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The leading voice over marketplace, Voices.com, is now officially accepting beta testers for their Spring ’07 Release.

Toronto, Canada (VOICES.COM) April 30 – Voices.com is in the midst of generating one of the largest innovative revolutions in the history of the online voice over marketplace and the company is now inviting members of their customer base as well as industry pundits to test the waters of the newest generation of their website, a superior web-based platform that connects buyers and sellers of voice over and audio production services.

Beta testers will have access to all of the new features prior to the official release. For many in the voice industry, the added functionality and interface enhancements will prove to be astronomically beneficial, convenient and provide long awaited solutions for a host of problems that have plagued not just the online voice over industry but all freelance marketplaces on the Internet.

Discussions already taking place on the VOX Daily Blog ( http://blogs.voices.com/voxdaily/ ) pertaining to the changes in the works for the web service affirm the need for particular developments and praise Voices.com’s insight, passion, innovation, and dedication to serving the voice over industry as a whole. The implementations identified by the Voices.com team are necessary to propel a thriving marketplace as well as a professional environment for conducting business on the web.

Voices.com CEO and co-founder, David Ciccarelli says, “Over the past year we've experienced tremendous growth, most of which we attribute to our loyal community of users. We want to open the door to them first and demonstrate firsthand how their suggestions have come to life.”

Official testing commences on Tuesday May 1st, 2007.

To signup as a Beta Tester, comment on the VOX Daily blog post here or send an email to media (@) voices.com.

To learn more about the Voices.com web service, visit:

http://www.voices.com

About Voices.com

Based in London, Canada, Voices.com provides an online marketplace, facilitating transactions between business clients and voice-over professionals employing a comprehensive suite of web-based services. Clients that have worked at Voices.com include NBC, ESPN, PBS, The History Channel, Reader's Digest, Comcast, Nortel Networks, Bell Canada, Microsoft, Cisco Systems, ING, Western Union, Ford, GM, Jaguar, US Army, the US Government and more.

The first ever voice acting conference, VOICE, enjoyed significant coverage from the leading industry news source, VOX Daily.

Although voice actors generally are not in the glare of the limelight or have paparazzi at their heels, voice actors from Hollywood and around the globe were treated to a very different form of media attention: up close and personal interactive media coverage that highlighted the various lectures, events, and movers and shakers of the voice acting world – courtesy of the leading voice marketplace, Voices.com and their popular blog, VOX Daily.

Attending as sponsors for the VoiceOver Creative Experience (VOICE), Voices.com also represented the media, providing concise, extensive and intimate details pertaining to the VOICE conference, honored presenters and exuberant participants, serving the voice over acting industry as an educational venue as well as a means for people to converse by leaving comments on articles from VOICE 2007.

Many voice actors who did not attend the VOICE conference in Las Vegas were treated to an incredible review of each lecture that was presented, including those taught by Rodney Saulsberry, Connie Terwilliger, Frank Frederick, Chris Wagner, Pat Fraley, James Alburger and Penny Abshire, Gregory Best, Bettye Zoller, MJ Lallo, and DB Cooper. Voice actors in attendance at the conference were also appreciative of the coverage provided by the VOX Daily Voice Actors Blog, discovering key points that they may have missed, and for countless talent, being able to fully indulge in and digest the experience that was VOICE 2007 from the comfort of their own homes.

Special events featuring Don LaFontaine (Movie Trailer Voice Actor) and Bob Bergen (Porky Pig) were also given editorial pampering, weaving biographical information with live commentary and photos from each event.

Reviewed as perceptive, accurate, helpful, entertaining and educational, the coverage of VOICE 2007 generated by VOX Daily and the Voices.com team has been received as nothing short of phenomenal, and as an added bonus, has encouraged professionals who were not present to attend the VOICE conference in future years as the articles have validated the conference in print as well as in spirit.

Voice talent Sanjo Ogunseye of Nigeria commented, “I am in Nigeria, but am already thinking and planning for the VOICE 2008 Conference”.

Dozens of voice talents who participated at VOICE 2007 left comments sharing their gratitude for the conference coverage, including Kara Edwards, of North Carolina who exclaimed, “WOW! (A word ala Frank Frederick!) You have outdone yourself...I'm so glad to have this record of what we learned!”

Fellow North Carolinian, Bob Souer, voice talent and blogger, also chimed in on several occasions with thanks and encouragement, linking to VOX Daily articles of interest from his blog regarding VOICE 2007.

Bobbin Beam, a voice actress based in California commented, “What you have conveyed here is not only an accurate description of his (Rodney Saulsberry’s) topic, but of huge value to VOX Daily subscribers, and all who aspire to succeed in voiceovers”.

