VO Buzz Weekly

VO Buzz Weekly

By Chuck Duran & Stacey J. AswadBusinessEntrepreneurshipEducationArtsPerforming ArtsHow To
Download on the App Store

VO Buzz Weekly episodes

  • EP 60 Marc Cashman: Voice-Acting Instructor
    Why “being real” in VO is so challenging and how to overcome it.


    Chuck
    and Stacey welcome Marc Cashman, respected teacher, award-winning voice
    actor and commercial producer who takes us through how he got started
    in the voice over business and why he tries to learn something new
    everyday. Colleagues for 20 years, Chuck and Marc reminisce about
    producing voice over work before the advanced technology of today’s
    business.


    Find out how Marc stays current with the times, how his
    teaching career began and the way his experience as a public school
    teacher helped him create his voice over teaching style. Get more
    information about the VO 2013 Atlanta event Marc is attending along with
    other VO Buzz Weekly guests like Pat Fraley, Nancy Wolfson, James
    Alburger, Penny Abshire, and other VO leaders.


    Marc explains why
    “being real” in commercial copy is so challenging and what a voice actor
    can do to overcome it. As a three-time winner of ‘Best Voice of the
    Year’ from Audiophile Magazine, Marc shares what it means to him to be
    recognized by his peers and the legacy created by doing audiobooks. He
    begins explaining the first four elements of his brilliant list of THE 8
    FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS EVERY VOICE ACTOR MUST HAVE TO SUCCEED and how he
    devised his unique Report Card system. This is amazing information that
    will help take any voice actor to the next level of their career, it’s a
    must watch!


    Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
    48 min
  • EP 59 D.C. Douglas: Voice of Albert Wesker
    Answers to many questions on developing your voice acting skills.


    D.C.
    Douglas continues answering questions from fans about his political
    views and how they have affected his career. He shares the story behind
    the 2010 Geico controversy and how he was able to turn it into a
    positive thing.


    Watch the trailer for his award-winning short
    film, The Crooked Eye, based on a short story written by his Mom and
    narrated by Academy Award winner, Linda Hunt. D.C. demonstrates how
    Linda works in the booth and what the experience directing her was like
    for him.


    D.C. imagines what he would do for work if he wasn’t a
    performer and reflects on what mistakes he has made in his VO career.
    Hear what he likes about appearing at Con events around the country and
    what it was like to land the role of Albert Wesker in Resident Evil. He
    responds to another fan question about developing your voice acting
    skills and closes the episode with an IF question about his favorite TV
    character.


    Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
    35 min
  • EP 58 D.C. Douglas: Voice of Albert Wesker
    Get great tips on marketing and branding your voiceover business


    Chuck
    and Stacey let viewers know about a “must read” e-book, Voiceover
    Garden by Jonathan Tilley that viewers should absolutely check out.
    Guest, D.C. Douglas, voice of Albert Wesker in Resident Evil franchise
    and Legion in Mass Effect talks about how his journey in the voice over
    business began and answers a variety of questions submitted by his fans.


    He
    shares his career highlights to date, which include working in
    commercials and video games. Since Chuck has known D.C for years, he
    tells a story about goals that D.C. set for his voice over career. Get
    some tips about marketing yourself in the business today, building
    relationships and personal branding ideas that can help your voice over
    career.


    Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com
    35 min
  • EP 57 Portia Scott-Hicks: Voice-Over Agent
    Things you need to know before submitting your demo to agents.


    Chuck
    and Stacey give thanks to their show sponsors, Najla’s Body Good Buzz
    Bars, Traditional Medicinals Throat Coat Tea and Entertainer’s Secret
    Throat Spray. Portia explains what voice actors do during the agent
    submission process that turns her off and how she likes a voice actor to
    follow-up after they have submitted their demo to her. Hear what Portia
    thinks a voice actor should do to market themselves in the voice over
    business today and her opinion on the importance of the voice over demo.


    Chuck,
    Stacey and Portia reiterate there is still time to enter the Agent
    Representation Contest, with all the details available on the VO Buzz
    Weekly’s CONTEST page. Find out what Portia recommends voice actors do
    to stay current and competitive and gives advice to someone trying to
    get established in to the voice over business. We hear about her
    upcoming teaching events, Animation Blast with Disney’s Sara Goldberg on
    February 18th and one in development for the UK this Summer. The
    episode ends with Portia sharing what she likes most about herself and
    she answers the viewer favorite IF question.


    Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://VOBuzzWeekly.com
    28 min
  • EP 56 Portia Scott-Hicks: Voice-Over Agent
    Top agent reveals common missteps actors make in their auditions.


    Stacey
    reads a viewer email from Ahmed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia while Chuck’s
    Tip of the Week deals with the voice actor’s most important tool, the
    voice over demo. Portia Scott-Hicks, top voice over agent, talks about
    her journey from classically trained actor to running the voice over
    division at Coast to Coast Talent Group in Los Angeles. Portia explains
    how she uses her background as a performer to help direct voice actors
    in the booth and reveals what she finds are the common missteps actors
    make in their auditions. We get to hear about the one-woman show she
    produced, co-wrote and starred in called, The Secret Diary of Saundra
    Woodward and how the experience of doing this successful show changed
    the course of her life.


    Chuck and Stacey reveal VO Buzz Weekly’s
    first contest of 2013 with the help of Portia and Coast to Coast Talent
    Group. It’s open to U.S. residents only, and you can get all the
    information on how to enter at the VO Buzz Weekly Contest Page. Portia
    shares details about her upcoming event, Animation Blast, with Disney
    casting director, Sara Goldberg on February 18th at Marc Graue Studios
    in Los Angeles and talks about her process when receiving demos
    submissions from someone seeking voice over representation.


    Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://VOBuzzWeekly.com
    34 min
  • EP 55 Nancy Wolfson: Voice-Over Coach
    Invaluable advice on how to run your voiceover business successfully.


    In
    Part 2 with Nancy Wolfson, we find out what she believes is unique
    about her coaching style and one of her most important life lessons. She
    describes her Acting for Advertising coursework and learning modules
    and why they are so effective. As a former agent, Nancy shares what
    mistakes people make when trying to get voice over representation and
    gives great advice and tips for what someone should be doing to get an
    agent. There is a valuable discussion reminding people that voice over
    is not just about being creative, it’s also a business and needs to be
    treated as such.


    Nancy eloquently and insightfully answers the
    viewer video questions from Ed Fisher, John LaPiana, Charles Jenkins and
    Anne Ganguzza ranging from approaching commercial copy to being
    successful in today’s voice over business. The episode closes with Nancy
    giving everyone a sneak peek of one of her upcoming projects and
    answering the ever popular IF question.


    Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://VOBuzzWeekly.com
    29 min
  • EP 54 Nancy Wolfson: Voice-Over Coach
    Renowned vo coach and branding expert shares her expertise.


    Nancy
    Wolfson, the mastermind of BrainTracksAudio.com, renowned voice over
    coach, demo producer and personal branding expert brings her expertise
    to VO Buzz Weekly. Nancy candidly shares her perspective about voice
    over demos as a fellow demo producer and former talent agent and also
    touches on her unique and thorough coaching approach. She lets viewers
    in on her journey from agent to voice over coach and how students from
    all over the world can benefit by studying with her.


    Nancy speaks
    to her reputation as a “tough love” coach and explains the concept of
    “brand casting” and importance of personal branding for voice actors.
    Viewers find out what she likes about herself and how she helps students
    succeed in the voice over business. Nancy describes how her company
    Braintracksaudio.com came to be and what she believes are the
    misconceptions people have about getting started in the voice over
    business. Part 1 closes with Nancy discussing the opportunities she
    provides for her students in the way of casting and potential agent
    representation.


    Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://VOBuzzWeekly.com
    35 min
  • EP 53 Grey DeLisle: Voice of Daphne
    Priceless advice on starting and succeeding in the VO business.


    Chuck,
    Stacey J. and Grey’s Friendship Fest continues with Grey answering what
    she would do differently in her career and also what her biggest career
    accomplishments are thus far. More animated stories about paying her
    dues doing extra work are told as well as her standout moment in her
    voice over career with VO legend, June Foray. Grey’s signature
    character, Vera makes an appearance and Chuck and Stacey encourage
    people to buy Grey’s music on iTunes and CDBaby.


