Voice Over Body Shop

VOBS Returns For Episode 125 with our guest, the one and only Phillip Banks! We talk about.. Uh.. Er...a... whatever is on Phillips mind! More VO stuff and VO Tech than you can possibly handle! Watch us Live if you can almost every Monday night! 9 Eastern, 6 Pacific at VOBS.TV or forever on YouTube or right her on our podcast edition. 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   We all want to impress the people who we want to hire us. However, what is it Producers and Directors are looking for? How do we jump out from the crowd when it comes to auditions, and our performances as voice actors.   Harry Dunn is a working network promo producer and teaches voiceover from the POV of a promo producer, knowing the ins and outs of what works and what fails with self-directed auditions. Learning how to do it by yourself is a challenge we all face, and Harry joins us on Voice Over Body Shop to talk about making the most of what you send out.   We'll also get the Voice Over Xtra/VOBS News and much more!   Every week we bring you the people that make it happen! We're VO BS!   Brought to you by Voiceoveressentials.com, Vo2Gogo.com, Sourceelements.com, VoiceOverXtra.com, VOICEACTORWEBSITES.com and J. Michael Collins Demos jmcvoiceover.com/demo-production/

He’s a star Trailer and promo voice talent! We Just can’t pronounce Dan Nachtrab’s name! We’ll learn more about the world of Trailer, Promo and narration and.. pronunciation! We’ll answer your questions for Dan, along with all your VO studio tech questions for Dan and George   We'll also get the Voice Over Xtra/VOBS News and much more! An hour and a half of no less than VO BS!   Brought to you by Voiceoveressentials.com, Vo2Gogo.com, Sourceelements.com, VoiceOverXtra.com, VOICEACTORWEBSITES.com and J. Michael Collins Demos

oice character acting is a growth industry in the animation and gaming industry. Keythe Farley is an actor, voice actor, casting director and voice director with a long list of notable credits. Keythe has also written for, produced and/or voice-directed episodes of Rugrats, As Told by Ginger and The Wild Thornberries. Keythe is also the co-author of Bat Boy: The Musical (with Brian Flemming and Laurence O'Keefe) which was the recipient of the 2001 Outer Critics Circle and Lucille Lortel Awards for Best Off-Broadway Musical. With all that talent and experience, Keythe knows more about the animation, gaming and film business than most. He's our in-studio guest this week on Voice Over Body Shop as we discuss his wide-ranging career, how to create compelling characters, dealing with the casting process and taking direction. We’ll answer your questions for Keythe, along with all your VO studio tech questions for Dan and George Brought to you by Voiceoveressentials.com, Vo2Gogo.com,  Sourceelements.com, VoiceOv

Many of us share our VO careers with our families and loved ones simply because we live with them.. What if you bring your kids into the booth and get them involved in helping pay the rent by also pursuing a VO Career? Kristin Lennox is a successful voice talent with clients like Ocean Spray, Subway and Royal Caribbean. Kristin's daughters share the family sound booth and all contribute to the family. She and her daughter Ryleigh join Dan and George for a fun discussion about having VO family and how they balance Business and family life. We’ll answer your questions for Kristin and Ryleigh, along with all your VO studio tech questions for Dan and George  We'll also get the Voice Over Xtra/VOBS News and much more! Voice Over Body Shop, or VOBS, is one of the voiceover industry’s most loved “how to do voice over” shows and the go-to VO resource for voice actors everywhere. From their Los Angeles studio, hosts George Whittam and Dan Lenard talk voice over tech, training, recording, and business. Learn from the

Ilko Drozdoski came to Los Angeles from New York City the old fashioned way- he drove across the country in a car that could barely make it, but he did. And on January 1st 1994 when he was on the beach in Venice tanning himself, he knew he’d never go back. Hollywood was calling. He toiled as a PA, driver and set worker on several films, TV shows and music videos over the years until he got his first big break: a full time job working for Steve Tisherman as an Assistant Agent. He did so well with the scheduling of the talent, that Steve promoted him to Agent in one year. He was responsible for booking, recruiting and hand holding of many, many VO talent. He placed talent in every field of VO- network promotion, film trailer, animated series, Video Games, commercial campaigns, audiobook and voices for toys- and both in English and Spanish markets! Within six years of this he and his partners bought Steve’s company and renamed it TGMD. His success in Hollywood as a voice agent makes him a popular speaker! If yo

