Archive for the ‘Training’ Category
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 Â TABLE
Have  you ever asked what is SAG, AEA, AFTRA or IATSE?  Have you ever thought what does [...]
January 12, 2010
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Voice Actors Set Goals for Twenty-Ten
Prolific blogger and nice guy Bob Sour has a link on his blog that sends you to Voice Over Xtra where a gaggle of voice actors have listed their resolutions for next year.
The goals expressed are a good reminder of what we all should be doing to further our careers, and for me a list [...]
December 31, 2009
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Luck and The Voice Actor
I’m reading James A. Michener’s autobiography The World Is My Home. In it he offers tips to would be writers and speaks of how simple luck played a huge role in his success. 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
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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. 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
Great Weekend with the Voice Over Whisperer
The Marice Tobias commercial and narration workshop in Dallas wrapped up yesterday. What a wonderful seminar. I learned some great techniques for self direction which is so important these days in that we work so much from our own spaces. Had fun with fellow voice actors. And it’s always amazing to watch a director like [...]
August 24, 2009
Tags: self direction, Training, Voice Over workshop Posted in: Coaching, Techniques, Training, Workshops 2 Comments
Finding a Voice Over Coach
I’ve secured my place at the table for the Marice Tobias commercial and narration intensive workshop in Dallas next month. Marice is one of the premier voice-over coaches working today and has been instrumental in moving my career forward.
You can see other cities where she’ll be holding workshops here.
If you are looking for a voice [...]
July 1, 2009
Posted in: Coaching, Getting Started, Training, Workshops 3 Comments
Should I slate in Character?
That’s one of the questions that floats up during the four part podcast interview Voicebanks’s Tracey Patton has with Bob Bergen and Bill Holmes. Both are busy voice actors and teachers.
So when auditioning for character or animation roles, should you slate in character. Some say yes. Bob says “no” for a simple reason that make [...]
June 11, 2009
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Voice Over Coach Marice Tobias In Dallas This Summer
I just got word from my agent Nancy Johnson that the “Voice Over Whisperer” Marice Tobias will have a Dallas stop on her summer schedule. August 22-23 at Janination. Contact Stacey Stahl of Creative Entertainment Management for more information and other cities Marice will be holding workshops in 2009.
As I’ve said elsewhere on this blog, [...]
May 29, 2009
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Improv Training and The Voice Actor
Tracy Pattin over at VoiceRegistry continues her interview with improv teacher Bill Applebaum and a panel of students. Here are a few tips as to how improv training can give the voice over actor a competitive edge:
• The client LOVES Voice Actors with Improv Experience because “they can’t be thrown.â€
•Improv gives you a plethora of [...]
March 11, 2009
Posted in: Coaching, Training, Workshops 5 Comments
The Voice-Over Whisperer
Tracy Pattin at the Voice Registry has a podcast featuring an interview with voice-over coach extraordinaire Marice Tobias. Marice specializes in taking her students beyond technique and word manipulation.
True Story: About ten years ago I was doing a phone session with Marice and was reading a piece of New Mexico state tourism copy. She stopped [...]
February 4, 2009
Tags: Coaching, Training, voice over Posted in: Coaching, Training 2 Comments