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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
Saturday Jul 16, 2016
Saturday Jul 16, 2016
Superb advice for all voice actors to help you get your thinking right.
Actor,
singer, songwriter, Golden Bridge Choir director, Maggie Wheeler takes
time out of her busy schedule to chat with Chuck and Stacey J. about how
she got started in voiceover. Maggie shares her approach towards on
camera and voiceover work and discusses her amazing CD, Sweet Time.
She
talks about how she takes care of her voice and tells a wild story
about working with a mysterious healer. Maggie shares what advice she
would give to actors, if she were mentoring them, to help them succeed.
She reflects on what she would do differently if she were starting her
career over today.
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
Solid advice and tips to those who want to have success in VO and life.
The
conversation continues in Part 2 with Fred Melamed who offers solid
advice and tips to those who want to have success in voice over and life
in general. He talks about his love of music, what record he played
guitar on and who his influences are musically. Fred shares stories
about being on the hit comedy, Curb Your Enthusiasm and working with the
show’s creator and star, Larry David.
We find out more about
Fred’s current TV and Film projects like a new series for USA Network
and a biopic produced by Rolling Stones singer, Mick Jagger. Fred shares
what he likes about living in Los Angeles and what it was like going
back to Broadway in 2011 to face his fears. He reflects on what things
he is most proud of in his life and asks Chuck and Stacey to answer the
same question, which results in a very poignant, candid moment.
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
Delivering strong auditions and how to find the message in the copy.
Chuck
and Stacey express their sincere thanks to all who have donated to help
support VO Buzz Weekly. If you would like to join the other generous
benefactors, go to the Support Page to make a one-time or recurring
donation. This week’s guest, veteran film and voice actor, Fred Melamed,
shares the fascinating story of how his performing career began. From
the Yale School of Drama to the Broadway stage, Fred candidly discusses
how his battle with stage fright led him to working for decades in voice
over.
He talks about the shifts in the voiceover business that
dramatically affected his livelihood and the subsequent phone call from
Joel Coen that changed his life. He discusses what he loves about being a
voice actor along with who he respects in the business.
As one
of the first to have a home recording studio twenty years ago, Fred
gives amazing insights on delivering strong auditions and illustrates
how to find the message in the commercial copy. Fred talks in-depth
about one of his recent films, IN A WORLD. Hear how he met the film’s
Writer/Director/Actor, Lake Bell and how he got the role as well as more
about his character in the movie. You can get the DVD of the movie on
Amazon or iTunes.
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
Sound advice and ideas for how you can get things started on your own.
Chuck
and Stacey continue their conversation with Carlos Alazraqui who talks
about doing voice over work in Spanish and how his stand up comedy and
on-camera acting experience helps him in his voice over career. Carlos
shares stories from some of his favorite moments playing Deputy James
Garcia on Reno 911 and what he still wants to accomplish in his career.
He
talks about his sky diving adventures and describes what success means
to him. Carlos offers sound advice to those wanting to be in the voice
over business and ideas for how you can get things started on your own.
Stacey asks the ever popular IF question, which brings out Carlos’
killer Johnny Carson impression and props to a great VO friend.
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
Fun stories and great tips & advise for a successful voiceover career.
Actor,
Comedian, Carlos Alazraqui talks about his first big break into the
voice over world with Rocko’s Modern Life and how his stand up comedy
experience helped him do it. He shares the kind of childhood he had and
how it nurtured his fascination with different accents and dialects.
Hear about some of Carlos’ upcoming personal appearance and the process
he goes through when auditioning for new projects.
Carlos talks
about his strengths as an actor and what things are vocally challenging
for him. He reflects on the keys to his successful career, the ways he
continues to grow and learn as well as the voice over work he has done
in Spanish like the Taco Bell Chihuahua, El Chupacabra in Disney’s
Planes and more.
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
Good and bad habits that can help or hinder success in the business.
The
conversation continues with Richard Horvitz who talks about taking
control of what you can in auditions and the importance of telling the
story. He shares some good and bad habits that he sees in voice actors
that can help or hinder success in the voice over business. Richard
reflects on some of the characters he has played over the years and why
they are so special to him.
He explains why teaching is one of
the most rewarding aspects of his career and reveals what he still wants
to accomplish in his career that involves writing, theater and music.
Richard offers his personal definition of success for his life and
career as well as what he is most proud of in his life.
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 Step approach to auditioning for animation for voice actors.
Richard
Horvitz of Invader Zim, The Angry Beavers and The Grim Adventures of
Billy and Mandy, tells how his acting career began at ten years old in
TV commercials then led him to the Broadway stage and doing voiceover.
In
between all the fun banter and singing, Richard explains his teaching
philosophy and how he can help actors recapture the art of, playing
pretend.
He offers some great tips for someone starting out in
the voice over business with respect to training and demos. Richard
discusses his strengths as a voice actor, the 5 Steps he teaches and his
approach to auditioning for animation.
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
An Interesting approach when auditioning and slating your work.
James
Arnold Taylor’s trailer for his amazing one-man stage show, Talking to
Myself, opens the second episode and James talks about how he landed the
role of the voice of Fred Flintstone. He shares some of his current
projects and gives sound advice to those who are in the voice over
business. James talks about his experience hosting one of the largest
Star Wars fan events at Walt Disney World and reveals that he watches
Stacey’s Must Do Disney TV show a lot.
James details his method
for auditioning which includes an Interesting approach to the audition
slate. Find out how you can enter to get an autographed copy of his book
JAT 365, giveaway ends February 16, 2014. The episode closes with James
telling Chuck and Stacey what helps him when he’s having a bad day that
involves Chuck and how he defines success.
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
James shares his formula for learning celebrity impersonations.
The
brilliantly talented James Arnold Taylor, voice of Fred Flintstone,
Johnny Test and Obi-Wan Kenobi, takes us back to his childhood to talk
about being the class comedian and how it lead him to a career in radio,
stand up comedy and voice acting. He shares some of the changes in the
business that he likes and dislikes and how his experience working in
radio helped him as a voice actor.
As the author of the
inspirational book, JAT 365, James tells why he wrote it, explains the
ways you can utilize it to help reach your own personal goals and give
the details for how you can win an autographed copy of his book via
Twitter.
Hear James in action in one of his amazing demos and
some stories of working the celebrities he voice doubles like Johnny
Depp and David Spade. He shares his formula for learning to impersonate a
celebrity, complete with a stunning excerpt from his one-man stage
show, Talking to Myself. The episode closes with James sharing the life
changing experience of losing his voice and how he was able to rise
above it.
Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
Friday Jul 15, 2016
Friday Jul 15, 2016
Information and advice that can help you shift your career into high gear.
Part
2 with Kristine Oller is loaded with golden nuggets of information and
advice that can help you shift your career into high gear in 2014.
You’ll learn tangible ways to find support, accountability and
inspiration and hear Kristine’s perspective about the obstacles that
prevent people from making positive changes in their life.
Kristine
talks about the other free online resources she provides to help grow
your business and increase your knowledge as well as how to play her
Golden Nugget game for effective networking. Get the details to enter to
win Kristine’s amazing audiobook, Feeding Your Focus, giveaway ends
January 31, 2014.
Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com