‘Voice Over News’

Voice Acting
I have had many offers of help for the voices in the project. I need 2, one for the Mayor and one for the narration. I don’t know whether or not to have just one voice covering both parts, so at the moment I am getting people to record both parts. Today we recorded an actor who was simply perfect for both roles in the National Galleries recording studio. As a result I might just use this recording for both parts. I have a very tight production schedule laid out and it simply doesn’t offer too much leeway in going to and from the studio.

Final Trailer for Azerothian Espionage from YouTube :: Tag // machinima
Original release date: March 22nd, 2007 Personal rating: 3.5 / 5 This is a trailer for a new movie Cameron Gadsby [who also helped produce it] and I did over the last couple days. He took care of some of the writing, like the plot outline and characters, etc. He needed the video relatively quickly so I finished it in 5 days with some very needed breaks [dialogue, voice overs, filming, and editing]. The movie should show up on here in several days, it’s about 16 minutes in length. With the completion of this, I’m going to start working on the new Huntology series. You can expect the first episode in a month or two [maybe sooner if I get lucky]. Author: fubarius2 Keywords: wow warcraft miyasuki obli azerothian espionage machinima fubarius huntology Added: March 22, 2007

Asandra – Interview with a professional channeller
This interview is with Asandra who considers herself to be a multidimensional being. This is expressed through her work as an artist, writer, and trance-channel.
She has written a number of articles for PS-Magazine.com and her Website is Asandra.com

VO Star Ben Patrick Johnson Video Interview

And now for something completely different!

Enjoy this break from academia courtesy of Jesse Charles Springer (pictured here) and his interview “Behind the Mic” with promo and movie trailer voice actor Ben Patrick Johnson.

Jesse Springer, a Voices.com voice talent, interviewed voice actor Ben Patrick Johnson at Ben’s home in Beverly Hills, California.

What you are about to see is the very interview itself!

Awesome work Jesse and thanks for sharing!

If you’d like to add to this article, please leave a comment

Cheers,

Stephanie

Image © Jesse Springer

by: Sherri
If the accent doesn’t work out, I’ve got a few suggestions. My voice leaves home to go walkabout on a regular basis. First, silence. Don’t use the temp voice. Use a note pad. It’s like writing love notes to your voice. Voices can’t resist that for long. Second, lots of water and less caffiene. Your voice might be suffering from sleep deprivation and be off somewhere trying to nap. Or it might have a hangover. Third, nice, pure air. Last of all, make sure you don’t have any sort of infection. Voices do not like cooties and will vacate as soon as cooties move in next door. I know, it’s a terribly kind of bigotry, but what can you do?

VoiceOverSavvy.com Launches Forum for Pro Voiceovers
The Voice Over Savvy Forums created a forum for pro voice actors to discuss anything related to voice over acting. [SANEPR 15 February, 2007]

What I’m watching.
I felt it would be interesting to post up some of the crap I’m watching. Perhaps not.

First, American Drama Heroes. It’s like a comic book in the form of a drama. I can’t resist it. It is one of the very, very few popular TV dramas that I would actually watch from week to week. Right now it’s nearing the end of a season so it’s getting rather intense.

Sexy Voice and Robo, interestingly enough, another drama. This one’s a Japanese drama. It’s about a middle school girl who can imitate and recognize voices really well and a giant robot geek. The two of them become spies kinda by mistake. It’s funny and interesting.

Well, this probably comes as no surprise…. Gundam Seed. I’m a Gundam fan at heart. I can’t resist the allure of giant robots, and Seed is actually, very much to my surprise, well written, action packed and not what I expected. I recommend it to anyone…..who love giant robots or Gundams.

These are all the new shows I’m getting into at this time. As for old contenders, I watch Penn & Teller’s Bullshit. Additionally I’m getting back into GARO. Granted, it’s over and no longer airing, I love re watching the episodes. Unfortunately, I can’t get anyone to watch it with me other than Aaron. And he’s in Portland now. No one’s willing to watch it because it’s a Tokusatsu program. But it’s not normal tokusatsu. GARO is very dark and full of lots of details, aesthetically pleasing design, and some of the best fight scenes in existence. Seriously, Kodama’s fight against Kouga is one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen.

Any of you interested in checking out some of these shows can watch Heroes on NBC on Mondays. As for Gundam Seed, check it out on DVD, but only if you can find it unedited. The Cartoon Network version isn’t so good. Sexy Voice and Robo as well as GARO are not aired or licensed for US distribution. Those interested in seeing them can download them (with subtitles) from Tv-Nihon. Or of course, anyone can see any of those programs by going through me.

Naruto Stays Japanese On Xbox 360

I love Ubisoft now. They also did a great job with Senko no Ronde (keeping the japanese voices with english on top).

Vox Talk Podcast has been a Godsend

I am a relatively new member and I am absolutely THRILLED I found Voices.com.

