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“You’ve got a great voice!
You should be on the radio!”
If you’re like most people thinking about a career in voiceover, you’ve probably heard this more times than you can count! Or, how about . . .
“You’re always making up funny voices—
you should be doing cartoons!”
Maybe you’ve always had a passion and desire to perform, but acting on stage, or on camera just doesn’t feel right for you.
Put yourself in this picture: The phone rings and on the other end of the line is the representative for a major advertiser. They’ve just listened to your demo on the Internet and would like you to be the voice for their next radio campaign. After a brief conversation, you receive an email with the details of your agreement and the recording session at a local studio. The next day you arrive at the studio to record your tracks. You enter the studio feeling upbeat and confident as you see the script for the first time. A quick read-through and you’re in the booth to record. Three takes later, the producer has what she needs, you sign the paperwork and you’re off to your next session. You just earned several hundred dollars for less than 15 minutes of work.
This could be you—working at a job you’ve only dreamed about for years. It doesn’t really matter what got you thinking about voiceover work, the simple fact is . . . in order to be successful in this business you absolutely must have some basic acting skills and you must know what you are doing. And in order to learn how to be a successful voice actor in today’s competitive voiceover world, you must have excellent training.
Voiceover is a billion-dollar a year industry!
And you can be a part of it!
Our students give The Art of Voice Acting workshops rave reviews
I’m James Alburger, and my partner, Penny Abshire and I teach The Art of Voice Acting workshops. Over the past few years, we’ve become well-known for our “7 Core Elements of Performing” and our straightforward, yet supportive teaching style. So well-known, in fact, that we’re considered by many to be two of the top voiceover coaches in the US.
There are many voiceover coaches who will tell you that you can make a lot of money in voiceovers, and some will suggest that making all this money is easy. You’ll never hear that from us! The truth is that some people do make a lot of money in voiceover, but they’ve been perfecting their business and performing skills for many years. And they’ve had a lot of training! Another truth is that performing for voiceover requires a good business sense and acting ability. Most people who get into voiceover have no idea what’s involved, or that to be successful may require a substantial investment of time, energy, and money. If you’re truly interested in learning how to improve your verbal communication skills and can see voiceover training as a means for personal development - rather than a way to make a quick buck - our workshop may be just what you’re looking for.
Imagine learning the techniques, skills and secrets of voiceover performance that are used by highly paid professional voice-actors! In just two days, you’ll learn dozens of performing techniques and “tricks-of-the-trade” that you won’t learn anywhere else! Most acting schools — and the vast majority of voiceover workshops — don’t cover the kind of performing skills that you’ll learn in The Art of Voice Acting Weekend Workshop.
Suppose you could learn how to break into the business of voiceovers and effectively perform any script you might be given — almost instantly? With our “7 Core Elements of Performing,” that you’ll learn in the workshop, you’ll be able to do just that! We’ll show you how to take ANY script, and within minutes, perform that script with the proper characterization and delivery to effectively communicate its message. The techniques you’ll learn in our workshop are also incredibly useful if you do any kind of public speaking, make presentations for your business, or work with staff or customers in any manner.
Now you CAN learn all of these incredibly powerful techniques . . . and MORE in just one weekend!
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The Art of Voice Acting Weekend Workshop
The Art of Voice Acting Weekend Workshop is not about just “doing voiceover.” This workshop is hands-on instruction on how to use your voice as a powerful communication tool in every aspect of your life. The skills we teach in this workshop are especially effective for people in the performing arts and media, and can be used in any business where you come in contact with customers. We use the craft and business of voiceover as the focus for teaching highly effective voice and acting techniques for communication.
Voice Actors will discover new techniques for quickly getting to the core message of any script.
Radio and TV personalities will learn new ways to reach their audience, whether it’s as a news reporter or morning DJ.
Stage and on-camera actors will learn performing techniques that will allow them to bring their characters to life faster and more believably.
Spokespeople and professional speakers will discover highly effective ways to present their material.
For producers, directors, and production people, The Art of Voice Acting Weekend Workshop will unlock the secrets for directing talent to the most effective delivery of any script.
Is voiceover for you?