The Hits Just Keep-A-Comin On Voice Over Body Shop! Audiobooks are huge! This week we bring you a true giant in  the business of audiobook narration! Scott Brick has narrated bestsellers and Pulitzer-Prize winners for every major publisher, over 850 titles since his debut in 1999, including JURASSIC PARK, FAHRENHEIT 451, IN COLD BLOOD, MYSTIC RIVER and HELTER SKELTER. In addition to over 50 Earphones Awards, he’s also received five Audie Awards, including two for his work on the DUNE saga. In 2004, AUDIOFILE MAGAZINE named Brick “one of the fastest-rising stars in the audiobook galaxy” and proclaimed him a Golden Voice, and his work was thereafter profiled in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES and ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY. In 2012 Publisher’s Weekly named Scott their Audiobook Narrator of the Year for the second time, and his work on the multi-voice recording of THE MARK OF ZORRO was nominated for a Grammy. In 2015 Scott began teaching the nation’s first and only fully-accredited university course in

Voice Over Body Shop Published by Dan Lenard · April 7 at 11:25am ·  Dan and George missed you! So, we're coming back to give it another 7 years! This Monday night our guest is our good friend Tim Friedlander! Tim is an award winning, Los Angeles based voice actor, studio owner, and musician specializing in Promo, Political, Commercial, Narration, and Animation. He's currently the voice of Toymakerz #1 hit show on the Velocity Channel as well as the voice of Motor Trend On Demand. In addition to his VO work, Tim owns and operates soundBOX:LA, a boutique recording studio located in Hollywood, and tours with his band, The Urban Renewal Project. Tim is a huge advocate of life long learning and completed his Masters In Music Education from Boston University in 2016. We’ll answer your questions for Tim, along with all your VO studio tech questions for Dan and George submitted either to theguys@vobs.tv or in our live and interactive chatroom! We'll also get the Voice Over Xtra/VOBS News and other Tech upd

At Voice Over Body Shop, we pride ourselves at presenting all facets of the the VO Business: Home Studio Tech, Performance, Marketing and Vocal Health! Dr. Reena Gupta MD, FACS is the director of the Division of Voice and Laryngology at the Osborne Head and Neck Institute. She is an Ear, Nose, and Throat physician and laryngologist/voice specialist who has devoted her career to caring for professional voice users. Her practice is located in the Cedars-Sinai Medical Towers in Los Angeles, California. We’ll answer your questions for Dr. Gupta, along with all your VO studio tech questions for Dan and George submitted either to theguys@vobs.tv or in our live and interactive chatroom! VOBS is upping its game to bring you VO from every angle. Thats this Monday night! 9 Eastern, 6 Pacific or forever on YouTube or on our podcast edition. Brought to you by Voiceoveressentials.com, Vo2Gogo.com SourceElements.com, VoiceOverXtra.com, jmcvoiceover.com/demo-production and VOICEACTORWEBSITES.com

Highly opinionated radio advertising guru and radio talent coach, waging war against bad commercials and bad radio, Dan O'Day conducts seminars for radio stations, stations groups, associations and advertising agencies around the world. He also teaches Voice talent on how to succeed in VO and audiobooks. He joins us this Monday night to talk about commercials, radio and discuss his ideas in creating a successful audiobook narrating business as well.  We’ll answer your questions for Dan, along with all your VO studio tech questions for Dan and George submitted either to theguys@vobs.tv or in our live and interactive chatroom! We'll also get the Voice Over Xtra/VOBS News and this promises to be a Do Not Miss show! Dan and George put the BS in VO on VOBS. Brought to you by Voiceoveressentials.com, Vo2Gogo.com Source Elements, Voice Over Xtra, J. Michael Collins Demos and VOICEACTORWEBSITES.com

