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Gina Marie Erickson, an exhuberant actress who advocates experiencing “life with joy” but who is now wheelchair-bound following an accident, is the first recipient of the Chuck Riley Memorial Voiceover Scholarship, established by VOCareer.com to help physically disabled or financially disadvantaged talent pursue a voice-over career.

Voice actor Bob Noble got a call from a Marine Corp Commandant: “Can you help out a World War II Marine veteran of Iwo Jima?” Turns out, that vet was a prolific writer and wanted to turn one of his novels into an audiobook. And thus began a three-year journey to make it happen …

Did you ever stop to think what it’s like to live with you, the voice actor? “Living with a voice actor is a privilege few people can profess to have experienced,” says Canadian Dianne Russell, now “living her dream” in Cape Town, South Africa with voice actor partner Adam Behr. “It is a life like no other – a constantly changing whirlwind of auditory dreams and fantasies, occasionally peppered with startling aural hallucinations.” Read on for fun – and a partner’s perspective …

Note: An earlier VoiceOverXtra article told how the author is raising money to help victims of the Jan. 12 Haiti earthquake. At our request, Jean-Marc now elaborates on his motivation and his…

By Erik Sheppard Voice Talent & Coach Voice Talent Productions When I get new voice-over students, I make it a point to get a full background on them and find…

Moe Egan and Liz de Nesnera at the VO-BB pre-Mixer gathering: “Like, there’s a party goin’ on right here?” Uh huh! ‘New York VO Mixer’ Warms Up Rainy Night With High…

  Surprise! Erik dazzles LindZ with a diamond.  Erik Sheppard Proposes to LindZ Reiss At NYC VO Mixer – With 200+ Witnesses! December 7, 2009 By John Florian VoiceOverXtra It shoulda been a…

VoiceOverXtra Sept. 17, 2009 Soaring by the minute toward a half million web site visits, it was the idea that “may be crazy enough to work.” And it sure did.  In a morning Facebook…

In a world dominated by American and British talent, voice-over artist Paul Strikwerda is launching Nethervoice – a service featuring his German and Dutch voice-over, translation and evaluation services. Strikwerda, a…

Motivational Songs Strike Voice Acting Chord Dec. 11, 2008   Celebrity voice talent and coach Rodney Saulsberry has inspired hundreds of voice actors with his can-do books (Step Up to the Mic,…