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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
Stellar advice and tips about what it takes to make it in the VO biz.
Stacey
reads another great viewer email from Charlene in Seattle and Chuck
reminds viewers if they like the show they can support it through the
website’s SUPPORT page. Time to chat with the Emmy and Annie award
winning VO superstar, Maurice LaMarche, who engagingly shares how he
sometimes gets a little lazy about his appearance being a voice actor
and the benefits of being the spokesperson for Lexus.
He takes us
through how he made the transition from stand-up comedian to voice
actor and tells a story about his very first gig doing Inspector Gadget
with Don Adams.
Maurice offers advice and specific tips about
what he thinks it takes to make it in the business today, recalling that
it took him a year of auditioning before he booked his first job. He
stresses the importance of the relationship in any script whether it’s
for Lexus commercials or in animation like working with Rob Paulsen on
Pinky and the Brain.
He addresses the question of whether or not
he still auditions everyday and talks about his process of creating
characters. He shares how he records his multiple characters in Futurama
with fellow cast members Billy West, Katey Segal, Phil LaMarr, Lauren
Tom and John DiMaggio.
The episode closes with Maurice doing some
of his first, stellar impersonations of entertainment icons Peter Falk
and Tony Curtis and how the years he spent studying and perfecting his
Orson Welles impersonation changed the course of his 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
Amazing demonstrations and tips on bringing characters to life.
Lori
Alan offers some valuable marketing tips to develop and nurture
business relationships and we learn more about Lori’s approach to voice
acting coaching and what motivated her to start working with students,
one-on-one and in a group setting. Viewers get an amazing demonstration
of how Lori brings a character to life and she takes us through several
ways to create characters using real life examples.
She reflects
on the actions or patterns of behavior that have helped to keep her
going in her career and talks about doing Pixar movies like Monsters
University, Wall-E and Toy Story 3, with voice acting veterans Jess
Harnell, Laraine Newman, Mona Marshall and Danny Mann. Lori tells the
story about meeting Seth MacFarlane and landing the role of Diane the
Anchorwoman on Family Guy. She encourages the fans of the show to
resurrect Diane from her watery “death”. Come on guys, it worked for
Futurama!
We find out some amazing personal and professional
advice Lori has gotten along the way that helps her succeed and stay
balanced. The episode closes with a poignant story about a teacher whose
encouragement made a profound difference in the course of her life and
Lori expresses how she feels about Chuck and Stacey and VO Buzz Weekly.
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 skill sets and attitudes needed for being a successful voice actor.
Chuck’s
Tip of the Week provides an easy way to get rid of clicks in your audio
tracks. Guest Lori Alan, voice of Pearl the Whale on Spongebob
Squarepants and Momma on Henry Hugglemonster, takes us back to how she
got started as a performer and voice actor. She explains how taking a
class with Charlie Adler and Chris Zimmerman changed her life and lead
to booking her first animated series, Swat Cats, with veteran voice
actors Tress McNeille and Frank Welker.
We discuss some of Lori’s
current projects like the new Disney series Henry Hugglemonster and the
process she went through to create her character in the show, Momma.
Lori offers some insights on the ways she’s gotten through the rocky
times in her career and credits taking some kind of class as the way she
keeps her instrument in good shape, as well as a positive attitude.
She
brings some of her favorite characters to life like Pearl, Diane, Momma
and The Boss and explains how using some of her real life experiences
helped her book the Valspar TV campaign. By taking the advice of mentor
Charlie Adler and some of her own wisdom, Lori talks about the skill
sets and attitudes she feels are helpful for being a voice talent in the
business today.
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
Radically improve your animation and video game auditions.
Voice
Director, Sam Riegel shares some of the things he likes and dislikes
that voice talent do in a session and the importance of having a good
attitude at work. He offers more amazing tips for animation and video
game auditions and talks about what it’s like working on the hit Disney
series, Sofia The First.
Sam describes in detail the major
differences and some of the challenges of working in the anime genre
versus animation. Sam takes us through his process when auditioning for
voice acting roles and addresses the question of how many takes of the
audition should be sent.
We hear the story behind his experiences
as a member of an a cappella singing group in college and how it helped
him land a writing gig on the network show The Sing Off. He talks about
his current projects some of which include another show for Disney and
his podcast, All Work No Play. The episode closes with Sam talking about
one of his most favorite real life roles, being a Dad.
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
Incredible insights on auditioning you need to know.
Chuck offers
an important Tip of the Week about using an email signature. This
week’s guest Sam Riegel, voice actor, writer and voice director of
Disney’s Sofia the First takes us on a fun and interesting ride through
his diverse career. Starting out as a child actor, he shares how his
stage performing experience has helped him as a voice actor.
From
the point of view of a successful voice director, Sam gives valuable
insights and tips about auditions, casting and creating characters that
every voice actor needs to hear.
He discusses the trend in
cartoons with regard to using a natural voice versus a cartoon sounding
voice and also what he feels he does well as a voice actor. Sam
describes what to do with a character breakdown that makes for a great
audition that will captivate the listener.
He shares how he stays
on top of voice over trends as a director and voice actor and how his
writing background helps him interpret scripts. The episode closes with
Sam offering solid advice and suggestions for those starting out in the
voice over business today.
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
Stellar advice to voice actors pursuing a career in the VO biz.
Laraine
reveals the people she was most excited to work with as a voice actor
and what she loves about going to the Coachella Music Festival for the
last eight years. She reflects on the things that have contributed to
her career success and the ongoing pursuit of developing her true
persona.
As one of the founding members of The Groundlings, she
takes us back to what the comedy scene was like in Los Angeles during
that time. Laraine tells the story about working with Lily Tomlin and
how it helped launch her comedy career.
She talks about her funny
and talented family and the food blog created with her friend Amy
Ephron, OneForTheTable.com, of which she is the contributing editor.
Laraine offers stellar advice to voice actors pursuing a career in the
VO business, discusses her current projects and closes the episode by
answering the 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
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