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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362522578742711478Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:47:18 +0000VoicesOnlineNowhttp://lauravoicesonlinenow.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Voices Online Now)Blogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362522578742711478.post-4782652010357757024Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:31:00 +00002011-08-30T13:38:48.639-06:00SLC-based Metcom Studios thriving in new state-of-the-art facility<!--[if gte mso 9]>http://lauravoicesonlinenow.blogspot.com/2011/06/new-home-for-voices-online-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Voices Online Now)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362522578742711478.post-4157558792039234706Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:47:00 +00002011-01-03T10:09:52.777-07:00Starting a Voice Over CareerVoiceovers can be a career, or a little extra money on the side, but it's always fun! First, forget any preconceived notions that you have about the business. If you are returning from a break from VO... understand technology has completely changed the anture of the animal!For example, if you want to get into voiceovers simply because people say you have a nice voice... consider this. Voice is http://lauravoicesonlinenow.blogspot.com/2011/01/voiceovers-can-be-career-or-little.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Voices Online Now)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362522578742711478.post-1978655535250274399Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:43:00 +00002010-12-03T09:54:16.676-07:00Medical Narration Voice OverMedical Narration is its own animal. It's a VO genre that presents unique challenges, but also offers great rewards.One of the greatest rewards in Medical Narration is repeat business. Once a client finds a talent who can confidently and competently rise to the challenge, he usually comes back time and time again. It's not easy for clients to find someone who can do medical narration well. In http://lauravoicesonlinenow.blogspot.com/2010/12/medical-narration-voice-over.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Voices Online Now)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362522578742711478.post-5458887553389764013Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:47:00 +00002010-11-18T10:03:29.706-07:00Directing Voice Talent IIDirector prep: First, you need to understand the script and what you want the voice talent to accomplish. A way of clarifying this for yourself is to listen to a performance from a commercial, film, video or TV show that you'd like your actors to emulate in feel, tone and attitude. That gives you a target to aim at. Determine in advance how you'll direct them to achieve that. This will vary http://lauravoicesonlinenow.blogspot.com/2010/11/directing-voice-talent-ii.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Voices Online Now)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362522578742711478.post-2584358076508433036Tue, 16 Nov 2010 21:10:00 +00002010-11-16T14:16:18.507-07:00New Buildinghttp://lauravoicesonlinenow.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-building.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Voices Online Now)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362522578742711478.post-6396268883257920769Tue, 09 Nov 2010 22:55:00 +00002010-11-11T10:00:46.541-07:00Directing Voice TalentWhether you're a writer, producer, actor, or director, developing directing skills will make a world of difference in your commercials.Directing is...inspiring, coaching, encouraging, cheerleading, getting inside the psyche of a voice actor and planting seeds so that that voice actor will bring to life words on a page. Good directing not only improves the final production, but it improves the http://lauravoicesonlinenow.blogspot.com/2010/11/directing-voice-talent.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Voices Online Now)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362522578742711478.post-4575614194855247345Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:07:00 +00002010-11-04T10:17:30.186-06:00ESPN College GameDay Comes to UtahESPN's "College Football GameDay" is coming to Salt Lake City this week and fans are encouraged to attend all of its shows in Rice-Eccles Stadium.On Friday, Nov. 5, the ESPN "GameDay" crew of Chris Fowler, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard and Erin Andrews will broadcast segments for "SportsCenter," "College Football Live" and other ESPN shows from the set in Rice-Eccles Stadium from 10 http://lauravoicesonlinenow.blogspot.com/2010/11/espn-college-gameday-comes-to-utah.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Voices Online Now)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362522578742711478.post-3051944118844733927Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:27:00 +00002010-11-02T09:40:22.852-06:00Halloween Voice Over http://lauravoicesonlinenow.blogspot.com/2010/11/halloween-voice-over.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Voices Online Now)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362522578742711478.post-2756773364614746861Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:59:00 +00002010-10-28T13:20:14.749-06:00Voiceover Audition SuccessThe real work in voiceover is crafting a flawless audition. I spend a lot of time on my auditions, which, these days are more numerous than ever. While you'll never known for sure what the client has in his/her mind for "the voice", you can certainly improve your chances in landing the voice over gig and try to synch up with the client's vision by preparing each audition carefully. This is not http://lauravoicesonlinenow.blogspot.com/2010/10/voiceover-audition-success.