Voice Over Body Shop

We're Back! VOBS has made some big changes for 2019! A new time, a new format and updated technology! We look forward to having you join us as we bring you the top people in the VO biz and the latest in VO home studio recording techniques and technology! And we lead off 2019 with a guest you cannot miss! Tara Strong is the powerhouse animation voice in Hollywood! And she’s our first guest on the newly reformatted Voice Over Body Shop this Monday night! Tara has had an iconic voice-over career, including roles such as Bubbles in "The Powerpuff Girls," Timmy Turner in "The Fairly OddParents," Dil Pickles in "Rugrats," Raven in "Teen Titans," "Batgirl," "Family Guy," "Drawn Together," "Ben 10," Melody in "The Little Mermaid 2.” She is Miss Collins on Nickelodeon's "Big Time Rush" and the current voice of "Harley Quinn on Batman.” Need we say more? Ok, She is Emmy nominated, a Shorty Award winner, Twilight Sparkle in "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" and currently playing "Unikitty" in the new hit series. She has 350,000 twitter followers (@tarastrong) and has used her social media to raise several hundred thousand dollars for kids with cancer and animal rescue groups, as well as using her commanding voices for her anti-bullying platform.  Brought to you by Voiceoveressentials.com, Vo2Gogo.com, Sourceelements.com, VoiceOverXtra.com, VOICEACTORWEBSITES.com and J. Michael Collins Demos jmcvoiceover.com/demo-production  

Voice actors are a community, especially here on Voice Over Body Shop! We encourage you to create community on a more local level! That's what Shana Pennington-Baird and her Co-horts in Seattle have done. They’ve created the Seattle Voice Institute where they have complete courses on the finer points of succeeding in our crazy business. We’re all alone in our booths and helps to share with those of us who understand our situations and to learn from those more experienced. Could you do it where you are? George will be joins us from in Seattle on VOBS as we talk to Shana and her VO brethren and sistern.. and find out what they do to educate all interested in giving VO a try. ALSO!!! Dan and George share the latest in VO tech! We’ve also got the VOBS/Voice Over Xtra News and much more! Brought to you by Voiceoveressentials.com, Vo2Gogo.com, Sourceelements.com, VoiceOverXtra.com,VOICEACTORWEBSITES.com and J. Michael Collins Demos jmcvoiceover.com/demo-production

  Dan and George answwer VO home studio tech questions from their many fans? Its why we’re here! This week its a Fan Roundtable! It’s easy! Join us in the chatroom and we’ll send you the link. We get your questions, your comments, opinions, suggestions and views of your studios!. We don’t do it often, but its time for us to say thank you for all your support! Plus we have a HUGE announcement about our show! You don’t want to miss that!  Brought to you by Voiceoveressentials.com, Vo2Gogo.com, Sourceelements.com, VoiceOverXtra.com,VOICEACTORWEBSITES.com and J. Michael Collins Demos jmcvoiceover.com/demo-production

Our guest this week on VOBS, Jonathan Tilley, is undoubtedly one of the top consultants in the VO business when it comes to creating personal branding and marketing! While he lives in Germany, he does voice over and his consulting work world wide, and speaking about personal branding at conferences like TEDx, New Media Europe, The Husqvarna Group, Leauphana University, VO Mastery, and Productized Conference. We’ll talk about his career, his marketing strategies, Branding, Personal Branding, Public Speaking, Social Media, Social Media Strategy, Thought Leadership, Digital Marketing, Web Design, Website Makeover, Consulting, and VO Coaching. More info than you can possibly digest in one sitting! However, its worth spending the time as its some of the best advice anywhere! It will help you get you and your voice brand out there to the people who hire us! 
AND...If you ever have  VO home studio tech questions for Dan and George, send your questions now to THEGUYS@VOBS.TV ALSO!!! Dan and George share the latest in VO tech, our topic of the week, the VOBS/Voice Over Xtra News and much more! Thats this Monday night! 9 Eastern, 6 Pacific or forever on YouTube, or on our podcast edition. Brought to you by Voiceoveressentials.com, Vo2Gogo.com, Sourceelements.com, VoiceOverXtra.com,VOICEACTORWEBSITES.com and J. Michael Collins Demos jmcvoiceover.com/demo-production

