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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
Things you need to know before submitting your demo to agents.
Chuck
and Stacey give thanks to their show sponsors, Najla’s Body Good Buzz
Bars, Traditional Medicinals Throat Coat Tea and Entertainer’s Secret
Throat Spray. Portia explains what voice actors do during the agent
submission process that turns her off and how she likes a voice actor to
follow-up after they have submitted their demo to her. Hear what Portia
thinks a voice actor should do to market themselves in the voice over
business today and her opinion on the importance of the voice over demo.
Chuck,
Stacey and Portia reiterate there is still time to enter the Agent
Representation Contest, with all the details available on the VO Buzz
Weekly’s CONTEST page. Find out what Portia recommends voice actors do
to stay current and competitive and gives advice to someone trying to
get established in to the voice over business. We hear about her
upcoming teaching events, Animation Blast with Disney’s Sara Goldberg on
February 18th and one in development for the UK this Summer. The
episode ends with Portia sharing what she likes most about herself and
she answers the viewer favorite IF question.
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
Top agent reveals common missteps actors make in their auditions.
Stacey
reads a viewer email from Ahmed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia while Chuck’s
Tip of the Week deals with the voice actor’s most important tool, the
voice over demo. Portia Scott-Hicks, top voice over agent, talks about
her journey from classically trained actor to running the voice over
division at Coast to Coast Talent Group in Los Angeles. Portia explains
how she uses her background as a performer to help direct voice actors
in the booth and reveals what she finds are the common missteps actors
make in their auditions. We get to hear about the one-woman show she
produced, co-wrote and starred in called, The Secret Diary of Saundra
Woodward and how the experience of doing this successful show changed
the course of her life.
Chuck and Stacey reveal VO Buzz Weekly’s
first contest of 2013 with the help of Portia and Coast to Coast Talent
Group. It’s open to U.S. residents only, and you can get all the
information on how to enter at the VO Buzz Weekly Contest Page. Portia
shares details about her upcoming event, Animation Blast, with Disney
casting director, Sara Goldberg on February 18th at Marc Graue Studios
in Los Angeles and talks about her process when receiving demos
submissions from someone seeking voice over representation.
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
Invaluable advice on how to run your voiceover business successfully.
In
Part 2 with Nancy Wolfson, we find out what she believes is unique
about her coaching style and one of her most important life lessons. She
describes her Acting for Advertising coursework and learning modules
and why they are so effective. As a former agent, Nancy shares what
mistakes people make when trying to get voice over representation and
gives great advice and tips for what someone should be doing to get an
agent. There is a valuable discussion reminding people that voice over
is not just about being creative, it’s also a business and needs to be
treated as such.
Nancy eloquently and insightfully answers the
viewer video questions from Ed Fisher, John LaPiana, Charles Jenkins and
Anne Ganguzza ranging from approaching commercial copy to being
successful in today’s voice over business. The episode closes with Nancy
giving everyone a sneak peek of one of her upcoming projects and
answering the ever popular IF question.
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
Renowned vo coach and branding expert shares her expertise.
Nancy
Wolfson, the mastermind of BrainTracksAudio.com, renowned voice over
coach, demo producer and personal branding expert brings her expertise
to VO Buzz Weekly. Nancy candidly shares her perspective about voice
over demos as a fellow demo producer and former talent agent and also
touches on her unique and thorough coaching approach. She lets viewers
in on her journey from agent to voice over coach and how students from
all over the world can benefit by studying with her.
Nancy speaks
to her reputation as a “tough love” coach and explains the concept of
“brand casting” and importance of personal branding for voice actors.
Viewers find out what she likes about herself and how she helps students
succeed in the voice over business. Nancy describes how her company
Braintracksaudio.com came to be and what she believes are the
misconceptions people have about getting started in the voice over
business. Part 1 closes with Nancy discussing the opportunities she
provides for her students in the way of casting and potential agent
representation.
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
Priceless advice on starting and succeeding in the VO business.
Chuck,
Stacey J. and Grey’s Friendship Fest continues with Grey answering what
she would do differently in her career and also what her biggest career
accomplishments are thus far. More animated stories about paying her
dues doing extra work are told as well as her standout moment in her
voice over career with VO legend, June Foray. Grey’s signature
character, Vera makes an appearance and Chuck and Stacey encourage
people to buy Grey’s music on iTunes and CDBaby.
Grey shares her
current projects, which include a new George Lucas project and
Tinkerbell movie to name a few. She settles the rumor about whether she
actually speaks Japanese and how she stays on top of the trends in the
voice over business. Stacey’s IF question fits her to a tee and prompts
Grey into sharing her experience donating plasma. Viewers get Grey’s
amazing advice and suggestions for starting in the voice over business
that is simply, priceless.
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
Queen of animation offers grateful perspective for getting VO jobs.