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Voices Online Now)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362522578742711478.post-4191233472912576901Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:17:00 +00002010-10-19T14:30:56.910-06:00Growing Film IndustryUtah film industry leaders are hoping to lure the production of more blockbuster movies to the state by offering a larger tax incentive.The Governor's Office of Economic Development is set to present a proposal to state lawmakers Wednesday calling for an increase in the state's rebate for motion picture expenditures, from 20 percent to as much as 30 percent.The larger incentive is intended to http://lauravoicesonlinenow.blogspot.com/2010/10/growing-film-industry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Voices Online Now)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362522578742711478.post-8287837416836920280Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:23:00 +00002010-09-23T13:44:59.498-06:00Voice Over Talent on TwitterThe social networking giant, Twitter, continues to mystify some and make money for others. Heck, even the money-makers are mystified. Yet the ones who have tackled the site head-on continue to bring in revenue in their desired fields - and voice-over talent is no exception. Are you on Twitter? Have you signed up and then abandons the account after two "tweets" citing an excuse of something like, http://lauravoicesonlinenow.blogspot.com/2010/09/voice-over-talent-on-twitter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Voices Online Now)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362522578742711478.post-9005831260577734372Tue, 14 Sep 2010 22:01:00 +00002010-09-14T16:02:49.854-06:00Voice Over IndustryGreat VO Industry Story:A professional VO walked in the studio and laid down the perfect read in the first take. The client exclaimed, "We paid him $400 for one take?!" To which the producer replied, "That's why you paid him $400.http://lauravoicesonlinenow.blogspot.com/2010/09/voice-over-industry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Voices Online Now)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362522578742711478.post-1086860848551580462Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:08:00 +00002010-08-31T12:16:10.479-06:00New Update for Voices Online Now's New BuildingMetropolis Integrated Media, a full service media production company, recently began construction on a new facility at 352 South 500 East. This decision to relocate comes after Salt Lake City officials chose the block between 400 and 500 South as the location of the new Public Safety and Emergency Operations center.While a number of businesses are veing uprooted by this deal, the owner of http://lauravoicesonlinenow.blogspot.com/2010/08/new-update-for-voices-online-nows-new.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Voices Online Now)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362522578742711478.post-3920008060168259640Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:42:00 +00002010-08-18T12:46:18.466-06:00Voice Overs"Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning." ~Maya Angelouhttp://lauravoicesonlinenow.blogspot.com/2010/08/voice-overs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Voices Online Now)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362522578742711478.post-581904925178069199Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:43:00 +00002010-08-02T09:56:05.758-06:00Right Personality, Right VoiceMultiple personalities on a stick - that's what I call it! Being a voice over artist is all about bringing in different personalities or as others like to refer to them as - characters to each voice over job you do.In a recent voice coaching session I went over my usual information regarding creating personalities and came to the realization that readers/voice talent may be very confused as to http://lauravoicesonlinenow.blogspot.com/2010/08/right-personality-right-voice.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Voices Online Now)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362522578742711478.post-7623779116013245163Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:31:00 +00002010-07-29T12:31:36.909-06:00The Man of 100 Voiceshttp://lauravoicesonlinenow.blogspot.com/2010/07/man-of-100-voices.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Voices Online Now)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362522578742711478.post-3517242585796833799Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:25:00 +00002010-07-28T14:32:09.630-06:00Authentic Voice OverGood radio commercials are stories which all take place somehwere - in a car, by a lake, at a breakfast table, in a bathroom, kitchen, field, forest - so go there. The sound will be more natural. It'll stand out on the air because it won't have that dry "studio" sound.Your voice actors will sound more authentic. The ambiance of the location will affect their performances.Whether your voice talenthttp://lauravoicesonlinenow.blogspot.com/2010/07/authentic-voice-over.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Voices Online Now)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362522578742711478.post-1677018083182808Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:51:00 +00002010-07-21T12:57:31.100-06:00New Building for Voices Online NowBe on the look out for pictures of the construction of our new building. The building should be completed at the end of the year!http://lauravoicesonlinenow.blogspot.com/2010/07/new-building-for-voices-online-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Voices Online Now)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362522578742711478.post-8894429467202129560Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:18:00 +00002010-07-20T11:19:24.884-06:00<atom:summary /><link>http://lauravoicesonlinenow.blogspot.com/2010/07/blog-post.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Voices Online Now)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9P2p6H1Hy20/TEXahJgTs6I/AAAAAAAAACE/GKSM-RpxDEE/s72-c/005.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362522578742711478.post-2729612361247246487</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-15T13:30:24.289-06:00</atom:updated><title>Bob8 Wins "Best Male VO" at Promax AwardsBob8 recently one the title of "Best Male VO" at the 2010 Promax Awards. Congratulations Bob8!Listen to Bob8's demo HEREhttp://lauravoicesonlinenow.blogspot.com/2010/07/dramas-sacrifice-and-redemption.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Voices Online Now)0