A buddy of mine tipped me off to these four videos on YouTube about how to learn foreign accents for voice overs. While I'm not yet at a level in my voice acting journey to delve into practicing foreign accents (I'm still working on mastering my own accent! ) these videos are still a great learning tool. If anything, they will help you to better understand your own accent just as much as other accents.
Click the "Read more" link below to check out the foreign accents for voice over videos:
There are a lot of books on how to do voice overs — and I've read quite a few of them. So it's a rare pleasure when I have the chance to sit down and read a book that falls outside of the norm in a very good way. And that book is You Can Do Cartoon Voices, Too! by Sunday Muse.
This book / CD set is unique because it is aimed at teaching children how to do voice overs. As a father of two, I'm sometimes asked by my children, "Daddy, why do you spend time talking out loud to no one?" This book has helped my kids understand what it is that I do by showing them how to do it themselves. And it does so in a very wonderful way...
When I first began Voice Actor's Notebook (VAN) a few months ago, I figured that only a small handful of people would find the blog and actually read it. ("Small handful" meaning me and about four or so others.) When, what to my wondering eyes should appear...
Just this past month (June) VAN received over 1,700 unique visitors from around the world!
Now, I do realize that this miniscule number is but a grain of sand on the Internet beach when compared to the sheer volume of visitors that websites such as Google and Facebook receive, but I'm beside myself with joy nonetheless! In addition, VAN has approximately 720 monthly RSS subscribers.
When I see numbers like these it motivates me to write even more informative and entertaining articles to keep the 'blog flame' alive.
I'm always extremely grateful when my writing gets recognized by others in the voice over community. And today is another day of gratitude and celebration. Once again John Florian of Voice Over Xtra has reprinted one of the posts here at VAN.
I love looking behind the scenes at voice actors in the studio. Here's a video of the voice actors who did the main characters in the first Transformers movie. (Gotta love Peter Cullen's voice!)
Here is a video containing a few spots for the Minnesota State Lottery. I love these not just because the voice acting is spot on, but also because the hamsters are so darned cute!
Anyone looking to become a voice over actor needs scripts to practice with. And since you can't just walk into any bookstore and pick up a collection of scripts complete with radio, television, telephony, narration, video game, multi-person dialogue and more, it might seem a little daunting. But never fear! Getting your hands on voice over scripts is only a mouse click away...
Or is it a tweeter? Or is it a twitterer? Titles aside, I'm now officially signed up to Twitter and have begun my journey through the land of social media and micro-blogging.
I'm not sure how I'll be using it. Maybe I'll just use Twitter to let people know when I update the blog. But who knows? Maybe I'll become addicted and live my life vicariously through the tweets...
Have you ever had one of those slap-your-hand-to-your-head-and-say-"d'oh!" moments? You know the kind. It's when all of the facts have been patiently staring you in the face while your brain stubbornly refuses to acknowledge them. Then suddenly "WHAM!" the connection is made and you find the palm of your hand applied firmly to your forehead. You hear words like "Duh!", "D'oh!", or "I'm such an idiot!" flying from your lips.
A buddy of mine tipped me off to these four videos on YouTube about how to learn foreign accents for voice overs. While I'm not yet at a level in my voice acting journey to delve into practicing foreign accents (I'm still working on mastering my own accent! 
) these videos are still a great learning tool. If anything, they will help you to better understand your own accent just as much as other accents.
There are a lot of books on how to do voice overs — and I've read quite a few of them. So it's a rare pleasure when I have the chance to sit down and read a book that falls outside of the norm in a very good way. And that book is 
When I first began Voice Actor's Notebook (VAN) a few months ago, I figured that only a small handful of people would find the blog and actually read it. ("Small handful" meaning me and about four or so others.) When, what to my wondering eyes should appear...
I'm always extremely grateful when my writing gets recognized by others in the voice over community. And today is another day of gratitude and celebration. Once again John Florian of Voice Over Xtra has reprinted one of the posts here at VAN.
Anyone looking to become a voice over actor needs scripts to practice with. And since you can't just walk into any bookstore and pick up a collection of scripts complete with radio, television, telephony, narration, video game, multi-person dialogue and more, it might seem a little daunting. But never fear! Getting your hands on voice over scripts is only a mouse click away...
Or is it a tweeter? Or is it a twitterer? Titles aside, I'm now officially signed up to 
Have you ever had one of those slap-your-hand-to-your-head-and-say-"d'oh!" moments? You know the kind. It's when all of the facts have been patiently staring you in the face while your brain stubbornly refuses to acknowledge them. Then suddenly "WHAM!" the connection is made and you find the palm of your hand applied firmly to your forehead. You hear words like "Duh!", "D'oh!", or "I'm such an idiot!" flying from your lips.