This site has been a Godsend… for someone like me who works in the industry behind the scenes, but who is always looking at the spotlight (or microphone) with stars in his eyes! Thanks to the support of my family, a little bit of luck and the insight of your website and podcasts, I am finally getting my name back out there and starting to book some jobs; After having a good start in Chicago several years ago, then taking a not-by-choice near 6 year hiatus, I am starting over, but I am READY! !

Voiceovers For Anime Now Available at Voice123.com
Voice123 now allows project owners to search for and hire voice acting professionals for anime voiceover recording projects. [SANEPR 24 April, 2007]

Yolanda King Dies
With sadness we learn of Yolanda King’s death today. An actor, activist, speaker, and daughter of the Civil Rights Movement, Ms. King was a voice of hope and a symbol of empowerment. I once had the privilege of hearing her speak when I was in college. She was a powerful and dynamic speaker and she had a commanding presence. An inheritor of her parents’ nobility and an accomplished leader in her own right, Yolanda King will be missed. “Let light perpetual shine upon her.”

How to get started in Voiceovers
Well, I am still exploring this question myself. I found a very interesting perspective on this question here at Dave Houston’s Blog. Eventually, when I am rich and famous, I will compose an amazingly pithy and interesting answer to this question myself. In the meantime, I will share the resources I find with you so we can learn together!

Cia Recruitment Video
Payment is on a lo/no/deferred basis. Director: Eric Brown. We are looking for a male voice actor able to play between the ages 40 – 50. The spot will be read solo, and is under two minutes. Expect no more than 2-3 hours of work. The rate is $35/hour cash. No scale. The finished animated video will be presented in 3-D on holograph kiosks at the Central Intelligence Agency. Apply to: Alex Freimuth 1 breakdown: 1. Male / Any yrs. / White. [Others like this] The character you …

Voice Over Experts Podcast Hits the Scene at Voices.com

Voices.com reaches out with Voice Over Experts, a new educational podcast packed with nuggets of wisdom from voice over coaches around the world.

Fifteen minutes on agni with voice

Filed under: Stories

Well, I downloaded the voice-enabled First Look viewer, and went out to one of the PG welcome areas to have a listen. Results were … mixed, to say the least.

A cluster of ten people were standing around talking. It only took a few minutes to identify six distinct issues. We could call them the big six, but that’s already taken, right?

Firstly, the Active Speakers window isn’t much help in a group. At any moment four or five people were lit up as speaking, but with several seconds delay between someone lighting up as ‘speaking’ and the voice arriving, it doesn’t really help much in identifying who’s voice you are hearing at any moment.

Second, someone is occasionally screaming or howling in the background. I’ve no idea who.

Third, every few words is fardling or spoony or abfold or snurble (Confused? See here). Who is swearing like a sailor? A few people, by the voices, but I can’t tell who. Never mind this is a PG sim. If you use SL for work, you’ll probably want to stay away from public gathering places if anyone in the office can hear your audio.

Fourth, crosstalk. Miss a word or two because someone is talking over the top of them, and you’ve got no idea what they said. People are going “What?” “What did you say?” “Can you repeat that?”

Fifth, I can hear everyone’s tv, radio, cd-player in the background. That doesn’t make it any easier.

Sixth, unlike all other sounds, voice doesn’t go away when you minimize SL.

Issues. There are definitely issues. Mostly, of course, they’re social issues, not technological ones.

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Zenedejas Hosts Spirited Soul Productions Grand Opening Night – Evening Of Destiny-
Top names in gospel music such as winner of the las Vegas bma music awards -best gospel performer -female gospel recording artist Gina Green, and two time Dove awards nominee The Prophet, will be commemorating the event with hit songs from their newly released albums.

Advertising Space Available In The Voice123 Industry Directory
The online voice over and media industry directory offers adverting space for companies to promote their products and services. [SANEPR 13 April, 2007]

What if Life Had a Soundtrack?
I received an e-mail this morning from my friend Stephanie Ciccarelli about something new they have put together at Voices.com. This is just one of the many reasons I love that website (and company!)- they are always trying to find new ways to attract clients- thus giving ‘us the voice actors’ new leads as well!

If you’ve ever wondered what a difference a good voice over can make for your project, check out ‘What if Life Had a Soundtrack?’.

These are just the first two videos they have put together, there are more on the way!

Female Voiceover Talent F/T
Rare opportunity for female voice talent to join the staff of our well established audio advertising company. This a full time position 9am to 5pm m-f but there is some flexibility. We are looking for a pleasant, upbeat personality. You should be familiar w/sound forge as this is how we currently mix our productions. Most of the work consists of on-hold productions for business telephones; we also do some radio commercial work. Please email a small mp3 demo (less than 6mb) & resume/qualifica…

