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VO Buzz Weekly episodes

  • EP 89 Steve Blum: Voice of Wolverine
    Over 300 video games worth of experience for you to learn from.
    Steve
    Blum, superstar of animation, video games and anime, starts off the
    interview with a huge compliment to Chuck for helping him get his start
    in the voice over business and gives props to both Chuck and Stacey for
    offering such a great service by doing VO Buzz Weekly. Steve shares the
    unconventional story of becoming a voice actor as well as one of the odd
    jobs he did to make ends meet.
    He talks about who inspires him
    in the voice over business and we find out what fellow Transformers cast
    mate Peter Cullen says about Steve. He tells a story about working with
    Fred Tatasciore, why his body aches after some sessions and Steve
    discusses his approach to auditions.
    Find out if Steve holds a
    Guinness World Record and hear the answers to questions from Steve’s
    fans from Twitter and Facebook. He expresses how his kids feel about his
    work, why he travels around the world to meet his fans and the impact
    they have on him and his work. The episode closes with Stacey reading a
    quote from Steve that allows viewers to see more of his huge heart and
    why he is one of the coolest guys in the voice over business.
    Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
    30 min
  • EP 88 Cedering Fox: Voice of the Oscars
    Approaching your voice over career like a pro versus an amateur.
    Cedering
    Fox gives viewers an in-depth description of the process being the live
    announcer for the 2013 Oscars and how she handles the pressure of
    having a billion people watching the telecast. She talks about the
    amazing company she created called WordTheatre, how it all started and
    the ways it helps her as a voice actor.
    Cedering shares her
    personal approach to teaching students to find their authentic voice and
    tells a special story about her friend the late, great Don LaFontaine.
    She reflects on the ways to approach your voice over career like a pro
    versus like an amateur and give props to her longtime friend and VO pro,
    Dave Fennoy for his support early on in her career.
    Cedering
    talks about the key elements that have helped her to continue to be
    successful in her career and why she donates her voice to various
    charities and causes. The episode closes with some fun and some heart
    about the voice over community. Visit CederingFox.com to find out more
    about private coaching and upcoming workshops.
    Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
    36 min
  • EP 87 Cedering Fox: Voice of the Oscars
    Breaking down scripts to find the story and inhabiting the words.
    Stacey
    and Chuck share one of their favorite things to wear from Good Works
    Make A Difference that donates a portion of all the proceeds to
    charities. VO pro, teacher and WordTheatre founder, Cedering Fox, shares
    her career beginnings as a dancer and actor in New York and the chance
    meeting that launched her voice over career.
    She explains the
    audition process in New York, the challenging transition she experienced
    upon moving to Los Angeles and how she broke through the male-dominated
    world of promo to begin working at the network level.
    As a
    teacher and performer, Cedering describes in a fascinating way her
    process of breaking down a promo script to find the story and offers her
    approach to teaching through inhabiting the words. She talks about how
    the teaching phase of her career began after contributing to Joan
    Baker’s book, Secrets of Voice Over Success.
    Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
    32 min
  • EP 86 Rodney Saulsberry: Voice of Robbie Robertson
    Rodney offers 3 Key Tips Voice Actors should apply to their career.
    In
    Part 2, Rodney performs his original song Miracles and talks about his
    experiences as a soundtrack singer for movies like The Lion King and
    Paranormal Activity 3. Viewers get another trip down memory lane with
    Rodney this time in his 1984 appearance on Soul Train. Rodney offers 3
    Key Tips for Voice Actors to apply to their career and explains each one
    in detail.
    He shares stories from his live announcing gigs and
    tells how he got the Zatarain’s commercial campaign. Find out what
    inspires Rodney to teach and learn more about his coaching tool, The
    Consultant’s Club, on his website.
    The episode closes with Rodney
    revealing what he feels are the keys to his success starting with faith
    and family and there’s more singing, this time Chuck and Stacey join
    in!
    Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
    24 min
  • EP 85 Rodney Saulsberry: Voice of Robbie Robertson
    Rodney offers insights about the importance of a positive attitude.
    Two-time
    NAACP Image Award nominee Rodney Saulsberry is in the guest chair to
    talk about his life as a stage, screen and voice actor, best-selling
    author and teacher. He shares the story of how he landed his first
    acting role on television and how his voice over career began inspiring
    him to write his books, You Can Bank On Your Voice and Step Up To The
    Mic.
    Rodney offers insights about the importance of a positive
    attitude and gives tips on how to effectively interpret commercial copy.
    He discusses the relationship between being a working voice actor and
    teacher and reflects on the ways that Don LaFontaine contributed to his
    successful career.
    Rodney talks about his recurring acting role
    on the daytime drama, The Bold and The Beautiful, and getting to perform
    some of his original songs on the show.
    Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
    34 min
  • EP 84 June Foray: Voice of Rocky the Flying Squirrel
    More fun and personal stories with animation superstar June Foray.
    Chuck
    and Stacey continue their chat with show business royalty, June Foray
    who talks about getting her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2000.
    She shares what major changes she’s noticed in animation since the
    classic days working with Mel Blanc and Daws Butler and reveals how she
    spends her limited amount of free time.
