Voice Over Body Shop

        It’s The Best VOBS TECH-TALK Ever! VOBS TECH-TALK #27 just oozes with amazing insights and tips for your home VO studio technology! Dan and George don’t hold anything back and have a free flowing discussion on interfaces and microphones! We also answer your great questions sent into theguys@vobs.tv. Questions on software, specialty mics, issues with power cords, recording apps for iPad and much more This is one you HAVE to catch! All you have to do is watch or listen, right now, or at your leisure at our homepage, vobs.tv, our facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/voiceoverbodyshop/ or our podcast edition right here at Podbean https://ewabs.podbean.com/ Our wonderful supporters are: Voiceoveressentials.com, Vo2Gogo.com, Sourceelements.com, VoiceOverXtra.com, VOICEACTORWEBSITES.com and J. Michael Collins Demos jmcvoiceover.com/demo-production  

Many a voice talent dream of coming to LA to play with the big boys and girls. When is the time right? What can you expect when you commit and plan on this big move? Brooklyn Native Paul Castro Jr. just recently made that big leap of faith! A successful actor in New York, as well as a screen writer, Producer and Director, Paul was awarded the “Rising Star Award' at the Garden State Film Festival in 2014 for his various accomplishments as a young artist. HIs voice acting career brings him to the world of animation, commercials and promo! His on screen credits include: "People Places, Things" "The Skeleton Twins" starring Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig, "What We Found" and Seth Rogens newest Comedy, "An American Pickle." A graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts. An avid gamer, runner, proud Vegan, and cat dad, Paul will joins live in our studio to talk about his cross coast transition and what it’s like to move up in the ranks in the entertainment biz.  Watch the replay on Facebook in and our home page VOBS.TV

What’s New In VO Tech? Click onto Voice Over Body Shop TECH-TALK #26, all week and find out! Don’t miss this vital, information packed episode! George takes us to NAMM to look at the latest gadgets, special guest Byron Wagner joins us to rant about what you don’t need, and we answer your questions on Pre-amps, using your smartphone in your booth and thoughts on acoustic panels  All you have to do is watch or listen, right now, or at your leisure at our homepage, vobs.tv, our facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/voiceoverbodyshop/ or our podcast edition at Podbean https://ewabs.podbean.com/ Our wonderful supporters are: Voiceoveressentials.com, Vo2Gogo.com, Sourceelements.com, VoiceOverXtra.com, VOICEACTORWEBSITES.com and J. Michael Collins Demos jmcvoiceover.com/demo-production

Fascinating Career Stories You'll Love  Our guest this week on Voice Over Body Shop, voice talent, technical maven and great story teller Byron Wagner, joins us in OUR studio to talk about his amazing career, voice over and HIS state-of-the-art audio and video studio. Reading Byron's bio can make your head explode! An Omaha native, Byron is a successful computer engineer, developing several significant patents. If thats not impressive enough, he’s also a talented actor, voice actor and audio engineer with credits for building Audio and video studios. One of our most accomplished friends, Byron promises to be an Not-too-geeky, informative and entertaining guest. We go live at 5pm Pacific, and 8 pm Eastern Monday night on Facebook and our homepage; VOBS.TV. Or you can watch the replay in those same places or listen to the podcast all week or anytime!. Our amazing supporters are: Voiceoveressentials.com, Vo2Gogo.com, Sourceelements.com, VoiceOverXtra.com, VOICEACTORWEBSITES.com and J. Michael Collins Demos jmcv

Its time for VOBS TECH-TALK #25! The Response Was Overwhelming! Last Weeks Audio Masters Roundtable got almost 3000 Views Because You Want More VO TECH-TALK! OK… Part two is even better as we answer your great home studio questions that were sent in to theguys@VOBS.TV. Our Guests Jordan Reynolds, Cliff Zellman and Uncle Roy Yokelson shows us their brilliance and experience when it comes to the very specific niche of Voice Over audio! We talk microphones, interfaces, acoustics and recording and editing techniques that help you sound like you. All you have to do is watch or listen, right now, or at your leisure at our homepage, vobs.tv, our facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/voiceoverbodyshop/ or our podcast edition at Podbean https://ewabs.podbean.com/ Our wonderful supporters are: Voiceoveressentials.com, Vo2Gogo.com, Sourceelements.com, VoiceOverXtra.com, VOICEACTORWEBSITES.com and J. Michael Collins Demos jmcvoiceover.com/demo-production  

