Vox Talk

Salutation:

Hi! I’m Stephanie Ciccarelli, and you’re listening VOX Talk, the industry leading voice over podcast ☺ We have Julie Williams, Adam Fox and Bobbin Beam on the show today, and I can’t wait for you to hear their segments – but first, the news!

The Loop:

Harry Shearer Speaks on US Politics

Simpson’s voice actor Harry Shearer, the voice of Ned Flanders and Mr. Burns, spoke at the University of California in Santa Barbara, sharing his thoughts about the US government’s current political policies. Also a part-time New Orleans resident, Harry hit on issues surrounding Hurricane Katrina, the war in Iraq and national security, using his humor and voice acting abilities to entertain the crowd as well as educate.

To learn more about what was said, visit dailynexus.com.

News #2

Edmiston, Keebler elf voice actor, dies in Los Angeles

In memoriam, Walker Edmiston, an actor who was the voice of many cartoon and puppet characters, including Ernie the Keebler elf in television commercials, has died of complications due to cancer. Walker voiced many different roles and performed for over twenty years on a radio program called “Adventures in Odyssey” produced by Focus on the Family. In spite of his illness, Walker continued to work up until January 2007, passing away on February 15th at the age of 81.

For more details, visit latimes.com

News #3
Voice Actors United

To wrap up, there is a new voice acting chat group online at Yahoo! Groups. Voice Actors United, was founded by Jonithan Patrick Russell, owner and founder of Dream Realm Enterprises. The group launched on March 4th has 38 members and is growing hourly.

If you’re interested in joining, just go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/voiceactorsunited

The Biz:

Today in The Biz, Julie Williams of Voice-overs.com shares some very important information about marketing your talents as a businessperson.

Julie Segment

Julie, that’s great advice. You can never market your talents enough! Thanks for pointing that out ☺

Tech Talk:

Adam Fox of DefiantDigital.com is back, answering your questions in Tech Talk.

Adam’s segment

Adam, as always you’ve produced a stellar piece full of heart. It’s because of people like you, Julie and other selfless contributors to the industry that our community continues to thrive. Kudos to you too!

VoxBox:

For today’s episode, I invited Bobbin Beam of BobbinBeam.com to prepare a short recording on the benefits of going to the VOICE Conference. Bobbin is a career voice talent who also happens to be working at the VOICE Conference in Las Vegas this month.

Bobbin’s thoughts may afford you the perspective you need to make your decision as to if you’re going to attend. Here she is:

Bobbin segment

Farewell:

Thank you Bobbin for sharing your point of view with us. If you have something you’d like to say in the VOX Box segment, whether it’s feedback about the show or comments of another feather, send your MP3 file to be featured on the podcast to media@voices.com. I’m your host Stephanie Ciccarelli – that’s a wrap!