    Grey shares her
    current projects, which include a new George Lucas project and
    Tinkerbell movie to name a few. She settles the rumor about whether she
    actually speaks Japanese and how she stays on top of the trends in the
    voice over business. Stacey’s IF question fits her to a tee and prompts
    Grey into sharing her experience donating plasma. Viewers get Grey’s
    amazing advice and suggestions for starting in the voice over business
    that is simply, priceless.


    Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://VOBuzzWeekly.com
    32 min
  • EP 52 Grey DeLisle: Voice of Daphne
    Queen of animation offers grateful perspective for getting VO jobs.


    The
    first episode of VO Buzz Weekly for 2013 kicks off with a helpful Tip
    of The Week about using your hands while reading your VO scripts. Then
    the mayhem begins with guest Grey DeLisle, the hyper-energetic queen of
    animation, as she takes viewers on a roller coaster ride of fun and
    laughter with zany stories of how she got started in the voice over
    business and getting her first break in animation on the cartoon,
    Rugrats.


    Grey talks about her favorite character, Azula on
    Avatar: The Last Airbender as well as her music career, which includes
    winning a Grammy award. She opens up about why she believes she has been
    so successful and offers her grateful perspective for VO jobs. She
    shares entertaining stories from when she cleaned houses and worked in
    restaurants and how she taught herself to play the auto harp in a unique
    way. The hilarity continues to the very end of the episode when she
    explains why she got kicked off Twitter and reveals the role that
    Twitter and a psychic played in her meeting her husband.


    Watch more videos, get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://VOBuzzWeekly.com
    37 min
  • EP 51 Highlights of 2012
    A years worth of Incredible advice from the biggest names in VO.


    If
    you have been watching VO Buzz Weekly from the very beginning you will
    definitely appreciate this episode and the highlights from each and
    every guest who appeared on the show in 2012.


    If you’ve just
    discovered VO Buzz Weekly, then this episode will make you want to
    hunker down and start watching from the very beginning with Episode 1
    and get seriously BUZZ-ed with all of our amazing guests, learn tips and
    tricks to help your voice over business and hear stories and
    perspectives that will both inspire and inform you.


    Join VO Buzz
    Weekly’s fun and fabulous hosts Chuck Duran and Stacey J. Aswad as they
    take you up close and personal with their VO superstar guests: Jess
    Harnell, Scott Rummell, Nancy Cartwright, Jim Cummings, Rob Paulsen, Joe
    Cipriano, Scott Brick, Tara Strong, Sandie Schnarr, Bob Bergen, James
    Alburger, Penny Abshire, Chris Borders, Billy West, Debi Derryberry,
    Ginny McSwain, Bill Farmer, Dave Fennoy, Nita Whitaker LaFontaine, Paul
    Pape, Steve Tisherman, Dee Bradley Baker, EG Daily, George Whittam, Beau
    Weaver, Pat Fraley, Molly Mahar and Bill Ratner.


    Thank you to
    all of our guests and loyal viewers around the world for your support.
    It has been an amazing first year and we promise you even more
    incredible episodes are coming your way!


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

About VO Buzz Weekly

From the publisher's feed

VO Buzz Weekly is the Voice Over web show that gets YOU up close and personal with all the top voice actors as well as voice over agents, directors, marketing gurus and many others.

More shows like VO Buzz Weekly

Fresh Air by NPR

Fresh Air

37,991 Listeners

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! by NPR

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

38,680 Listeners

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast by Marc Maron

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

28,917 Listeners

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast by Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

3,935 Listeners

The School of Greatness by Lewis Howes

The School of Greatness

21,059 Listeners

Awards Chatter by The Hollywood Reporter

Awards Chatter

1,346 Listeners

Audrey Helps Actors Podcast by Audrey Moore

Audrey Helps Actors Podcast

1,177 Listeners

One Broke Actress by Sam Valentine

One Broke Actress

445 Listeners

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend by Team Coco & Earwolf

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

59,428 Listeners

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day by Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

1,186 Listeners

Office Ladies by Audacy & Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey

Office Ladies

85,599 Listeners

Avatar: Braving the Elements by Nickelodeon

Avatar: Braving the Elements

2,440 Listeners

Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show! by Jake Deffinbaugh

Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show!

4 Listeners

Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade by Audacy

Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade

12,704 Listeners

Good Hang with Amy Poehler by The Ringer

Good Hang with Amy Poehler

12,420 Listeners