Widening the base, amplifying the citizen voice
The primary season saw the beginning of a new kind of politics in Philadelphia, one that must be carefully nurtured if it is to grow. One facet of this new kind of politics is evident in the number and variety of mayoral and city council candidate forums held in virtually every neighborhood across the city and sponsored by a wide range of groups. Great Expectations sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia Inquirer was joined by the Next Great City sponsored by Philadelphia Future and the Next Mayor project sponsored by The Daily News, WHYY and the Committee of 70. Some others included two forums on education sponsored by Cross County Collaborative sponsored two forums on education and the 2007 Future Leaders Mayoral Forum sponsored by the Philadelphia Youth Network and the Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition. In the midst of all this candidate talk, it is easy to miss something what is perhaps a more important kind of talk: citizen talk. Not citizens asking questions of the candidates, but citizens talking with each other about the issues and about the campaigns. The Great Expectations Project is the prime example of this brand of citizen talk. With more than 50 citizen forums in neighborhoods across the city (and two in the suburbs), it was one of the few projects in which citizens talking to citizens came before, and formed the basis of, citizen questions to the candidates. Why is this important? Why does this signal a change in politics in this great city? Think of politics in Philadelphia (or in any democracy) as a triangle ? a triangle in which each side represents a different kind of political actor ? one side representing elected and appointed officials, another representing professional stakeholders (such as developers or well funded special interest groups) and the base representing the citizen voice. In Philadelphia ?politics as usual? is like an isosceles triangle with two very long sides, but a short or narrow base. That is, the voice of citizens is often dwarfed by the voices of officials and professional stakeholders. And, if what we?ve heard in Great Expectation citizen-driven forums is accurate, citizens are tired of getting the short end. What they want, and what Great Expectations has helped create, is for this isosceles triangle to grow into an equilateral triangle ? a triangle in which citizens and the citizen voice is equal in strength to that of officials and professional stakeholders. – Harris Sokoloff

Updated Voiceover Script Bank Published
Voice123 updates its selection of royalty-free sample scripts that voice talents can use to create voice over demos. [SANEPR 9 March, 2007]

Yolanda King Dies
With sadness we learn of Yolanda King’s death today. An actor, activist, speaker, and daughter of the Civil Rights Movement, Ms. King was a voice of hope and a symbol of empowerment. I once had the privilege of hearing her speak when I was in college. She was a powerful and dynamic speaker and she had a commanding presence. An inheritor of her parents’ nobility and an accomplished leader in her own right, Yolanda King will be missed. “Let light perpetual shine upon her.”

VoiceProfessionals.com Voiceover Talent
This talented group of Actors and voiceover artists from the U.S. Northwest can be contacted through the website for work on your televsion, radio or other voice project.

Fifteen minutes on agni with voice

Filed under: Stories

Well, I downloaded the voice-enabled First Look viewer, and went out to one of the PG welcome areas to have a listen. Results were … mixed, to say the least.

A cluster of ten people were standing around talking. It only took a few minutes to identify six distinct issues. We could call them the big six, but that’s already taken, right?

Firstly, the Active Speakers window isn’t much help in a group. At any moment four or five people were lit up as speaking, but with several seconds delay between someone lighting up as ‘speaking’ and the voice arriving, it doesn’t really help much in identifying who’s voice you are hearing at any moment.

Second, someone is occasionally screaming or howling in the background. I’ve no idea who.

Third, every few words is fardling or spoony or abfold or snurble (Confused? See here). Who is swearing like a sailor? A few people, by the voices, but I can’t tell who. Never mind this is a PG sim. If you use SL for work, you’ll probably want to stay away from public gathering places if anyone in the office can hear your audio.

Fourth, crosstalk. Miss a word or two because someone is talking over the top of them, and you’ve got no idea what they said. People are going “What?” “What did you say?” “Can you repeat that?”

Fifth, I can hear everyone’s tv, radio, cd-player in the background. That doesn’t make it any easier.

Sixth, unlike all other sounds, voice doesn’t go away when you minimize SL.

Issues. There are definitely issues. Mostly, of course, they’re social issues, not technological ones.

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“Real” Beauty
Dove soap has a campaign now for “Real Beauty”. It appears to be a self-esteem issue they are tackling where they emphasize that the womanly ideal presented in advertising campaigns isn’t attainable and that women should be comfortable with their own real beauty.

To punctuate their message, they have created a short, time-lapse film that details a model’s transformation from regular girl to super model billboard beauty. It’s pretty interesting, especially after the photo shoot is done and they move into Photoshop territory.

Click To See Film

It seems that some folks are up in arms over a corporation as large as Dove developing such a campaign. They feel that it is hypocritical for them to “dismiss” the very same advertising techniques they themselves have used in the past. Most feel it is just a corporate ploy of “Look, see what those other bad companies do to make you buy their product? You can trust us.”

Personally, I see nothing wrong with it. Any voice, be it large or small, that can champion the normalization of body image to the public today deserves to he heard.