Maybe . . . maybe not! Voiceover isn’t for everyone. Only you can be the judge as to whether or not pursuing a career in voiceover is right for you. Having a good voice simply isn’t enough . . . but it can be a good start! The business of voiceover requires patience, skill, talent, excellent reading skills, and most of all . . . passion. But many of our students never intend to become voiceover talent. The performing and communication skills we teach are often more important than “breaking into voiceover.” We’ve taught professional speakers, sales people, clergy, news reporters, actors, singers, telemarketers, business executives, and even theme park employees how to be more effective communicators through the use of voiceover and acting skills.
Voiceover is a very specialized area of “show-business” that is second only to the high-fashion industry in terms of competition. Really! To be truly successful, you must want to do voiceover because you can’t live without it! If you don’t know yet if VO is something you might want to pursue, then our recommendation is to read “The Art of Voice Acting” book before you take any voiceover class. Just because people tell you “you’ve got a great voice — you should be doing commercials,” doesn’t mean you should drop everything and start taking voiceover classes. “Breaking into voiceover” is a serious decision that can literally change your life . . . and you should at least learn the basics about the craft and business of voiceover before you spend your hard-earned money on more classes, books, workshops, or a demo.
What’s Voiceover all about?
Voiceover is not about simply coming up with a “good interpretation” or “read” for a script. It’s all about creating compelling characters in interesting relationships . . . and that’s the essence of acting! If “breaking into voiceover” is your goal, you will need to learn how to act while reading from a script. In fact, the best acting sounds completely real — like it’s not acting . . . or reading out loud! VO is a performing craft, and the more acting skills you have, the easier it will be to create a believable character for every script. If you are serious about learning voiceover, we do recommend taking other acting classes in addition to specialized voiceover training . . . and we suggest taking voiceover training from several different coaches. Unless you already have a strong performing background, a single voiceover class or workshop won’t give you all the skill and experience you’ll need to break into the business — or to produce a demo.
Acting talent is pretty much something you are born with. Some people have natural performing instincts and for others it takes time to learn the skills and performing techniques. And, to be perfectly honest, there are some people who are simply not destined to act in any way, shape, or form. Still, if you find that you have a passion for learning voiceover and you make a decision to at least take a serious look at learning the performing skills . . . we’re here for you! We can’t teach you to act . . . but we can teach you to be a better actor. And we’ll be happy to discuss your potential as a voiceover artist. One thing we won’t do, however, is to evaluate your voice or performing abilities after a short phone call. We’ve had far to many students who began with limited skills, or who struggled through their mastery of performance techniques, only to go on to become very talented and highly skilled performers.
It’s all about taking the words “off the page!”
I worked for NBC television in San Diego for 25 years as an audio producer and director, and before that as a recording engineer at one of Hollywood’s top commercial production recording studios. I’ve directed some of the best actors around — and some of the worst! Every day, for more than 25 years, I worked with voiceover talent in one way or another and I realized that very few people really knew what they were doing. Even experienced actors - who could perform amazing scenes on-camera or on stage - often had difficulty doing voiceover. At one time, I took a voiceover “class” just to find out if what I was doing was on the right track. What I discovered was that the class was more about how to “read” or “interpret” a script than it was about creating an effective performance. Having performed on stage since I was 12, I knew there had to be a better way!
Your book is great – in fact it is the most comprehensive book of voice acting that I’ve ever read and I shall recommend it!
Lucille Bliss - (voice of Smurfette in “The Smurfs” and Anastasia in Disney’s “Cinderella“)
That’s why I wrote my book The Art of Voice Acting, and created my workshops and seminars. Coming from a background as a professional magician, television director, and audio producer, I knew a lot about theater, and I understood the dynamics and process for creating a great performance. Voiceover is simply magic of a different kind. Just as a magician, the voice-actor’s job is to create an illusion of reality. Although the basic acting techniques may be the same as in other performing arts, the discipline and application of those techniques is very different in the world of voiceover.
During those years in recording studios and television, I developed some very specific, extremely simple, and powerfully effective performing techniques that just about anyone can learn. These techniques give a performer the ability to quickly uncover the essential elements of any script in order to take the words “off the page.” The result is the ability to almost instantly create compelling characters in interesting situations.
What would it mean to you to have not one, but two of America’s top voice acting coaches teach you these skills and techniques, which are used by highly paid voice talent? Would it mean more money? Would it mean doing something you love to do? More lucrative contacts? Would you be able to stay more focused for a better performance?
Well, you’re about to find out!
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