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VO Buzz Weekly episodes

  • EP 168 Melissa Moats: Voice Actor/The Voice Actors Studio Creator
    Chuck and Stacey finish their conversation with Melissa Moats, voice
    actor and founder of The Voice Actors Studio in Las Vegas. Melissa
    offers great tips for effective networking to perspective clients and
    her approach towards keeping a positive attitude when auditioning.


    With
    recording more than 30 auditions a day, Melissa shares what she books a
    lot and the challenge of nailing a conversational read. Melissa
    explains her philosophy about voiceover which includes building and
    nurturing relationships and being creative in the search for work
    opportunities.


    Viewers get a guided tour of The Voice Actors
    Studio and can stay in the loop with what’s going on by going to their
    website at http://www.thevoiceactorstudio.com


    Melissa
    shares news that she’s teaching a voice over class through University
    of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) where she got her start years ago. She speaks
    to why she and her husband make a great team, personally and
    professionally, and expresses gratitude for her friend and mentor, Beau
    Weaver, for his sage advice and help. The IF Question is all about love
    and shows even more of Melissa’s huge heart and even a little
    spontaneous singing.


    Watch more videos and get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com

    42 min
  • EP 167 Melissa Moats: Voice Actor/The Voice Actors Studio Creator
    Chuck and Stacey welcome the truly inspiring Melissa Moats, versatile
    voice actor, singer and founder of The Voice Actors Studio in Las Vegas.
    Melissa shares how it all began for her from loving commercials as a
    kid, to being a cruise director on a cruise ship that lead to meeting
    her husband of 18 years, to discovering her love of voice over in a
    University of Las Vegas course with Alice Whitfield.


    As the
    voice of Ashley Furniture, Best Western and Meaningful Beauty, Melissa
    talks about the process of making her new promo demo with Chuck and
    Stacey and the amazing promo gig she booked from it for The Ellen Show.


    Melissa
    explains the daily investment she makes to build her business including
    reaching out to companies and that a voice talent is responsible for
    the success of their career, believing that you get out of it what you
    put into it.


    A walking example of what happens when you believe
    in yourself, Melissa chooses to focus on the possibilities and her
    strengths and shares the inspiring, touching story of how being creative
    and doing what she loves everyday helped her beat cancer.


    Watch more videos and get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
    33 min
  • EP 166 Harry Dunn: CW Promo Writer/Producer/Director
    Chuck and Stacey J. continue their conversation with CW Network Senior
    Producer and VO coach, Harry Dunn who talks about working with the main
    voice talents of the network, Mike McColl, Scott Rummell, Rino Romano
    and Zach Fine.


    Harry tells how he has been able to give new voice
    actors opportunities like Max Mittelman and Dustin Layton and that the
    CW Seed is generally a better fit for female voice talent.


    He
    addresses how to deliver a conversational read using a quote spot promo
    he wrote and offers details about the responsibilities and challenges of
    his job including the importance of doing May Upfronts.


    Harry
    gives great advice to people doing promos that includes, getting good
    instruction and constant practice, and shares that he does private
    coaching for auditions as well as ongoing study.


    Find out why
    Harry felt compelled to start teaching, what he still wants to
    accomplish as a writer and how he feels about working at the CW Network.
    The episode concludes with an IF question that reveals one thing Harry
    doesn’t want to live without.


    Watch more videos and get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
    26 min
  • EP 165 Harry Dunn: CW Promo Writer/Producer/Director
    Chuck and Stacey welcome Senior Producer at the CW Network, Harry Dunn,
    who brings his vast experience as a promo producer, writer, director and
    promo coach to the show. Harry shares how he got started in the
    business as a trailer writer/editor at Cannon films directing greats
    like Don Pardo, Mark Elliot and Don LaFontaine and writing for
    television shows like In Living Color, which eventually led to working
    at the CW network since 2002.