Some advice about unsolicited advice
A few weeks ago, Drew told me that he found himself critiquing the voice-over actors on local radio commercials. He said he could recognize voice talent who need more training because they haven’t learned how to sound conversational in their reads. Among other things, he astutely detected that amateurs invariably let their voices trail off at the ends of sentences. That same day, I called a major entertainment venue here in Atlanta to learn information about an upcoming event. I was rather shocked to hear a voice message in which the events and ticket prices were read in a choppy, uneven manner by someone with an accent. While some local commercials are produced by people with limited budgets, this complex has revenues in the millions each year. Its operations department unquestionably could afford to hire professional voice talent but has not. In both cases, a professional voice-over artist like me could be tempted to offer her services to these businesses to fix their problems. However, both the people producing the commercials and those at the entertainment venue don’t think that they have a problem. My efforts therefore would fall in the category of unsolicited advice and most likely anger the people that I most wanted to impress. I learned this lesson the hard way. As I was beginning my voice-over career, I wrote an e-mail to a local car dealer who runs a lot of radio ads. With my infinite wisdom, I explained that the dealer’s ads about Jenny in the office making a Bundt cake for all of the salesmen was offensive because it presented a very sexist and condescending attitude toward women. Mind you, I sent this message in the late 90s or early in this decade. The ad WAS sexist, but as a new voice talent who had no connection to this advertiser, it wasn’t my place to point out that fact. Naturally, I happily identified myself as a voice-over talent and offered to assist the dealer with future commercials. I have auditioned for that dealer’s spots on numerous occasions but have never booked one. I have listened to my auditions against the ads that ran on the air. My vocal qualities and copy interpretation are eerily similar in many cases. Since I’m a positive person, I believe that maybe the producers knew the talent selected for the ads or perhaps never heard my auditions. I have to be honest, though, and acknowledge that an equally likely scenario is that my unsolicited advice was considered criticism and destroyed my chances of booking work with that advertiser.

VOX TALENT – Canada’s Non-Union Voice-Over Talent Agency…
VOX TALENT is Canada’s non-union voice-over talent agency providing voice actors to radio, television, commercial and corporate producers, mostly based out of Toronto Canada

Voiceover Talent for Recordings in Spanish on Voice123.com
Searching for and hiring voice over actors and producers for projects in Spanish has become a quick and easy task. [SANEPR 5 March, 2007]

San Francisco YouTube Pick of the Day
San Fran Voice trolls the online world to find video clips from and about San Francisco. Check the archives to see the ones that you’ve missed.  Posted here every morning at 9. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBL_3kaGvO4   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAnHkR1Axj8   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcJwLLAgD-8 Explanation: Today’s YouTube picks are all about Flag Day (since that’s today). One of the jokes here is that you know you’re from SF [...]

What’s Your Inner Voice Telling You?
Do we have an inner voice? And if so, is that God speaking to us or our conscience? Or maybe both? Or does that depend on whether you?re a believer or an atheist? I mean, that voice telling you to go ahead and do something wrong can?t really be your conscience, can it? So is that the Devil? So, now we have two inner voices? The good one and the bad one? Now, I?m confused.

Dammit.

Amir Srivihasan

Actually I have the Nextup newsreader also with the paul voice from Neospeech. I think it’s nott the same. I thought it was familiar, but I put the same text in both their website and the nextup textloud program that I have. The processing was different. it seems like the Bluegrind one was more accurate, specially with the dates and time and the website addresses and some language differences.
The voice is also slightly different to me when I listen to them side by side.

Just as a sidenote, I have also tried the AT&T voices, and after a while they all sound the same, but I think this bluegrnd one is differnt than the nextup one or the neospeech one.

Apparently….
I am judgmental and have some sort of problem with keeping commitments..ergh I sound like a boy. And yet I hate it when I need to be girly…so I MUST be some sort of androgynous homosexual…… seriously, no stereotypes please.

And I am planning to rid myself of my commitment problem…with Nanowrimo…which is 4-5 months away…ah.

Adjusting my biological clock is harder than I thought…I feel really groggy and awful…

War sucks. But some people insist on “making their point”..I know what having pride and arrogance is like but even I’m willing to put that aside to prevent the death of millions..
I find this amusing even though yes, it IS creepy..just thank god they haven’t developed live video feeds yet..think of all the parking fines people will receive.
I don’t really know what to think of this..immersing in politics is tiring and troublesome..but they did have some valid points..just got to see how it goes..
I only you guys figured this out earlier..not blaming you.. just saying IF ONLY..argh.

R_R

The Coraline movie, can’t wait, though I can’t find the book so I haven’t read it YET. But why celebrity voices?? Gr.

Voice Over Project Management Software Developer Interactive Voices Announces Trial VoiceSuite Account For Clients
Interactive Voices is elated to launch a 30-day trial of VoiceSuite account to clients. The VoiceSuite voice over search and project management software provides clients with the ability to conduct project-specific searches for voice over talent.

Voices.com Podcast, VOX Talk, Introduces Weekly Correspondents
The VOX Talk podcast, hosted by Stephanie Ciccarelli of Voices.com, recently welcomed two weekly correspondents, professional voice talents Julie Williams and Adam Fox, to host segments on the VOX Talk Podcast.

Enjoy Yourself Tonight (Pt. 829)
Enjoy Yourself Tonight (Pt. 829)

So I just got a brief call from the founder of the DDR Club at University of Missouri, Kansas City. The reason he called is because he forgot the answer to the question of XotW (DWI EX of the Week). After that, he asked the whole club to say hi to me.

