Coping With Copy: Difficult … Offensive … Always Changing? How To Approach It Positively, by Rodney Saulsberry

Voice-over copy can present challenges. But rather than go it alone, learn from the experiences and advice of celebrity voice talent Rodney Saulsberry, in the following excerpt – reprinted with permission – from his book, “Step Up To The Mic – A Positive Approach to Succeeding in Voice-Overs” …

Tom Hanks on the perils and thrills of voiceover

With thanks to my friend Dan Nachtrab for emailing me the link, check out this wonderful interview clip on NPR’s web site with Tom Hanks on working in the voice booth. (edited to fix typo)

Unpaid Invoice – Candice Blain & MintLeaf Legal

It’s a shame that I have to post on my blog about clients like Candice Blain of MintLeaf Legal who don’t pay their invoices. But unfortunately, I feel obligated to tell other voice talent and freelancers about my experiences so they can make their own decisions based on the facts here. Let me be clear: The following is fact or solely my opinion. I have emails and a signed contract by Candice Blain of MintLeaf Legal to back up my story. Several months ago, I got an email from

10/23/09 – Share Your Holiday Magic Stories, Songs, Riddles & Rhymes With Kids In Hospitals

The holiday season should be magical for children – especially when they’re confined to a hospital bed. Voice actor Jeff Gelder is spreading that holiday cheer for the seventh year – and he invites other voice actors and singers to join him now in creating “Holiday Magic, A Gift for Children of All Ages.” To contribute to the CD, submit a song, story, riddle or rhyme – anything that welcomes holiday time …

Social Media Marketing: Are You Being … Dull? Pep Up Your Posts! by Philip Banks

Have you become so focused on self-promotion in your social media posts that you forget about content? That makes you dull, warns UK-based voice actor Philip Banks. And in his provocative style, he prods us to make a choice …

Bob Bergen Coming To The Big Apple (Then Hightailing It Out Of Here)

The world renowned voice talent and coach Bob Bergen, perhaps best known as the voice of Porky Pig, will be teaching what sounds like a pretty unique workshop this December in New York.  Any Yankees interested in training with the top animation coach in the country should jump on the chance now as he apparently wont be back for some time.  You can download all the info in pdf format HERE or just read the Cliffs Notes I have exhaustively prepared for you below.1 Bob Bergen’s doing his

’cause ya ain’t never done learnin’

I got a call recently from my friend and fellow voice over professional Deb Stamp who works in lovely Raleigh, NC. She called me to ask about some of the voice over training I’ve done, about my upcoming workshop with Marice Tobias in Atlanta and to discuss some of the training Deb has done. And then of course we also shot the shi…I always enjoy talking biz with Deb. For the record, I get calls like this and questions like this all the time – why do you train, who do you train with,

3 things that confuse me about twitter

So I visited friendorfollow.com to catch up on those nice folks who are following me on Twitter but who I don’t currently follow. Boy it really feels like a “job” when I do this (who are they, where are they, what do they do, do they say anything interesting etc.) and yet I force myself to because there are people who I do want to follow on that list and just never got around to it. I’m not an immediate follower of people who follow me. Mostly because of time and also because some

Computerized Voices? Will we become Hal?

My talented vo guy friends, Dave Courvosier and Chris Wagner have recently probed the “synthetic nerve” in their respective blogs on synthetic voices created by computers.Bottom line, will the technology replace the human voice…and voice actors?If you haven’t already done so, look at this intelligent, well-researched article by Courvo. You can even link to audio examples. Then be sure to chase this great reading with a dose of Chris Wagner’s reality,

Dr. Moreau in Portland

My friend Sam Mowry and several of his talented co-horts in Portland, OR present the conclusion of The Island of Dr. Moreau in a live “radio theatre” presentation. Sam is the fellow with the white scarf.