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January 29, 2008

Debbie Munro : Voice Acting Education Matters

Join voice over expert Debbie Munro in her lecture "Voice Acting Education Matters". The more you invest in your voice over education, the more you work. Deb shares her personal experiences and encourages you to take as many courses as you can to stay current and learn how to mean every word that you say.

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Debbie Munro, Deb Munro, DebsVoice.com, Education, Voice Acting, Voice Acting Classes, Voice Acting for Film, Studying, Learning, Voices.com.

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Debbie Munro's Voices.com Website

Your Instructor this week:

Voice Over Expert Debbie Munro

Debbie MunroBy employing over a dozen years wisdom in voicing and acting, Debbie Munro puts her talents to work to meet the challenging demands of today's fast paced voice market. Tired of not receiving constructive feed back on how to improve her craft, Debbie set out to make a difference for actors by creating, The MIC & ME Workshop Series. Keeping focused on the Global Freelance market, Debbie has combined her extensive Voice Over, Acting and Off Camera training into a series of practical, exciting workshops that will take you to that next step, no matter what your level.

Fueled by experience, talent, and unbridled enthusiasm for doing what she loves to do best - getting behind a microphone and speaking her heart out, Debbie is proud to share her insights, techniques and secrets with you. She works very hard to create courses that shed an honest look into the world of voice acting allowing you to work at your own pace, know if this is the industry for you and how to keep working. Her passion alone will engage you and give you the encouragement you need.

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January 22, 2008

Bernard Shaw : Core Talents that People Need to Possess as Voice Over Artists

Join Voice Over Expert Bernard Shaw as he shares the "Core Talents that People Need to Possess as Voice Over Artists". Bernard hints that the most difficult hurdle for new talent is to simply be their natural selves. Why do people suddenly become someone else when they're in the booth? Learn how to use your personality to your advantage as a voice over artist and discover a handful of techniques that you can't do without.

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Bernard Shaw, UK, Voiceover Coach, UK voice talent, Creative Edge Audio, Voice Overs, Voice Acting.

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Creative Edge Audio
Link to Bernard Shaw's book on Amazon.com

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Your Instructor this week:

Voice Over Expert Bernard Shaw

Bernard ShawBernard Shaw has been working with Voiceover artists since 1980 and has produce over 1,600 'Demo tapes' making him one of the most experienced voice directors in the world. He is also a freelance audio producer with credits as diverse as 'Tweenies', 'An Evening With Peter Ustinov' and 'The Nations Favourite children’s Poems'. His book 'Voiceovers a Practical Guide’ published by Routledge has become a standard work on both sides of the Atlantic. He runs Voiceover and Radio acting classes at the Actors Centres in London, Birmingham, Manchester, and Newcastle.

Website: http://www.bernardshaw.co.uk

About Creative Edge Audio

Launched in England in 2006 by two actors and a producer, Creative Edge Audio is the world’s first monthly audio magazine for Professional Actors. This unique series contains exclusive interviews and mini master classes with established industry experts and key decision makers of the British acting profession including: ‘Lord of the Rings’ casting director John Hubbard, Actor Sir Derek Jacobi and former artistic director of the National Theatre Sir Richard Eyre. They all speak openly and honestly about careers, casting, marketing, the craft of acting and voice over.

Creative Edge Audio was designed to help established and aspiring Professionals gain the Creative Edge. Its reputation in England quickly grew and was soon dubbed by the British Press as:

“The missing link in the Acting Industry.” creative week 2006

Until recently Creative Edge Audio was only available to subscribers on a month-to-month basis. However the series was so successful as a monthly subscription that it was decided to reprint the entire 12 episodes.

Series one of Creative edge audio is now available to buy as a complete set of 12 CDs.

Free previews of the entire series can be heard at:

Website: http://www.creativeedgeaudio.com

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January 15, 2008

Dan Lenard : Recording Software for Voice Actors

Join Voice Over Expert Dan Lenard as he explores recording software in his lecture "Recording Software for the Voice Actor : What's Best For You?". Get some historical perspective on how recording has evolved and learn more about how to decide which software program is right for you.

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Dan Lenard, Master VO, home recording studio, audio, technology, hardware, software, microphones, audio recording techniques.

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Dan Lenard
Master VO : Demystifying the Home Recording Studio

Your Instructor this week:

Voice Over Expert Dan Lenard

Buffalo, NY native Dan Lenard has been a radio personality, an insurance sales consultant, a high school Media and Social Studies teacher and a stay-at-home dad. He earned his BA in Broadcasting from Buffalo State College in 1980, a New York State teaching certificate from Buff State in 1997 and then in 2002, an MA in Creative Studies from again, his hometown Alma Mater.