I just felt so great when I heard so many different voices saying “Hi, Terrence” on the background. It was loud that I needed to take my phone away from my ear for a few inches. And when I responded to them, I felt my voice was so weak compared to them.

Zenedejas Hosts Spirited Soul Productions Grand Opening Night – Evening Of Destiny-
Top names in gospel music such as winner of the las Vegas bma music awards -best gospel performer -female gospel recording artist Gina Green, and two time Dove awards nominee The Prophet, will be commemorating the event with hit songs from their newly released albums.

Narutarded – Episode 1
Well, my friend and I had a strange conversation at her house about the Naruto cast. This was the result. I think this is why people are supposed to sleep in the middle of the night; that’s the time of the day when your mind turns to mush. I did the voices of Naruto, Orochimaru, and Kabuto while my friend did Sakura, Sasuke, and Hinata. Animation was done by me. This video is purely crack and is not intended to offend anyone. If you are offended, then please accept my sincerest apologies. (more)

Giovanni da Palestrina
With works that are often regarded as the perfect models of Renaissance polyphony, Italian composer Giovanni da Palestrina had his first major appointment as the organist of San Agapito, Palestrina. After the election of Pope Julius III, he was appointed maestro di cappella of the Cappella Giulia in Rome, where he wrote his first works. Well-regarded in Rome’s musical society, he shuffled through posts at two of Rome’s greatest churches, St. John Lateran (1555-’60) and San Maria Maggiore (1561-’66). During the 1560s and 1570s Palestrina’s fame and influence was bolstered by the wide distribution of his published works. His most famous mass, Missa Papae Marcelli, is said to have been composed to satisfy the requirements for musical cogency and textual intelligibility during the Counter-Reformation. After marrying his second wife, a wealthy fur merchant’s widow, he enjoyed his most productive years at the end of his life free from financial concern. He died in Rome in 1594. A prolific composer of masses, motets and sundry sacred works, he assimilated and refined his predecessors’ polyphonic techniques to produce a “seamless” texture based on balanced voices and a sense of nobility and restraint that made an unquestionable influence on Renaissance music. – Nate Cavalieri

Tips To Avoid Fraud in the Online Voiceover Business Published
Voice123, the online voiceover marketplace, presented some recommendations for its subscribers for avoiding fake check scams when receiving payments of voice over work. [SANEPR 23 April, 2007]

COOL McCANN

Leslie and I had breakfast late yesterday morning at Sportsmen’s Lodge in Studio City. After breakfast, we ran into the great character actor and voice artist, CHUCK McCANN. Chuck was there with one of his dogs, Judy. We had actually stopped to admire his dog when I recognized Chuck. We talked for a few minutes and I mentioned that I still needed to pick up the newly-released COOL McCOOL DVD set from BCI Eclipse. As you know, Chuck did many voices for the 1960s cartoon series. Just then, Chuck asked us to keep an eye on his dog. He went to his car and returned with a brand-new COOL McCOOL DVD set for Leslie and I. What a great guy! Chuck graciously signed the DVD set for us. Chuck is featured in audio commentaries and interviews with Wally Wingert. Wally produced the DVD set and is also a talented voice artist (Family Guy). Chuck McCann has a really nice website and you can take a look at it here. He’s still adding things, but it looks great so far! If you haven’t already, be sure to pick up COOL McCOOL on DVD! Thanks, again, Chuck…Leslie and I hope to see you again at Sportsmen’s Lodge!

Voices.com and Voice123: The Verdict is In, Pro Voice Actors Unite
In a recent poll involving over 10,000 voice actors, an overwhelming majority of respondents said that they prefer Voices.com over voice123 as their voice marketplace. [PR.com - March 05, 2007]

Infovox iVox 1.1 improves speech and adds new languages

Amsterdam – 21 February 2007 – Acapela Group and AssistiveWare today announced the release of Infovox iVox 1.1.

Infovox iVox, a product from Acapela Group created in collaboration with AssistiveWare allows the naturally sounding, high quality voices of the Acapela Group to be used by any Speech Manager compliant application on Mac OS X, including applications such as TextEdit, Preview, Acrobat Reader, Proloquo, TextParrot and AppleWorks, as well as many educational titles. Infovox iVox, which is distributed worldwide by AssistiveWare, can also be used with Tiger’s built-in VoiceOver screen reader, and Dutch and French users now have the possibility to hear all the VoiceOver menus and messages in their own language by using Infovox iVox together with AssistiveWare’s VisioVoice.

Infovox iVox is a Universal Binary and can be used on PowerPC and Intel Macs. The products include all voices available for a language of choice. Version 1.1 adds American Spanish and Canadian French. The following languages were already available: US English, UK English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Flemish, Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, and Swedish. All non-American English languages include one American English female voice as a bonus.

Version 1.1 contains the following enhancements:

• New languages: American Spanish and Canadian French
• New high quality Dutch male voice: Max
• Added support for less commonly used Speech Manager functions
• Improved handling of complex sentences for French
• Improved handling of compound words for Swedish
• A number of other fixes and enhancements

Read the full press release.

