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2013 AUDIES FINALISTSScores Of Audiobook Narrators NamedAs Finalists In 2013 Audie Awards CompetitionFebruary 22, 2013(VOXtra) – The 2013 Audie Awards competition finalists have been announced by the Audio Publishers Association…
Tidy up your home studio, or wherever you will be in September with Internet access. Because VoiceOverXtra is inviting all your voice over friends and the industry’s top trainers and gear manufacturers to visit you there for a giant online party and learning experience – Voice Over VIRTUAL – Imagine That! …
Were you moved by the Dodge Super Bowl commercial where Paul Harvey reads “God Made A Farmer”? Voice talent / audio engineer Zak Miller sure was, and inspired to create ‘The Ninth Day’ – a wonderful tribute to studio engineers, “the unsung heroes of the audio world” …
Saturday night at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, UT, writer-director-star Lake Bell and her new movie, In A World, won the festival’s Dramatic Competition Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award for outstanding screenwriting – perhaps the first of many to come as the comedy about a female voice actor in LA’s promo/trailer world finds a path to movie screens nationwide …
Writer-director-star Lake Bell’s new movie comedy “In A World” was a hit at the famous Sundance Film Festival this week – winning rave press reviews for the film about a struggling voice actor in LA’s promo/trailer world. And you are invited to a special screening with the cast and voice over colleagues, Jan. 31 in San Francisco …
Living Power, a company owned by voice talent Dan Hurst, has launched KingdomVoices, a specialized online casting service for voice actors that connects voice talents with churches and other faith-based organizations. Initial membership for voice talents is just $1 to help build a talent base …
Dan Hurst makes five predictions for the voice over industry in 2013 – into which we read where to dig in for profit, and possibly where to duck out …
A very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and your family from everyone at VoiceOverXtra! It has truly been a joy to share the wonder of voice over with you this past year, and guess what – there’s much excitement ahead in 2013! Including a virtual knock-your-socks off event that you’ll learn more about in January. Now we also want to share a few more touching audio holiday messages created by your talented voice over colleagues – Philip Banks, ‘The Four Voicemen of the Apocalypse,’ and Jerry Reed …
Rodney Saulsberry – the popular voice over talent, actor, trainer, inspirational author and vocalist – has been nominated in the category of Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series for the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards for his work in CBS’s The Bold And The Beautiful (B&B) …
Two mesmerizing Christmas audio messages have come our way that you’ll want to enjoy and share with others. And though these stories from veteran voice talents Dan Hurst and Rick Lance arrived separately, we can’t help but think of the rich, mesmerizing voices together as The Two Baritones …