News: Events (Industry & Training)

Awash in blue light and high-energy holiday cheer, the 2011 New York Voice Over Mixer drew a record 500 or more voice talents and professionals Saturday night, Dec. 3, to the vast Arena Event Space near Times Square. A review and photos …

Is there a path to follow to achieve success as an audiobook narrator? Definitely. Next Saturday, Oct. 22 in New York City, a small gathering of voice actors will take that path – learning to tweak their narration and marketing skills under the direction of award-winning narrator and teacher Johnny Heller, at VoiceOverXtra’s Audiobook Narrator’s Day Workshop. A few seats remain …

Now in it’s fourth year, the largest convention of voice actors will convene next June at the Disneyland® Hotel, on the property of the world-famous Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, CA. The VoiceOver International Creative Experience – known popularly as VOICE – kicks off with a star-studded Red Carpet Reception on the evening of Wedneday, June 13 and continues through Saturday, June 16 …

This week and next are Social Media weeks at VoiceOverXtra, as a series of three webinars explain how to use social media to get voice over jobs and advance careers. The Voice Over Social Media Success Webinars, taught by Terry Daniel, Trish Basanyi and Dave Courvoisier will reveal proven money-making and time-saving tips for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, Voice Over Universe, YouTube and more …

Dale Pro Audio – major supplier of audio gear online – announced today that it will award a $400 credit to the winner of a drawing to be held during the April 25 webinar, “Mic Choice & Best Practices,” led by Home Studio Master Dan Lenard. All registered attendees of the webinar will be eligible for the drawing, explains John Florian at VoiceOverXtra, which is presenting the webinar …

It’s not unusual to return home from a busy conference exhausted, with eyes and mind half shut from too little sleep. But FaffCon2 – the UNconference in Atlanta this past weekend – gave “going home” a special twist. Eyes and mind were WIDE open with an “avalanche” (thank you for that term, Bob Souer) of how-to ideas and enthusiasm for the profession of voice over …

VoiceOverXtra – Animation Workshop Videos ‘Tooned In’ Stevie Vallance

Do you remember your very first voice over gig? (Don’t feel bad if your first gig is still in the future … stop shaking and just imagine good things.) Two major voice talents who will be sharing advice and experiences during THAT’S VOICEOVER! ONLINE this Wednesday night, Sept. 22, give us a peek into the early days of their careers. We asked TV promo king Joe Cirpriano and voice talent / trainer Valerie Smaldone to share what they remember about their first PAID voice over job, and any lessons learned from it. And they told us …

Soon you could be declaring freedom from DEMO FEAR: the worries that your first – or updated – demo: 1) won’t be “right” to catch the approving nods of producers, agents and other prospects; and that 2) you might be paying too much for demo production. The voice of experience will tell you how to ease those fears – how to light demo fireworks economically – on Wednesday night, June 30. That’s when award-winning voice talent and voice-over coach Bettye Zoller delivers “Free From Demo Fear,” a brand new webinar presented by VoiceOverXtra …

It’s a wrap. The huge VOICE 2010 international voice-over conference in Los Angeles ended Saturday night with a rousing Celebrity Banquet. Some 400 voice actors headed back home to reality – but all the wiser for three jam-packed days of voice-over education, networking and fun …