Archive for the ‘Video’ Category


Voice Over Tips – Marc Cashman Part 2

Voice-over teacher Marc Cashman talks about copy, demos and agents in part two of his interview with Back Stage Magazine.

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Voiceover – The Importance of Training

Voice over teacher, coach and performer Marc Cashman talks about getting the required training you need to succeed.

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Narrating for Neiman Marcus

Here is a short documentary I narrated for director Margo Weathers on behalf of Neiman Marcus. We recorded at Maximedia in Dallas. Representing the fashion world,  Margo was very nicely dressed at the session, workaday chic, as you see in a couple of shots of her in the film. Representing the voice-over world,  I was [...]

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It’s Gonna Be Goofy

Kevin Delaney emails to say he’s got another video chat lined up for this Sunday night.  The featured guest will be legendary voice actor Bill Farmer, the voice of the Disney character Goofy. You’ll get more details here. That is all.

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Darth Vader Voices Your Tom Tom

Driving around with my GPS,  I ignore the voice commands often, triggering the “re-calculating” comment from the female voice so many times I half expect her to reach out of the device and give me a good smack upside the head.  I wonder if I would ignore Darth Vader’s commands so flippantly.  You can get [...]

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Grab a Slice Tonight

Friend and fellow Dallas area voice actor John McCalmont goes on camera tonight in the premier of “Sliced” 9pm Central on History Channel. The premise is simple but yields interesting results: take an object and slice it open to see how it works.  Golf ball, sure.  Armored truck, no problem. Just need a bigger saw. [...]

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New Area of Work for the Voice Actor?

The merging and melding of media marches on.  Now we have video embedded in print ads.  What does this mean for the voice actor? It can’t be bad, methinks.

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Using Source Connect with Pro Tools

George Whittam of El Dorado Recording Services has produced a most excellent video tutorial for voice actors who use Pro Tools and need help setting up a Source Connect session. You can also find session templates and written guides on the Source-Elements website, but I found that George’s video takes you through the steps quickly [...]

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Local Actor Makes the Cut

Fellow Dallas area and Campbell Agency actor John McCalmont emails with news that he has made the callbacks for hosting duties of a new cable network series called “Sliced.” The concept of the show is slicing stuff open to see what makes it tick. How fun is that? Here is John’s callback audition video. Good [...]

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Will My Headphones Fit Over Those Hats?

I could try to give this post and video some gravitas by wrapping it in the “global marketplace for voice actors” label but in truth it is just good stupid fun. The Leningrad Cowboys and the Red Army Choir do Lynyrd Skynyrd. You can’t make this up.

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