Thank you for this excellent mini class. Marc is a wonderful talent and coach and I plan to put this lesson to work immediately. Thank you again Stephanie for bringing us the wisdom of one of our best and brightest and thank you Marc for sharing it here.

Best wishes,

Vanessa

• Posted by: Vanessa Hart
• August 28, 2008 3:36 PM

Your tips are absolutely perfect for my line of VO work which requires me to be so versatile sometimes, its hard not so sound formulaic.

Thanks for the supportive podcast!

Mathilda

• Posted by: Mathilda
• August 28, 2008 3:37 PM

Thanks Marc! Loved reviewing your list of words...a great way to practice emotions!!

• Posted by: Susan Herrman
• August 28, 2008 3:37 PM

Marc,

Thanks so much for this. Like many visible talent, I'm approached all too often by people who can do funny voices or have excellent elocution or FM radio guy pipes and I tell them all that the difference between crumbs and bagels in this business is being able to emote and in commercial copy sometimes changing your emotion 3 times in one sentence. I hear the word "easy" said so often in commercial or corporate copy where the word sounds "difficult" or ocassionally "impossible".

I will refer many folks to this podcast.

Thanks again,

j.s.

• Posted by: J.S. Gilbert
• August 28, 2008 11:37 PM

Marc --

You have such a wonderful way of distilling years of acting lessons (which as a stage actor, I did have) and applying their essence to the unique challenges of voice acting. I loved your presentation at Voice 2008 -- I took more away from that than I thought was possible in so short a time. Thanks so much for sharing this with the Voice community here on line, for the benefit of all.

Much appreciated!

Diane

• Posted by: Diane Havens
• August 29, 2008 4:56 PM

Thank you for the training...I have found training camp... it's amazing.

I went to a school of Television Acting, I was a theater major, I have spoken on the radio in college, to speech classes, have done studio work for singing background, love to read children's stories, and with all of that background never have really broken in to the business the way I wanted.... Until now.....

I have worked in the travel industry on the phone selling cruises, for twenty four years and did everything else on the side, auditions, and such.... as a professional I finally have a place to go to.....thank you....this part of the industry has always been esoteric.... no one wanted to share how to be a voice over professional... again thank you for being there.... for people like me....

• Posted by: Rosalyn Smith
• August 30, 2008 12:35 AM

Marc, thank you *so* much for sharing your wisdom and experience with us like this. As Diane mentioned, it takes true talent to condense so much great information into such a small period of time. This is definitely a lesson that I intend to immediately apply!

Thanks also to the folks at Voices.com for making the podcast possible. :)

All the very best, -- Jodi

• Posted by: Jodi Krangle
• August 30, 2008 6:41 AM

Marc is a true inspiration to any voice actor and a super person. I am looking forward to working with him!

• Posted by: Terry Daniel
• August 30, 2008 4:39 PM

I am a beginning voice talent and I found this lesson very helpful, I was wowed by how he put the perfect inflection and emotion on the right words. Thanks!

• Posted by: Adam
• August 31, 2008 7:49 PM

Not only is this a great podcast when considering the content, it is so well presented that I could listen again and again.

Thanks Marc - this one will be bookmarked for required listening for my class this week!

• Posted by: Connie Terwilliger
• September 1, 2008 10:00 PM

I was REALLY impressed with the non-stop stream of "emotive-words", each with a different feeling and inflection. Being able to switch to the right colour each time with such rapidity has got to be the mark of a man who has honed his art superbly. And I listed again to try and hear an edit or two, but I don't think there were any; just a bit of gating sometimes. I'd love to know if he rehearsed that a couple of times before recording?

Respect!

Tony Reeves

• Posted by: Tony Reeves
• September 2, 2008 11:05 PM

Thanks really enjoyed your podcast Marc. Very usefull and informative.

Thanks Nigel UK

• Posted by: Nigel Hanbury
• September 9, 2008 12:07 AM

Excellent podcast Marc. It really rang home when you compared the art of "lifting" words versus coloring words with real emotion. Thanks for the good work!
Mitch Phillips

• Posted by: Mitch Phillips
• October 2, 2008 8:30 PM

Very insightful, eye and ear opening and helpful.

Thanks Marc!

• Posted by: Ed Mace
• October 3, 2008 5:51 PM