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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.
Episodes
Thursday Jul 14, 2016
Thursday Jul 14, 2016
Original Saturday Night Live cast member and mega voice actor.
Chuck
and Stacey let everyone know they are the special guests at Anne
Ganguzza’s VO Peeps Meetup on April 27, 2013 in Orange County
California. Thanks to technology, viewers from around the world will be
able to watch via live stream. Go to VO Peeps for all the details. Guest
Laraine Newman, original member of the cast of Saturday Night Live,
founding member of The Groundlings, accomplished voice actor and writer
takes us through how she transitioned from on camera work to voice
acting.
She shares her first experience working with animation
greats like Rob Paulsen and Maurice LaMarche and fellow Groundling
member, Tress McNeille.
She credits studying with Charlie Adler,
Chris Zimmerman and listening to radio plays with helping her build her
voice acting chops and how her sketch comedy background has helped her
voice over career. Laraine explains why still takes classes and how she
approaches bringing new characters to life.
We find out where she
goes and what she does to keep up with the trends in comedy like
serving on the Board of The San Francisco Sketch Fest. Part 1 closes
with Laraine talking about and performing some of her favorite
characters like Sherry The Valley Girl, Miss Information, and more.
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
Learn what Randy does to stay on top of current voiceover trends.
Chuck
and Stacey continue their conversation with Randy Thomas who elaborates
on how she prepares physically to announce live award shows. She talks
about how she maintains balance between her career and personal life and
the three things she feels are responsible for her career success.
She talks more about being the branding voice of Entertainment Tonight and how creating vision boards has helped her life.
Randy
explains the significance of her necklace and lets viewers in on her
current events that include making new demos as well as other exciting
things to be revealed at a later date. She discusses what she does to
stay on top of the trends in voice over and the role she is playing in
the upcoming Don LaFontaine Voice Over Lab Poker Fundraiser this Summer.
Randy
offers solid advice to those people wanting to get in to the bigger
markets for promos and announcing. The episode closes with an IF
question that prompts Randy to share from the heart about her animals
and saving turtles in Florida.
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 insights on what it takes to live announce awards shows.
Stacey
shares a viewer email from Sean in Japan and the Tip of the Week has
Chuck raving about some killer Harlan Hogan headphones from Voiceover
Essentials.
This week’s guest is Randy Thomas, voice of
Entertainment Tonight, live announcer for the Oscars, The Tony’s and
much more telling how it all started for her in voice over. Randy shares
how her life changed when she became the first woman in history to
announce the Oscars in 1993. She describes what the experience was like
the first time and gives insights on what it takes to live announce
awards shows.
Stacey lists the many “firsts” Randy has had in her
voice over career and expresses her gratitude to Randy through a
personal experience she had at the 2012 Don LaFontaine Voice Over Lab
Fundraiser Poker Tournament. Randy gives her opinion on women in movie
trailers and answers the question of how she makes her successful career
work living in Florida.
She shares a few photos of her home
studio, discusses her book VOICE FOR HIRE, which she co-wrote with Peter
Rofe, and tells viewers how they can get a signed copy. Randy shares
her favorite memory of Don LaFontaine and how meeting him gave her
inspiration for what she wanted to do with her voice over 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
Tells us what he did to develop his skills when starting out in promos.
Chuck
and Stacey J. continue talking with Stew Herrera who recalls what he
did to develop his skills when starting out in promos and explains how
he handles the direction given for non-announcer reads.
In
addition to Joe Cipriano, he shares other mentors in the voice over
business and why he’s a member of the Advisory Board for the Don
LaFontaine Voice Over Lab. Stew believes his experience as a musician is
a definite asset to working in promos and a vintage clip of Stew
playing guitar at The Troubadour is resurrected.
Viewers get to
see pictures of his home studio and find out what gear and software he
uses at home and on the road. The IF question Stew answers continues the
fun and we learn what he believes are the keys to his success. The
episode closes with Stew talking about a challenge he accepted that he’s
not really prepared to do.
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
Network promo voice actor talks about pros/cons of doing voiceover.
Chuck
and Stacey give a shout out to a favorite UK clothing company called
Punky Fish and read an awesome email from Michael in California.
Guest
Stew Herrera, network promo voice for CBS, Dish Nation and FSN, happily
talks about how he got his start in voice over. As the Imaging Director
for the iconic LA rock station KLOS, Stew explains some of the pros and
cons of doing radio and voice over as well as current trends in radio
promos.
Stacey puts Stew on the spot to explain some things she
read about him and when Chuck joins in too, things get pretty hilarious.
Stew talks about some of the career accomplishments he’s most proud of
and how grateful he is to be a part of the voice over business.
We
hear about his current projects plus Stew reveals what aspects of voice
over he likes doing most. He remembers what being asked to participate
in the famous Primetime Voices photo shoot with Don LaFontaine meant to
him and the three speak fondly about their mutual friend, Joe Cipriano.
