Post a JobDebbie Munro : Voice Acting Education Matters
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Debbie Munro
Debbie Munro's Voices.com Website
Your Instructor this week:
Voice Over Expert Debbie Munro
By 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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Comments
I just wanted to say that as a current broadcasting student what you are saying really hit home for me. Everybody tells me that my voice is good, but compared to who. When I try to measure myself against different voice talents I can see the sing-song quality that comes through sometimes. When I am doing character voices it is easier not to be sing songy, because I have an acting background also, so I try and sound conversational when I am not doing a character voice.
Also your tips on education and rates make a lot of sense to me, are you planning on doing any seminars yourself in the Milwaukee/Chicago area?
Posted by: Alex Wiersum | February 7, 2008 12:47 PM
Hello Alex,
So happy to have ready your response. I apologize for the tardy response... it's been a very busy month.
Thank you so much for all your comments. How much film training have you had? Perhaps a one on one with me (I record your sessions and all you need is a phone, but if you have your own studio we can work with that as well and you could work on a current audition posted during our session, record it, then upload for the opportunity to get the job).
I would love to come to any of the US states, but it takes someone to help host it. Post advertisements and brag all day long to fill it up. I think after the VOICE 2008 Convention in Aug, it will be easier to fill up US workshops, but unless I have a host, (they would earn the workshop for free and other fringe benefits) it's hard to fill a workshop in a city I've never been without some good help.
So if you're willing to host, I'm happy to book a date and give it a shot.
Love to get you on the newsletter list so send me an email and we can talk directly.
Thanks for listening... It took me a while to break those broadcast habits, but now I know how to turn it on and turn it off... I'm happy to teach you the same. In fact that has now convinced me to create a course just for Broadcasters. How to Break the Sing Song. So you've inspired me as well.
I'll put something together for that. Perhaps we'll try an online course first or something.
Look forward to hearing from you.
All my best,
Deb Munro
Posted by: Deb Munro | February 26, 2008 12:07 AM