Voices.com co-founder and VOX Daily blogger, Stephanie Ciccarelli says, “It was such a joy to experience VOICE 2007 as a sponsor and journalist. Each one of the articles was lovingly crafted and presented to our audience paying close attention to detail while expressing the importance of community and its role in the voice over industry.”

To read detailed accounts of lectures and special events at VOICE 2007, visit the VOX Daily Blog at Voices.com.

About Voices.com

Based in London, Canada, Voices.com provides an online marketplace, facilitating transactions between business clients and voice-over professionals employing a comprehensive suite of web-based services. Clients that have worked at Voices.com include NBC, ESPN, PBS, The History Channel, Reader's Digest, Comcast, Nortel Networks, Bell Canada, Microsoft, Cisco Systems, ING, Western Union, Ford, GM, Jaguar, US Army, the US Government and more.

Major Sponsor Voices.com heated up Vegas sands with charisma and good old-fashioned fun at the Voice Over International Creative Experience (VOICE).

Amidst the glorious backdrop of palm trees and bright lights, a congregation of voice actors and voice talents from around the world attended VOICE 2007, nestled at the Palace Station Hotel on Sahara, just minutes from The Strip in Las Vegas. The experts from Voices.com sponsored the 5-day inaugural event, bringing their own special brand and Canadian flair to Voice International.

Highlights at VOICE 2007 included a lecture with the legendary voice talent and author Rodney Saulsberry, a tribute to actor and voice actor Lennie Weinrib (1935-2006) presented by his daughter Linda Weinrib, a crowd pleasing master class with character voice over master Pat Fraley, a special AFTRA-sponsored appearance by Don LaFontaine of movie trailer voice over fame, and a stellar one-man performance “Not Just Another Pretty Voice” by voice actor and coach Bob Bergen about his life’s ambition to become the voice of Porky Pig at Warner Brothers and how he achieved his goal.

Every day brought several lectures by voice artists of renown including Rodney Saulsberry, Connie Terwilliger, Frank Frederick, Chris Wagner, Pat Fraley, James Alburger and Penny Abshire, Gregory Best, Bettye Zoller, MJ Lallo, and DB Cooper.

Each voice talent left with something different from the conference to improve their craft, learning from the lecturers and each other. Many took the opportunity to share their thoughts during a question and answer period chaired by James Alburger.

Voice talent Nick Summers (http://www.nicksummersvo.com) of Los Angeles commented, “My attitude toward my professional life has been recharged because of this (VOICE 2007).”

South African native Stephanie Clair, voice talent, intimated, “What I’ve learned here will catapult into a new, energized human being.”

Organizers Frank Frederick, James Alburger and Penny Abshire received a standing ovation for their efforts and success of the conference, sharing hugs, tears of joy, and fellowship with all participants at the first ever Voiceover International Creative Experience (VOICE).

Voices.com co-founder, Stephanie Ciccarelli says, “VOICE 2007 was an incredible opportunity and experience for Voices.com as well as the entire industry. Our hats are off to James, Penny and Frank. We congratulate them on this achievement with grateful hearts and look forward to returning as Premiere Sponsors at VOICE 2008.”

To read detailed accounts of lectures and special events at VOICE 2007, visit the VOX Daily Blog at Voices.com:

VOX Daily Voice Actors Blog

To learn more about the Voices.com web service, visit:

http://www.voices.com

About Voices.com

Voices.com is the leading Internet destination for voice actors, facilitating transactions between business clients and voice-over professionals employing a comprehensive suite of web-based services. Clients that have worked at Voices.com include NBC, ESPN, PBS, The History Channel, Reader's Digest, Comcast, Nortel Networks, Bell Canada, Microsoft, Cisco Systems, ING, Western Union, Ford, GM, Jaguar, US Army, the US Government and more.

Rachel Robinson, voice of Coca-Cola’s “Make Every Drop Count” campaign and Celebrity Death Match characters wins Best Female Voice at Voices.com.

Best Female Voice Award winner Rachel Robinson, a national voice talent, has had several forward steps and ‘breaks’ throughout her career, including a fortuitous opportunity to work with Paul Reiser on his film “The Thing About My Folks”. Rachel has also performed voice over work for the infamous television program “Celebrity Death Match” and most recently, voiced six commercial spots for The Coca-Cola Company’s “Make Every Drop Count” campaign.