Its Time For A Long Overdue VOBS Audio Masters Round table! Dan and George pride themselves on their vast experience in home voice over studios. They also take pride in their associations with these other great VO audio experts: Emmy Award winning sound designer, recording engineer and VO Coach - “Uncle” Roy Yokelson. Talented Musician, recording engineer, Talent Coordinator for ACM Talent and master of Automotive advertising Voice Over production- Cliff Zellman And A voice actor with “Chops,” audio engineer, consultant and demo producer, - Jordan Reynolds! We’ll discuss the latest trends, equipment and proper standards for your home VO studio audio! Plus when these five get together, decorum usually falls apart!  Watch it on our website VOBS.TV, On Facebook or watch the replay there, along with our podcast edition Right here on Podbean Our wonderful supporters are: Voiceoveressentials.com, Vo2Gogo.com, Sourceelements.com, VoiceOverXtra.com, VOICEACTORWEBSITES.com and J. Michael Collins Demos jmcvoiceover.co

Voice Over Body Shop TECH-TALK #24 takes the mystery out of the inputs and outputs, formatting and settings in your VO audio. Its a new year! (But we figure you know that by now) and Dan and George look back at the big VO Tech stories from 2019, and then look ahead to this year. Stuff like: Internet security issues Audio interface of the year for value/quality/features: Steinberg UR12 Biggest surprise gear: CEntrance MicPort Pro 2  Brusfri noise reduction: https://klevgrand.se/products/brusfri/ TwistedWave has Punch In! So, what’s coming in 2020: 5G mobile data! And guest Rick Wasserman demonstrates the “Tri-Booth.” Plus, we answer lots of your great home studio questions sent in to theguys@VOBS.TV. Start your VO practice the right way in 2020!  Our wonderful supporters are: Voiceoveressentials.com, Vo2Gogo.com, Sourceelements.com, VoiceOverXtra.com, VOICEACTORWEBSITES.com and J. Michael Collins Demos jmcvoiceover.com/demo-production  

Its The Perfect Holiday Background Noise! Its VOBS TECH-TALK #23 on all week just about everywhere! Our website, Facebook and our podcast! In this info overloaded episode we discuss: Buying Chinese-direct mics from YouTuber reviews, Georges take on Nuraphones,  The Rode NTG4+ and AI1 interface, Using a foam windscreen on your shotgun mic? Apollo Twin MKII noise update, and Dan and George talk about multi-tracking. A good thing to learn (From us) Plus, we answer lots of your great home studio questions sent in to theguys@VOBS.TV. So sip your egg nog and munch on your Latkes! Voice Over Body Shop makes your Holidays ,and the rest of the year more technically bearable! Joyously brought to you this Holiday season by: Voiceoveressentials.com, Vo2Gogo.com, Sourceelements.com, VoiceOverXtra.com,  VOICEACTORWEBSITES.com and J. Michael Collins Demos jmcvoiceover.com/demo-production

Jack Daniel Tells Us How Its Done! Join us for the inspiring story of our dear friend Jack Daniel. No, not the fine sipping whiskey. Jack is our former VOBS Social Media Tsar and deep voiced promo guy! Jack took a leap of faith and relocated from the Bay 3 area years ago to join us here in Southern California with one goal in mind. Making here in the capital of VO. Now he is VERY busy doing movie trailers, promo, narration, and commercials. A great talent and super nice guy. We’ll learn his strategy for making it in any business with ambition, determination, networking and of course constantly studying to get better. He’s also a gear geek and loves talking about his recording stuff.  Brought to you by: Voiceoveressentials.com, Vo2Gogo.com, Sourceelements.com, VoiceOverXtra.com, VOICEACTORWEBSITES.com and J. Michael Collins Demos jmcvoiceover.com/demo-production

