Voice Acting Mastery Field Report: Up to Date Information from the Ever Changing World of Voice Over

VAMFR 006 | Interview with Matthew Mercer, Part 2 Welcome to episode 6 of the Voice Acting Mastery: Field Report podcast! In this episode our correspondent, DanWill McCann, finishes his interview with the prolific and mult-talented Matthew Mercer. Matthew has given life to characters in shows like Attack on Titan and Kill La Kill as well as video games like Fallout 4.  He has also made some amazing web content, like the Geek & Sundry show Critical Role. The show consists of a live broadcast of an actual Dungeons & Dragons role playing game, played by famous Voice Actors who bring their characters to life with deep commitment and believability. He has also produced several web based projects through online crowd funding, including such shows as School of Thrones and Muzzle: the Musical, the latter of which Matthew wrote himself.  Matthew was gracious enough to share with us his experience and advice for any of you who might have your own pet projects that you hope to fund and create.  DanWill was inspired by his accomplishments and has learned several good tips from Matthew. Chances are you will as well. But enough setup, here’s Matthew Mercer to tell you himself! DanWill mentions two of Matthew’s web shows in the podcast. Here are direct links to them: Critical Role can be found at: http://geekandsundry.com/shows/critical-role/ Muzzled: the Musical is at: The VAM Field Report will be released on the 1st Wednesday of every month so stay on the look out for it!   Download VAM Field Report Episode #6 Here (MP3)  

VAMFR 005 | Interview with Matthew Mercer, Part 1 Welcome to episode 5 of the Voice Acting Mastery: Field Report podcast! In this episode our correspondent, DanWill McCann, begins his interview with the prolific and mult-talented Matthew Mercer. Matthew has given fantastic voice performances in over 150 projects, ranging from Video Games, like Robin in Batman: Arkham Knight and MacCready in the recent hit Fallout 4, to animation, like Levi in Attack on Titan and Iron Man in Iron Man Rise of the Technovore. In this segment, Matthew shares his beginnings, his journey, his inspirations, and he offers some advice for those aspiring to work in the field. DanWill sincerely appreciates Matthew’s straightforward honesty about the amount of effort it takes to become and remain professionally competitive in the voice acting world. Both DanWill and I think you’ll enjoy hearing Matthew share his ongoing love of animation as much as we did! So please welcome Matthew Mercer! The VAM Field Report will be released on the 1st Wednesday of every month so stay on the look out for it!   Download VAM Field Report Episode #5 Here (MP3)  

VAMFR 004 | Interview with Robin Armstrong, Part 3 Welcome to episode 4 of the Voice Acting Mastery: Field Report podcast! In this episode our correspondent, Ashley Huyge, continues her discussion with writer, director, and VO talent, Robin Armstrong. As of now, there’s no traditional academic path for voiceover. You can’t go to college, study for four years and leave with a degree in voiceover. Finding someone to guide you as a mentor is invaluable and in today’s episode Ashley is joined by one of her mentors, actor, director and VO talent, Robin Armstrong. In the two previous episodes of this interview, Robin has treated us to stories about his journey to becoming a voiceover talent, and how he keeps his business and artistry balanced. Today he’ll be sharing a couple of very important concepts: generosity and community. It’s due to Robin’s generosity and his ability to develop his community that he and Ashley met. I think you’ll find the final part of their interview very enlightening. The VAM Field Report will be released on the 1st Wednesday of every month so stay on the look out for it!   Download VAM Field Report Episode #4 Here (MP3)  

VAMFR 003 | Interview with Robin Armstrong, Part 2 Welcome to episode 3 of the Voice Acting Mastery: Field Report podcast! In this episode our correspondent, Ashley Huyge, continues her discussion with writer, director, and VO talent, Robin Armstrong. In entertainment, there are often people who wear many different hats and have multiple skill sets: Actor/ director. Model/ actor. Singer/dancer. In our last episode, Robin was kind enough to share with us his background as an actor, director and writer and how self-motivation was a key to his success. Now he’ll share with us his leap from film director to VO talent and how he believes the combination of artistry, science and business are important for balance in the entertainment industry. The VAM Field Report will be released on the 1st Wednesday of every month so stay on the look out for it!   Download VAM Field Report Episode #3 Here (MP3)  

VAMFR 002 | Interview with Robin Armstrong, Part 1 Welcome to episode 2 of the Voice Acting Mastery: Field Report podcast! In this episode our correspondent, Ashley Huyge, is fortunate to be speaking with writer, director, and VO talent, Robin Armstrong. Winner of a Sundance Film Festival Audience Award, Robin began as a young man in Arizona, creating commercials, chasing after opportunities and building a career in entertainment. He continues to coach, craft and create in Los Angeles. Today he shares with us a bit of his journey through the making of a career, and the importance of self-motivation. The VAM Field Report will be released on the 1st Wednesday of every month so stay on the look out for it!   Download VAM Field Report Episode #2 Here (MP3)  

VAMFR 001 | Introducing the Voice Acting Mastery Field Report and Correspondents Welcome to episode 1 of the Voice Acting Mastery: Field Report podcast! Greetings everyone! As promised, Voice Acting Mastery is continuing to evolve and expand to serve the needs of our listeners and students. As part of that expansion, I’m proud and honored to present the first episode of our brand new sister podcast, the Voice Acting Mastery Field Report! All of us at Voice Acting Mastery have been working hard for quite some time behind the scenes to put together this exciting new show for you. It’s our goal to help you gain an even greater perspective on the world of voice over by sending real, working voice actors into the field to conduct interviews and share stories about what’s currently happening in the industry. If you’re already a Voice Acting Mastery fan, you know that I’ve done my personal best to share my own experiences and expertise on the subject and to provide the best road map I could to help my listeners and students succeed as voice actors. However, I’ve always known that my perspective was only one among many, so over the years I’ve also turned to trusted colleagues and industry experts to bring added wisdom and experience. It’s vitally important to me that my listeners have access to as many relevant viewpoints and up-to-date stories as possible, because the voice over world keeps changing as new technology, new markets and new media enter the scene. I’ve been looking forward to expanding the Voice Acting Mastery family and bringing in talented, enthusiastic voice acting professionals to help our listeners understand the current state of the industry, and how best to approach building a successful career in today’s environment. In this, our pilot episode, you’ll be meeting our three VAM Field Report correspondents, Ashley Huyge, Tom Bauer and DanWill “DW” McCann. I felt it would be helpful for you to get a sense of who they are, to hear about their voice acting backgrounds, and especially to become familiar with how they sound! You’ll be spending time with them often in the future, and I’m sure you’ll enjoy getting to know them and hearing their unique perspectives on the voice over world. They were all gracious enough to sit down with me and give me some insight not only into their own personal journeys as voice actors, but also to share a little bit about some topics they’re planning on covering in future episodes of the Field Report. I decided to include all of their stories in this first episode so as not to break up the flow of the group interview, so I hope you’ll enjoy this bonus-length episode. I’m eager to share these vibrant and talented individuals with all our listeners. The VAM Field Report will be released on the 1st Wednesday of every month so stay on the look out for it!   Download VAM Field Report Episode #1 Here (MP3)