    Harry offers his opinions on having
    a range of skill for voicing promos and identifies some of the mistakes
    voice talent make when reading them. He gives great tips for delivering
    solid promo auditions that stand out and how to interpret the scripts.
    Harry talks about some voice over demo myths and explains his process
    when listening to demos.


    Inspired by Atlas Talent Agent Heather
    Vergo and VoicesVoicecasting friend, MaryLynn Wissner, Harry started
    teaching privately and doing group workshops. Find out more about
    studying with Harry and his demo production at DunnPromo.com


    Get
    Rodney Saulsberry’s latest book, Tongue Twisters and Vocal Warmups, on
    Amazon and get an autographed copy on Rodney’s website,
    RodneySaulsberry.com


    Watch more videos and get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
    31 min
  • EP 164 Erin Fitzgerald: Wild Grinders, Skull Girls, and Persona
    Chuck and Stacey’s continue chatting with the fabulously talented and
    fun voice actor, Erin Fitzgerald, known for her brilliant work in Ed,
    Edd n’ Eddy, Wild Grinders, World of Warcraft, Skull Girls, Monster
    High, Persona and more.


    Erin talks about some of the projects
    she has worked on that she adores like World of Warcraft and Wild
    Grinders currently on NickToons. She shares how she worked to rebuild
    her career multiple times, what she does during slow times and offers
    amazing advice to people who aspire to be a voice over professional.


    She
    talks about the life-changing book she read, The Slight Edge by Jeff
    Olson, her obsession with fan art and expresses appreciation for her
    amazing fans and family.


    Erin reflects on the keys to her
    success and the things she does to keep her life in balance. She shares
    some of her favorite characters she has played and the IF question
    reveals what personality trait she would want to change about herself.


    Watch more videos and get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
    30 min
  • EP 163 Erin Fitzgerald: Voice of Naz, May Kanker and Chie
    Chuck and Stacey’s guest this episode is the super talented voice actor,
    Erin Fitzgerald, known for her stellar work in animation, video games
    and anime in projects like Ed, Edd n’ Eddy, Wild Grinders, World of
    Warcraft, Skull Girls and Persona.


    Originally from Canada, Erin
    shares her story from loving to perform as a child to getting to a
    university degree in theatre and trying her hand in TV and film work.
    After doing a voice over looping job, she discovered voice acting was
    her calling and eventually was inspired to move to Los Angeles.


    Erin
    explains the intense process she went through to get her green card and
    speaks to her strengths as a voice actor. She talks about some of the
    characters she has played that she adores like the fan favorite, Chie
    Satanaka and May Kanker.


    She explains her audition process, gives
    invaluable tips for self-direction and the specific things she needs to
    do when creating characters to guarantee she'll nail the acting. Erin
    reflects on advice she gets on a daily basis that helps her get better
    and better.


    Learn more about the acting troupe that Erin
    performs with doing authentic radio plays from the 1930’s, 40’s and 50’s
    at FakeRadio.net


    Watch more videos and get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com

    29 min
  • EP 162 Andrea Romano: Daytime Emmy Winning Voice Director
    Chuck and Stacey’s special conversation with iconic voice director,
    Andrea Romano, concludes with a discussion about what stands out to her
    in auditions and what information and questions voice talent should have
    when submitting them.


    She gives invaluable tips about
    submitting multiple takes, proper etiquette at callbacks, essential
    elements of an animation demo and when it’s appropriate to adlib in a
    script.


    Andrea gives more details about her planned retirement
    in five years, which includes diving into writing a book full of stories
    of her amazing career. She tells some stories about recording The
    Jetsons with the original cast and working with Mel Blanc.


    She
    talks about her passion for gardening and growing her own vegetables as
    well as valuable advice she has gotten from family and peers that has
    helped in her life and work. Andrea shares how she maintains her good
    health and expresses gratitude for having worked so hard in her life to
    achieve success. She reveals some of her current projects like Teenage
    Mutant Ninja Turtles, Turbo Fast, Puss in Boots and the IF Question
    reveals her love of cooking.


