ISDN Session for HBO

Bush Garden- Radio campaign

Voiceover talents: Maria José Villa (8) & Diego Castillo (15)
Project" "Bush Garden" Radio Summer Campaign. ISDN patch session.

RadioShack - The Seer

Our talented voice artist  Omar Amador is the voice for this campaign. An ISDN recording session done in our studio Elite Music Studios. Miami, FL

A great tool for your voiceover business

The market opportunities for voiceover business have been expanded over the years. 4 years ago, audio producer Bob Merkel, created Voicezam, a voiceover demo player.

You can upload your demo to the Voicezam page, then the process will splits into pieces which can be played individually, you can email, post, send, and share out anywhere. 

“It’s a player that encourages listeners to remain engaged until the very end, as a tool where every track has its moment to be heard” said Merkel.

As a member, you can have a lot of control over how the player looks, including the order, naming, and you can customize the player. 

First month is free, then you have a basic membership of $19.95.

Great application that you can have on your own. 

For further information visit: http://www.voicezam.com/public/mainpage.aspx

Voiceover Recording & Animated Films

The Croods is a 2013  3D  computer- animated film produced by DreamWorks.  It features the voices of Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, and Ryan Reynolds, among others. It was written and directed by Kirk DeMicco (Space Chimps) and Chris Sanders (How to Train Your Dragon).

Nicolas Cage gets animated in the voice booth for the new family friendly adventure; Cage plays the father of a cave family forced to leave their home and head out on an incredible journey into the unknown. For their tale DeMicco  and Sanders  chased actor around the world for roughly three years to record his voice as Crood paterfamilias Grug.

Is interesting to know how the voice work is recorded. In most animated films the characters’ voices are recorded first, this gives the actors much more freedom to do what they want with the character voices rather than being restricted by the animation. 

This way can use the sound file and precisely match the animation to it, capture the actor's performance in the animated character. Also, animators usually look at video of the voice actors recording their lines and use certain mannerisms, facial expressions etc, in the animation of those characters. Essentially, it isn't just about doing the voices but also becoming part of the animated character. By the time the actor is performing, they have the storyboards worked out so that there is some sort of visual guide for everyone.

The film made $63.3 million internationally, including $16 million from overseas previews the weekend before for a worldwide  of $108 million. Most critics enjoyed the film, although a few reviewers groused that it failed to achieve the emotional high points of classic children's movies like "Toy Story" and "Up."

App to find Voice Actors Worldwide

Voices.com released a mobile app for BlackBerry 10 users. The company connects businesses with voice actors around the world, making it easier than ever before to find the perfect voice on time and within budget. 

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Live Radio Interview

Last week we had a great live interview with Professor Richard Daynard aired on Radio Boston,  hosted by Meghna Chakrabarti and Anthony Brooks.

Professor Daynard is at the forefront of an international movement to establish the legal responsibility of the tobacco industry for tobacco-induced death, disease and disability. He is president of the law school's Public Health Advocacy Institute and chair of its Tobacco Products Liability Project. He has been the principal investigator in grants and contracts from the National Cancer Institute, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the American Legacy Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.