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Bernard Shaw addresses fundamental skills for voice over recording in his most recent episode on the Voice Over Experts Podcast at Voices.com.

Toronto, Canada (VOICES.COM) January 28 – Bernard Shaw, UK radio voicing and voice acting instructor, was featured this past week on the Voice Over Experts Podcast, the most downloaded and subscribed to educational podcast for aspiring and professional voice-over actors.

In Bernard Shaw's most recent lecture "Core Talents that People Need to Possess as Voice Over Artists", Bernard hints that the most difficult hurdle for new talent is to simply be their natural selves. He asks pointedly, "Why do people suddenly become someone else when they're in the (audio recording) booth?". Through this podcast, listeners will learn how to use their personalities to their advantages as voice over artists and discover a handful of techniques that professionals in this field can't do without.

As a contributor to the Voice Over Experts Podcast, Bernard Shaw will be lecturing on a regular basis, helping people to understand, develop and succeed in the business of voice-over acting and building their home recording studio. Since the lectures are available in the form of podcasts, the lessons are hosted online and can be subscribed to through the Apple iTunes Directory, to be enjoyed at any time.

The Voice Over Experts Podcast can be found and subscribed to for free in the iTunes Podcast Directory and online at the Voices.com Podcast Center.

To learn more about Bernard Shaw, go to:

http://www.bernardshaw.co.uk

To learn more about the Voice Over Experts Podcast, visit:

http://podcasts.voices.com/voiceoverexperts/

About Bernard Shaw

Bernard Shaw has been working with Voiceover artists since 1980 and has produce over 1,600 'Demo tapes' making him one of the most experienced voice directors in the world. He is also a freelance audio producer with credits as diverse as “Tweenies”, “An Evening With Peter Ustinov” and “The Nations Favourite Children’s Poems”. His book “Voiceovers a Practical Guide” published by Routledge has become a standard work on both sides of the Atlantic. He runs Voiceover and Radio acting classes at the Actors Centres in London, Birmingham, Manchester, and Newcastle.

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.

Dan Lenard discusses the lineage of audio recording technology and preps students on how to pick the best digital recording software to meet their needs on the Voice Over Experts Podcast at Voices.com.

Toronto, Canada (VOICES.COM) January 23 – Dan Lenard, known to many in the voice acting community as Master VO, is featured this week on the Voice Over Experts Podcast, the most downloaded and subscribed to educational podcast for aspiring and professional voice actors. Dan Lenard is a business consultant in the "do-it-yourself" field of constructing practical audio home recording studios and teaches his students basic as well as advanced audio recording techniques used for mastering polished voice over recordings.

In Dan Lenard’s most recent lecture "Recording Software for the Voice Actor : What's Best For You?", listeners receive some historical perspective on how recording has evolved from the old days of splicing tape in radio stations to modern day state-of-the-art digital techniques. The listener also learns more about how to decide which software program for audio recording and digital editing is right for them.

As a contributor to the Voice Over Experts Podcast, Dan Lenard will be lecturing on a regular basis, helping people to understand, develop and succeed in the business of voice acting and building their home recording studio. Since the lectures are available in the form of podcasts, the lessons are hosted online and can be subscribed to through the Apple iTunes Directory, to be enjoyed at any time.

The Voice Over Experts Podcast can be found and subscribed to for free in the iTunes Podcast Directory and online at the Voices.com Podcast Center.

To learn more about Dan Lenard, go to:

http://www.dansvoice.com

http://blogs.voices.com/mastervo/

To learn more about the Voice Over Experts Podcast, visit:

http://podcasts.voices.com/voiceoverexperts/

About Dan Lenard

Buffalo, NY native Dan Lenard has been a radio personality, an insurance sales consultant, a high school Media and Social Studies teacher and a stay-at-home dad. He earned his BA in Broadcasting from Buffalo State College in 1980, a New York State teaching certificate from Buff State in 1997 and then in 2002, an MA in Creative Studies from again, his hometown Alma Mater.

Now working from his home based, digital studio, Dan produces high quality audio narration in many genres. Specializing in Tutorial, e-Learning and Documentary narration, Dan also voices non-fiction, business oriented books as well as a wide cast of unique animation characters. Dan uses his vast life experiences to bring his clients just what they need; a knowledgeable voice that conveys confidence, warmth, intelligence and humor.