    Watch more videos and get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
    47 min
  • EP 161 Andrea Romano: Voice Director of Animaniacs, Justice League and Batman
    Respected voice director, Andrea Romano continues her compelling story in Part 2 of VO Buzz Weekly with Chuck and Stacey J.


    Andrea
    talks about the process of casting the classic series, Animaniacs, with
    Rob Paulsen, Tress MacNeille and Jess Harnell and how she landed
    Bernadette Peters for the role of Rita the Cat.


    She explains how
    she decides what projects she will do or pass on and the challenges of
    having to negotiate her own work. Andrea speaks to what prerequisites a
    voice talent needs to be competitive in the VO business today and
    answers the question whether being in Los Angeles is essential to do
    animation.


    Tune in next Sunday for the conclusion of Chuck and Stacey J.’s interview with Andrea Romano!

    Watch more videos and get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
    36 min
  • EP 160 Andrea Romano: Voice Director of Animaniacs, Justice League and Batman
    Chuck and Stacey are honored to welcome a living legend in the voice
    over industry, 8-time Daytime Emmy winning voice director, Andrea
    Romano. In Part 1 of this special 3-part episode series, Andrea begins
    the story of how her personal and professional dreams began to come true
    growing up in Long Island, New York with her large, supportive family.


    After
    graduating from SUNY Fredonia in Theatre Arts and one year of graduate
    school, she moved to New York City to act professionally, supporting
    herself working in retail and doing phone sales.


    Setting her
    sights on California, she took a temp job with the talent agency, Abrams
    Rubaloff and went on to become the youngest franchised agent in
    Hollywood at that time taking voice over classes so she could understand
    what a voice actor experiences. After a time there, Andrea was invited
    to start the VO division at Special Artists with an A-list celebrity
    client roster.


    When friend and colleague, Ginny McSwain called
    to tell Andrea she was leaving Hanna-Barbera, she jumped at the chance
    to apply for the casting director job working alongside, Gordon Hunt.
    Andrea shares her experiences working with acting greats like Daws
    Butler, Jonathan Winters and William Christopher as well as helping
    start voice over careers for Mark Hamill and Jessica Walter.


    While
    still at Hanna-Barbera she was able to work on other projects like
    DuckTales, Rescue Rangers and Winnie the Pooh. A fearless risk taker,
    Andrea signed on to direct for the newly formed Warner Brothers TV
    animation where she started working with Steven Spielberg on his new
    productions.


    Watch more videos and get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
    50 min
  • EP 159 Jeff Nimoy: Digimon Writer/Voice of Wolfwood and Tentomon
    Chuck and Stacey J. continue chatting with Emmy winning writer,
    director, producer, Jeff Nimoy who talks about creating the healthy
    blog, CookingCaveman.com


    Jeff shares why adopting the Paleo
    eating plan changed his health and life for the better and led to
    writing a book called, The Cooking Caveman: How to Lose Weight, Eat
    Healthy, Create Mouthwatering Paleo Recipes and Piss Off All Your
    Friends, available on Amazon. You can also watch videos on the Cooking
    Caveman YouTube channel.


    As an advocate for eating healthy,
    organic, whole food, Jeff was inspired to start a free dating site to
    help him and others connect with people who have similar tastes in food.
    Check it out at SamePlate.com


    Jeff talks about how Digimon came
    to be, why he thinks it was so successful in America and shares a
    touching story about his cousin, beloved acting icon, Leonard Nimoy. He
    offers his views about the business of acting and who his writing
    influences are, David Mamet and Quentin Tarantino.


    Jeff shares
    where he sees himself in 10 years, reflects on voicing Wolfwood, one of
    his favorite anime roles, and the IF question reveals his TV character
    crushes.


    Watch more videos and get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com

    32 min

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