Archive for January, 2010

In Search of The Next Billy Mays

Tangentially related to voice over, the call has gone out to find a replacement for hyper-pitchman Billy Mays who unexpectedly passed away in 2009.  The joke around our house was that when one of  Mr. Mays’ TV spots came on, you could hit “mute” on the remote and still hear him.
Trade publication Advertising Age was [...]

January 25, 2010   Posted in: Advertising, Auditions, General  No Comments

Faux Audition Finalists Fronted

Voice over actor and fun guy Peter O’Connell has announced the finalists for the “just for fun” auditions for the voice of the ABC Evening News with Dianne Sawyer. Visit Peter’s blog and vote for your favorite finalists.
Remember, it’s all just for grins and aside from a little notoriety and maybe some link love, both [...]

January 22, 2010   Posted in: Auditions, Awards, General  One Comment

Goodbye Mr. “Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!”

It was (is) a read stitched into the fabric of America’s culture by Jan C. Gabriel of Chicago. Few of us knew his name, but most of us know the sound, the quintessential hard sell, in this case for drag strip racing that happened when? On “Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!”
You’ll find a video story of his [...]

January 14, 2010   Posted in: General, Marketing  No Comments

Info Session for North Texas Actors

If you are an aspiring voice, stage or on-camera actor in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area there is an informational meeting coming up next Monday that you should consider taking. SAG’s Sheila Cooper emails with the details:
UNION PANEL ROUND  TABLE
Have  you ever asked what is SAG, AEA, AFTRA or IATSE?  Have you ever thought what does [...]

January 12, 2010   Posted in: General, Training, Workshops  No Comments

Que the Announcer

A point of direction we see a lot in the voice over audition process is “no announcer” or “stay away from announcer sound” or “need real, genuine, no announcer” and 67 variations thereof. Why?
My voice-over coach has a theory: The classic announcer sound from the 50’s-70’s is representative of the generation of admen who lied [...]

January 11, 2010   Posted in: Advertising, Coaching, General  No Comments


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