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This collaboration MUST have a Gold Star.

Since I know both John Florian, and Dan Lenard as friends, I’m giving their upcoming teleseminar my top rating! (whatever that is).  I’m just saying…it’ll be well worth your while to listen in.

Dan (right) is the dean of designing, building and innovating affordable home studios….he explains it in simple language that makes sense, and his ideas are designed towards an inexpensive but high-quality solution for a home studio.

John Florian, who runs VoiceOverXtra.com has been putting together some fine teleseminars of late, and this one is well worth the modest price.  For beginners and advanced pros.  February 23rd & 24th.

I’d say more but you’ll find all you need to know HERE.

CourVO

We all like to pride ourselves on having a comfortable, workable, utilitarian workspace for doing our voice acting, but what if it could be uncluttered….even esthetically nice to look at too?

Then you gotta check out this article on Lifehacker to see how the guy did it.  VERY clean desktop, and 3 monitors!  Nice.

CourVO

Do you know Bettye Zoller? 

You should. 

I don't want to accentuate her age, but she's been at the business of voice acting for a long time.  Long enough to be able to see the forest for the trees.

She's a busy voice actor, and somehow manages to schedule a whole buncha workshops all over the country (and in her native Dallas)…and she's even on the faculty or does guest professorships here 'n' there.

I say all that to preface her comments about pay-to-play sites which I'm copying and pasting below.  I gleaned these words from her post on a VO Web forum in answer to a (forever asked) question about V123.

Bettye has given me free rein to repurpose her comments, 'cause she knows I'll be fair, and because her words — always frank and measured — just need to be "retweeted" as we would say on Twitter…which is to say it bears repeating.

Following her comments, there is a very well composed response from another voice actor that offers an excellent caveat to Bettye's comments.

CourVO

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For anyone looking to get started on the right (correct) foot in this business, I can't think of any people, or any course of study more appropriate than the one mentioned below.  James Alburger and Penny Abshire are the one/two punch you will need to get going.

Check out the info below the fold, and visit their website HERE.

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At first, I thought he was just that guy with the funny handlebar mustache who was helping out at VOICE 2008.  Then I remembered him from VOICE 2007.  It was the great Dan Lenard!!! 

Dan Lenard, of Buffalo, of voice-acting fame, of humble origins and supportive nature.  I mean, read the guy's V123 or Voices profile.  He's done a lot!

But the thing that distinguishes Dan above the rest is he "…is also a recognized industry expert
in the field of home studio construction and is a fee-based home studio
consultant…" (that's a quote from his website).

Dan has earned special working relationships with Voice-acting branding expert Nancy Wolfson and technology expert George Whittam

S'all true.  And on top of that Dan agreed to answer my dumb questions about vocal booths.  Well, maybe there's no such thing as a dumb question, but let's just say their innocent n00b questions.

Dan was patient, thorough, and timely in his response.  Read below, and I believe everyone will find something that will help you improve your sound. 

He includes a summary and some links at the end… Thanks Dan!

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For Friday, I'll be blogging here on home/private studios. 

Do you need one?  How much to spend?  What materials to use?  Where to put it? 

All those questions and more answered by one of THE top vocal-booth designers in North America.

You'll be surprised by some of the simple low-cost solutions he says are more than adequate for the needs of tomorrow's voice actor…. and how equipment manufacturers would LOVE for you to spend more on hi-priced unnecessary designs.

I'd post it now, but I'm waiting for a last bit of information to make it complete, and besides, this gives me a chance to "hype" or "tease" it just a little more.

CourVO