Vox Talk

VOX Talk PODCAST: EPISODE 6

Podcast Description:

VOX Talk is your connection to the voice industry covering news about voice-overs and voice actors, hot tips on how to grow your voice-over business, technology, and Q&A with the experts at Voices.com.

Salutation:

Welcome to VOX Talk, brought to you by Voices.com. My name is Stephanie Ciccarelli, co-founder of Voices.com and your host for today’s show. VOX Talk is about you! It’s a podcast that helps you grow in your voiceover career. Each episode will begin with news and current voice-over events in a segment called “The Loop”. Then, we’ll explore business development and hot trends that will set you apart as a professional voice actor. Next up is Tech Talk, a segment where our team will review products and guide you through the technological landscape. Lastly, we’ll answer your questions and play audio feedback in a segment called “VoxBox”.

Now that we’re ready with Granny Smith Apple slices in tow, let’s move on to the news.

The Loop:

News #1

VOICE Conference

VOICE Conference, the VoiceOver International Creative Experience, is making its debut on March 27th – 31st in Las Vegas, Nevada and I’m pleased to announce that Voices.com will be there. VOICE Conference is the first of its kind, bringing all facets of the voiceover and voice acting community together through education, technology and community, with a goal of discussing important issues, improving the craft, and elevating the profile of voiceover talent.

For more information about the conference, visit voice-international.com

News #2

In other news, actor Arnold Schwarzenegger and filmmaker James Cameron are once again teaming up for the making a new sci-fi movie 'Saturn 3'. According to TheArnoldFans.com website, the California Governor will lend his voice to a robot in the movie.

The movie will be a remake of the 1980's cult film that starred Farrah Fawcett, Harvey Keitel, and Kirk Douglas.

Before this project, Schwarzenegger and Cameron have worked together on 'The Terminator' and its sequel and 'True Lies'.

http://www.dailyindia.com/show/103918.php/Arnie-may-lend-voice-to-robot-in-Camerons-Saturn-3

News #3

To wrap up, British star SEAN BEAN is shunning Hollywood glamour for his next acting project - narrating a medical training video for a British hospital. The LORD OF THE RINGS actor will provide voice over duties on a new medical DVD for patients who are preparing for hip and knee replacement surgery at Sheffield's Northern General Hospital. The Sheffield-born actor's unlikely role came after staff asked Bean's grandmother if he would help out. Surgery manager ANDREA WATSON explains, "It started off with a joke when we were looking for someone with a good Yorkshire accent. Someone said how about Sean Bean? Then someone else remembered his granny had been treated here. It's amazing. He's an A-list Hollywood star but he went into a studio and recorded it between films."

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/bean%20to%20voice%20medical%20training%20video_1019278

That’s amazing indeed!

If you have any news or a voice-over related item that you would like to send in, send it to media@voices.com.

The Biz:

This week in The Biz, we’ll talk about Sound Alikes.

Being a professional Sound Alike falls in the territory between celebrity impersonators and the real thing. Different altogether from traditional character voices, sound alikes have the incredible task of recreating the voice and vocal mannerisms of another person... not to be someone who kind of sounds like a celebrity, but to produce an indistinguishable vocal likeness.

Whenever you hear a sound alike recreate a famous persons' voice, you recognize and trust its authenticity, not simply based upon the total sum of their vocal qualities, but on the distinct similarities between the two voices. For instance, if a sound alike for British Prime Minister Tony Blair were to address the public via radio, a listener in the United Kingdom would perceive the information delivered by the sound alike to be true, recognizing the voice that they hear to be both familiar and authoritative.

You can think of a professional sound alike as an understudy. An understudy is a person who is assigned to a role as a backup for the lead actor, or in our case, voice actor. For instance, if Tom Allen was on vacation and unable to attend the recording session, a Tom Allen sound alike, perhaps for example, Pat
Fraley, would stand in to record the dialog for him.

There is a large market for sound alikes and as Paul Warwick pointed out, there is also a market for the "obvious" sound alike where the voice is a little different but captures the style, cadence and inflection of the "original". Also, there is a market for replicating the voices of those who have left us, some favorites including Elvis Presley, Winston Churchill, Marilyn Monroe, Patsy Cline, John Wayne, Marlon Brando and so on.

If you have a few famous voices up your sleeve, send us your audio recordings to be included in the VOX Box by emailing media@voices.com

Tech Talk:

This week in Tech Talk, we’ll be chatting about FeedBurner.

Got a blog or a podcast? If you do, you are likely familiar with FeedBurner, King of the Feeds.
FeedBurner is the leading provider of media distribution and audience engagement services for blogs and RSS feeds. FeedBurner’s Web-based tools help bloggers, podcasters and commercial publishers promote, deliver and profit from their content on the Web.

FeedBurner not only distributes feeds, it also tracks them. You can view how many subscribers you have to your blog, for instance by viewing an area of your account called "My Feeds".

The culture of the company is fun and inviting, too. The team at FeedBurner has even made a sticker available of the infamous FeedBurner flame and encourages their fans to send in a self-addressed stamped envelope to get their very own FeedBurner sticker to put on their laptop or, in some cases, on their vehicles.

To learn more about FeedBurner and read their blog, Burning Questions, go to Feedburner.com

VoxBox:

Welcome to VoxBox! Earlier this week, we received a wonderful comment from Nikki Saco on the Casting Voices blog about correspondents and audio feedback in Episode 5. Nikki said:

Today's podcast, was particularly good. Julie Williams and Adam Fox's contributions rocked, but what I really loved was Anna Vocino's character voice over demo. What a treat! These are fun to listen to and really helpful. Great idea. Thank you. Nikki Saco.

By all means, if you’ve been waiting to send in an audio clip, there’s no better time than the present. Here’s a personal invitation from me to you to send in your MP3 file to be included in the VOX Box by emailing media@voices.com.

We’re also looking for more correspondents for the show. If you’re interested in being a part of VOX Talk, drop me a line ☺ You can reach me at media@voices.com

Farewell:

Thank you for joining us today. If you’d like to learn more about our service and how we can serve you, visit our website Voices.com. See at you the VOICE conference! Bye for now!