Archive for April, 2009
Today's post was inspired by that first youtube video I posted yesterday for Ms. Amy Walker accent maestro extraordinaire. The woman shifts from accent to accent seamlessly... and although she is able to perform 21 different accents. Some of her accents are much better than others. Apparently Ms. Walker has a website dedicated to teaching people how to speak in different accents... And in our business ' a definite plus to landing more jobs. Personally I wish I could do a light British one (where as on a more personal note I would much prefer knowing how to speak the welsh...
Read MoreHello All, Today is another installment of Funtime! If you have been following my posts that means I look into something that Interests me and post youtube videos about it that I found interesting. Today's post was inspired by Ms. Julia Lombardo and her French teacher from texas! 21 accents by Amy Walker A collection of British Accents from the Isle (careful some profanity) More British Accents (more profanity... sorry!) Peter Sellers doing British accents Adam Hills - Australian Accent Shtick (careful contains profanity) There are so many more! but I think the best job I have seen at accent manipulation is by Hugh Laurie of House...
Read MoreThis has nothing to do with Voice Over but it blew me away! WOW!
G’day Mates… Today I’m going to try something different. For a change instead of looking for interesting articles around the web and showcasing them… I will be showcasing Voice Over Related Blogs and some of their postings:
Some of these blogs are by people you might know (Steven Lowell from Voice123.com) and others might be from people you dont.. in anycase I will be listing the Subject and linking directly to their blogs… But These are Articles that I found interesting. Read More
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This is a subject that bothers me to no end… the idea of working on a project for whatever amount of time … then get shafted by the client. As much as the internet is a blessing to get you work that a few years back would never have even come your way it is also a curse in that if you don’t cater a little suspicion when it comes to new clients (since we don’t have a database of the bad ones? maybe just the grapevine… mmmm grape leaves… errr) Maybe we should set up a forum board in voiceover-casting.com and list all the bad clients that shafted any and all voice over artists in the past. So we can protect our brethern in the business and stop the heinous act!
Anyway here is another great article by one of my favorite VO artists Peter Drew (please note this article is a little old so some of the info might be a slightly outdated): Read More
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