Voice Over Body Shop ON This Week's VOICE OVER BODY SHOP: “I know that voice!” “That voice is so familiar!” Over billions of ears have heard the voice of Roy Samuelson, Roy may not be a name and face whose is easily recognized outside of the Hollywood entertainment industry but his voice is one that most people have heard over and over. Whether narrating for the visually impaired for a film or series, delivering promos on the radio, adding his voice to scenes on your favorite program, Samuelson’s talent embodies the pinnacle of success in the Hollywood world of voiceover artists. Like most successful voice actors, Roy is very personable and is happy to share his knowledge with you, our loyal audience!  Dan and George Answer a pile of VO home studio tech questions and share the latest in VO tech, their topic of the week, the VOBS/Voice Over Xtra News and much more!  Brought to you by Voiceoveressentials.com, Vo2Gogo.com, Sourceelements.com, VoiceOverXtra.com,VOICEACTORWEBSITES.com and J. Michael Collins Demos jmcvoiceover.com/demo-production

ON THIS EPISODE OF VOICE OVER BODY SHOP, Dan and George welcome three time Clio Award winning voice actor Samantha Paris! She is the founder of Voicetrax in San Francisco, one of the largest and respected voice over academies in the United States.Samantha has trained over 10,000 voice talents from all walks of life since 1988 with a philosophy that “Talent can be taught!”Above all, Samantha has transformed the lives of people through the process of helping them find their true voices and ultimately, find their bunnies, And in that process she found HER bunny. What does that mean? Samantha is author of a book, “Finding The Bunny” where she peels back the the curtain on our fascinating world of Voice Over and much more. ALSO!!! Dan and George share the latest in VO tech, our topic of the week, the VOBS/Voice Over Xtra News and much more! Brought to you by Voiceoveressentials.com,Vo2Gogo.com, Sourceelements.com,VoiceOverXtra.com, VOICEACTORWEBSITES.comand J. Michael Collins Demos jmcvoiceover.com/demo-production  

As Voice talent in 2018, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A WEBSITE! However, there’s so much you have to know to create an effective site that allows your customers to easily find you and HEAR what you do. Joe Davis and his team at VOICEACTORWEBSITES.com are the best, most knowledgeable, innovative and of course nicest guys in the Voice Over website business! Joe is our guest on this weeks Voice Over Body Shop and he answers questions about websites, SEO, and functionality!   ALSO!!! Dan and George share the latest in VO tech, our topic of the week the VOBS/Voice Over Xtra News and much more!   Voice Over Body Shop, or VOBS, is one of the voiceover industry’s most loved “how to do voice over” shows and the go-to VO resource for voice actors everywhere. From their Los Angeles studio, hosts George Whittam and Dan Lenard talk voice over tech, training, recording, and business. Learn from the best voiceover narrators; voice actors from your favorite cartoons, animation, and television shows; and the biggest names in promo, TV shows, movies, audiobooks, movie trailers, TV commercials, and video games.   George and Dan also ask for tips from the top agents, managers, and voice casting directors working in the VO industry today. And since voiceover is now done largely from home studios, we ask the best in the biz how they do it from their own home studios.   Not only that, but we invite you to ask questions that George and Dan AND their guests answer live! So you can get the answers you need on vo tech, equipment, microphones, DAWs, cables—you name it!   The guys will also help you find the best voice over coaches to help you make the most of your VO career at any level. Get tips from the best voiceover teachers in the industry that you can apply to your VO work today!   GEORGE WHITTAM is a renowned voice over tech consultant, having worked with nearly all of the industry’s top talents on their studios. His clients include Don LaFontaine, Joe Cipriano, David Kaye, Lori Alan, Jim Tasker, Pat Fraley, Scott Rummell, and many more. Let him help you with technical questions from Pro Tools to major studio builds. http://www.georgethe.tech/   DAN LENARD is known worldwide as “The Home Studio Master.” He is a board member of World-Voices Organization (WoVO), a non-profit, member-driven industry association of professional voice talent. He has a long list of happy home studio clients, including Debi Derryberry, Marc Cashman, and Paul Strikwerda, among many others. http://www.homevoiceoverstudio.com/     CONNECT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/voiceoverbodyshop/   Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWABS_show     VOICE OVER BODY SHOP IS SPONSORED BY:   Voiceover Essentials http://voiceoveressentials.com   Vo2Gogo Vo2Gogo.com   Source Elements https://source-elements.com/   Voice Over Xtra https://www.voiceoverxtra.com/   J. Michael Collins Demos http://www.jmcvoiceover.com/demo-production/   Voice Actor Websites VOICEACTORWEBSITES.com