His years in radio and television production made his transition to his home built and based studio, seamless. His experience as a teacher and lecturer on many subjects allows him to convey the daily, nitty-gritty of a home-based studio voice over business to the many newcomers in the industry with his dry sense of humor and a commitment to the American entrepreneurial spirit.

About Voices.com

Based in 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.

Bettye Zoller explains why voice acting is about more than just doing voices for cartoons or movie trailers on her third Voice Over Experts podcast episode.

Toronto, Canada (VOICES.COM) January 21 – Bettye Zoller, voice instructor and award-winning Simon & Schuster author and recording artist, was featured in episode 30 of the hit voice acting podcast, Voice Over Experts, http://podcasts.voices.com/, the most downloaded and subscribed to voice over podcast for beginner and professional voice actors. This is Ms. Zoller’s third contribution to the podcast.

In Bettye Zoller’s "Learning Voice Over as a Whole”, she reveals that a career in voice over starts not just in a niche education acquired for videogames, cartoons or movie trailer voice overs, but with a strong foundation rooted in the rudiments of learning voice over as a whole before jumping into any one specialized field.

As a contributor to the Voice Over Experts Podcast, Bettye Zoller lectures on a regular basis, helping aspiring talent to understand, develop and succeed in the business of voice acting and voiceover. Since the lectures are available in the form of podcasts, the lessons are hosted online and can be subscribed to through the Apple iTunes Directory, to be enjoyed at any time.

The Voice Over Experts Podcast can be found and subscribed to for free in the iTunes Podcast Directory and online at the Voices.com Podcast Center.

To learn more about Bettye Zoller, go to:

http://www.voicesvoices.com

To learn more about the Voice Over Experts Podcast, visit:

http://podcasts.voices.com/voiceoverexperts/

About Bettye Zoller

34 years as a respected university and private educator in voice, speech, theatre, radio-TV, and voiceover techniques along with her award-winning career in voiceovers and jingles has won Bettye Zoller an international reputation that brings clients and students to her workshops and to work in her Dallas recording studio from all over the globe. She is educated through the doctorate (from Missouri University, University of Texas at Dallas, University of North Texas) with faculty positions in the past at Southern Methodist University, University of Texas at Arlington, Dallas County Colleges. Bettye has also studied with famed NYC acting coach Uta Hagen, in Chicago at the "Second City School" and her career began long ago at Metro Goldwyn Mayer's Hollywood studio school as a child performer signed by MGM.

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 was awarded the silver medal for the Full-Suite CRM category at the 1to1 Impact Awards celebrated during Frost & Sullivan Sales and Marketing Conference.

Toronto, Canada (VOICES.COM) January 16 – The online marketplace, Voices.com, recently won a silver medal in the Full-Suite CRM award category at the 7th Annual 1to1 Impact Awards presented by 1to1 Media, a magazine published by Peppers and Rogers. The 1to1 Impact Awards spotlight leading companies that have implemented effective and innovative customer strategies that have led to clear and quantifiable business results.

Voices.com CEO David Ciccarelli accepted the award on behalf of the Voices.com team in Phoenix, AZ on January 14th, 2008 at the Frost & Sullivan 9th Annual Sales and Marketing Conference.

Winners of 1to1 Impact Awards demonstrate that savvy organizations can capitalize on sophisticated customer initiatives in a variety of ways understanding that customer insight, relevance, employee engagement, customer experience and empowerment, and trust are all essential factors that contribute to a winning customer strategy.

Ciccarelli says “We are grateful for the award and wish to share it with the entire Voices.com team. Being recognized among a group of world-class organizations validates our approach to growing our business with a customer-centric focus.”

To learn more about Voices.com, 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.

Voice actor September Day Leach was chosen as the winner of a contest sponsored by voice over coaches Julie Williams, Marc Cashman and Voices.com.

Toronto, Canada (VOICES.COM) January 11 – What does a voice actor’s new year’s resolutions list look like? During December of 2007, voice actors were invited to submit their New Year’s resolutions to the Voice Over New Year’s Resolution Contest, a contest that was created in celebration of voice over coaches Julie Williams and Marc Cashman’s decision to offer private telecoaching sessions to educate voice actors regardless of their location.