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
What to do to grow your business and overcome daily challenges.
Stacey
J. reads a viewer email from Tony in Illinois then she and Chuck
welcome new voice actor Brian T. Stevenson to the show. Brian shares his
journey in the voice over business so far after years of character
acting.
He talks about the challenges he went through trying to
get an agent and discusses the process of making his voice over demos
with Chuck at Demos That Rock. Brian pays homage to his mentor and
teacher, animation superstar Rob Paulsen, and how the things he learned
from him have helped every aspect of his voice over career.
Hear
what Brian does to help grow his voice over business every day, and as
the co-creator of the Weaponeers of Monkaa, see some of the of the
latest toy designed. Brian also offers some insights and online
resources for getting started in the voice over business that really
helped him.
The episode ends with a heartfelt answer to the IF
question and Brian encouraging other voice talent to connect with him on
Twitter and Facebook, so they can help each other.
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 8 fundamental skills every voice actor needs to succeed.
Chuck
and Stacey J. continue their discussion with Marc Cashman who
eloquently answers a viewer email question from Jim Martinez and talks
about how radio personalities’ skills sets are helpful for success in
the voice over business. Marc shares what he loves about teaching and
the way his teaching style and voice acting performance is inspired by
studying the people he admires.
He continues with his list of The
8 Fundamentals Skills Every Voice Actor Needs To Succeed with more
incredible information, so get ready to take some notes. Marc also
reflects on an experience directing the late Don LaFontaine and reviews
the elements of his uniquely created VO Report Card.
He offers
tips on how to create your own VO Workout Group and discusses the areas
he isn’t able to teach his students. Hear what advice he would give
himself if were starting his career over today and get Marc’s direct
contact information to find out how you can study with him.
Viewers
get the perspective from two successful demo producers on what they
feel are some of the crucial elements of your demo and Marc elaborates
on the meaning of the concept of the signature voice. The episode closes
with Marc answering two IF questions and reminds people about coming to
see him at the VO 2013 Atlanta event later this month.
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
Why “being real” in VO is so challenging and how to overcome it.
Chuck
and Stacey welcome Marc Cashman, respected teacher, award-winning voice
actor and commercial producer who takes us through how he got started
in the voice over business and why he tries to learn something new
everyday. Colleagues for 20 years, Chuck and Marc reminisce about
producing voice over work before the advanced technology of today’s
business.
Find out how Marc stays current with the times, how his
teaching career began and the way his experience as a public school
teacher helped him create his voice over teaching style. Get more
information about the VO 2013 Atlanta event Marc is attending along with
other VO Buzz Weekly guests like Pat Fraley, Nancy Wolfson, James
Alburger, Penny Abshire, and other VO leaders.
Marc explains why
“being real” in commercial copy is so challenging and what a voice actor
can do to overcome it. As a three-time winner of ‘Best Voice of the
Year’ from Audiophile Magazine, Marc shares what it means to him to be
recognized by his peers and the legacy created by doing audiobooks. He
begins explaining the first four elements of his brilliant list of THE 8
FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS EVERY VOICE ACTOR MUST HAVE TO SUCCEED and how he
devised his unique Report Card system. This is amazing information that
will help take any voice actor to the next level of their career, it’s a
must watch!
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
Answers to many questions on developing your voice acting skills.
D.C.
Douglas continues answering questions from fans about his political
views and how they have affected his career. He shares the story behind
the 2010 Geico controversy and how he was able to turn it into a
positive thing.
Watch the trailer for his award-winning short
film, The Crooked Eye, based on a short story written by his Mom and
narrated by Academy Award winner, Linda Hunt. D.C. demonstrates how
Linda works in the booth and what the experience directing her was like
for him.
D.C. imagines what he would do for work if he wasn’t a
performer and reflects on what mistakes he has made in his VO career.
Hear what he likes about appearing at Con events around the country and
what it was like to land the role of Albert Wesker in Resident Evil. He
responds to another fan question about developing your voice acting
skills and closes the episode with an IF question about his favorite TV
character.
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
Get great tips on marketing and branding your voiceover business
Chuck
and Stacey let viewers know about a “must read” e-book, Voiceover
Garden by Jonathan Tilley that viewers should absolutely check out.
Guest, D.C. Douglas, voice of Albert Wesker in Resident Evil franchise
and Legion in Mass Effect talks about how his journey in the voice over
business began and answers a variety of questions submitted by his fans.
He
shares his career highlights to date, which include working in
commercials and video games. Since Chuck has known D.C for years, he
tells a story about goals that D.C. set for his voice over career. Get
some tips about marketing yourself in the business today, building
relationships and personal branding ideas that can help your voice over
career.
Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com