A VOBS EVENT YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS!   Brian, Rosi and Alisa Amador are Sol y Canto! A latin folksong trio from Boston! They'll did a live backyard concert here at the Voice Over Body Shop! Listen and be amazed!   Brought to you by Voiceoveressentials.com, Vo2Gogo.com, Sourceelements.com, VoiceOverXtra.com, VOICEACTORWEBSITES.com and J. Michael Collins Demos jmcvoiceover.com/demo-production

 Voice Over Body Shop Dan and George continue bringing you the best guests and VO tech advice. Our guest this week, Adam Verner, is an accomplished, full time voice over talent and audio book narrator with almost 400 titles to his name. He’s been working professionally in the voice over world in all genres since 2003, voicing thousands of TV and radio commercials, eLearning courses, and industrials. He holds his MFA in Acting from the Chicago College of the Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. We'll talk about his career and his tips for Long-term voice over success. ALSO!!! Dan and George share the latest in VO tech, our topic of the week the VOBS/Voice Over Xtra News and much more! Voice Over Body Shop, or VOBS, is one of the voiceover industry’s most loved “how to do voice over” shows and the go-to VO resource for voice actors everywhere. From their Los Angeles studio, hosts George Whittam and Dan Lenard talk voice over tech, training, recording, and business. Learn from the best voiceover narrators; voice actors from your favorite cartoons, animation, and television shows; and the biggest names in promo, TV shows, movies, audiobooks, movie trailers, TV commercials, and video games. George and Dan also ask for tips from the top agents, managers, and voice casting directors working in the VO industry today. And since voiceover is now done largely from home studios, we ask the best in the biz how they do it from their own home studios. Not only that, but we invite you to ask questions that George and Dan AND their guests answer live! So you can get the answers you need on vo tech, equipment, microphones, DAWs, cables—you name it! The guys will also help you find the best voice over coaches to help you make the most of your VO career at any level. Get tips from the best voiceover teachers in the industry that you can apply to your VO work today! GEORGE WHITTAM is a renowned voice over tech consultant, having worked with nearly all of the industry’s top talents on their studios. His clients include Don LaFontaine, Joe Cipriano, David Kaye, Lori Alan, Jim Tasker, Pat Fraley, Scott Rummell, and many more. Let him help you with technical questions from Pro Tools to major studio builds.http://www.georgethe.tech/ DAN LENARD is known worldwide as “The Home Studio Master.” He is a board member of World-Voices Organization (WoVO), a non-profit, member-driven industry association of professional voice talent. He has a long list of happy home studio clients, including Debi Derryberry, Marc Cashman, and Paul Strikwerda, among many others.http://www.homevoiceoverstudio.com/ CONNECT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/voiceoverbodyshop/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWABS_show VOICE OVER BODY SHOP IS SPONSORED BY: Voiceover Essentialshttp://voiceoveressentials.com Vo2GogoVo2Gogo.com Source Elementshttps://source-elements.com/ Voice Over Xtrahttps://www.voiceoverxtra.com/ J. Michael Collins Demoshttp://www.jmcvoiceover.com/demo-production/ Voice Actor WebsitesVOICEACTORWEBSITES.com

If you use Adobe Audition, Listen to this special VOBS.  At Voice Over Body Shop, we’re all about voice over recording technology! And this Monday night, we’ll try not to get overly geeky with our very special guest Durin Gleaves! Durin is a Product Manager for Audio at Adobe, defining new workflows and directions for Adobe Audition, Premiere Pro, and other tools. He’ll share the gospel of great sound, sharing tips and stories for voice actors and artists using Adobe Audition. Audition appears to be one of the top choices voice talent make when recording and editing their audio. We know its mysterious to some, but lets break it down to with expert explanations and demonstrations! ALSO!!! Dan and George share the latest in VO tech, our topic of the week the VOBS/Voice Over Xtra News and much more! Brought to you by: Voiceoveressentials.com, Vo2Gogo.com, Sourceelements.com, VoiceOverXtra.com,VOICEACTORWEBSITES.com and J. Michael Collins Demos jmcvoiceover.com/demo-production