Over three dozen voice actors took them up on the challenge and submitted their New Year’s resolutions, all of which were focused on how they were going to make their mark in voice acting in 2008. Entries varied from heartfelt to silly, entertaining and poetic. Prizes up for grabs included an hour of telecoaching with each of the voice over instructors, a Premium membership from Voices.com and a number of other goodies from the sponsoring parties.

The winner of the contest, September Day Leach, presented her resolutions in a creative manner that identified her as unique as well as having clearly defined her goals for her voice acting career, including a promise to move to Los Angeles, CA from her home state of Georgia to pursue voice acting instruction and work at the next level.

In her recording, September narrates the resolutions she wrote in the character voice of Maybelle Merriweather, her fictitious fairy godmother who is applying on her behalf, persuading the judges of the contest as to why they should select September Day Leach as the winning contestant.

September’s winning New Year’s resolutions can be heard on the VOX Talk podcast in episode 52 at http://podcasts.voices.com/voxtalk/ , a podcast that can also be subscribed to in the Apple iTunes Podcast Directory.

To learn more about September Day Leach, visit her websites:

http://www.septembervoice.com

http://septemberday.voices.com

About Voices.com

Based in Ontario, 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.

Frank Frederick teaches voice actors how to carve out a niche in his first Voice Over Experts podcast episode.

Toronto, Canada (VOICES.COM) January 7 – Frank Frederick, entrepreneur, voice actor and author, was featured on the New Year’s Day episode of the hit podcast voice acting podcast, Voice Over Experts, http://podcasts.voices.com/, the most downloaded and subscribed to voice over podcast for beginner and professional voice actors. Frank is the author of “LoveNotes: Marketing and Branding for Voice Over Artists”.

In Frank Frederick’s lecture entitled, "Niche Marketing”, listeners learn how to differentiate their offerings from others, especially when promoting their talent on the Internet by developing a niche marketing strategy. Frank confides that by defining a target audience and focusing efforts in their direction, professionals will reap greater benefits, work for better clientele and make more money with less work.

As a contributor to the Voice Over Experts Podcast, Frank Frederick lectures on a regular basis, helping aspiring talent to understand, develop and succeed in the business of voice acting and voiceover. Since the lectures are available in the form of podcasts, the lessons are hosted online and can be subscribed to through the Apple iTunes Directory, to be enjoyed at any time.

The Voice Over Experts Podcast can be found and subscribed to for free in the iTunes Podcast Directory and online at the Voices.com Podcast Center.

To learn more about Frank Frederick, go to:

http://www.thevoice.ispeek.org

To learn more about the Voice Over Experts Podcast, visit:

http://podcasts.voices.com/voiceoverexperts/

About Frank Frederick

Frank Frederick, The Voice (TM), is a voice over artist, creator of the exclusive iSpeek file delivery software, and author based in Park City, Utah USA. Frank's "LoveNotes: Marketing and Branding for Voice Over Artists", have wowed the industry the continent over with his ingenious tips and contagious personality. Frank Frederick's philosophy is that the right voice determines whether or not an audience listens to an audio production, and with his guidance, voice actors will find their own way to brand their voice to meet the expectations of their clients and woo them with their own brand of "love notes".

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.

Honoring the brightest and best voice over artists of the year, the 2008 Voicey Award nominations are now open at Voices.com.

Toronto, Canada (VOICES.COM) January 3 – The 2008 Voicey Awards are now open to receive voice actor nominations! Sponsored by Voices.com, the 2nd Annual Voicey Awards Show is the only of its kind to exclusively honor voice-over professionals. The inaugural Voicey Awards show in 2007 identified 5 categories of significance and prestige, including Best Male Voice, Best Female Voice, Best New Voice, Best Personal Branding, and a Lifetime Achievement Award.

This year, there are several new categories that have been added including Best Child Voice, Best Teen Voice, Best Foreign Voice and Best Voice Team. Each category has its own judge, ensuring that seasoned industry personalities who specialize in their respective award category are judging the finalists.

Similar to awards such as the Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, honoring actors and filmmakers, the Voicey Awards recognize voice actors and voice talents for their contributions and efforts over the year in the voice over industry.