We Just Can’t Stop.. Giving You The The VO Recording Tech You Need! We lost count. It actually VOBS TECH-TALK #22... on all week just about everywhere! Our website, Facebook and our podcast!   In this info dense episode we discuss:   George gets an iPhone 11! (Hell has frozen over!)  Headphone adapters for iOS devices, not all created equal Visible mobile service, unlimited? Any good? Wanna party?  Issues with Apollo Twin MKII and USB, check my FB group “Universal Audio Apollo” and supply your info to the survey IG and FB ads for fraudulent products, BEWARE, if the deal looks too good, it Is too good.   George’s and Rick Wasserman’s Tri-Booth! More to come!  And..What are the differences in Interfaces?  Plus, we answer lots of your great home studio questions sent in to theguys@VOBS.TV. Can you handle it? All this and 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 is BACK! We are thrilled to be back for the month of December with two new shows! This week we’ bring you Australia’s big time voice talent Ian “Lofty” Fulton! Lofty knows what it’s like to have the odds stacked against him: Born with achondroplasia, which is a form of dwarfism, he suffered years of relentless bullying, believing the lie he would never be loved or good enough. At 15, Lofty’s voice broke, giving him a unique gift that paved the way for his future. He’ll talk to us about his career in VO and his new book, Lofty: “My Life in Short.” in which he revels the darker parts of his life and how he became of the top VO talents down under! We’re excited to have Lofty join us at his lunch time in Sydney and give us insight into his success.  Lovingly Brought to you by: Voiceoveressentials.com, VOHeroes.com, J. Michael Collins Demos jmcvoiceover.com/demo-production, VoiceActorWebsites.com and Voiceoverxtra.com

The Funniest VOBS you’ll ever hear! While Dan and Marcy celebrate their 25th anniversary and cruise the Blue Danube, Voice Over Body Shop presents a classic episode that shows the value of improv in voice over, with an absolute master, Scott Parkin!  Originally broadcast in December of 2016, this is an opportunity for all our NEW viewers to experience Scott unleashed and totally hilarious. You won’t regret taking the time  to witness history. It will be on all week on our Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/voiceoverbodyshop/ our homepage, VOBS.TV and our podcast right here  for those of you who listen on the go! Lovingly Brought to you by: Voiceoveressentials.com, VOHeroes.com,  J. Michael Collins Demos jmcvoiceover.com/demo-production, VoiceActorWebsites.com and Voiceoverxtra.com

70 years of combined audio engineering expertise all in one place, every other week! Its VOBS TECH-TALK #21! In another impactful, fact filled, fun and exciting episode, Dan and George get in-depth and detailed on great subjects like: Older Mac OS upgrades so you can take an older machine to a newer OS and avoid Catalina in the process! A review of The Centrance Mic-Port 2 Some comments on the UA- Apollo Twin Plus, your questions on: Outsourcing audiobook editing Electronic background noise Gain Staging TRS or XLR? and much more   Dan and George want to answer YOUR home voice over studio questions sent to: theguys@VOBS.tv    With so many ways to consume our show, there’s no way to miss it all. On our Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/voiceoverbodyshop/ our homepage at VOBS.TV and of course our  our podcast right here on Podbean for those of you who listen on the go! Brought to you by:  Voiceoveressentials.com, VOHeroes.com,  J. Michael Collins Demos jmcvoiceover.com/demo-production, VoiceActorWebsites.c

On This Weeks Voice Over Body Shop Podcast,  We Talk To An Impressive VO Talent Agent Our guest this week is Impressive Talent agent Lisa Ristau of Impressive Talent in Maryland. Our agents have a tough enough job finding us work. Add to that the state of our industry, pay to play sites, controversial new models of representation and management, and it is jungle out there. Unlike many agents, Lisa shrugs it off with a smile and an encouraging word. She’ll talk about her life as an agent, what it takes to secure good jobs at good rates for us voice talent and what she sees in the near future in our nutty industry. She answers your questions as well! With so many ways to consume our show, there’s no way to miss it all. On our Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/voiceoverbodyshop/ our homepage at VOBS.TV and right here on our podcast for those of you who listen on the go! Brought to you by: Voiceoveressentials.com, VOHeroes.com, J. Michael Collins Demos jmcvoiceover.com/demo-production, VoiceActorWebsites.

The Truth About VO Home Studios In their travels, both in-person and virtually, Dan Lenard and George Whittam are responsible for the creation of more home voice over studios than anyone in the VO world. Each week, they bring that wisdom that experience creates, right to your multi-media device (whatever you use). This week on another fact and fun filled discussion on how to have trouble free sound, “The Guys” roll through: The continuing problems with Mac OS Catalina The New “Austrian Audio” OC818 Bluetooth controlled mic A comparison of some well known digital interfaces and Sound drivers. Dan and George talk about advice from recording studio engineers and we answer your questions on the Zoom H6 portable recorder and recording on an i-Pad With so many ways to consume our show, there’s no way to miss it all. On our Facebook page, our homepage at VOBS.TV, and right here on our podcast for those of you who listen on the go! Brought to you by: Voiceoveressentials.com, VOHeroes.com,  J. Michael Collins Demos jm

YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR GUESTS! Our guest this week is the leading guru of Voice Actor Websites! Joe Davis is the man behind voiceactorwebsites.com, the leading provider of websites only for voice actors! Joe is an industry leader when it comes to Search Engine Optimization, (SEO) helping people looking for what you do, find you! He is always engaging and doesn’t talk HTML over-your-head. He’ll be happy to review your website on the show and answer your questions on what it takes to have a superior, easy to find website that keeps viewers engaged and motivated to hire you to voice their project! Join us live to ask your questions and show us your website! With so many ways to consume our show, there’s no way to miss it all. On our Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/voiceoverbodyshop/ our homepage at VOBS.TV and our podcast for those of you who listen on the go! Brought to you by: Voiceoveressentials.com, VOHeroes.com, J. Michael Collins Demos jmcvoiceover.com/demo-production, Voic

Voice Over Body Shop TECH-TALK #19 Has It All! And More! (If Such Is Possible!) Warnings on UPDATING ANYTHING UNLESS YOU HAVE A GOOD REASON! OS Catalina with warnings about how it may affect Universal Audio plug-ins, Isotope and a pile of other things. The CEntrance MicPort Pro 2 is the real deal! Microsoft Surface Pro 6 is nice! and a discussion on Gear Heads! Plus answers to your questions on : Electrical Hum, Noise floors, acoustic blankets, and upgrading from a USB mic. Dan and George want to answer YOUR home voice over studio questions sent to: theguys@VOBS.tv With so many ways to consume our show, there’s no way to miss it all. On our Facebook page, our homepage at VOBS.TV and right here for our podcast, for those of you who listen on the go! Brought to you by: Voiceoveressentials.com, VOHeroes.com,  J. Michael Collins Demos jmcvoiceover.com/demo-production, VoiceActorWebsites.com and Voiceoverxtra.com

We Continue To Bring You Fresh Content Every Week! Our guest this week on Voice Over Body Shop is the very engaging Shelley Avellino! Shelley is a true Brit, working as a full time professional Voice Actor, Casting & Vocal Director, and a Voiceover Coach. Although she is based out of the USA, she has secured clients all over the world. Because of this success in navigating the intricacies and nuances involved in doing business with different countries and cultures, she recently launched “Bridging the VO Gap”, to help VO talent learn how to market themselves to International clients. Bridging that gap between your own country and the rest of the world can be a little daunting and through Bridging the VO Gap, Shelley gives us insights on how to successfully market yourself around the globe, teaching you about worldwide rates and usage and how to conduct yourself professionally and culturally with international clients. Talk about really relevant to VO in 2019!! With so many ways to consume our show, there

So, What is Left To Talk About When It Comes To VO Recording Tech? We’ve been doing this for over 8 1/2 years, and we’re still amazed at what’s left and what’s new. You’ll hear it all on Voice Over Body Shop -VOBS TECH-TALK #18! In this coast to coast, technologically challenging episode, Dan, George, VO talent Jerry Pelletier and Miguel from Studio Bricks go hog wild on voice over booths, or are they VO Booths? And, do you need one? Let’s discuss! George has a video from VO North with a rep from Yamaha talking about the RT-4 interface! Plus your questions on:  The Zoom H5 Portable recorder   Source Connect and and issue with the UAD Apollo Twin Twisted Wave and Apple Plug-ins and much more! Dan and George want to answer your home voice over studio questions sent to: theguys@VOBS.tv With so many ways to consume our show, there’s no way to miss it all. On our Facebook page, our homepage at VOBS.TV and right here on our podcast for those of you who listen on the go!   Brought to you by: Voiceoveressentials.co

George really gets around, and this week he joins us remotely from West Palm Beach, Florida from the studio of noted voice actor Jerry Pelletier! Jerry is the voice for many major US companies. We’ll be hearing about his business and have Georges first hand view of his fabulous home studio, including his Studio Bricks booth. Let’s see how Jerry and George do what they do.  With so many ways to consume our show, there’s no way to miss it all. On our Facebook page, our homepage at VOBS.TV and of course our podcast right here for those of you who listen on the go! Brought to you by: Voiceoveressentials.com, VOHeroes.com, J. Michael Collins Demos jmcvoiceover.com/demo-production, VoiceActorWebsites.com and Voiceoverxtra.com