April 11th, 2013

Fixing Your Audio Webinar!

Hold on to your hats boys and girls! On Wednesday night, April 17, the one-and-only Home Studio Master Dan Lenard will teach you the skills to fix audio imperfections seamlessly - so that no one will know they ever existed.

Join VoiceOverXtra's new webinar, Fixing Your Audio - Post-Production Primer. Or as Dan calls it, "Techniques to clean up your boo-boos."

Topics include:

  • Editing basics
  • Proper use of a noise gate
  • The "final word" on editing breaths
  • How to use EQ for correction
  • Spectrographic editing
  • Seamless "drop-in" editing, and
  • HOW TO AVOID THESE PROBLEMS IN THE FIRST PLACE!

Click here to sign up today!



December 31st, 2012

Happy New Year!

Here's wishing you and yours
a wonderful 2013!



December 8th, 2012

Video time: Sock Puppet Theatre!

What do you get when you take some real dialogue from website comment sections, have them voiced by killer voice actors, and then have the whole thing performed with sock puppets? Simple: You get Sock Puppet Theatre!

And when I say killer voice actors I mean some of the top voice actors in the industry! People like Rob Paulsen, April Whinchell, Pamela Adlon, Billy West, Fred Tatasciore, Kari Wahlgren, and Bob Joles.

But you wanna see some videos, right?
So... here they are:

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November 22nd, 2012

Look! There’s an iPad in my studio!

I finally saved up enough to buy me an iPad. And the timing was just right, too. Right when I had the cash available Apple decided to grace the world with the new iPad (4th generation).

So, how exactly am I using it for voice overs? Does it improve my workflow? Any good apps? And, have I finally finished Angry Birds Star Wars yet?

All of these burning questions will be answered...

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October 26th, 2012

This is AWESOME!

I just saw this posting on a job website and had to share it before it was taken down. Finally someone is speaking out! I did a quick edit on 1-2 things (plus removed the website's name) but other than that it's pretty much 100% as seen on the job website.

Please check it out!

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October 14th, 2012

Weird Waveform

I've recorded and edited hundreds and hundreds of waveforms before. But I've never seen anything like this before!





October 12th, 2012

HISHE – Superhero edition

It's been a while since I posted videos here on VAN. And since my last post was "heavy on the deep-side" I thought it might be fun to put up a video or two (or three or four or...)

The following videos are from one of my favorite sites called "How It Should Have Ended".

The Dark Knight

Here are even more videos:

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September 30th, 2012

Ignorance isn’t bliss – it’s insulting

I'm getting annoyed. Very, very annoyed.

I'm getting annoyed at how some voice seekers have become almost condescending towards voice actors. The tone with which they write their job descriptions and the budgets that they post are down right insulting. Yes, I understand that many voice seekers are ignorant of the voice-over world, its rates, and what voice talent have to go through to get to a level of professionalism. But gimme a break!

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September 18th, 2012

Find your signature personality – and how to sell it!

Press the RECORD button ... and who's talking? You? Or someone, something, you're trying to imitate?

We spend so much time trying to sound like the "perfect voice talent" that we forget the client's true request - to be ourselves.

Finding your true personality is the key to successful voice acting. It brings a bit of you into every script, no matter what you voice. But do you know WHAT or WHO your true personality is? And therefore, what you should focus on selling?

Wanna find out?

On Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, ultra-talented voice actor and coach, Deb Munro, will be holding a fantastic webinar that will answer these questions and so much more!

To get the full details about how to join this webinar just follow the link below:
Find Your Signature Voice Over Personality - And How To Sell It

You'll also learn how to:

  • Discover your VO personality
  • Apply your personality to every voice over genre
  • Find the personality in the script
  • Bring your personality to the script - every time

The reason I'm looking forward to this webinar so much is that Deb Munro coached me for over a year - so I know how good she is!

Check it out:
Find Your Signature Voice Over Personality - And How To Sell It



September 10th, 2012

BEST voice over audio lessons on MP3!

I just wanted to let everyone know about the fully-stocked library of voice over mp3 audio lessons here at VAN. These lessons are by some great coaches such as Nancy Wolfson, Pat Fraley, Harlan Hogan and many others! Voice actor Dan O'Day has taken great pains to compile them and put them up on his website for sale.

Yes, they are for sale. But isn't your voice acting career worth a little educational expense? (And hey! It's tax deductible!)

Be sure to check them out here:
BEST voice over audio lessons on MP3