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Episode 139, April 7, 2014 Voice Acting Masters Roundtable Guests: Elley-Ray, Marc Cashman, Randye Kaye and Elaine Clark To get into the chat room: at EWABS website click on “chat now.” 0:03:30 Skype TX coming someday.  0:05:00 Guest introductions.  0:08:00 First topic: Voice Over Styles  Elaine: Every city/ad agency has a different feel.  Elley-Ray: Actors forget we’re in a dialogue and to naturally respond (not displaying,  dictating or announcing). Randye is having bandwidth problems. 0:11:20 Changing styles isn’t easy. It seems people who are “just me” do well. Elaine: the more real it is, the more you have to become part of it. For some it becomes  more about them. The listener should feel and take action. Your delivery will depend  on how close you are to the mic. Elley-Ray: we perform by ourselves, but really we’re part of a team. We forget it’s not a  singular enterprise. We can’t just grab the ball for ourselves. Elaine: We have to know our job. Sometimes our character personifies the problem, not  t

Episode 138, March 31, 2014 Guest: Joe Davis from voiceactorwebsites.com George on gear in or out of your booth Dan’s Tip of the Week on VO Education 0:03:30 Thanks to sponsors, Harlan Hogan, VO Xtra, and Edge Studio/VO Studio Tech 0:04:00 “Shout-outs” needed for the Third Anniversary show on April 21.  0:04:58 George rolls his “Whittam’s World” (Episode 15) about equipment  in or out of the booth. George gives details on where to keep your  computer and other gear. Go to https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=mfMi8URfLg8&list=PLpWTD2BQBdrKqkKsnsWMWc4FYrh3mXBpH&index=16 to see  it again. 0:13:00 Discussion between Dan and George about what gear in the booth.  0:14:52 Break 0:16:30 Dan’s rant on VO education. Everybody learns from somebody. Acting, technology, and business are the three phases of the VO biz. You never stop  studying. Education for profit? Nothing wrong with that. There’s no certification for teaching  VO acting. No one person can teach it all. Webinars? The

Published on Mar 24, 2014 Sinusitus and all things sinuses the topic on this thrilling episode of EWABS. Dan shares a TOTW on audio processing, and George shows off and demos his Kaotica Eyeball, picked up while presenting at VO 2014 Atlanta.

Published on Mar 17, 2014 Our wonderful and patient guest this episode is Liz de Nesnera, one of the most knowledgable on the subject of telephony in the VO industry. We have some Skype issues and George gets Liz on IPDTL mid-interview. If you like seeing how we make the sausage, this episode is for you. Dan shares his thoughts finding now VO niches, George shares a Whittam's World on dealing with aging audio equipment, and we answer a viewer question on audio processing with Logic Pro X.

Streamed live on Mar 10, 2014 Johnny Heller joins us to discuss the world of audiobooks from the actor's perspective. He's a union talent from New York City with many years of wisdom to share. Dan helps you with your technophobia and George rants about getting bad tech advice from forums.

Published on Mar 4, 2014 Our panelists this time around include Cliff Zellman, Uncle Roy Yokelson, Joe van Riper and Stephen Sisk. We start off analyzing audio for quality, discuss the demise of isdn, and take your questions. Than to Livingston Studio in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Published on Feb 24, 2014 We're ALL BUSINESS this episode as Celia takes your questions on branding and building a VO business, Dan talks about nurturing your referrals, and George gets into his version of Life Hacking.

Published on Feb 18, 2014 Erik Sheppard, Agent from Today's Voice is our special guest, and friend of the show and entertaining morning show host John Taylor drops in to the LA studio. We start the show with Dan and George speaking via Source Connect Now, the latest in audio streaming over IP technology, George shares an interview with Source Elements founders Robert Marshall and Rebekah Wilson, and Dan shows us his RE20 and explains why NOT to us it for VO!

Published on Feb 10, 2014 J. S. Gilbert is visiting the southland this week and stops in the EWABS West Studio! We get into the discussion about whether ISDN should or will remain king of the hill for much longer, or if new technologies like Source Connect and IPDTL will take over soon. George shares product videos from Winter NAMM show including the CEntrance MixerFace, Universal Audio Apollo Twin, and Equator D5 studio monitors. J.S. Gilbert discusses: ISDN with the guys. IpDTL is beginning to gain much acclaim among VO artists, for sound quality, and ease of use. The topic turns to some of the reasons ISDN continues to hang on.  J.S. shares some personal experiences with studio production personnel. JS makes the analogy of how mics evolved for use on the west coast in VO work Visit Dan at HomeVoiceOverStudio.com/ Or follow Dan's Twitter: @HomStudioMan Whittam's World: Segments from the NAMM show featuring centrance myxer face, the Apollo Twin Thunderbolt Interface, and Equator Studio Monifors, and co

Published on Feb 4, 2014 Toronto, ON, Canada voice actor Mike Pongracz is our special guess this week. Dan reminds you to not over think a home studio, and George shares sage advice on choosing audio cables.