Voice Over Body Shop Published by Dan Lenard ·    Yesterday at 10:27 AM ·  If there’s one thing that “The Guys” at Voice Over Body Shop have shown over the more than 7 years of Producing their show, its that building a career for a voice actor takes persistence, patience and passion. That is what this weeks VO BS guest, Las Vegas based voice talent Melissa Moats is all about. She loves her work, and gets lost in it every day. She voices for television promos, documentaries, phone systems, video games, corporate training videos,.. the whole gamut. That includes promos for The Ellen Show, doing national tv commercials for Best Western Hotels, being the North American guide voice on the video game Wii Yoga, and narrating documentaries for super stars Justin Timberlake and Drake! She’s also heard heard regularly on Pandora Internet Radio. Melissa really enjoys mentoring others who share the same dream of voice acting. Her and her husband, Troy, founded The Voice Actors Studio in Las Vegas in 2015 to train the next generation of hopeful voice talent. She’s also now the voice over instructor for UNLV! She believes in paying it forward and sharing everything that has served her well over the years. ALSO!!! Dan and George want to answer your home voice over studio questions sent to: theguys@VOBS.tv and share the latest in VO tech, our topic of the week and much more! Brought to you by Voiceoveressentials.com, Vo2Gogo.com, Sourceelements.com, VoiceOverXtra.com,VOICEACTORWEBSITES.com and J. Michael Collins Demos jmcvoiceover.com/demo-production  

Voice Over Body Shop Our guest this THis Week on Voice Over Body Shop, BILL RATNER, is one of Hollywood’s premier voices and storytellers, narrating movie trailers, Documentaries, voicing Cartoons, Games, Promos, and storytelling conferences and festivals. He is a 9-time winner of The Moth Story SLAM and a 2-time winner of The Best of The Hollywood Fringe Festival Extension for solo performance! Check out BillRatner.com and you’ll instantly know his voice! Bill just published an insightful book called ‘Parenting in the Digital Age. In that vein, joining us will be his Daughter Arianna! An accomplished voice talent in her own right, voicing commercials and video games! A great night of stories and VO tips for all! ALSO!!! Dan and George want to answer your home voice over studio questions sent to: theguys@VOBS.tv and share the latest in VO tech, our topic of the week and much more!

Voice Over Body Shop Published by Dan Lenard ·    September 22 at 11:22 PM ·  Peter Bishop… or more often just “Bish”, is a native Londoner… born and bred under the flightpaths around Heathrow Airport. He came to the colonies in the late nineties while still playing the part of a corporate warrior for a large multi-national company. Deciding that he liked the US, but not the corporate life, he found his way to the world of VO. Now a Resident on Long Island, Peter is known for his sharp wit, no-holds-barred, biting commentary on the state of our industry and is the new President of World-Voices Organization (WoVO) the international industry association of freelance voice talent. We’ll talk about his shape-shifting career, the state of our business and how we can all work together to make it a better place! Peter is chomping at the bit to take on your questions! BE READY FOR SOME HARDCORE OPINIONS! ALSO!!! Dan and George want to answer your home voice over studio questions sent to: theguys@VOBS.tv and share the latest in VO tech, our topic of the week and much more! Voice Over Body Shop is VO BS!  Brought to you by Voiceoveressentials.com, Vo2Gogo.com, Sourceelements.com, VoiceOverXtra.com,VOICEACTORWEBSITES.com and J. Michael Collins Demos jmcvoiceover.com/demo-production