Animation Studios Category Added to the Voice123 Directory
The Voice123 Voice Over and Media Industry Directory continues growing and created a category with listings of animation studios. [SANEPR 4 May, 2007]

New VoiceoverTalent for Television Ads at Voice123.com
The Voice123 voice talent database grows and showcases the talent of new voice actors for television ads and commercials. [SANEPR 2 April, 2007]

the greatest show on earth
So I just got done watching “Inside the Actors Studio: The Simpsons.”

The Simpsons have long been a favorite television show of mine, it has always been a staple in my home and as long as it’s around it will continue to be that way. It was nice to see the faces behind the voices.

I would venture to say that The Simpsons is without a doubt the greatest show on earth.

That is why on the evening of July 27th you will find me at the theater watching their big screen adventure:

After watching the actors studio I have this unquenchable desire to be a voice actor. I mean I’ve always thought about it, but it’s like lit a fire underneath my butt…I don’t know I guess I think it’ll be a lot of fun to go to work and be someone else everyday. Not have to be fake, or not neccesarily be fake, but go along with the crowd like I had to be at my last job, just so I can keep my job, but get to become an alter-ego that gets to had fun on a regular basis.

Anyway I think that would be cool.

In other news I started my new job on the 15th and it kicks butt. I’m in sales which I’ve always loved and the family atmosphere there is amazing. I honestly see myself there for quite some time.

Now I just have to move closer, cause commuting to Ybor City everyday is exhausting, I’m looking though and it looks like I might be able to find a lease by room type apartment near USF that is all-inclusive which is really what I need for my budget.

This new job has me so relaxed, like my blood pressure is at an all time low, I look forward to working, i’m not stressed, I have fun, and I’m slowly getting healthier. Now I Just have to work on my weight gain from the stress eating that took place in my last job.

Well thats all for now. I’m on the internet all day now, so perhaps more updates will come in the future. Of course I’ve promised that in the past and it’s always fell through but we’ll see what happens.

Re: Great game, but what happened to the music/sound and story? They leave a bit to be desired…
The story was fine for what it was, at least Link didn’t just collect 3 thingies get the sword and awaken a few more dudes liek he did in the past few games.

The music did it for me, I thought it was fine

Voice overs would have been a nice touch, but as long as Link doesn’t talk.

Organic Food in Social Media
What is the talk in social media when it comes to ?organic food??

Table 3 and 4 slices the data from Table 1 and to into months. Table 3 shows the raw voices whereas Table 4 shows the impact.

From looking at the raw buzz (Table 3) we could easily come to the conclusion that ?environment? is on the decline and ?nutritious? is on the rise.

However, when looking at Table 4 we can see that ?environment? is pretty stable and the growth of ?nutritious? is nowhere near what Table 3 suggests.

All pictures are from the Onalytica InfluenceMonitor and © Onalytica

Voice123 Updates Document About Hiring Voice Over Talent
Voice123 offers updated recommendations and advice for those in search of professional voice talent online for their voice over recordings and projects. [SANEPR 14 May, 2007]

Voice123 Presents Business Development Program
Voice123 launched a Business Development division to let companies create partnerships with the largest online voice over marketplace. [SANEPR 9 March, 2007]

More panel pops from Instantaneous
More pics courtesy of Simon Grey fom the Instantenous Exhibition @ the Grace Emily.

You can sort of see people’s art in the background.

Jesse – Pulp Fiction Comics website comic reviewer

Erin McGregor – artist and Harley Quinn

Kamahl – artiste

Leon – non-writer and musician (don’t take that as non-musician, becuase he IS a musician)

Matt – Star Wars Character

Vincent (tho his piece had no dialogue nor caption – and according to THE RULES not a comic panel, he did bring a cute lady friend which makes it okay)

Stephen Hall – I think i know this guy but maybe not

Stephen (tho i swear that this is dave hodson – but it could mean I’ve been calling Stephen, Dave for 4 years now. i think i might start calling everyone ‘mate’ and ‘buddy’.)

Voice123 Voice Acting Webinars Available in the Resource Center
Recordings of the online seminars for voice over talents are now available at the website’s resource center. [SANEPR 20 April, 2007]

don’t do peter steele!! you’ll end up sounding lik…
don’t do peter steele!! you’ll end up sounding like some cheap dracula impression. but if you could look like Steele… uh.. call me. lmao!! ;p jk

dude you should just accept who you are.. girlyman voice and all.

Voices in the Dark
I feel weak, famished, done…

What am I doing here? Where am I?

Oh, if only I could move my hands and legs! Voices, I can hear voices, strange and familiar. I know that voice. Whose’s it?

Dark, it is dark here. If only I could open my eyes!