Dan and George pride themselves on the great home studio info they bring you as well as great guests we have on Voice Over Body Shop. This week they turn it up anotch by bringing you the very funny Carlos Alazraqui! Carlos was not just the face of Deputy James Garcia on Comedy Central’s hit show RENO 911 or RENO 911 the movie! He’s also been a standup comic for over 25 years, a well known television/film actor and one of LA’s top voiceover actors with hundreds of credits to his name. Carlos has provided the voices for Rocko and Spunky on Nickelodeon’s ROCKO’S MODERN LIFE, Mr. Weed on FOX’s THE FAMILY GUY, Lazlo on Cartoon Network’s CAMP LAZLO, Bane in JUSTICE LEAGUE DOOM, and Mr. Crocker on Nickelodeon’s long running series FAIRLY ODD PARENTS. One of his most famous roles was the voice of The Taco Bell Chihuahua for TACO BELL, which has been documented as one of the most well known advertising campaigns of all time. We answer your questions for Carlos, along with all your VO studio tech questions for Dan and

Mike DelGaudio is a non-union voice actor out of Pittsburgh PA. In addition to radio and TV commercial work, you may have heard him narrate for the New York Times weekly on Audible or as part of the regular troupe on the No Sleep Podcast, a popular podcast that dramatizes horror stories. He also hosts a Youtube channel called “Booth Junkie” in which he helps people set up their home studio so they can start to perform behind the microphone. We’ll answer your questions for Mike along with all your VO studio tech questions for Dan and George submitted either to theguys@vobs.tv or in our live and interactive chatroom! We'll also get the Voice Over Xtra/VOBS News and the unpredictability of a live show! It doesn’t get any weirder than this on VOBS! Voice Over Body Shop, or VOBS, is one of the voiceover industry’s most loved “how to do voice over” shows and the go-to VO resource for voice actors everywhere. From their Los Angeles studio, hosts George Whittam and Dan Lenard talk voice over tech, training, recording

There's so much social media that we all try to take advantage of to help us with our VO marketing. Tracy Lindley has developed a method for marketing on the very popular Professional platform, Linked-In. Tracy is our guest this Monday night on VOBS. Tracy is a full-time voice talent and mother of 4 young children who lives in the Kansas City area. She is passionate about building relationships, and uses a free LinkedIn account to find clients and book work with major brands like Microsoft, Ebay, Visa, American Heart Association, Proctor & Gamble, and more! If you want to up your game with your VO marketing, this VoiceOver Body Shop will be well worth dropping in on! We’ll answer your questions for Tracy along with all your VO studio tech questions for Dan and George submitted either to theguys@vobs.tv or in our live and interactive chatroom! We'll also get the Voice Over Xtra/VOBS News and the spontaneity of a live TV show! Who thought there would so many things to discuss in the VO Biz? We did and we b

On Voice Over Body Shop, aside from bringing you all the latest VO tech stuff, we pride ourselves on bringing the bests guests in the VO Webcasting business! You don't want to miss this episode as we welcome a very successful actor and voice actor, Roger Rose! He's a former VH1 VJ, and known for such films as Ski Patrol and for voice work in animated films and television series such as Happy Feet, Rugrats, Scooby-Doo, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, and Quack Pack. He is also an very busy Promo and imaging voice for many network programs, as well as lots of commercials. We'll talk about his career, but more importantly, his views on the business of voice acting in todays marketplace! And we'll take your questions for him in our chatroom. We’ll also answer your studio tech questions and present PHOTOS OF YOUR HOME STUDIOS submitted to THE GUYS@VOBS.TV And we'll get the Voice Over Xtra/VOBS News and the unpredictability of a live show! Voice Over Body Shop, or VOBS, is one of the voiceover industry’s mo

