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FREE Voiceover Teleseminar

YEP, a FREE voiceover teleseminar!

 - Want to get into the voice-over business? 
 - Is it possible to get into voiceover and keep my day job?
 - Have questions about the voiceover business, but don't know who to ask?

Dial in to get the information you need!

Brought to you by VoiceOverClub.com

When - Wednesday, July 28th
Time - 7:00PM CST

You can dial in or listen online from the comfort of your own home!!

You'll need THIS LINK to join the event:  TELESEMINAR


Our thanks to The Voice Over Club for all they do to support the craft of voiceovers.





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Voiceovers | The Perfect Voice?

While looking back through my Google Reader, I found I had missed a great article by a dear friend, Bob Souer.  This short post in his voiceover blog is a great reminder for all of us who perform voiceovers – I believe you'll agree with me!



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Marc Cashman | Voiceover Classes

Marc Cashman says:

"WE'VE REVISED OUT SUMMER SCHEDULE!............THESE ARE THE COURSES THAT PEOPLE ARE RAVING ABOUT"

From Beginner, to Intermediate to Advanced, these are some of the top voiceover classes to take.

Reserve  YOUR SEAT now @ 661-222-9300 – only a few left!!!

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Top Voiceover Skills

A great article and tips from well known voice performer and coach, Marc Cashman.  Thanks to Voice Over Xtra for putting this up!

Home Studio Secrets

Just received an email from Such A Voice and they are offering some

HOME STUDIO SECRETS for the amazingly low price of FREE!!!!!

To register, just click HERE



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ADDY Award Winners

You may remember a post a while back whereby I mentioned that one of my dear clients, Crown Chimp Productions, had hired me to voice the "6 Minutes" commercial for Brute - Adidas, featuring Henry Cejudo, the youngest American wrestler to win an Olympic Gold Medal.  They won a Gold & Silver District Addy Award for the piece.  Well, moments ago I received this letter from Crown Chimp:

"We are extremely proud and pleased to announce that on Saturday, June 12th, Crown Chimp Productions won a National Addy Award for our "6 Minutes" Brute-Adidas piece. 

The Addy awards are the world's largest and arguably toughest advertising competition, awarding creative excellence in a three-tiered system. Over 60,000 entries compete each year, with roughly 1% making it to the National level. Our journey had "6 Minutes" win two GOLD Addy's (Internet Commercial and Cinematography) at the local Tucson level and our non-profit work for the JCF winning one SILVER Addy (for non-profit video.)  From there, "6 Minutes" went on to compete at the District 12 level (the country is split up into 15 districts) where it earned GOLD in Cinematography and SILVER in Internet Commercial. Finally, this past Saturday night, "6 Minutes" won a SILVER Addy for Cinematography at the National Level.

To even be in the same room as some of the winners was absolutely incredible.  The night saw GOLD Addys go to the likes of brands such as Old Spice, Durex, Tampax, Direct TV, Halo and many others. These were pieces that ranged from surreal humor to meta-comedy to blunt realism to the emotionally epic- all transcended their mediums and proved advertising can, and should, be considered a legitimate and beautiful art form. We were awestruck by some of the agencies represented: BBDO, DDB and Ogilvy for goodness sake! Someone must have made a mistake, because we did not belong there. 

Needless to say, we were blown away that our little commercial (with it's little budget) made it to this level.  

"6 Minutes" was originally commissioned to us by Brute-adidas in November after they saw our spec spot of the same name.  We shot the film with Henry Cejudo- the youngest American wrestler to win an Olympic Gold Medal and overall incredible human being. On the surface, the piece is about how athletes will spend countless hours training for the smallest window of competition. At it's core though, the piece is ultimately a story of sacrifice. "6 Minutes" was deeply personal to me and I was more than honored for Crown Chimp to be able to give back to the sport that has given me everything. 

Filmmaking is the most collaborative art form and I couldn't imagine doing any of this without my crew. We work in extremely unconventional methods and I count myself lucky to have such a talented team of artists able to adapt and realize a collective vision...."

Congratulations to Crown Chimp Productions, what a joy it was to partner with you on this, and to see how far it has gone is nothing short of thrilling!
 
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VOICE 2010 | Private Party

DON'T MISS THURSDAY'S EVENT!

Do YOU live in the Los Angeles area?  Are YOU attending VOICE 2010 at the Hyatt Regency in Los Angeles?  If so, Julie Williams invites YOU to:

A PRIVATE PARTY 
"The VoiceOver Insider Mingle", Thursday, June 3 from 6:30 - 8:00 PM

Here's a note from Julie:

"If you are attending VOICE 2010-- stop by Booth #13 to find out where the mingle will be held. We'll tell you the room number.   If you are not attending VOICE---  Stop by exhibit hall...or ask around. It will be held in one of Julie Williams' suites. Unfortunately, we will not know the suite number until we check in!!!"

Not receiving the TheVoiceOverInsider yet?  Sign Up 

For those not familiar with Julie Williams, she is a 2010 Audio Award Finalist for her narration of Lord of the Ringless.  She has served such notable clients as: HGTV, Pizza Hut, Sunny Delight, Orbitz.com and thousands more.   

You can connect with Julie directly through her web site: www.voice-overs.com 


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Have Questions About Medical Narration?

While this is certainly not my specialty, there are many who not only aspire to be, but would like to tap into the genre of Medical Narration.  So, if you have questions, Edge Studio has answers...TONIGHT!

Randye Kaye will be on hand for tonight's Talk With A Pro.  As always, ONLY the first 100 callers will get in.

FOR ALL THE INFORMATION ON TONIGHT'S "Talk With A Pro" & to learn more about Randye Kaye, click HERE


Thanks to everyone at EdgeStudio.com  for keeping us all in the loop!





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Which Microphone Is Best For Voiceover

Ever wanted more in depth information about microphones?  Wonder which one would work well for you, or at least be able to narrow down the list?  Edge Studio has a handy little tool just for you, it's called:


 VOICE OVER MICROPHONE SELECTOR

Check it out HERE 




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Voice Actors & The Internet!

Thanks to Peter K. O'Connell for pointing me to VoiceOverExtra's:

Internet Survey Draws 1,000+ Responses – Results Will Debut At Voice 2010 Panel.

I'm eagerly awaiting the results of this survey myself – if it wasn't for the internet, I wouldn't have near the business I have today!  

Learn more HERE

Thanks again to Voxmarketing 's Peter K. O'Connell


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    Tuesday, July 20, 2010
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