Vox Talk

VOX Talk PODCAST: EPISODE 5

Podcast Description:

VOX Talk is your connection to the voice industry covering news about voice-overs and voice actors, hot tips on how to grow your voice-over business, technology, and Q&A with the experts at Voices.com.

Salutation:

Welcome to VOX Talk, brought to you by Voices.com. My name is Stephanie Ciccarelli, co-founder of Voices.com and your host for today’s show. VOX Talk is about you! It’s a podcast that helps you grow in your voiceover career. Each episode will begin with news and current voice-over events in a segment called “The Loop”. Then, we’ll explore business development and hot trends that will set you apart as a professional voice actor. Next on the list is Tech Talk, a segment where our team will review products and guide you through the technological landscape. Lastly, we’ll answer your questions and play audio feedback in a segment called “VoxBox”.

Now that we’re ready to go, let’s move on to our first segment!

The Loop:

News #1

Return of 24

If you’ve been waiting all these months for Jack Bauer to return, the past couple of days have been extremely exciting. FOX TV’s runaway hit series, 24, starring Kiefer Sutherland as US superhero Agent Jack Bauer took the air last night, and I might add, with some bite. The 2-hour season premiere on Sunday and the shocking double episode on Monday were unbelievable and exactly what fans of the hit show were expecting to kick off another great season of 24.

News #2

In other news, Marvel has released "Amazing Marvel Universe," a book that mixes the digital audio of Stan Lee talking with excerpts from 50 comic books, compiled and explained by Roy Thomas. Attached to the side of the book is an audio box with 68 numbered voice-overs.
Stan Lee is the creator of Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, X-Men, the Hulk and many more characters in the Marvel Empire. He worked his way up from being basically an errand boy to being the editor. Last seen in a cameo in "Spider-Man 2," Lee has stunned faithful comic readers for near half a century. His commentary on the book is the best part.

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News #3

To wrap up, I’d like to direct your attention to a free 30-minute teleseminar called “The State of Voice Over Today” hosted by Los Angeles Voice Coach Nancy Wolfson. The teleseminar will take place this Wednesday January 17th, 2007 at 7 p.m. PST. A variety of topics in will be discussed in the teleseminar running the gamut from voice casting to home studios.

To learn more, visit breakintovoiceover.com

If you have any news or a voice-over related item that you would like to send in, send it to media@voices.com.

The Biz:

This week in The Biz, we’ll be hearing from our weekly correspondent, Julie Williams with some insight about ‘dry mouth’.

Thank you Julie. I’ll start keeping an apple at my desk when recording the podcast ☺

Send in your comments and feedback by leaving a comment on the VOX Talk blog or by sending in your audio feedback to media@voices.com.

Tech Talk:

This week in Tech Talk, Adam Fox a VOX Talk correspondent will be sharing his commentary on Voice Changing Software.

Thanks, Adam. We’re all looking forward to hearing more from you.

VoxBox:

Welcome to VoxBox! Last week, we received a question about what goes into a good character voice demo. I thought we’d answer this by including some audio from a stellar character voice demo recorded by Anna Vocino.

(Play demo excerpts)

Anna tackles several different characters, accents, and voice ages that exercise her versatility and highlight her strengths, all hallmarks of any good character voice demo.

If you have something you would like to share, perhaps a tip, a comment or suggestion, send in your MP3 file to be included in the VOX Box by emailing media@voices.com.

Farewell:

Thank you for joining us today. If you’d like to learn more about our service and how we can serve you, visit our website Voices.com. Bye for now!