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Star VO

CourVO — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:40:40 +0000

Besides lending his considerable voice talents to many an animated project over the years, the savvy and loquacious Voice Actor JS Gilbert is also now making his own…er…videos.

These days, it’s pretty simple. Check out xtranormal.com to do your own.

But before you build your masterpiece, check out JS’s sarcasatic (and cautionary) video HERE.

Nice writing, JS!

CourVO

Extra Pay for “Stressed Voice”

CourVO — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:50:21 +0000

Yep, now when you’re putting in the extra effort on projects that require over-the-top vocalizations, you can earn Union pay raises.

The new adjustment focuses attention to the kind of work typically done in video games.

See the full article HERE.

CourVO

Lowenthal/Platt VA Book

CourVO — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:11:26 +0000

Nice looking couple, huh? They sound good too.

Yuri Lowenthal and Tara Platt, have published a book entitled Voice Over Voice Actor: What It’s Like Behind The Mic.

As mentioned in an article from the NEWSARAMA.COM website:

“…the book is an easy-to-read, step-by-step primer on the profession that Lowenthal and Platt have established themselves in quite successfully…”

Take time to read the Newsarama article for a few minutes. It has a pretty good interview on how the couple got started in voice-acting…and how they’ve honed their skills in video games and animation.

Click HERE to see the article written by Steve Fritz on Sept. 7.

CourVO

VideoGame Voice Acting

CourVO — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:27:42 +0000

‘Came across a righteous article on voice-acting for video games on the BACKSTAGE.COM website. The site bills itself as “The Actors Resource”. Cool. We qualify. VO artists MORE than qualify.

The blog article leans heavily on an interview with Todd Resnick, casting executive of Resnick Interactive Development and founder and CEO of Gamecues Corp.

Click HERE for a link to the Backstage.com blog article. It’s a quick read well worth the time.

BTW, Todd is also part of an outstanding team of coaches cobbled together by Pat Fraley for an upcoming Demo workshop at Buzzy’s Studio in LA.

Pat does all his coaching sessions with excellence. I’m still thinking about going, but there’s only room for a dozen or so.

Click HERE to see the info on this upcoming workshop.

CourVO