Archive for September, 2009
A Lesson in Branding
When your brand as a voice actor is as secure as as his was, you can get away with wonderfully inventive demos like this. I don’t have enough fingers to count up the “rules” he broke with this one. But it didn’t matter.
September 20, 2009
Tags: Branding, Lorenzo Music, voice actor Posted in: Branding, General, Marketing 
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Luck and The Voice Actor
I’m reading James A. Michener’s autobiography The World Is My Home.В In it he offers tips to would be writers and speaks of how simple luck played a huge role in his success.В Just change a few of the skills mentioned and you’ve got great advice for the voice over performer:
The only generalization I can [...]
September 16, 2009
Posted in: General, Getting Started, Training No Comments
The Marice Tobias Fall Workshop Schedule
Stacey Stahl emailed yesterday the dates and cities of the remaining Marice Tobias workshops for voice over pros this year.В See them here.
Marice has a magical way of spotting things that are getting in the way of your most authentic performance as a voice actor. I highly recommend her workshops.
September 15, 2009
Tags: voice over coaching, voice over workshops, voiceover training Posted in: Coaching, Training, Workshops No Comments
What is the Context?
Been thinking about the word “context” this morning. It’s one of the lenses through which we should see the script as we prepare for the job or an audition. It helps us determine choices.
I think language scholar Oscar E. Nybakken has a very useful take on the word “context” for the voice actor:
Context not [...]
September 14, 2009
Posted in: Advertising, Auditions, General, Techniques No Comments
New Area of Work for the Voice Actor?
The merging and melding of media marches on.В Now we have video embedded in print ads.В What does this mean for the voice actor? It can’t be bad, methinks.
September 2, 2009
Posted in: Advertising, General, Video No Comments
