Ryan Dream talked with Maric Tobias recently. She is known as the “voice whisperer.” The meat of this interviews starts around 20 minutes into the podcast. Good stuff all through, but my ears perked way up after the 20 minute mark.
http://www.ryanontheradio.com/2010/10/episode-29-part-1-marice-tobias/
Her closing remarks were so so true…
“The more patient you are with your progress, the quicker you will move.”
If you are not subscribed to the free e-newsletters offered by voices.com, please sign up today. You will see a link to subscribe to VoxDaily when you get to the post. This would be in addition to the voiceoverxtra.com information I have already mentioned.
We talked about listening in our first class and in fact your first homework assignment is about listening. Here is another source supporting how important listening is to your voiceover potential. Be sure to read the comments at the end of the post.
http://blogs.voices.com/voxdaily/2010/08/listening_to_voice_overs.html
The things I learn from my friend Bob Souer’s Blog…
This time it was another source for podcasts about the VO biz. The voicebank.net – now called videovoicebank.net – has a great blog that includes podcasts. You can reach it directly at http://www.productionbank.com/blog/
Ain’t nothin’ like learning from people who are doin’. Here is a list of blogs written by working voiceover talent.
I am Kevin Delaney’s newest biggest fan apparently. Yesterday I posted a link to an in studio video recording of one of his audio recording sessions and then today listened to a podcast he created about learning to say “no” to work that is simply not worth your time.
For anyone just starting out in this business, yes – take pretty much any VO job that crosses your path. But if you are a working professional with a steadily growing client base and creative skills, there will come a time when you need to learn how to turn down the work that just is not helping you continue to move forward.
Not only is this a truly inspirational podcast, it is exceptionally well done in every way – audio quality, content and delivery…simply superb.
This link is to VoiceoverXtra.com where it currently resides.
There are now many places where professional voice talent hang – the VO-BB, the Forums on Voice123 and a Yahoo Newsgroup.
VO-BB
www.vo-bb.com
Voice 123
www.voice123.com click on Forums
Yahoo Newsgroup
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Voiceovers/
Voice-overs.com
http://www.voice-overs.com/forum
Voiceover Universe
http://voiceoveruniverse.com
LinkedIn – Working Voice Actor Group
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=137057&trk=anet_ug_hm
Listening to voiceover pros talk about the business is a great way to get information…FREE information. Always listen with an open mind! Not everything you hear is going to ring true – but start listening for common ground.
- Vox Talk - weekly news podcast
- Voiceover Experts - fabulous FREE information
- Voice Casting - some ideas for producers on how to pick talent
