Join Voice Over Expert David Bourgeois in his lecture "We Predict Election Winner!". Through David's podcast, you'll discover that no matter who is in power at the government level, as a freelance voice over professional, you will always be the master and commander of your own voice over career.

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Tags: David Bourgeois, Voice Coaches, Election, Winner, Freelance, US, Canada, Voice, Voice Overs, Schenectady, NY

Links from today's show:

VoiceCoaches.com

Your Instructor this week:

Voice Over Expert David Bourgeois
President and Creative Director

David Bourgeois has worked in professional music and audio production for more than 25 years. Compositions and audio post-production for film, television, advertising and multi-media are all part of David's resume. As the CEO of White Lake Music & Post, David produces music, audio and voice over content for clients including Discovery Networks, TLC, HGTV and the WE Network as well as numerous other regional and local clients. David recently completed the original music score for The Last Round, an independent feature starring former X Files Smoking Man William B. Davis.

Since 1990, David has been active in developing training methods in effective communication through conversational reading. His effort was initially aimed at helping clients get better performances from their Voice Actors in the studio. David's methods soon became the model for Voice Coaches' individualized training process.

Today, David and his team provide training to aspiring Voice Actors and communication professionals across the country.

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Join Voice Over Expert Marc Graue as he teaches you "How To Get a Callback From an Audition". Learn how to nail an audition by thinking on your feet. Marc encourages you to visualize your character and to come as close as possible to the description of what's being asked of you, even if the description doesn't make much sense.

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Tags: Marc Graue, Burbank, Voice Over Studios, Fixinthemix.com, Auditioning, Directors, Callbacks, Producers, Recording Engineers, Voice Actors, Voices.com.

Links from today's show:

Marc Graue Voice Over Recording Studios

Your Instructor this week:

Voice Over Expert Marc Graue

Marc Graue is the owner of the legendary Marc Graue Voice Over Studios, a Burbank California landmark for more than 25 years. His client list reads like a who's who of the voice over business including the Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, HBO, Disney, Warner Bros., Dreamworks, Showtime, MTV, Discovery Channel, ABC, CBS, NBC, HGTV, Activision, Electronic Arts, THQ and many more can be found in the studios daily. As a producer, Marc's voice over demo clients include: EG Daily (Rugrats / Babe), Yeardley Smith (The Simpsons), John Dimaggio (Futurama / Kim Possible), Randy Thomas (Academy Awards / Entertainment Tonight), Brian Baumgartner (The Office) and 100s more!

As a voice over artist Marc has been represented by William-Morris in Beverly Hills for the last 12 years and can be heard on Avatar-The Last Air Bender, Veggie Tales, Code Name: Kids Next Door, Warcraft, Spiderman 3 the Video Game, Ratchett & Clank, GUN, Gothic 3 and on countless trailers and promos.

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Join Voice Over Expert David Alden in debut his lecture "Let's Talk Promos Be A Voice Over Olympian". Listen to this revealing episode and be initiated into the highly lucrative and exciting world of promo voice overs as shared by someone who has coached top promo talents including notable voices such as Joe Cipriano, George Del Hoyo, Beau Weaver, Ben Patrick Johnson and the late Don LaFontaine.

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Tags: David Alden, Promos, Television, Olympics, Olympians, TV, Voice Overs, Voice Acting.

Links from today's show:

DavidAlden.com
David Alden's Voices.com Website

Your Instructor this week:

Voice Over Expert David Alden

With nearly 30 years of experience, David Alden is a well-trained and seasoned actor, voice actor, voice-over coach and voice-over director for on-air network promos, and for a number of years, theatrical trailers.

He has worked and continues work with the top trailer and promo voices in North America, such as, the late Don Lafontaine, Joe Cipriano, George Del Hoyo, Tony Rodgers, Ben Patrick Johnson, Scott Rummell, Jonathan Cook, Rino Romano, Ashton Smith and many, many more.

To date, he has directed voiceover sessions for approximately 50,000 promos & trailers. Being an actor and voice actor allows David to bring forward his unique perspective and wisdom to the creative process thereby facilitating an environment in which a voice actor's best performance may emerge.

As a consultant/career coach to Promo voice-over talent, David coaches privately as time allows and is available to teach as a special guest at educational events.

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