Voice Acting Blog VOX Daily Reaches 1000 Comment Milestone
The voice over community is alive and well at the VOX Daily blog, powered by Voices.com, with over 1000 comments from voice professionals around the world. [PR.com - March 11, 2007]

Promo & Imaging Voice Talent Matt Williams Rocks the VOX Talk Podcast
Voices.com recently hired voice talent Matt Williams to record a new show intro for their podcast, VOX Talk, the #1 voice over industry podcast. [PR.com - May 12, 2007]

Promo & Imaging Voice Talent Matt Williams Rocks the VOX Talk Podcast
Voices.com recently hired voice talent Matt Williams to record a new show intro for their podcast, VOX Talk, the #1 voice over industry podcast. [PR.com - May 12, 2007]

Widening the base, amplifying the citizen voice
The primary season saw the beginning of a new kind of politics in Philadelphia, one that must be carefully nurtured if it is to grow. One facet of this new kind of politics is evident in the number and variety of mayoral and city council candidate forums held in virtually every neighborhood across the city and sponsored by a wide range of groups. Great Expectations sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia Inquirer was joined by the Next Great City sponsored by Philadelphia Future and the Next Mayor project sponsored by The Daily News, WHYY and the Committee of 70. Some others included two forums on education sponsored by Cross County Collaborative sponsored two forums on education and the 2007 Future Leaders Mayoral Forum sponsored by the Philadelphia Youth Network and the Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition. In the midst of all this candidate talk, it is easy to miss something what is perhaps a more important kind of talk: citizen talk. Not citizens asking questions of the candidates, but citizens talking with each other about the issues and about the campaigns. The Great Expectations Project is the prime example of this brand of citizen talk. With more than 50 citizen forums in neighborhoods across the city (and two in the suburbs), it was one of the few projects in which citizens talking to citizens came before, and formed the basis of, citizen questions to the candidates. Why is this important? Why does this signal a change in politics in this great city? Think of politics in Philadelphia (or in any democracy) as a triangle ? a triangle in which each side represents a different kind of political actor ? one side representing elected and appointed officials, another representing professional stakeholders (such as developers or well funded special interest groups) and the base representing the citizen voice. In Philadelphia ?politics as usual? is like an isosceles triangle with two very long sides, but a short or narrow base. That is, the voice of citizens is often dwarfed by the voices of officials and professional stakeholders. And, if what we?ve heard in Great Expectation citizen-driven forums is accurate, citizens are tired of getting the short end. What they want, and what Great Expectations has helped create, is for this isosceles triangle to grow into an equilateral triangle ? a triangle in which citizens and the citizen voice is equal in strength to that of officials and professional stakeholders. – Harris Sokoloff

voice work
master caster tom kato needs 10 spanish speaking people for voice over work. part of large study for tv. 2 hours only. 60 dollars cash. email: please include name and phone number. PLEASE SEND HEADSHOT! immediate. max age 50. must be resident of city for at least 10 years.

What’s Your Inner Voice Telling You?
Do we have an inner voice? And if so, is that God speaking to us or our conscience? Or maybe both? Or does that depend on whether you?re a believer or an atheist? I mean, that voice telling you to go ahead and do something wrong can?t really be your conscience, can it? So is that the Devil? So, now we have two inner voices? The good one and the bad one? Now, I?m confused.

Dammit.

the greatest show on earth
So I just got done watching “Inside the Actors Studio: The Simpsons.”

The Simpsons have long been a favorite television show of mine, it has always been a staple in my home and as long as it’s around it will continue to be that way. It was nice to see the faces behind the voices.

I would venture to say that The Simpsons is without a doubt the greatest show on earth.

That is why on the evening of July 27th you will find me at the theater watching their big screen adventure:

After watching the actors studio I have this unquenchable desire to be a voice actor. I mean I’ve always thought about it, but it’s like lit a fire underneath my butt…I don’t know I guess I think it’ll be a lot of fun to go to work and be someone else everyday. Not have to be fake, or not neccesarily be fake, but go along with the crowd like I had to be at my last job, just so I can keep my job, but get to become an alter-ego that gets to had fun on a regular basis.

Anyway I think that would be cool.

In other news I started my new job on the 15th and it kicks butt. I’m in sales which I’ve always loved and the family atmosphere there is amazing. I honestly see myself there for quite some time.

Now I just have to move closer, cause commuting to Ybor City everyday is exhausting, I’m looking though and it looks like I might be able to find a lease by room type apartment near USF that is all-inclusive which is really what I need for my budget.

This new job has me so relaxed, like my blood pressure is at an all time low, I look forward to working, i’m not stressed, I have fun, and I’m slowly getting healthier. Now I Just have to work on my weight gain from the stress eating that took place in my last job.

Well thats all for now. I’m on the internet all day now, so perhaps more updates will come in the future. Of course I’ve promised that in the past and it’s always fell through but we’ll see what happens.

Everything Acting Episode 27: Industry Interview With Billy Serow, Abrams Voice-Over Department
Roz Coleman is back in the saddle! We welcome Roz back from her film shoot and she inspires us with some more great news! Roz will be back on Broadway this coming May, standing by for Tonya Pinkins in August Wilson?s latest play, Radio Golf. YES!! In Actor Food, Darbi and Roz discuss “Artist Dates,” as defined in the great book, The Artist?s Way, by Julia Cameron. Coaching Chronicles is filled with advice for musical theater auditions and our Industry Interview is with Billy Serow, Super-Agent and Renaissance Man. Darbi Worley sits down with Billy, who tells his story and gives us some advice on college auditions, securing representation and building a career.

