
Lori
Alan offers some valuable marketing tips to develop and nurture
business relationships and we learn more about Lori’s approach to voice
acting coaching and what motivated her to start working with students,
one-on-one and in a group setting. Viewers get an amazing demonstration
of how Lori brings a character to life and she takes us through several
ways to create characters using real life examples.
She reflects
on the actions or patterns of behavior that have helped to keep her
going in her career and talks about doing Pixar movies like Monsters
University, Wall-E and Toy Story 3, with voice acting veterans Jess
Harnell, Laraine Newman, Mona Marshall and Danny Mann. Lori tells the
story about meeting Seth MacFarlane and landing the role of Diane the
Anchorwoman on Family Guy. She encourages the fans of the show to
resurrect Diane from her watery “death”. Come on guys, it worked for
Futurama!
We find out some amazing personal and professional
advice Lori has gotten along the way that helps her succeed and stay
balanced. The episode closes with a poignant story about a teacher whose
encouragement made a profound difference in the course of her life and
Lori expresses how she feels about Chuck and Stacey and VO Buzz Weekly.
Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
Thursday Jul 14, 2016
Thursday Jul 14, 2016
The skill sets and attitudes needed for being a successful voice actor.
Chuck’s
Tip of the Week provides an easy way to get rid of clicks in your audio
tracks. Guest Lori Alan, voice of Pearl the Whale on Spongebob
Squarepants and Momma on Henry Hugglemonster, takes us back to how she
got started as a performer and voice actor. She explains how taking a
class with Charlie Adler and Chris Zimmerman changed her life and lead
to booking her first animated series, Swat Cats, with veteran voice
actors Tress McNeille and Frank Welker.
We discuss some of Lori’s
current projects like the new Disney series Henry Hugglemonster and the
process she went through to create her character in the show, Momma.
Lori offers some insights on the ways she’s gotten through the rocky
times in her career and credits taking some kind of class as the way she
keeps her instrument in good shape, as well as a positive attitude.
She
brings some of her favorite characters to life like Pearl, Diane, Momma
and The Boss and explains how using some of her real life experiences
helped her book the Valspar TV campaign. By taking the advice of mentor
Charlie Adler and some of her own wisdom, Lori talks about the skill
sets and attitudes she feels are helpful for being a voice talent in the
business today.
Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
Thursday Jul 14, 2016
Thursday Jul 14, 2016
Radically improve your animation and video game auditions.
Voice
Director, Sam Riegel shares some of the things he likes and dislikes
that voice talent do in a session and the importance of having a good
attitude at work. He offers more amazing tips for animation and video
game auditions and talks about what it’s like working on the hit Disney
series, Sofia The First.
Sam describes in detail the major
differences and some of the challenges of working in the anime genre
versus animation. Sam takes us through his process when auditioning for
voice acting roles and addresses the question of how many takes of the
audition should be sent.
We hear the story behind his experiences
as a member of an a cappella singing group in college and how it helped
him land a writing gig on the network show The Sing Off. He talks about
his current projects some of which include another show for Disney and
his podcast, All Work No Play. The episode closes with Sam talking about
one of his most favorite real life roles, being a Dad.
Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
Thursday Jul 14, 2016
Thursday Jul 14, 2016
Incredible insights on auditioning you need to know.
Chuck offers
an important Tip of the Week about using an email signature. This
week’s guest Sam Riegel, voice actor, writer and voice director of
Disney’s Sofia the First takes us on a fun and interesting ride through
his diverse career. Starting out as a child actor, he shares how his
stage performing experience has helped him as a voice actor.
From
the point of view of a successful voice director, Sam gives valuable
insights and tips about auditions, casting and creating characters that
every voice actor needs to hear.
He discusses the trend in
cartoons with regard to using a natural voice versus a cartoon sounding
voice and also what he feels he does well as a voice actor. Sam
describes what to do with a character breakdown that makes for a great
audition that will captivate the listener.
He shares how he stays
on top of voice over trends as a director and voice actor and how his
writing background helps him interpret scripts. The episode closes with
Sam offering solid advice and suggestions for those starting out in the
voice over business today.
Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
Thursday Jul 14, 2016
Thursday Jul 14, 2016
Stellar advice to voice actors pursuing a career in the VO biz.
Laraine
reveals the people she was most excited to work with as a voice actor
and what she loves about going to the Coachella Music Festival for the
last eight years. She reflects on the things that have contributed to
her career success and the ongoing pursuit of developing her true
persona.
As one of the founding members of The Groundlings, she
takes us back to what the comedy scene was like in Los Angeles during
that time. Laraine tells the story about working with Lily Tomlin and
how it helped launch her comedy career.
She talks about her funny
and talented family and the food blog created with her friend Amy
Ephron, OneForTheTable.com, of which she is the contributing editor.
Laraine offers stellar advice to voice actors pursuing a career in the
VO business, discusses her current projects and closes the episode by
answering the popular IF question.
Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com