The
first episode of VO Buzz Weekly for 2013 kicks off with a helpful Tip
of The Week about using your hands while reading your VO scripts. Then
the mayhem begins with guest Grey DeLisle, the hyper-energetic queen of
animation, as she takes viewers on a roller coaster ride of fun and
laughter with zany stories of how she got started in the voice over
business and getting her first break in animation on the cartoon,
Rugrats.
Grey talks about her favorite character, Azula on
Avatar: The Last Airbender as well as her music career, which includes
winning a Grammy award. She opens up about why she believes she has been
so successful and offers her grateful perspective for VO jobs. She
shares entertaining stories from when she cleaned houses and worked in
restaurants and how she taught herself to play the auto harp in a unique
way. The hilarity continues to the very end of the episode when she
explains why she got kicked off Twitter and reveals the role that
Twitter and a psychic played in her meeting her husband.
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
A years worth of Incredible advice from the biggest names in VO.
If
you have been watching VO Buzz Weekly from the very beginning you will
definitely appreciate this episode and the highlights from each and
every guest who appeared on the show in 2012.
If you’ve just
discovered VO Buzz Weekly, then this episode will make you want to
hunker down and start watching from the very beginning with Episode 1
and get seriously BUZZ-ed with all of our amazing guests, learn tips and
tricks to help your voice over business and hear stories and
perspectives that will both inspire and inform you.
Join VO Buzz
Weekly’s fun and fabulous hosts Chuck Duran and Stacey J. Aswad as they
take you up close and personal with their VO superstar guests: Jess
Harnell, Scott Rummell, Nancy Cartwright, Jim Cummings, Rob Paulsen, Joe
Cipriano, Scott Brick, Tara Strong, Sandie Schnarr, Bob Bergen, James
Alburger, Penny Abshire, Chris Borders, Billy West, Debi Derryberry,
Ginny McSwain, Bill Farmer, Dave Fennoy, Nita Whitaker LaFontaine, Paul
Pape, Steve Tisherman, Dee Bradley Baker, EG Daily, George Whittam, Beau
Weaver, Pat Fraley, Molly Mahar and Bill Ratner.
Thank you to
all of our guests and loyal viewers around the world for your support.
It has been an amazing first year and we promise you even more
incredible episodes are coming your way!
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 importance of having a great demo and staying current.
The
final guest of 2012, Bill Ratner, candidly tells what he would do
differently in his career and talks about his current projects including
a Hyundai campaign, television documentary narration for Discovery and
History Channel. He talks about network affiliates work and Bill tells a
fun story about replacing one word in a promo for the great Don
LaFontaine. Bill talks in depth about demos, the importance of having a
great demo to be competitive and being versatile in various styles of
voice over.
Learn what Bill does to stay current with the trends
in promos and trailers and hear why he wanted to be a member of the
advisory board for the Don LaFontaine Voice Over Lab. Bill answers the
IF question and shares how he spends his free time including a hilarious
story at the movies with his wife. Bill offers advice to his younger
self and praises the VO Buzz Weekly web show, comparing Chuck and Stacey
to two iconic talk show hosts.
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 approached your voice acting career like a business.
Chuck
shares the Tip of The Week for effective practicing and auditioning
using different characters and attitudes in a piece of copy. Stacey
recommends an inspiring book called Life in the Bonus Round, written by
her Family Game Night colleague and Souls For Soles Ambassador, Todd
Newton. Guest Bill Ratner, voice of Flint on G.I. Joe, 8-time Moth Story
SLAM winner takes us back to his childhood and reveals how he went from
morning radio to voice over work. He discusses the turning point in his
career and how he got his first agent from doing workshops and
continuing to study constantly for years.
He offers advice to
voice actors starting out and talks about how he approached his voice
over career like a business and promoted himself from the very
beginning. Bill speaks about making the transition to digital media and
advertising with the help of marketing guru, Dean White and reveals a
book project he just landed and the new one-man show he is working on
for the Fringe Festival next year. As a busy voice actor, he tells how
he handles auditions and sessions while traveling and what equipment he
uses. Viewers learn how he got the trailer for Talladega Nights with the
help of some creative direction and inspiration from a character he
played in a student film.
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
Meet producer and director of the VO documentary film UNSEEN.
Chuck
gives his TIP OF THE WEEK about Enunciation and Stacey reads an email
from Erin in Los Angeles that is inspiring and awesome. Meet guest Molly
Mahar, producer and director of the fascinating voice over documentary
film UNSEEN featuring Beau Weaver, Bill Ratner, Melissa Disney and Ben
Patrick Johnson.
Molly talks about her experience working at the
trailer house Buddha Jones and how it inspired her to want to make a
film about voice over actors. She shares her hopes for the film, how
people can see it and the things she learned about the voice over
business from doing the film.
Molly discusses the benefits of
graduating from USC Film School and other documentary projects she has
done. We learn why she likes to make documentary films and gives more
details about the filming UNSEEN as well as who inspires her as a
filmmaker. The episode closes with Molly answering the IF question about
what she is addicted to and she shows some love for Stacey’s fabulous
shoes.
Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://VOBuzzWeekly.com