A favorite of Los Angeles talent agencies, Rachel not only thrives on her accolades and variety of work acquired but on voice acting itself. In a recent interview, Rachel shared her passion for voice acting and what keeps her going in this highly competitive yet fulfilling field of work, “I really love it; anything you want to do to earn a living that you also enjoy takes your constant attention and focus, which, if I love something, doesn't feel like work at all. Perseverance and patience have to go with talent and timing, so I've tried to balance all of that. Besides, it's the most fun I've had for anything I've gotten paid for, and that is priceless.”

In an acceptance speech, Rachel expressed gratitude to Nancy Wolfson of Braintracks Audio for her rapier-like honesty and crystal-clear method of communication under whose vocal coaching she came farther in four months than experiences with several other coaches, recommending Ms. Wolfson to anyone from novices through to aspiring amateurs and established working professionals. Additionally, Rachel acknowledged several voice teachers, directors and working actors, including but not limited to Bob Bergen, Ginny McSwain, Dolores Diehl and Larry Moss.

Rachel intimated “I'm also grateful to anyone who was generous enough with their time and knowledge to share it with me, either paid or not; and I am always more than pleased to pay it forward by sharing information with anyone who actually thinks my advice and acumen are valuable.”

Voices.com and Voicey Awards co-founder, Stephanie Ciccarelli says, “Rachel Robinson’s versatility and vocal prowess has rewarded her with top honors from judges in the voice over industry. It is an honor to congratulate Rachel on her Voicey Award for Best Female Voice.”

Now that she has won an International award for Best Female Voice, Rachel has committed to remaining in top form outside as well as inside the voice over booth, honing her creative skills while researching fresh ideas for her voice over business. Rachel also looks forward to more animation voice over work in features, series and gaming as well as the ongoing pursuit of commercial and narration projects, which have been very kind to her thus far.

To learn more about Rachel Robinson, visit her websites:

http://www.rachel-robinson.com

See also: http://thatsaid.voices.com

About Rachel Robinson

Born at UCLA (the hospital) in 1972, Rachel Elizabeth Robinson is one of the rare-but-authentic native Angelenas of lore. The youngest of four children, she quickly learned the merits of both speaking out and of remaining silent, and when to do both. She is a dedicated voice over actor, as well as writer, painter and spoken-word performer. Rachel graduated from Syracuse University in 1994 with a B.F.A. in Film and Fine Arts, with a concentration in writing.

Rachel Robinson’s partial commercial client list includes: The Discovery Channel, The Jim Henson Company, McDonald's, Omni Hotels, Mandalay Bay Hotel, Las Vegas, Macy's Department Store, Tahiti Tourism, Zila Pharmaceuticals, Minute Clinic, Armed Forces Radio and Television Services (AFRTS) among others.

About Voices.com

Based in London, Canada, Voices.com provides an online marketplace, facilitating transactions between business clients and voice-over professionals employing a comprehensive suite of web-based services. Clients that have worked at Voices.com include NBC, ESPN, PBS, The History Channel, Reader's Digest, Comcast, Nortel Networks, Bell Canada, Microsoft, Cisco Systems, ING, Western Union, Ford, GM, Jaguar, US Army, the US Government and more.

Voices.com, the leading voice marketplace, is releasing a series of new web videos promoting the use of voice over in everyday life.

What if life had a soundtrack? That’s the question posed by the voice over experts at Voices.com as the company promotes a new series of entertaining web videos featuring on camera actors and voice over talent demonstrating what life could be like if it were narrated by a professional voice actor or voice over talent.

The first two videos focus on individuals going about their everyday lives, living out perfectly relatable scenarios most people can identify with. The first video “Lost” features a young man, Joe Doakes, who has lost his glasses. A narrator tells the tale of how Joe Doakes is an ordinary guy, to quote “a guy like you or I”, however Joe has lost something, something that is very important to him. While the on camera action escalates as Joe searches frantically for his missing artifact, the voice over kindly interrupts Joe to let him know that his glasses are sitting on top of his head.

The second video “Makeup” features an actress portraying a mother who is going about her usual morning routine applying makeup. The accompanying voice over treats the audience to a different accent in the style of the late Australian icon Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter. The Aussie accent adds flair and an exotic quality to the mundane task of beauty preparations while recognizing the amazing feats of multitasking that only a woman rearing children and running a busy household can achieve.

Voices.com Vice President of Marketing, Stephanie Ciccarelli says, “Reaching out to people with these videos is an excellent opportunity to bring awareness to the art of voice over while sharing ideas about how voice over is used and also how voice overs are literally the soundtrack for our lives, whether in the literal sense or for the corporate landscape selling products or services.”