Now working from his home based, digital studio, Dan produces high quality audio narration in many genres. Specializing in Tutorial, e-Learning and Documentary narration, Dan also voices non-fiction, business oriented books as well as a wide cast of unique animation characters. Dan uses his vast life experiences to bring his clients just what they need; a knowledgeable voice that conveys confidence, warmth, intelligence and humor.

His years in radio and television production made his transition to his home built and based studio, seamless. His experience as a teacher and lecturer on many subjects allows him to convey the daily, nitty gritty of a home-based studio voice over business to the many newcomers in the industry with his dry sense of humor and a commitment to the American entrepreneurial spirit.

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January 8, 2008

Bettye Zoller : Learning Voice Over as a Whole

Join Voice Over Expert Bettye Zoller as she reveals that a career in voice over starts not just in a niche education acquired for videogames, cartoons or movie trailer voice overs, but with a strong foundation rooted in the rudiments of learning voice over as a whole before jumping into any one specialized field.

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Bettye Zoller, VoicesVoices.com, Inspiration, Voice Acting, Voice Over Training, Voices.com.

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VoicesVoices.com
Bettye Zoller Voices.com Website

Your Instructor this week:

Voice Over Expert Bettye Zoller

Bettye Zoller34 years as a respected university and private educator in voice, speech, theatre, radio-TV, and voiceover techniques along with her award-winning career in voiceovers and jingles has won Bettye Zoller an international reputation that brings clients and students to her workshops and to work in her Dallas recording studio (she's an accomplished audio engineer/producer) from all over the globe! She is educated through the doctorate (from Missouri University, University of Texas at Dallas, University of North Texas) with faculty positions in the past at Southern Methodist University, University of Texas at Arlington, Dallas County Colleges. She has also studied with famed NYC acting coach Uta Hagen, in Chicago at the "Second City School" and her career began long ago at Metro Goldwyn Mayer's Hollywood studio school (as a child performer signed to MGM).

Her voiceover credits number in the many hundreds (she's never counted!) and range from voiceovers and jingles for national TV commercials to audio books to cartoons, from toys to podcasts to anime. You've heard her for decades worldwide! Clients have included American Airlines,Pepsi, Visa, Lifetime TV Channel, The Weather Channel, Pace Picante Sauce, Lionel Trains, Texas Instruments Talking Toys, Seven Seas Dressings, Pedialyte Vitamins, promos for ABC, NBC, and BBC America. She is a Simon and Schuster audio book author, narrator, and producer. She has won ADDYS, CLIOS, GOLDEN RADIOS, and AUDIE awards over the years. She is the author of eleven audio titles sold worldwide and continues to produce new titles annually. She is known for teaching voiceover techniques including audio book narration and production, and her BUSINESS OF VOICEOVERS workshops are legendary with students who credit her with starting them in their lucrative voiceover careers!

Bettye, with four top male announcers, has written and produced a wonderful CD program entitled "COMMERCIAL$PEAK" featuring interviews and sections announced by guests and male announcers of reputation. The foreword is by Dick Orkin of Hollywood Radio Ranch, a man who is well known in the U.S. as a commercial creator producer as well as Voice Over performer and teacher.

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January 1, 2008

Frank Frederick : Niche Marketing for Voice Actors

Join Voice Over Expert and author of "LoveNotes: Marketing and Branding for Voice Over Artists", Frank Frederick in his lecture "Niche Marketing". Learn how to differentiate yourself from others, especially when marketing on the internet by developing a niche marketing strategy. By defining your target audience and focusing your efforts in their direction, you will reap greater benefits, work for better clientele and make more money with less work.

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Frank Frederick, The Voice, Niche Marketing, LoveNotes, Marketing, Niche, Voice Overs, Voice Overs, Voice Acting.

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Frank Frederick

Your Instructor this week:

Voice Over Expert Frank Frederick

Frank FrederickFrank Frederick, The Voice (TM), is a voice over artist, creator of the exclusive iSpeek file delivery software, and author based in Park City, Utah USA. Frank's "LoveNotes: Marketing and Branding for Voice Over Artists", have wowed the industry the continent over with his ingenious tips and contagious personality. Frank Frederick's philosophy is that the right voice determines whether or not an audience listens to an audio production, and with his guidance, voice actors will find their own way to brand their voice to meet the expectations of their clients and woo them with their own brand of "lovenotes". To learn more about Frank Frederick, visit his website or read about Frank's lecture at VOICE 2007.

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