Stay home, stay safe, and keep fresh with a super affordable VO workout hosted by a working pro! We will provide scripts to work on, but please feel free to bring any auditions you would like help with, or any questions you may have about the industry. This is about you, and our community!
When you start talking to marketing people about growing your business, they have tons of great ideas such as social media, list building, search engine optimization, video marketing and more. But what nobody tells you is where do you find the time for all this! In this free webinar, Garland Coulson aka “Captain Time” will […]
In the world of unscripted and doc television, there is nothing more important in the TV network's eyes, than the cold open. Part promo, part commercial, and part narration, the cold open is viewed as the make-or-break moment between the audience tuning in or changing the channel. As an in-show narrator, it's your job to harness the […]
FOR GRAVY FOR THE BRAIN MEMBERS ONLY! It’s impossible to get feedback from auditions - especially from pay to play websites, which means it’s hard to know what you are doing right or wrong. Share the brief and the audition you supplied for a job you didn’t get and Toby will give you honest feedback […]
We're delighted to host an elevator pitch events for Women in Voice Founders to connect with investors and the public at large.
Tuesday, November 16, 2021 4pm Pacific Time/ 7pm Eastern Time Only $125 for 3 hours! Rick is perhaps best known as the 14-year signature voice of the AMC network, voicing Thor and Hulk for Marvel projects, and for creating the affordable and portable voiceover studio, the Tri-Booth. Rick regularly voices promos for Vh1, Curiosity Stream, Impact […]
Wendee Lee is a Voice Artist and Director best known for her role as Faye Valentine in Cowboy Bebop, in addition to Haruhi Suzumiya, Konata from Lucky Star, TK from Digimon, Yoruichi in Bleach, Bulma in Dragonball, and Queen Serenity in Sailor Moon, to name a few. Her voice directing and casting credits include March […]
Toys are where it’s at! But beware - this genre is very different from animation and video games! This fourteen-year veteran at LeapFrog and Voice One alum will help you think and act like a child as you discover the numerous roles within toys, how to gauge the age to deliver a memorable character, and […]
You’ve sent your introductory email. The lead has expressed an interest in working with you. Now they’re a prospect, only… you have no idea how to stay top-of-mind or what to say in your follow up efforts. You’ve got clients you want to keep in touch with, but know they don’t care about your newsletter. […]
Accents and Dialects for Video Games with Dialect Coach D’Arcy Smith Accents provide a quick way to differential your characters and can set you apart in your auditions. We will cover techniques to approaching any accent or dialect in a physical and organic way, helping you to integrate it into the characters you create. Aspects […]
FOR CLUBHOUSE MEMBERS ONLY! WEBSITES. Guest Nathan is a narrator and has been designing sites for 10+ years, including one for Simon Vance. What makes a good site for narrators? Please join us with your thoughts and ideas.