For more information and to view the videos, go to : http://videos.voices.com

About Voices.com

Voices.com is the leading Internet destination that provides online products and services to meet the needs of clients looking to hire voice actors and offers a range of tools and marketing solutions for professional voice actors to connect with Internet users. Radio and television stations, advertising agencies, marketing executives, casting directors and voice talent agencies rely on Voices.com to easily search for and hire language service providers such as translators, narrators and professional voice over talents. Clients that have worked at Voices.com include NBC, ESPN, PBS, The History Channel, Reader's Digest, Comcast, Nortel Networks, Bell Canada, Microsoft, Cisco Systems, ING, Western Union, Ford, GM, Jaguar, US Army, the US Government and more.

People looking for quality radio, television, narration copy and scripts for telephone recordings discover the best royalty-free scripts at Voices.com.

The need for royalty-free customizable scripts has greatly increased due to new services such as Google™ Audio Ads and the Google™ Ad Creation Marketplace. Instead of writing and producing ads from scratch, many savvy businesses are turning to prefabricated commercial script collections such as The Voice Over Script Collection and the Commercial Scripts for Radio and Television Ads at Voices.com.

Competitively priced, each script collection contains more than 50 original scripts to meet the needs of first time advertisers and busy ad agencies alike, offering original content that can be customized to meet the needs of any project including the recording of telephone systems, radio commercials, audio for television commercials, Interactive Voice Response, and more.

One of the greatest benefits of these scripts is that the Commercial Scripts for Radio and Television Commercials come complete with voice casting and script interpretation suggestions, helping to give a voice artist hired to record the audio much appreciated guidance and ideas for music production and sound effects. These details prove a strategic advantage to clients who outsource their production projects as the hard work is already done, expediting the recording of the voice over and delivery of the final product.

Voices.com co-founder and copywriter, Stephanie Ciccarelli says, “These scripts are ideal for people who need to get a project off the ground without having to lay all of the groundwork first. The amount of effort required to customize these scripts is quite minimal, however, the immediate creative results, cost and time savings are out of this world."

Voices.com focuses on creating experiences and success through simplicity as is demonstrated by their attention to clients who need creative services, whether they be voice over recordings or preproduction related. This emphasis on customer care before and after a voice over is added to a project sets Voices.com apart as a leader and facilitator of premium quality audio productions.

About Voices.com

Based in London, Canada, Voices.com provides an online marketplace, facilitating transactions between business clients and voice-over professionals employing a comprehensive suite of web-based services. Clients that have worked at Voices.com include NBC, ESPN, PBS, The History Channel, Reader's Digest, Comcast, Nortel Networks, Bell Canada, Microsoft, Cisco Systems, ING, Western Union, Ford, GM, Jaguar, US Army, the US Government and more.

The 27-page Getting Started in Voice Overs at Voices.com guide turns voice acting dreams into reality for dozens of people on a daily basis.

Toronto, Canada (VOICES.COM) April 3 – Getting started in voice overs, though a daunting task in the past, has now become an obstacle that can easily be overcome at Voices.com, the voice over marketplace. The experts at Voices.com have crafted a thorough guide that informs and prepares aspiring voice talents entering the industry, guiding them through preliminary requirements and the steps necessary to achieve a successful career as a professional voice talent or voice actor.

Discussing the rudiments of business and voice over, the Getting Started in Voice Overs publication from Voices.com is chock full of goodies that build confidence and instill valuable industry knowledge that is not available anywhere else. Free of charge to download, people who have been told all of their lives that they have a great voice now have access to a professionally produced, 27-page PDF document that will guide them as they make the leap into voice overs, develop their career and evaluate their progress.

Topics include an overview of the voice over industry, education through voice coaching, technical information about home recording studios, vocal interpretation, branding a business and more. The guide is perfect for those who always thought they should begin a career in voice overs. As many voice acting professionals and voice over instructors have revealed, there’s never been a better time to break into voice overs.

Voices.com CEO, David Ciccarelli says, “Voice over is a dream career for many people that is just waiting to be realized. Our guide from Voices.com will bring them that much closer to their goal and help them put their desire to perform and business ideas into practice.”

To learn more about getting started in voice overs, visit:

http://www.voices.com/specials/getting-started-in-voice-overs.html

About Voices.com

Based in London, Canada, Voices.com provides an online marketplace, facilitating transactions between business clients and voice-over professionals employing a comprehensive suite of web-based services. Clients that have worked at Voices.com include NBC, ESPN, PBS, The History Channel, Reader's Digest, Comcast, Nortel Networks, Bell Canada, Microsoft, Cisco Systems, ING, Western Union, Ford, GM, Jaguar, US Army, the US Government and more.