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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
Monday Jul 18, 2016
Monday Jul 18, 2016
Positioning yourself to make BIG bucks in todays voiceover business.
Talented
voice actors, Mike Brang and Beau Stephenson, are back to discuss the
important role taking workshops and continuing to study with top
industry pros like Jodi Gottlieb, Jeff Howell and Mary Lynn Wissner has
played in their careers.
Mike and Beau talk about their
approaches to making the popular online casting sites work for them and
how they position themselves to maintain their business integrity and
value. They offer their support for Voices.com and Voice123 and
appreciate the opportunities they have gotten from them. They talk about
how the online profile setup is a game changer by utilizing correct SEO
and keywords.
Mike and Beau discuss the challenges they face on a
daily basis like setting their rates, negotiating with clients,
discerning what jobs to take and knowing when to walk away. They share
what they want to accomplish in their voiceover careers in the future
and the episodes closes with Mike and Beau answering IF questions about
relationships and voice over super talent, Joe Cipriano.
Watch more videos and get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
Sunday Jul 17, 2016
Sunday Jul 17, 2016
Priceless advice for voice talent who want to make a six figure income.
Versatile
voice actor, Beau Stephenson shares his childhood dream of becoming an
actor and his experience working as an audio engineer before launching
into voiceover. He talks about his approach for getting and maintaining
long-term clients as well as the importance of having a high quality
home studio setup.
Beau speaks to how he overcomes the setbacks that
arise while pursuing his career and the discoveries he made about his
talents while recording his demos with Chuck. He elaborates on what
Chuck and his rockin’ demos did to help start his career and the value
of investing in making a quality demo when you’re ready.
Beau, who
spends and average of 70+ hours a week working his business, offers
advice to voice talent who want to make a name for themselves in the
voice over business and closes the episode with tears, laughter and
inspiration.
Watch more videos and get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
Saturday Jul 16, 2016
Saturday Jul 16, 2016
Inspiring advice to help fellow voice actors have more success.
It’s
time to get inspired by Mike Brang, an up and coming voice actor who is
building a very successful voiceover business. Mike talks about how he
is able to support his family with his voiceover work and a once
full-time job that has become part-time.
Stacey and Mike plug
Chuck’s amazing demo producing ability and Mike shares his experience
working with Chuck creating demos that changed everything in his career.
He talks about the tips and techniques he learned during the session
that help him book jobs today.
Mike discusses his 50+ hours a week
commitment to his voiceover business as well as his state-of-the-art
home studio that produces broadcast quality. He reflects on what drives
him to work hard every day and offers sound, inspiring advice to fellow
voice actors who want to have success in voiceover and in life.
Watch more videos and get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
Saturday Jul 16, 2016
Saturday Jul 16, 2016
Things to do and steps to take for aspiring animation voice actors.
Eric
Bauza, voice of Foop, Chet, Tiger Claw and more, talks about where he
finds inspiration for creating unique characters like Buhdeuce and
Bellybag. He recalls when he started doing impressions and voice
matching and performs some amazing examples like Jeff Bridges, Morgan
Freeman, Michael Caine and Chris Rock.
He speaks to what he
believes are his strengths as a voice talent and Chuck and Stacey chime
in about his genuine, kind, humble spirit. Eric talks about his
experience going to Comic Con 2014 and why he likes being as these kinds
of fan events. He thinks about what he would do as a career if he
wasn’t a voice talent and gives some advice to those aspiring animation
voice actors, like things they should do and steps they should take.
He
reveals what he is most proud of, which includes gratitude for being on
VO Buzz Weekly to share his story and being able to be a part of the
voice over industry with such talented voice actors. The episode closes
with Eric hilariously answers the IF question.
Watch more videos and get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
Saturday Jul 16, 2016
Saturday Jul 16, 2016
Some great advice on how to bring your animation auditions to life.
Canadian
voice acting super talent, Eric Bauza known as the voice of Foop,
Buhdeuce, Chet, Tiger Claw and more, came to Hollywood and began working
as a production assistant, went on the editing and it led to his career
as a voice talent. He speaks to how his experience working on the
production side has helped him as a voice actor as well as his brief
foray in stand up comedy.
Eric talks about some of his current
projects like Bellybag on Uncle Grandpa with Kevin Michael Richardson,
Foop on Fairly Oddparents, The Looney Tunes Show playing Marvin the
Martian with voice over royalty recreating other iconic Mel Blanc
voices, Turbo Fast as Chet, Buhdeuce in Breadwinners, Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles as Tiger Claw.
