In part one of my interview with dialect coach Pamela Vanderway, she shared her background and her path to becoming a dialect coach, is there a difference between dialect and accent, and what level of determination is necessary to learn a dialect. Here in part 2, we’ll hear more about the dialect acquisition process, her […]
accent, Dialect 411, ideas, inspiration, interview, IPA, Pamela Vanderway, phoneticIt was a little over a year ago that I met Pamela Vanderway on Twitter. We were discussing my near annual “fake a Jamaican” gig, in which I do a Jamaican accent for a radio commercial, and we had a great conversation on what it takes to learn a dialect or accent. Since then, we have […]
accent, actors, dialect, dialect coach, interview, Pamela Vanderway, trainingRather than get into a long detailed analysis of the individual points, I will simply direct you to Dave Courvoisier’s blog to read about his multi-part social media plan for voice artists. If you didn’t know, he has been discussing this kind of stuff for quite a while, and he has put together an […]
CourVO, Dave Courvoisier, Facebook, LinkedIn, social media, tips, tools, Twitterphoto © 2008 Andrey Maximov | more info (via: Wylio)I don’t remember who recommended it to me, but last year I started running a Google Search on my name that lets me know when I show up on the web. It’s a good thing to know when people are talking about you, and more importantly, what […]
marketing, photos, pictureThere is a Twttier fellow you should be following: @SomeAudioGuy. He is an audio engineer that works heavily in the voiceover field, and his daily observations about what actually goes on in some pretty high profile sessions are invaluable to the begin…
Part two of my interview with voice specialist and author Dr. Ann Utterback. Ann has a PhD in speech and specializes in voice and diction. She has written dozens of articles and 8 books on the voice, including the Broadcast Voice Handbook. Her most recent article on tension and the voice can be found on […]
Broadcast Voice Handbook, Dr. Ann Utterback, singing, training, voice specialist, voiceoverA few months ago, I began using Scoop.it in order to find news and information on voiceover. It has a very nice search plan. And one of the best things I found using Scoop.it is Dr. Ann Utterback. Her blog posts on managing the voice for broadcasters are incredibly helpful, and I began posting them […]
broadcast voices, Dr. Ann Utterback, Scoop.it, technique, tension, training, Voice Over Xtra, voice specialist, voiceoverphoto © 2008 vagawi | more info (via: Wylio)Back Stage, the online version of the paper magazine and Call Sheet, usually caters to on stage/on camera acting, and very heavily in the New York and Los Angeles markets. But each year, there is an issue that concentrates on voiceover. Last week, the online mag […]
agents, animation, CESD, demo, Imperium-7, JE Talent, listening, slesctionBack in 2009, I had the pleasure to work with Diane Havens and Kat Keesling on the Hear the Bill Project. Their brainchild was to help ordinary people who would have a very difficult time wading through the complexities of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, in both the U.S. House of Representatives and […]
Creative Commons, kat Keesling, low budget work, nonprofit, timeIts National Financial Literacy Month, and we voice-over actors need to wake up and smell the derivatives… or is that residuals!? … Freelancetaxation.com – a site by financial planner, Susan Lee, which has a wealth of information on taxes for…