A VOBS You Don’t Want To Miss! In the world of voice acting for animation, Debi Derryberry is one of the best. As one of Hollywood’s most active voiceover artists AND multi-talented kids’ entertainer, Debi Derryberry is probably best known as the voice of Jimmy Neutron. Wednesday in The Addams Family cartoon, and Jackie in Bobby's World. In English language dubs of anime, Derryberry provided the voice of Ryo-Ohki in the Tenchi Muyo series. She received a Best Actress in a Comedy award at the American Anime Awards for her work as Zatch in Zatch Bell!. Quite a resume’! Debi brings her bubbly personality and in-depth knowledge of the animation voice acting world to the set of Voice Over Body Shop this Monday night, Live, at 9 ET, 6 PT at VOBS.tv. She’s always entertaining and informative. We’ll talk about her career, how she now coaches the accomplished and hopefuls, some tips on creating characters and whatever else we can think of. Plus we’ll have a special appearance of her noted band Honey Pig! Live music on

Voice over IS A BUSINESS! Success depends on more than just a great voice and acting talent. You have to master marketing your voice and services. Just like VO recording tech, It seems intimidating until you understand the basics. Tom Dheere is a noted expert and coach in this vital discipline of our industry. We'll talk about the new tax code, how to be smart with your finances, the Sales Funnel. Why is it harder than ever to market yourself as a voice talent? How do you adjust to the current state of the industry? Tom will take your questions from our live and interactive chatroom. Also, Dan and George spent two full days at the NAMM trade show looking over all the new gear you will drool over. We have lots of video to share! We’ll answer all your VO studio tech questions submitted either to theguys@vobs.tv or in our live and interactive chatroom! Plus, the Voice Over Xtra/VOBS News and the unpredictability of a live show! This week its VO Marketing success on VOBS! Thats this Monday night! 9 Eastern, 6 Pa

If you're into narrating audiobooks, this Voice Over Body Shop is one you can't miss. Aside from all the top of the heap home voice over studio tech info, our guest is Sean Pratt. He's been a working professional actor in the theater, film, TV, and voice-overs for twenty-five years. He has been an audiobook narrator for seventeen years, has recorded over 700 books in almost every genre, and has received eight AudioFile magazine Earphones Awards and four Audie Award nominations from the Audio Publishers Association. For the last ten years, Sean has been helping actors, both students and professionals, to understand the complexities of the BIZ as well as reinvigorate and refocus their careers through his easy-to-understand, dynamic concepts. Showing you all parts of the VO Biz, We're VOBS! Voice Over Body Shop, or VOBS, is one of the voiceover industry’s most loved “how to do voice over” shows and the go-to VO resource for voice actors everywhere. From their Los Angeles studio, hosts George Whittam and Dan Lena

​Dan & George welcome back our good friend, Joe Loesch this Monday night on Voice Over Body Shop! Joe is the founder and coach of Booth Camp. He teaches all-day intensive workshops in Nashville and around the country. He has over 30 years experience in voice-over, and has been successfully coaching voice-over students for more than twenty years. ​ Joe is a full time professional voice actor, coach, and spoken word producer. He's passionate about the business and has an enthusiastic, positive, and humorous personality which he conveys to all of his students. We'll talk with him about what makes a successful VO career and how you can get your focus in the right place! We'll also go over his tips for creating characters and different strategies to looking at and breaking down copy. We'll also get the Voice Over Xtra/VOBS News and the unpredictability of a live show! We're dedicated to make your VO career POP! Voice Over Body Shop! Thats this Monday night! 9 Eastern, 6 Pacific or forever on YouTube or on

Dave Walsh is one of the most respected VO coaches in LA! Why? Because of his unique technique. The TrueTell™ is an easy and effective method for anyone, to quickly, powerfully and accurately zero in on that most connected and passionate part of themselves and how they communicate. He’ll explain, we’ll demonstrate and we’ll answer your questions for Dave or all your VO studio tech questions submitted either to theguys@vobs.tv or in our live and interactive chatroom! We'll also get the Voice Over Xtra/VOBS News and the unpredictability of a live show! Helping you survive the VO scene in 2018! Voice Over Body Shop! Thats this Monday night! 9 Eastern, 6 Pacific or forever on YouTube or on our podcast edition. Brought to you by Voiceoveressentials.com, Vo2Gogo.com Source Elements, Voice Over Xtra, J. Michael Collins Demos and VOICEACTORWEBSITES.com    

George and Dan welcome friends into the studio for a special New Year's Day party to celebrate their 300th live webcast episode since forming East West Audio Body Shop in March 2011.