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Celebrity Voice vs. Voice Actor

March 17, 2011 By CourVO 4 Comments

On at least two ocassions, I’ve used this blog to bash the practices of hiring big-name celebrities in the roles that voice-actors traditionally filled. Yeah, there was some jealousy involved. (notice how I conveniently omit the blog links) :)

For a couple of reasons, that view is shortsighted. First, it’s not going away, and secondly, THOSE GUYS are making more work for US GUYS.

I couldn’t explain it any better than the YouTube video below…featuring, I might add, Kevin Delaney and Pat Fraley and others who speak very well (heh) for the reality of having screen celebs play key voices in animated films. Just watch, you’ll see what I mean.

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(to watch on YouTube, click HERE)

Filed Under: Animation, VO Jobs Tagged With: celebrities, celebrity VO's, celebrity voice actors, Kevin Delaney, Pat Fraley, voice acting, voice actors, voice artist, voice over, voice talent, voiceover

Tune Your Voice for ‘Toons

November 5, 2010 By CourVO Leave a Comment

In between the radio/TV commercials, E-learning, promo’s, imaging, and audiobooks, it’s easy to forget some of the best growing opportunities for your voice these days is in gaming and animation…even cartoons.

Yeah….gee…great, Dave…but where do I even start?

You start by listening in on the VoiceOverXtra-sponsored webinar featuring Bettye Zoller. In case you’ve never heard of Bettye…she’s got experience….years and years. She’s done it all, and continues to work and coach in all facets of this business. Bettye tells it like it is, and you will learn lots.

Here’s a quote from John Florian, the founder and force behind VoiceOverXtra, about this coming Monday’s webinar: ”It’s live, online, and Bettye has prepared a huge agenda of tips and resources for performing and protecting vocal health when voicing video games and cartoons. Prior attendees of Bettye’s webinars will recognize the vast amount of research and info she presents. Plus – in a lively Q&A, all questions will be answered. And everyone receives a full recording of the entire webinar – which is extremely handy in the event of a schedule conflict.”

See more info, and register for:

Your Video Game & Cartoon Voice Webinar, Monday, Nov. 8, starting at 9 p.m. ET

CourVO

Filed Under: Animation, Gaming voices Tagged With: Bettye Zoller, John Florian, voice, voice acting, voice actor, voice artist, voice over, voice talent, voiceover, voiceover talent, VoiceOverXtra.com, voicesvoices.com

Lowenthal/Platt VA Book

September 12, 2009 By CourVO Leave a Comment

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.