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Guardian.co.uk has a feature article with photos highlighting BBC VO narrators Tom Baker, Dave Lamb, Marcus Bentley, and Michael Buerk. Here’s an excerpt: There is no silencing the cacophony of show-stealing narrators on television at the moment. They didn’t use to draw attention to themselves – traditionally, narrators were sombre, quintessentially BBC voices that wouldn’t [...]
My sessions with Daws were all one-on-one, which Daws decided after our first meeting. He was very impressed with the fact that I could do a lot of his cartoon voices before ever being trained by him, so his goal was to help me perfect them and to excel in reading cartoon and commercial “copy” for auditions and future voice jobs.
TimesUnion.com has a 3-page interview with Yolanda Vega, voice of the New York Lottery for 20 years. The article also mentions that she earns $85,000 per year, working full time as both voice and spokesperson for the state making promotional appearances and “deflecting criticism of the lottery.”
WBJournal.com has an interview with voice talent Mandy Nelson, voice of Travelocity’s phone system. She shares her career with husband Dan is also a voice talent and a sound engineer. Nelson says that voiceover gigs for internet video have caused a “major shift in the type of work that she does”: The move to video [...]
When I first began the “Featured Voices” series here, my intention was to spotlight lesser-known and largely unrecognized voice talents interviewed or otherwise featured in the media. These tend to be “human interest” pieces published through regional news media, and the ones I most enjoy reading are those for whom voiceover represents merely a portion [...]
Voice actor and instructor Lainie Frasier (voice of Tails in Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie) explains via Statesman.com that “voiceover work is all about practice” and offers other info on how to break into voice acting. Lainie teaches workshops in the Austin, TX area. Learn more about her work at her official site: LFVoiceWorks.com. For [...]
UK news site Express.co.uk has a touching success story that’s worth a read about Sharon Brogden, “a mother who was once so poor she could only afford to eat one meal a day is now earning thousands as the voice of a supermarket chain.”
The San Luis Obispo Tribune interviews voice actor Kerrigan Mahan on talking his way out of a traffic ticket, Robotech (his first voice gig), celebrity voice matching, and why Team Knight Rider failed. Here’s an excerpt with Mahan discussing how he was replaced as the voice of Goldar for the Power Rangers movie: Power Rangers” [...]
Pittsfield, Massachusetts’ The Berkshire Eagle has an interview with David Bourgeois, president and creative director for Voice Coaches Creative Development Group (VoiceCoaches.com). While the article primarily serves to promote a voice-over workshop in that area, Bourgeois offers some good advice for aspiring/beginner voice actors, just please be mindful that these are his own opinions and [...]
