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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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Tuesday Jul 19, 2016
Tuesday Jul 19, 2016
Chuck and Stacey’s guest this episode is the super talented voice actor,
Erin Fitzgerald, known for her stellar work in animation, video games
and anime in projects like Ed, Edd n’ Eddy, Wild Grinders, World of
Warcraft, Skull Girls and Persona.
Originally from Canada, Erin
shares her story from loving to perform as a child to getting to a
university degree in theatre and trying her hand in TV and film work.
After doing a voice over looping job, she discovered voice acting was
her calling and eventually was inspired to move to Los Angeles.
Erin
explains the intense process she went through to get her green card and
speaks to her strengths as a voice actor. She talks about some of the
characters she has played that she adores like the fan favorite, Chie
Satanaka and May Kanker.
She explains her audition process, gives
invaluable tips for self-direction and the specific things she needs to
do when creating characters to guarantee she'll nail the acting. Erin
reflects on advice she gets on a daily basis that helps her get better
and better.
Learn more about the acting troupe that Erin
performs with doing authentic radio plays from the 1930’s, 40’s and 50’s
at FakeRadio.net
Watch more videos and get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
Tuesday Jul 19, 2016
Tuesday Jul 19, 2016
Chuck and Stacey’s special conversation with iconic voice director,
Andrea Romano, concludes with a discussion about what stands out to her
in auditions and what information and questions voice talent should have
when submitting them.
She gives invaluable tips about
submitting multiple takes, proper etiquette at callbacks, essential
elements of an animation demo and when it’s appropriate to adlib in a
script.
Andrea gives more details about her planned retirement
in five years, which includes diving into writing a book full of stories
of her amazing career. She tells some stories about recording The
Jetsons with the original cast and working with Mel Blanc.
She
talks about her passion for gardening and growing her own vegetables as
well as valuable advice she has gotten from family and peers that has
helped in her life and work. Andrea shares how she maintains her good
health and expresses gratitude for having worked so hard in her life to
achieve success. She reveals some of her current projects like Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles, Turbo Fast, Puss in Boots and the IF Question
reveals her love of cooking.
Watch more videos and get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
Tuesday Jul 19, 2016
Tuesday Jul 19, 2016
Respected voice director, Andrea Romano continues her compelling story in Part 2 of VO Buzz Weekly with Chuck and Stacey J.
Andrea
talks about the process of casting the classic series, Animaniacs, with
Rob Paulsen, Tress MacNeille and Jess Harnell and how she landed
Bernadette Peters for the role of Rita the Cat.
She explains how
she decides what projects she will do or pass on and the challenges of
having to negotiate her own work. Andrea speaks to what prerequisites a
voice talent needs to be competitive in the VO business today and
answers the question whether being in Los Angeles is essential to do
animation.
Tune in next Sunday for the conclusion of Chuck and Stacey J.’s interview with Andrea Romano!
Watch more videos and get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
Tuesday Jul 19, 2016
Tuesday Jul 19, 2016
Chuck and Stacey are honored to welcome a living legend in the voice
over industry, 8-time Daytime Emmy winning voice director, Andrea
Romano. In Part 1 of this special 3-part episode series, Andrea begins
the story of how her personal and professional dreams began to come true
growing up in Long Island, New York with her large, supportive family.
After
graduating from SUNY Fredonia in Theatre Arts and one year of graduate
school, she moved to New York City to act professionally, supporting
herself working in retail and doing phone sales.
Setting her
sights on California, she took a temp job with the talent agency, Abrams
Rubaloff and went on to become the youngest franchised agent in
Hollywood at that time taking voice over classes so she could understand
what a voice actor experiences. After a time there, Andrea was invited
to start the VO division at Special Artists with an A-list celebrity
client roster.
When friend and colleague, Ginny McSwain called
to tell Andrea she was leaving Hanna-Barbera, she jumped at the chance
to apply for the casting director job working alongside, Gordon Hunt.
Andrea shares her experiences working with acting greats like Daws
Butler, Jonathan Winters and William Christopher as well as helping
start voice over careers for Mark Hamill and Jessica Walter.
While
still at Hanna-Barbera she was able to work on other projects like
DuckTales, Rescue Rangers and Winnie the Pooh. A fearless risk taker,
Andrea signed on to direct for the newly formed Warner Brothers TV
animation where she started working with Steven Spielberg on his new
productions.
Watch more videos and get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
Tuesday Jul 19, 2016
Tuesday Jul 19, 2016
Chuck and Stacey J. continue chatting with Emmy winning writer,
director, producer, Jeff Nimoy who talks about creating the healthy
blog, CookingCaveman.com
Jeff shares why adopting the Paleo
eating plan changed his health and life for the better and led to
writing a book called, The Cooking Caveman: How to Lose Weight, Eat
Healthy, Create Mouthwatering Paleo Recipes and Piss Off All Your
Friends, available on Amazon. You can also watch videos on the Cooking
Caveman YouTube channel.
As an advocate for eating healthy,
organic, whole food, Jeff was inspired to start a free dating site to
help him and others connect with people who have similar tastes in food.