    Having worked extensively
    doing ADR, hear how June’s voice for the Chatty Cathy doll lead to her
    playing a very different kind of doll in The Twilight Zone TV show. She
    tells one of her favorite stories about Edward Everett Horton and
    answers what she would have done for a career if she hadn’t become an
    actor.
    June talks about why she still chooses to works, reflects
    on why she’s having such a long, successful career and closes the
    episode with what accomplishment she is most proud of in her life.
    Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
    17 min
  • EP 83 June Foray: Voice of Rocky the Flying Squirrel
    Meet living legend and the first lady of animation, June Foray.
    Chuck
    and Stacey J. are so honored to welcome to VO Buzz Weekly a true living
    legend and the First Lady of animation, June Foray. In Part 1, you’ll
    be treated to a montage of some of June’s most memorable characters,
    from the very first one to today, and hear how her incredible career
    began when she was just 15 years old. She talks about her favorite
    characters and makes one of Chuck’s childhood dreams come true with a
    little Rocky and Bullwinkle improv.
    June reflects on teaching
    students at USC, SC and Cal Arts and recounts how she was instrumental
    in starting the ASIFA Hollywood organization and what we know today as
    the Annie Awards. She shares her experience of winning her first Emmy
    award in 2012 for her role as Mrs. Cauldron in the Garfield Show. Be
    sure to get a copy of June Foray’s latest book, Did You Grow Up With Me
    Too? now available on Amazon.
    Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
    20 min
  • EP 82 Charlie Adler: Voice Director
    Charlie Adler's thoughts about starting out in the business today.
    Charlie
    Adler offers insights about why he teaches and we hear about his
    experience playing Cow, Chicken and The Red Guy in the animated series,
    Cow and Chicken. He refuses to answer some of Chuck and Stacey’s
    questions about voice actors and auditioning but will tell which are his
    favorite characters he has played. Find out why Charlie loathes
    Facebook and the social media culture and get his thoughts about
    starting out in the business today.
    Stacey highlights some of
    Charlie’s impressive professional accomplishments and we learn what he
    feels most proud of in his life to date. The episode closes with an
    unedited segment complete with humility, silliness, hilarity and an IF
    question that puts a wonderful button on Part 2 with the fabulous
    Charlie Adler. Why not, right?!
    Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
    36 min
  • EP 81 Charlie Adler: Voice Director
    Embracing the unknown in order to achieve your ultimate goals.
    Chuck
    and Stacey remind viewers that there’s still time to get tickets to
    attend That’s Voiceover on August 17th 2013 and also the SAG Foundation
    Poker Classic to benefit the Don LaFontaine Voice Over Lab on August
    24th 2013. They also recommend reading the book, Voice Acting for
    Dummies, written by Voices.com founders, David and Stephanie Ciccarelli.
    Award-winning actor and Emmy-winning voice director, Charlie Adler sits
    down to talk about how his amazing career began in theatre and
    eventually landed him in a hit show on Broadway.
    He passionately
    expresses what people say about acting that “push his buttons” and the
    common denominator in all forms of acting. Charlie shares how his
    animation career started upon moving to Los Angeles by meeting with his
    then agent, Arlene Thornton and now dear friend, Ginny McSwain that led
    to his first role on an animated series.
    He talks about how he later became a teacher and voice director and what he discovered about the business along the way.
    Charlie
    candidly answers how he approaches animation auditions and why he feels
    he has been “two people” at different times in his life. He explains
    how he teaches his students to become comfortable with the unknown in
    order to achieve your ultimate goals.
    Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
    35 min
  • EP 80 Paul Pape: Voice Actor
    Serving the VO community in the name of Don LaFontaine.
    Paul
    Pape, co-founder of the Don LaFontaine Voice-Over Lab, talks about how
    the original vision for the Lab came together to honor his best friend
    of over thirty years and hear what’s in store for the future including
    opening VO Labs in other cities. See the state-of-the-art facility in VO
    Buzz Weekly’s Tribute to Don LaFontaine (Episodes 34 & 35) and hear
    personal stories about Don from the four people who knew him the best,
    Nita Whitaker LaFontaine, Joe Cipriano, Steve Tisherman and of course,
    Paul Pape.
    Paul reflects on what he thinks are the keys to his
    career success and longevity and how he pays it forward to aspiring
    voice actors. He poignantly shares words of wisdom from Don LaFontaine
    that have helped him in his voice over career and life. He gives kudos
    to voice actors who are giving back in a big way to the community by
    serving on the Don LaFontaine Voice-Over Lab Advisory Board like Scott
    Rummell, Randy Thomas, George Del Hoyo and Stew Herrera.
    Paul
    talks about the award-winning short film he created for the 168 Hour
    Film Festival with Don LaFontaine and Josh Daugherty called,
    Interrogation. Go to the VO Buzz Weekly Blog entry for Paul Pape for a
    link to watch the film. He offers more information about the SAG
    Foundation and the ways it serves the voiceover community, all
    performers and the various charitable programs they provide. The episode
    closes with Stacey and Chuck’s IF question, which gives even more
    insight into Paul’s capacity for kindness and generosity and buttons the
    show with heart and of course some humor too.
    Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
    32 min

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