VOBS RETURNS with special guest KAT CRESSIDA! SHE'S EVERYWHERE!Talk about versatility!Like many great actors Kat went to a great school, UC Berkeley and A.C.T. in S.F.! KAT landed her first gigs in The Biz On-Camera. But when she took her first VOICE-OVER workshop– she found her niche! A few months later, she booked her first VO gigs: PROMOS for TNT’s JAMES BOND MARATHON... and “DEE DEE” in DEXTER’S LABORATORY for CARTOON NET. She’s also voiced NATIONAL Campaigns for Major brands, Animation for many network shows, Promo, and Trailers. She was the first woman to do Announcing LIVE for NFL DRAFT, and first to be the Voice for PBR Network, on NBC, Versus, + ESPN.KAT can be heard regularly on: RADIO, RADIO DISNEY COUNTRY DISNEY, Disney/ABC Channels, MLB NETWORK, and TNT. She also excels at celebrity voice matching,voicing for : NEVE CAMPBELL, SCARLETT JOHANSSEN, HELENA BONHAM-CARTER, and many others! She was also just invited to be a Celebrity Judge for the MISS USA PAGEANT 2018. ALSO!!! Dan and George want to answer your home voice over studio questions sent to: theguys@VOBS.tv and share the latest in VO tech, our topic of the week and much more! Voice Over Body Shop is VO BS! Brought to you by Voiceoveressentials.com, Vo2Gogo.com, Sourceelements.com, VoiceOverXtra.com,VOICEACTORWEBSITES.com and J. Michael Collins Demos jmcvoiceover.com/demo-production

  How do you get chosen for a Voice Over project? For big commercials and other projects, the upfront gatekeeper is the Casting Director. Our guest this week will give us the inside view of what goes on when being chosen to even audition for project, let alone chosen for the gig. Kathryn Horan has been a Casting Director, Demo Producer, Audio Engineer, and Voiceover Coach with The Voicecaster since 2012. Kathryn has cast for major brands like Honda, ampm, Ashley Furniture, Verizon, Nike, and many more! She has a B.A. in Theatre Arts and Acting from New Mexico State University and has been in the entertainment industry in Los Angeles for over 10 years! And Of Course!!! Dan and George want to answer your home voice over studio questions sent to: theguys@VOBS.tv and share the latest in VO tech. Voice Over Body Shop is helping you get to the top! Voice Over Body Shop, or VOBS, is one of the voiceover industry’s most loved “how to do voice over” shows and the go-to VO resource for voice actors everywhere. From their Los Angeles studio, hosts George Whittam and Dan Lenard talk voice over tech, training, recording, and business. Learn from the best voiceover narrators; voice actors from your favorite cartoons, animation, and television shows; and the biggest names in promo, TV shows, movies, audiobooks, movie trailers, TV commercials, and video games. George and Dan also ask for tips from the top agents, managers, and voice casting directors working in the VO industry today. And since voiceover is now done largely from home studios, we ask the best in the biz how they do it from their own home studios. Not only that, but we invite you to ask questions that George and Dan AND their guests answer live! So you can get the answers you need on vo tech, equipment, microphones, DAWs, cables—you name it! The guys will also help you find the best voice over coaches to help you make the most of your VO career at any level. Get tips from the best voiceover teachers in the industry that you can apply to your VO work today! GEORGE WHITTAM is a renowned voice over tech consultant, having worked with nearly all of the industry’s top talents on their studios. His clients include Don LaFontaine, Joe Cipriano, David Kaye, Lori Alan, Jim Tasker, Pat Fraley, Scott Rummell, and many more. Let him help you with technical questions from Pro Tools to major studio builds.http://www.georgethe.tech/ DAN LENARD is known worldwide as “The Home Studio Master.” He is a board member of World-Voices Organization (WoVO), a non-profit, member-driven industry association of professional voice talent. He has a long list of happy home studio clients, including Debi Derryberry, Marc Cashman, and Paul Strikwerda, among many others.http://www.homevoiceoverstudio.com/ CONNECT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/voiceoverbodyshop/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWABS_show VOICE OVER BODY SHOP IS SPONSORED BY: Voiceover Essentialshttp://voiceoveressentials.com Vo2GogoVo2Gogo.com Source Elementshttps://source-elements.com/ Voice Over Xtrahttps://www.voiceoverxtra.com/ J. Michael Collins Demoshttp://www.jmcvoiceover.com/demo-production/ Voice Actor WebsitesVOICEACTORWEBSITES.com