Check it out at SamePlate.com
Jeff talks about how Digimon came
to be, why he thinks it was so successful in America and shares a
touching story about his cousin, beloved acting icon, Leonard Nimoy. He
offers his views about the business of acting and who his writing
influences are, David Mamet and Quentin Tarantino.
Jeff shares
where he sees himself in 10 years, reflects on voicing Wolfwood, one of
his favorite anime roles, and the IF question reveals his TV character
crushes.
Watch more videos and get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
Tuesday Jul 19, 2016
Tuesday Jul 19, 2016
Chuck and Stacey J. welcome Emmy winning writer, director, producer and
actor Jeff Nimoy to the show. After graduating from NYU, Jeff shares how
he found his way from voice acting on the Mutant League show to
producing and directing that led to him winning an Emmy.
Jeff
talks about what factors he considers when hiring actors for projects
and his experiences working with super talented VO actors like Steve
Blum, Crispin Freeman, Debi Derryberry, Colleen O’Shaughnessy and Yuri
Lowenthal.
He speaks to some key things that are important to pay
attention to especially in anime auditions and what stands out to him
when he is casting roles. Jeff reveals what talent should and shouldn’t
do in professional situations and things that will make him not want to
hire an actor
.
Watch more videos and get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
Tuesday Jul 19, 2016
Tuesday Jul 19, 2016
Chuck and Stacey continue talking with teacher, producer, director,
Joyce Castellanos, who speaks to some of the challenges facing voice
talent today as well as some misconceptions about being in the voice
over business.
The super important promo demo is discussed
including when to do one, what should be on it and what should be left
off it. Joyce shares what she loves about teaching and what she still
wants to accomplish in her life, personally and professionally.
She
offers her opinion about attending voice over events, ways to network
appropriately and reveals what charity is near and dear to her heart in
the IF question.
Watch more videos and get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
Tuesday Jul 19, 2016
Tuesday Jul 19, 2016
Chuck and Stacey welcome an icon in the world of network promos and
voice over coaching, Joyce Castellanos, who shares how she started as
the secretary to the VP at NBC and worked her way up to promo director.
She
talks about the first people she directed, the legendary Don LaFontaine
and iconic voice of NBC, Danny Dark. She reflects on the changing
styles in promo reads, shares her expertise on how to find the
conversational tone and what trends she is noticing now in promos.
Joyce
gives great advice about finding your signature voice and range and
marketing yourself to where you best fit in. She speaks to why it is so
vital to get training in the promo style of voice over and lets people
know how they can reach her and partner, Gene Cordes of One Stop VO, for
ongoing training and audition coaching.
Part 1 closes with Joyce
answering the True or False question which speaks to her commitment to
being a brilliant director able to work collaboratively with voice
actors and some more sage advice anyone wanting to work in promo needs
to hear.
Watch more videos and get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
Tuesday Jul 19, 2016
Tuesday Jul 19, 2016
Chuck and Stacey J. continue getting BUZZ-ed with Chicago-based voice actor, coach, presenter and author, Bill DeWees who talks about how the video content for his YouTube channel got started as well as what to beware of when looking for voice over career resources.
Known for the “real guy” delivery and as the signature voice of Chevy (outside the U.S.) Bill gives great suggestions for giving that natural, non-announcer style read and gives props to his personal coach, Marice Tobias.
He talks about why it’s not effective to be too perfect in your performance and what inspired him to write the practical, how-to-guide book, How To Start and Build a Six-Figure Voiceover Business, available on Amazon.
Bill speaks to why he feels he is having success in his career and his background in music and playing guitar. He shows his love for his wife of 35 years as well as his daughter, a fellow voice actor, who works with him.
He shares where he wants to be in ten years and reveals his ultimate voice over dream job. The interview closes with Bill’s IF question that involves one of his idols, Casey Kasem, the iconic DJ and voice of Shaggy in Scooby Doo.
Watch more videos and get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
Tuesday Jul 19, 2016
Tuesday Jul 19, 2016
This week, Chuck and Stacey J. get BUZZ-ed with Chicago-based voice actor, coach, presenter and author, Bill DeWees, who describes ways a voice actor can generate work, with or without an agent. He stresses the importance of having a great demo, specifically a “Demo that Rocks” by Chuck Duran.
He shares his background in radio, business consulting and college teaching and what high stakes event catapulted him towards a career in voice over. Despite having more than a dozen agents in different markets, Bill explains that the majority of his work comes from using his marketing and sales background to build a successful voice over career in genres like technical and medical narration, e-learning and explainer videos.
As a coach, he helps other talent build more contacts and offers some great tips for effective marketing including embracing technology and online opportunities.
Bill speaks to what is necessary for being a key player in the industry, which includes having a head for business and being persistent. He addresses some mistakes people make when building their VO business and has a tutorial full of helpful information at http://VoiceoverPlaybook.com
Chuck and Stacey J. role-play a phone call with Bill talking to a potential client demonstrating how easy it is to do and the value of getting your demo in front of the right people.
If you’re interested in coaching with Bill by Skype, contact him at http://VoiceoverRevolution.com or by email at voiceoverexpert@gmail.com and be sure to subscribe to the Bill DeWees YouTube channel.
Watch more videos and get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com