He recalls the moment when things
changed for him in his career when he booked El Tigre and shares his
approach to the audition process including what his experience drawing
animated characters gives him. Eric also gives some great advice for how
to bring auditions to life.
Watch more videos and get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
Saturday Jul 16, 2016
Saturday Jul 16, 2016
Great advice on steps to take if you want to voice TV promos.
Townsend
shares what makes up his humble home studio setup that includes an
awesome Sennheiser 416 microphone. He reflects about the projects he has
done to date that he’s really proud of, what he feels are his strengths
as a voice talent and some current projects he has going on.
Townsend
offers some great advice to anyone wanting to work in promos complete
with what important steps to take and ways to develop your skills. He
gives advice to his 20 year-old self that is very inspiring and his
positive attitude and approach to life is infectious including what he
feels are the keys to his success.
He talks about his involvement
with the Don LaFontaine Voice Over Lab and remembers some personal
experiences he had with Don. Townsend discusses charity work he does for
the Primetime Voices for Children organized by Joe and Ann Cipriano.
The episode closes with what Townsend still hopes to accomplish
personally and professionally and answers the IF question that takes him
back to high school.
Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
Saturday Jul 16, 2016
Saturday Jul 16, 2016
Styles, technology and auditioning changes in today’s VO business.
Chuck
and Stacey welcome, Annie nominated actor, Townsend Coleman, known for
promos for NBC, ABC, ABC Family and The Hub and in animation as the
voice of The Tick, Michelangelo in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles and Corporal Capeman in Inspector Gadget.
He talks about
how it all started for him as an Architect major in college, to working
in radio and reflects on what lead him to move to Los Angeles 30 years
ago which led to his first big break in animation. He shares the story
of how he landed to promo voice job for NBC “Must See TV” that lasted
for 16 years and what being a part of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
franchise as the original voice of Michelangelo, means to him.
Townsend
talks about what his career entails now, auditioning daily from home
and what voiceover work he prefers not to do. He addresses some of the
changes he likes and dislikes in today’s VO business with respect to
styles, technology and auditioning.
Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
Saturday Jul 16, 2016
Saturday Jul 16, 2016
How many characters you need before you get started in animation.
Part
2 continues with Emmy winning voice director, voice actor, casting
director and teacher Stevie Vallance via Skype from Toronto, Canada as
she takes you through the process she uses when casting an animated TV
show. She answers the question pertaining to how many characters you
should have before you make your demo and try to get started in
animation voice acting.
Stevie offers insights about what a voice
actor should know to help make her job easier and shares what voice
actors do that make her not able to work with them. Hear more about
Stevie’s music and why she became a jazz singer as well as some of her
projects and musical inspirations.
She explains what she means by
“acting down” and encourages you to connect with her on Facebook to get
the latest news and how to attend her ToonedIn Animation workshops. The
episode ends with Stevie expressing what she is most proud of in her
life, both personally and professionally.
Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
Saturday Jul 16, 2016
Saturday Jul 16, 2016
The 5 Golden Rules for animation voice acting you need to know.
Chuck
and Stacey welcome Emmy winning voice director, voice actor, casting
director and teacher Stevie Vallance via Skype from Toronto, Canada. She
tells the story of how she got her first job working on the TV series,
Madeline that also won her an Emmy.
Stevie takes us back to the
beginning of why she initially started doing voiceover and describes in
detail her amazing 5 Golden Rules For Animation Voice Acting. She
explains effective ways to practice and how to determine if voice acting
is for you. She shares what stands out to her in animation auditions
and what she looks for in talent when she is casting animated shows.
She
talks about her process of listening to mp3 auditions and gives the
insights and information that you need to know. Stevie talks about what
she likes to hear on demos and the importance of having a great
attitude, being able to take direction and be spontaneous.
Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
Saturday Jul 16, 2016
Saturday Jul 16, 2016
How to capture a casting director's attention with your audition.
Award-winning
casting director and author, Terry Berland explains what catches her
attention when listening to auditions and offers advice to people
wanting to crossover to do on-camera commercials as well as voiceover
work. You will hear more about the 3rd edition of her amazing book,
Breaking Into Commercials including why she wrote it, so get your copy
at BerlandCasting or Amazon.com
She tells the ways she stays on
top of the trends to know what talent buyers want in today’s voiceover
business and gives more information on her upcoming workshops and how to
study with her at VoicePrintWest
Terry shares what she still
loves about being in the voiceover industry after so many years and
answers what she believes are the keys to her career success. She
discusses what it takes for a talent to be successful in the voiceover
industry and demystifies the meaning of “real” when reading copy.
Remember to send in your email to try and win the free coaching session with Terry Berland! The deadline is August 18, 2014.
Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com