Voice talents and voice actors are hired for their vocal talents to complete various projects for organizations, companies, and institutions requiring voice over services including commercials for radio and television, promos, movie trailers, audio book narration, podcasts, videos, animation, videogames, telephone recordings and more. Theirs are the voices that are heard but not seen.

Judges for the 2008 Voicey Awards include:

• Best Male Voice - Connie Terwilliger
• Best Female Voice - Marc Cashman
• Best New Voice - Joan Baker
• Best Child Voice - Sunday Muse
• Best Teen Voice - Cynthia Songé
• Best Voice Team - James R. Alburger and Penny Abshire
• Best Personal Branding - Julie Williams
• Lifetime Achievement - Bettye Zoller

To nominate a voice actor or learn more, visit:

http://www.voiceyawards.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 state of the voice over industry revealed as compiled by the experts at Voices.com, the leading voice over marketplace.

Toronto, Canada (VOICES.COM) January 2 – Voices.com, the voice over marketplace, is an online web service that takes finding the right voice for the job to the next level while subscribing to simplicity. In addition to helping people find the perfect voice for their project, the site is a hub of information and educational resources related to the art of voice acting, voice over and celebrity voice actor news.

On the eve of 2008, Voices.com CEO David Ciccarelli released the company’s annual State of the Voice Over Industry report. Ciccarelli’s research indicates that there are great things in store for voice actors in 2008 as mediums such as broadcast television and radio continue to grow as well as those of non-traditional areas such as podcasting, wireless technology and audio publishing, specifically the booming audiobook market.

Why is this great news for voice actors? Voice actors are the voices that are heard by not seen in countless advertisements, entertainment programs, station imaging and identification, audiobooks, in-store advertisements, videogames, on planes, trains and even automobiles equipped with voice activated devices and GPS systems. While markets for products that feature voices continue to grow and new niche markets are created for voice, opportunities for voice actors to acquire more voice over work are realized.

Voices.com Chief Executive Officer, David Ciccarelli, says, “The need for voice over recordings will dramatically increase in 2008. Our mission at Voices.com is to prepare for the imminent consolidation of all voice acting jobs as more people outsource their voice overs to the web and to continue to be a vessel for those opportunities to be channeled through for freelance voice acting professionals online.”

Download the free State of the Voice Over Industry PDF here.

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.

Pat Fraley, one of the foremost audiobook producers in the United States, presents fantastic news and heralds a bright future in audiobook narration for voice actors of all voice types and ages.

Toronto, Canada (VOICES.COM) January 1 – Pat Fraley, teacher, voice actor and author, was featured over the Christmas holidays as the expert on the hit podcast Voice Over Experts, the most downloaded and subscribed to voice over podcast for beginner and professional voice actors. Fraley, in addition to teaching, also produces audiobooks and has a strong connection with prominent audiobook publishing company Blackstone Audio and its president, Craig Black.

In Pat Fraley’s lecture entitled, "Audio Book Good News”, listeners are privileged to hear insider knowledge about the audio book industry and are instructed on how to take advantage of the booming market for audio book narration. Don't miss this episode with tips and insight from an expert audio book producer!

As a contributor to the Voice Over Experts Podcast, Pat Fraley lectures on a regular basis, helping aspiring talent to understand, develop and succeed in the business of voice acting and voiceover. Since the lectures are available in the form of podcasts, the lessons are hosted online and can be subscribed to through the Apple iTunes Directory, to be enjoyed at any time.

The Voice Over Experts Podcast can be found and subscribed to for free in the iTunes Podcast Directory and online at the Voices.com Podcast Center.

To learn more about Pat Fraley, go to:

http://www.patfraley.com

To learn more about the Voice Over Experts Podcast, visit:

http://podcasts.voices.com/voiceoverexperts/

About Pat Fraley

Patrick Fraley has created voices for over 4,000 characters, placing him among the top ten performers of all time to be cast in animation. He has produced dozens of award-winning audiobooks, such as, Adventures of Tom Sawyer, A Very Easy Death, and The Light in The Piazza. Pat produced and performed all 100 voices on the award winning audiobook, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which People Magazine hailed as, “The best yet of this evergreen.” Patrick teaches events, workshops, and seminars on various aspects of voice over across the country, and has created a variety of instructional books and CDs, all available at PatFraley.com. He is a member of The Voice and Speech Trainers of America, and holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Professional Acting from Cornell University.

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.