VO Buzz Weekly

Chuck and Stacey continue talking with the fabulous and ever stylish animation voice actor, Kari Wahlgren who shows off the shoes her Mom made for her when she played Wonder Woman and hysterically demonstrates how she gets into character with vocal warmups that include singing Marilyn Manson and Van Halen songs.

Kari excitedly talks about her latest role as Chloe Carmichael on the Butch Hartman show, The Fairly Oddparents and why it is so fun and challenging for her. She explains what she likes about recording her lines individually and with the whole cast of a show as well as her history performing as a ventriloquist.

She shares her feelings about following your dreams and offers some amazing perspective for being open to other possibilities and what she still wants to accomplish in her life. She talks about doing fan conventions, what words that best describe her and the ever popular IF book gets two questions for Kari because she loves it that much.

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Chuck and Stacey J. welcome the super fun and talented voice actor, Kari Wahlgren, known as the voice of Chloe Carmichael in The Fairly Oddparents, Tigress in Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness and Little Suzy in Phineas and Ferb. Kari talks about growing up in Kansas and moving to Los Angeles to pursue her dream of being in the entertainment business.

She shares what she did right and wrong on her first voiceover demo and gives specific advice about what to do and not do when making a demo including following her mantra, “A bad demo is worse than no demo at all.” She stresses the importance of knowing yourself, your voice type, what you can actually book and how she discovered the range and versatility of her own voice.

She describes her approach to auditioning by using all the clues and information in the script as well as the importance of loving the process. She offers advice for what she thinks is essential to find success in the voiceover business today and how things have changed since she started.

Kari explains how she got through the challenging times in her career including some of the survival jobs she had while she was breaking into the business.

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Chuck and Stacey J. continue talking with super talented bilingual voice

actor Christian Lanz who shares specifics about his home recording

studio and the gear he uses from Sennheiser, Avalon and Apogee and

describes his experiences as the Live Announcer for the 2015 Daytime

Emmys and TV Land Awards.

Christian explains how he masters the

cadence and nuances to voice double celebrities like Antonio Banderas

and Ricardo Montalban and encourages people to study the industry

regularly to stay on top of the trends in Daytime and Primetime

television. He offers great advice about being yourself and not copying

other people and why having both a Talent Agent and a Manager has helped

his career in a big way.

Christian talks about playing the

mutated villains, Fishface and Xever, in the Teenage Mutant Ninja

Turtles series and what he feels are his strengths as an actor. He

offers some of the most valuable lessons he has learned from being in

the voiceover industry and how he approaches auditions and maintains

objectivity about the copy. The thoughtful IF Question reveals

Christian’s paternal side and wonderfully optimistic spirit.

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This week Chuck and Stacey welcome Christian Lanz, bilingual voice actor

in promos, commercials, animation and video games who explains the

influence the Hispanic population has on the entertainment industry at

large.

Born in Mexico City, Christian talks about the way

television helped him learn English as a child and the fearless life

choice he would make in order to pursue an acting career in Hollywood.

Christian

shares the challenges he overcame while starting out which included

living in his car, working as an extra and how his first opportunity to

work in voiceover changed his life. He talks about why his favorite

career moment to date is working with animation icon, Frank Welker, the

voice of Fred on Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated.

He offers his

approach for delivery of copy with “non-announcer, conversational” specs

and the major differences he finds between the General and Hispanic

markets. Christian gives sage advice about being truthful as a voice

actor and showing confidence.

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Chuck and Stacey continue their conversation with the amazing Butch

Hartman, writer, director, producer and illustrator of the hit

Nickelodeon shows, The Fairly Oddparents, Danny Phantom, and T.U.F.F

Puppy. Butch talks more about why he chose to make his latest

entertainment creation The Noog Network a family friendly, safe place

for kids.

Butch explains why he won’t compromise his principles

for work and offers great advice for becoming successful in life. As

co-founder of The Hartman House with his wife, Julieann, Butch talks

about its mission and what they do to help needy families in the U.S.

and abroad.

Butch shares some wisdom that has helped him in his

life and how he balances his very busy life. He reveals what he still

wants to accomplish that includes The Noog Network, books, painting and

music.

He talks about having confidence and not following the

crowd, shares stories about voice actor Carlos Alazraqui, Mr. Crocker on

The Fairly Oddparents, along with Family Guy creator and friend, Seth

MacFarlane and even his experiences as a Tom Cruise body double. The IF

question reveals some of Butch’s favorite smells as well as his love of

Hawaii.

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Chuck and Stacey welcome the incredible writer, director, producer and

illustrator of the hit Nickelodeon’s shows The Fairly Oddparents, Danny

Phantom, and T.U.F.F Puppy. The Michigan native, who grew up watching

cartoons talks about how he eventually found his way to Cal Arts and

went on to work on the Johnny Bravo show at Hanna-Barbera with then

fellow newcomer, Seth MacFarlane.

