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John Taylor - Panel Moderator
www.johntaylzorone.com
Voiceover From The Trenches
Saturday, 11am-12:30pm
All levels of experience.
Listen to John describe his session.
Not all voice work is done from New York or LA... in fact most of it ISN'T!
So... VOICE 2010 presents a group of talented performers who make a very nice living in places other than tinsel town and the big apple. The Voiceover from the Trenches panel is a collection of seasoned professionals, diverse in their talents, geographic locales, and career paths. What do they have in common? Voice Acting is their primary career, and our panelists have each built internationally recognized reputations through years of dedication, trial and error, and hard work.
They'll be on stage to answer questions that puzzle performers who are on a path that our panelists have been treading for years. Candid, brutally honest, and filled with useful information, good humor, and plenty of laughs - don't miss Voiceover From The Trenches - The Working Pros!
ABOUT JOHN TAYLOR:
Beginning in High School as a narrator for educational materials, John Taylor has spent most of the last three decades in front of a microphone. As a morning host in New England and South Florida he populated his radio shows with a cast of characters and celebrity impressions of his own creation. While at Emerson College, John honed his comedic skills working with talents like Dennis Leary, Laura Kightlinger, Anthony Clark and David Cross. "Our college comedy troupe, 'This Is Pathetic' would fade the stage to black and do set changes while the audiences listened to ‘audio comedy bits’ in the dark. That's when I fell in love with theater of the mind." Widely known as a vocal "Swiss army knife", John's versatility has served him well since becoming a full time voice actor. He works mainly in commercial but can also be heard doing narration, promos, video games, audio books, animation, radio imaging and as a live event announcer. "I love the challenge, I want to do it all!”
ABOUT THE PANELISTS:
JANET AULT: www.janetault.net
 Janet Ault has been a professional voiceover actress and "in the trenches" for over a decade and records from her ProTools and ISDN-equipped home studio in Scottsdale, Arizona. This is Janet's "second career" having been an account executive with Bell Atlantic and 3M Corporation until the early 90's. This experience prepared her for never being afraid of "cold-calling" nor rejection as well as the ability to be a savvy marketing person in the voiceover world. With years of experience in radio and TV commercials, narration, e-learning, imaging and interactive projects, Janet is eager to break into the world of promos and has been focusing much of her energy in this area. Janet never stops keeping herself "out of her comfort zone" by traveling the country for workshops. In addition, she has studied with the awe-inspiring Nancy Wolfson of Braintracks Audio and received hours of expert teaching from the likes of Mr. Pat Fraley. Visit www.janetault.net and see why Janet is known as "The Voice of Choice®.”
PHILIP BANKS: www.philipbanks.com
 A former Investment Director for a Swiss Merchant bank at the ripe old age of 30 Philip Banks found himself sitting in front of a mic doing a "voice over" for a friend who worked as a radio producer. From that point on it was all downhill. In 1992 Philip moved from investment banking to being what he likes to call "a Voiceoverist".
Philip spends most of his time in a VO booth about 100 yards from the beach in the little Scottish village of Portgordon. ISDN connected to the world, his credits are global CNBC, CNN, BBC, Zone Horror (guess what type of movies they show) and he's even been used as a voice on The Queen starring Helen Mirren and Volver starring Penelope Cruz.
Of his success Philip says. "Were I to move to LA I'd be one of the top ten voices in town so I'm staying in Portgordon because here I'm the number one!" Out of how many Philip?
BOBBIN BEAM: www.bobbinbeam.com
 Bobbin Beam has been part of the VOICE since the very first conference in 2007. Her background in radio, television, broadcast station management, as the owner of an advertising agency, and currently as an International voice talent, makes her a perfect addition to this panel.
Bobbin has been “in the trenches” for nearly four decades and will share some of her extensive knowledge about working in several areas of voiceover. For more about Bobbin, please click here.
DB COOPER: www.db-cooper.com
 DB Cooper creates character voices and sound effects for animation, video games and other electronic entertainment, some of the fastest growing areas of voiceover work. She is a staff announcer for CBS Radio Boston, a professional voice actor, and teaches voiceover techniques throughout New England. She is also the creator and overseer of VO-BB.com, a professional voiceover Internet message board.
STEPHANIE RIGGIO: www.stephanieriggio.com
 Los Angeles native Stephanie Riggio, a graduate of Northwestern University’s esteemed theater department, began studying and working in the field of Voice Over in 1993 in Los Angeles.
From the days of pounding the pavement with demo reel and/or cassette in hand, to now having a fully equipped home studio and agents representing her, Stephanie has always worked to cast a wide net not only in access to work in the field, but also in her own abilities to excel in as many areas within the VO umbrella.
She’s studied under everyone from Dolores Diehl as a starting point to Susan Silo, Susan Silo, Pat Fraley, Kalmenson/Kalmenson and many others who are experts in their genres.
In addition to her VO work, Stephanie is also an accomplished studio singer, songwriter and music producer, having recently co produced an Americana record with a Tennessee artist.
Her singing skills include sound-alike work (when a Carrie Underwood or Amy Winehouse is needed, she is called) as well as background singing when needed. She is a proud versatile voice-for-hire.
Stephanie notes that the creation of her own home studio 4 years ago really tipped the scale of additional work Internationally for her, as well as forcing her to teach herself the skills of audio and video editing and expert recording and self-directing. Pounding the pavement still happens, the cyber pavement, that is.
BOB SOUER: www.bobsouer.com
 Bob Souer is a full-time professional storyteller and voice actor. He's narrated broadcast and non-broadcast projects for corporations and ministries across North America.
You've heard Bob's voice on PBS, the History Channel, the Military Channel and many other networks. Bob is married to Cinda. They have four children and live in suburbs of Pittsburgh, PA.
BEN WILSON: www.benwilsonvo.com
 From a young age, Ben began using his versatile voice in various ways to entertain his family and friends. And it was always his dream to create a career using his voice in some form or fashion. After a 7 year stint in the business world followed by a few years working as a freelance video producer, Ben decided to go after a full-time career doing what he loves most… voice acting.
Ben is married to his lovely wife Rebecca and they have a little dog and a big giant cat. He operates his studio in Columbus, Ohio providing voice to a wide range of clients around the country and around the world.
ABOUT ZUREK: www.voiceoveruniverse.com www.zurekvo.com
 If you’re a member of Voiceover Universe, you know Zurek! He’s the founder of VU and the recipient of the VOICE 2008 Community Award.
Zurek has successfully made the transition from radio to voiceover and has an extensive client list of commercials, promos, narration, and station imaging.
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