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Addy Award-winning Daniel Dorse has been a Voiceover Professional for over 35 years. He's also been an actor, director, stand-up, college professor, writer, bartender & craps dealer.
Continue readingAddy Award-winning Daniel Dorse has been a Voiceover Professional for over 35 years. He's also been an actor, director, stand-up, college professor, writer, bartender & craps dealer.
Continue readingThose that have stories of delighting people through impersonations, frequent chatter and jokes also have colorful memories of creating lots of laughter or getting into trouble for those very reasons. Who says to the kid in class that talks too much that a voiceover profession...
Continue readingCheck out this group of VO talent; Each is in their own individual sound booth but all are connected intercontinentally via Skype. We hear them making nasal noises at each other, then making free word-associations, and at its most hilarious - a scene about a two miners...
Continue readingHave you ever picked up a voiceover script and said to yourself, “What the heck am I reading aloud here??” Over the years we’ve been asked “what’s the difference between a ‘good’ VO talent and a ‘great’ one.” I had lots of responses that come...
Continue readingActor Bill Murray is best known for his comedic performances on Saturday Night Live and in the films Ghostbusters and the most recent 2012 Moonrise Kingdom, but he has also spawned dramatic roles such as the 2003 movie Lost in Translation. While Murray’s on screen...
Continue reading[hr] I am keenly aware of the well-known quotation, variously attributed to George Bernard Shaw or Winston Churchill, that: “England and America are two countries divided by a common language.” In my professional writing I have had to remember that here it is “programme” and...
Continue readingIf you haven't heard by now ipDTL is the latest technology that allows clients to listen in on sessions in ISDN-like quality. Every single voice that we have spoken to that has tested it says that the sound is fantastic and they will continue to...
Continue readingAudio engineers are usually responsible for mixing, manipulation, reproducing and recording of the sound. This is, definitely, a contribution that any smart voice talent should take advantage of while doing his or her voice over. But the million-dollar question is; Do they get thanked enough?...
Continue readingIn the second of our three part series with working voice actors testing ipDTL, Lance Blair gives his take on the new technology that is a very real replacement for those using ISDN. He includes audio of a test he did with Scottish voice over...
Continue readingThe Irish accent is one of the most beloved. Even sexy! Check this CNN poll from 2012, it came in at number 6. And then there's The Telegraph that reported a survey that puts it at the top of the list. But how is it...
Continue readingAnd then you have Australia. A voice over actors paradise. The talent pool is so small that for many voice actors, it is their sole income. Rates are set, you don’t need to be in the union to be remunerated correctly. Contracts are a rarity...
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