Zenedejas Hosts Spirited Soul Productions Grand Opening Night – Evening Of Destiny-
Top names in gospel music such as winner of the las Vegas bma music awards -best gospel performer -female gospel recording artist Gina Green, and two time Dove awards nominee The Prophet, will be commemorating the event with hit songs from their newly released albums.

ISMAEL RECORDS NATIONAL TALENT SEARCH!
THE ISMAEL RECORDS NATIONAL TALENT SEARCH HAS ONLY 16 SLOTS AVALIBLE!, AFTER THESE 16 SLOTS ARE FILLED, ISMAEL RECORDS WILL NO LONGER ACCEPT ANY MP3 OR IPOD DEMOS OR LIVE AUDITION REGISTRATION FEES!. THIS TALENT SEARCH HAS NOW BECOME A WORLD WIDE TALENT SEARCH WITH MP3 AND IPOD DEMOS BEING SENT TO ISMAEL RECORDS NOT ONLY NATION WIDE BUT WORLD WIDE. POP RNB, RAP AND GOSPEL RECORDING ARTIST, GET YOUR DEMOS SENT IN WITH REGISTRATION FEE, BEFORE THESE 16 SLOTS ARE FILLED!, MONEY ORDERS ONLY!. WINNER…

Tips To Avoid Fraud in the Online Voiceover Business Published
Voice123, the online voiceover marketplace, presented some recommendations for its subscribers for avoiding fake check scams when receiving payments of voice over work. [SANEPR 23 April, 2007]

VOX TALENT – Canada’s Non-Union Voice-Over Talent Agency…
VOX TALENT is Canada’s non-union voice-over talent agency providing voice actors to radio, television, commercial and corporate producers, mostly based out of Toronto Canada

Infovox iVox 1.1 improves speech and adds new languages

Amsterdam – 21 February 2007 – Acapela Group and AssistiveWare today announced the release of Infovox iVox 1.1.

Infovox iVox, a product from Acapela Group created in collaboration with AssistiveWare allows the naturally sounding, high quality voices of the Acapela Group to be used by any Speech Manager compliant application on Mac OS X, including applications such as TextEdit, Preview, Acrobat Reader, Proloquo, TextParrot and AppleWorks, as well as many educational titles. Infovox iVox, which is distributed worldwide by AssistiveWare, can also be used with Tiger’s built-in VoiceOver screen reader, and Dutch and French users now have the possibility to hear all the VoiceOver menus and messages in their own language by using Infovox iVox together with AssistiveWare’s VisioVoice.

Infovox iVox is a Universal Binary and can be used on PowerPC and Intel Macs. The products include all voices available for a language of choice. Version 1.1 adds American Spanish and Canadian French. The following languages were already available: US English, UK English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Flemish, Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, and Swedish. All non-American English languages include one American English female voice as a bonus.

Version 1.1 contains the following enhancements:

• New languages: American Spanish and Canadian French
• New high quality Dutch male voice: Max
• Added support for less commonly used Speech Manager functions
• Improved handling of complex sentences for French
• Improved handling of compound words for Swedish
• A number of other fixes and enhancements

Read the full press release.

Rachel Robinson Awarded Best Female Voice of the Year
Rachel Robinson, voice of Coca-Cola’s “Make Every Drop Count” campaign and Celebrity Death Match characters wins Best Female Voice at Voices.com. [PR.com - March 27, 2007]

What The Hell Has Been Going On Since I’ve Been Gone?!

Let’s see…

Don Imus acted an anus, we lost more youths in the struggle, more minds got taken by corrupted vibes, blood and tears were shed, the oceans got toxic and sea life took a hit, it got hot as hell – real fast, and politics started sounding more and more like a hissing and rattling competition.  Meanwhile the dollar and the American reputation lost more weight and is starting to look much like our movie starlet’s receding waistlines, and did I mention my grand kids may never meet a polar bear or a penguin due to global warming?

But Chuck… somewhere a baby laughed, a family reunited, a father forgave a son, an ingenious idea was born… someone had the time to curl under a light bulb with a good book, and somewhere… a solution was seeded inside the hearts of future leaders…  and that’s alright…

Gia’na

Individual voices in agreement create a harmony which bespeaks an age. This is that age and On The Real is giving voice to it.

San Francisco Girls Chorus – Voices of Hope and Peace
Beginning in 2004 with their desire to record “Anne Frank, A Living Voice,” written for Chorissima’s 25th Anniversary, “Voices” is the result of their search for work by women writers like Frank, who were longing for change in their…

Voices.com is Well Worth the Money

I am a voice artist that works solely in Cartoons.

I joined Voices.com at the beginning of the year and only read for one job, a job that 330 other people read for… and I was hired.

Now, I had applied for this job through Craigslist too, but it was my Voices.com audition the creator heard.

It’s the lead in a series.

THANK YOU VOICES.COM!!

So yeah, it’s well worth the money.

Erin Fitzgerald