Butch, a Nickelodeon veteran of

18 years, shares casting news about Season 10 of The Fairly Oddparents

that includes the fabulous voice actor, Kari Wahlgren. He speaks to how

he stays inspired to create new shows and episodes and offers great tips

for what makes a voice actor stand out to him that includes committing

to strong acting choices.

He shares some of the challenges and

responsibilities that he deals with and why you should never throw away

any of your ideas for new content. Butch explains the necessary steps

for pitching a new show idea and where he came up with the idea and

characters for The Fairly Oddparents.

Hear how he juggles

creating multiple shows simultaneously and why he created his latest

genius interactive project, The Noog Network and free app on iTunes.

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Chuck and Stacey continue their conversation with 20-year voice acting

veteran, Lex Lang, who offers some great ideas for what voice talent can

do to deliver great auditions. He explains what he feels are his

strengths as an actor and how he keeps the balance between his personal

and professional life.

Lex talks about the philanthropic

endeavors he co-founded with his wife, Sandy Fox, called The Love Planet

Foundation and H2Om Water with Intention. Lex, a certified meditation

teacher, shares some basic concepts of mantra-based meditation and

explains some of its benefits that impact your daily life.

He

talks about his love of music, his influences for songwriting and guitar

playing as well as a new music project he is working on that’s due out

in 2016. Lex offers his definition of success and some advice to those

wanting to pursue a career in voiceover. The episode closes with an IF

question that reveals his love of making people laugh.

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Chuck and Stacey welcome versatile 2-time Emmy winning voice actor, Lex

Lang, who shares his journey as an actor, musician and stand up comic.

He tells of his first break into the voiceover business and how his

skill at celebrity impressions and voice matching was a unique selling

point for him.

He credits his voice actor wife, Sandy Fox,

talent agent Sandie Schnarr of AVO Talent and beloved voice director,

Andrea Romano for being instrumental in helping him in his career. The

very proactive and resourceful Lex shares some of the projects he is

most proud of doing like Dr. Neo Cortex in Crash Bandicoot, Batman in

Batman: Brave and The Bold and for Mattel toys, and Hans Solo for the

Star Wars franchise.

Lex describes the difference between

celebrity voice matching and doing impressions and how he uses his

background as a musician to find the tone and rhythm of the person’s

voice. He demonstrates how he voice matches Sean Connery and teaches

everyone how to impersonate Christopher Walken using just two words.

He

shares some cool tips and insights for breaking down audition copy for

commercials and animation, how he interprets the “real, conversational”

specs and shares some sage advice he got from Andrea Romano that has

helped him along the way.

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Chuck and Stacey welcome their youngest guest to date, teen phenom,

Kiara Muhammad, the original voice of “Doc” on Disney Jr.’s hit show,

Doc McStuffins. An accomplished singer, actor, dancer, Kiara talks about

her love of performing as a child and as a high school senior, how she

maintains her honor student status.

She shares her musical

influences and her experience working on Curb Your Enthusiasm with Larry

David. Kiara remembers her first voiceover audition ever for the role

of Doc on Doc McStuffins and how she handles the response from the

show’s fans. She shares what she does in her free time, why she tries to

have a “none show business” life and her post-graduation plans.

She

offers advice she has gotten from her parents that has helped her as

well as some current projects like episodes of Sofia the First and

Showtime’s Ray Donovan.

Kiara reflects on what she wants to

achieve in her career, what professional success means for her and her

strengths as an actress. She reveals her real-life hero, her passion for

fashion and social media and offers some wise advice to anyone pursuing

their goals and dreams.

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Chuck and Stacey continue their conversation with voice actor, Chris

Fries who shares what gear he has in his home studio and how it has

evolved over time. Taking inspiration from his mentor Scott Rummell’s

studio, he worked with home studio expert George Whittam, who still

helps him keep everything just right.

Chris talks about how he

rebounded after getting dropped by an LA agent and shows gratitude for

Sandie Schnarr of AVO Talent for providing some great opportunities

early on in his career. He shares his approach to being versatile in the

voiceover business and why he “tweaked” his name to be more in

alignment with his branding.

Chris explains the mantra he lives

by and what mobile gear he takes with him everywhere, even on vacation.

He tells the story of how he got signed with top talent manager, Debbie

Cope and what he feels are the keys to his success including being ready

when the opportunities come to you.

Chris’ determination,

tenacity and business-like approach to his VO career is only part of why

he is thriving, he shows much love and appreciation for his wife’s

ongoing support and sacrifice over the years.

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