Learn the ins and outs of the voiceover industry with VO pro Arianna Ratner. Plan your career goals, and let Arianna help guide you on your own roundabout path to becoming a working pro. You will also learn the importance of creating your home studio and how to create a broadcast quality sound on a […]
Feeling like your reads are stuck in a rut? Looking to kickstart your creativity? Want to overcome your fear of cold reads, and, dare we say it, learn to love them? Then this is the course for you! With over fifteen years experience in improv and theatre, instructor Brent Hirose will share the skills that […]
JOIN US for a LIVE conversation / Q&A with Kim Wensel of Pattern of Purpose. Kim works with professionals in many industries to craft an effective bio. She'll cover what to include, what to leave out, and how to create different versions for different audiences. This training will be recorded, BUT the recording will only […]
Virtual Voiceover Workouts via Zoom! We'll provide the scripts, you just bring your a-game! *Workouts limited 6 participants SOLD OUT Oct 27th @ 8pm EST: Video Games w/casting director Marissa Lenti from Sound Cadence Studios! Nov 3rd @ 8pm EST: Anime w/Brent Mukai! SOLD OUT Nov 17th @ 8pm EST: Anime w/casting director Marissa Lenti […]
FOR APA MEMBERS ONLY! There has been a lot of talk about Spotify finally giving audiobooks more attention. It’s a big deal when you realize they have an audience of over 250 million streaming subscribers across 178 countries who are already used to consuming spoken word through podcasts. “There is a tremendous opportunity to reach […]
Wednesday November 17th and Thursday November 18th 5:30 PM-7:00 PM EST 2:30 PM-4:00 PM PST Location: Zoom-link provided on the day of the seminar Class fee: $89 per seminar due through PayPal which will be detailed once you are registered. You cannot send any payment until your reservation is confirmed by Lisa. If upon request a seminar is full, you will be […]
In this workshop you will focus on incorporating body, hand and face movements to help bring your characters to life. We will find ways to use people from your own life as inspiration for characters or character templates. We will also cover the archetypes you need to have in your voice actor's toolkit to find […]
Image Description: Colleen: Wearing over the ear headphones, a woman with pink hair smiles and speaks into a microphone Roy: in a black shirt smiles at the camera This November, learn about getting work in Audio Description for the Blind with Colleen Connor and Roy Samuelson Audio Description was created by blind people for blind […]
EVENT DETAILS Image Description: Colleen: Wearing over the ear headphones, a woman with pink hair smiles and speaks into a microphone Roy: in a black shirt smiles at the camera This November, learn about getting work in Audio Description for the Blind with Colleen Connor and Roy Samuelson Audio Description was created by blind people […]
Medical narration is a fast growing area of voice over for those who are prepared to do a little research and who enjoy juicy tongue twisters for breakfast! You’ll tackle polysyllabic words so they roll off your tongue like your own name, stay calm when faced with a slew of mine-field technical terms, and identify […]
New to acting and want to know more about technique? A seasoned professional but need a refresher or a different approach? Come spend an evening with Lena Hill to learn something new and practice your craftwork.
FOR APA MEMBERS ONLY! Join us for a pre-Thanksgiving meet-and-greet - take a break from your busy schedule to relax with your APA friends and colleagues.
This technical class compares video games, cartoons, and toys and prepares you for the performance and vocal requirements for each style. You'll explore parsing and concatenation, audition prep, and how various genres affect the style.
TAUGHT BY VETERAN TRAILER PRODUCER RICHARD REDFIELD Award-winning creative director/producer of hundreds of movie trailers and TV spots for movies over the years including Ocean’s Eleven, Inception, The Hangover, The Dark Knight Rises, Mad Max: Fury Road , Blue Beetle and Aquaman 2. Has directed innumerable trailer VO sessions, taught many workshops and works with […]
Learn the ins and outs of breathing, the psychology of control, and the power of characters in animation, video games, and life.
Learn the ins and outs of breathing, the psychology of control, and the power of characters in animation, video games, and life.
Learn how to create & sustain masculine-sounding voices! Lisa will take you through the process of manipulating your sound into a deeper range with advanced vocal techniques and help you create bookable boy voices. She’ll cover the essentials behind the development of your signature “boy sound” including intonation, resonance, articulation, physicality, and more ++ Then […]
The Abaton Calendar is a resource created for and by voice talent, to help create meaningful connections and forge and maintain professional and personal relationships. (And hopefully, have a hell of a lot of fun in the process).
VoiceOverdrive w/Josh Alexander
December 8 @ 1:00 pm PST
The (Virtual) Voiceover Clinic Workout Group
December 9 @ 7:30 am - 9:30 am PST
VO Peeps Weekly Workout Series!
December 9 @ 3:00 pm PST
Gravy for the Brain’s Happy Place
December 8 @ 4:00 am PST
Sunday Shmooze with Audiobook Producers
December 7 @ 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm PST
Dialects -Ongoing
December 7 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm MST
3 Ways of Finding Voiceover Business
September 26, 2023
Guest Blog: Gravy for the Brain – How to Get a Voice Agent
July 17, 2023
Guest Blog: Carrie Olsen – Learn Voiceover without a Voiceover Coach
June 6, 2023