Streamed live on Jan 27, 2014 Join Dan and George at 9 Eastern Time! If you'd like to be directly in the  hangout, let us know now, we have room for 4 more participants. Otherwise, join us in the usual chatroom and watch live (Sort of ) on You Tube! Google hangout guests included: Ann Richardson Gene Dixon Scott Chambers Karyn O'Bryant Hosts: George Whittam Dan Lenard George logs in from the edge studio offices in New York, and gets us up to date with his New York trip thus far. Visit George at VOStudioTech.com Or follow George's Twitter: @EWABS_Show Special thanks to Edge Studios. Full service voice over production, education, and resources.http://www.edgestudio.com/ See George's Vlog "Whittam's World" at:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq8VuT... Visit Dan at HomeVoiceOverStudio.com/ Or follow Dan's Twitter: @HomStudioMan Hang out questions, and topics included: What is considered the standard resolution, and bit rate for voice over work? George's experiences at the NAMM show this year. The terminolog

Published on Jan 20, 2014 Kelly Passinault shares HUGELY helpful info about casting VO, Dan's experiences in Vegas with Marice Tobias, and Joe Cipriano, George on phone patches. Dan's tip of the week: Vegas! Dan was recently at Maurice tobias' workshop in Las VegasDan has some great footage, including some of Joe Cipriano reading from his new book.  Visit Dan at HomeVoiceOverStudio.com/ Or follow Dan's Twitter: @HomStudioMan Whittams World: Phone Patches George shows us how with: Skype Earbuds Cell phone Hybrid Visit George at VOStudioTech.com Or follow George's Twitter: @EWABS_Show Special thanks to Edge Studios. Full service voice over production, education, and resources.http://www.edgestudio.com/ See George's Vlog "Whittam's World" at:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq8VuT... Welcome this week's guest: Burbank Creative Director, Kelly Passinault. Head of casting for voice caster, demo producer, and much more. http://kellylynnmarie.com/ https://www.facebook.com/kellylynnvo http://www.linkedin.com/pu

Published on Jan 14, 2014 The lovely Larissa Gallagher is in studio with George for this episode. Dan's Tip of the Week is on iOS recording devices, and George shares his thoughts on IPDTL. George fills us in on IPDTL, the Chrome browser extension that facilitates a live voiceover session. It's free, and the sound quality is nearly as good as Source Connect. Our guest Larissa shares her experiences with ISDN. Visit George at VOStudioTech.com Or follow George's Twitter: @EWABS_Show Special thanks to Edge Studios. Full service voice over production, education, and resources.http://www.edgestudio.com/ See George's Vlog "Whittam's World" at:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq8VuT... Dan fields a quick question from the chat room audience about the 2i2 verses Sapphire 6 in regards to sound quality. Dan's tip of the week: IOS Recording. It can be done, but do you have to? Dan shows us several interfaces. Visit Dan at HomeVoiceOverStudio.com/ Or follow Dan's Twitter: @HomStudioMan Welcome This Week's Guest:

Published on Jan 7, 2014 Bob Bergen, voice of Porky Pig and many other characters, commercials, radio imaging, and more is our guest.

Published on Dec 30, 2013 Dan and George celebrate another year of edu-tainment EWABS style. Share some of our favorite moments of 2013. Enjoy some of our favorite interviews this year including Rick Wasserman Anthony Mendes, John Taylor, David Kaye, and more. Visit Dan at HomeVoiceOverStudio.com/ Or follow Dan's Twitter: @HomStudioMan Relive many of the valuable lessons taught to us by: Paul Pape Juan Carlos Fred Melamed Maurice LaMarche Yuri Lowenthal and Tara Platt Rodney Saulsberry Marc Grau Visit George at VOStudioTech.com Or follow George's Twitter: @EWABS_Show Special thanks to Edge Studios. Full service voice over production, education, and resources.http://www.edgestudio.com/ See George's Vlog "Whittam's World" at:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq8VuT... Afterward the guys share some of the fun technical glitches, and bloopers associated with the shows production. Thanks to Harlan Hogan, and Voice Over Essentials. voiceoveressentials.com/ Harlan is the exclusive supplier of portable studio b

Streamed live on Dec 23, 2013 Happy Holidays! George joins us from his parent's house in Pennsylvania. George's parents own both a pipe organ, and a player piano. We get a demonstration of the player piano later in the show. Unfortunately due to technical difficulties, an audio loop back interferes with a portion of the show after, but gets corrected around38:00 minutes into the show. Regular chat room viewers who joined us in this holiday hang out included: ( in order of appearance) Dan Lenard George Whittam George Whittam Sr. (AKA Trumpet Guy) Jason Lawson Lee Pinney Ron Levine (AKA Santa Claus) Uncle Roy Yokelson Steven Tardio Special guest appearance by Ella Whittam. Carol Spencer Morgan, and Husband Tom. Visit Dan at HomeVoiceOverStudio.com/ Or follow Dan's Twitter: @HomStudioMan Announcements: Please send in your specific suggestions for this year's highlights show. www.ewabshop.com An updated EWABS logo? Viewer challenge: Send your submissions in any medium. Prize: To be announced. EWABS E-support

Streamed live on Dec 16, 2013 Rob shares his legal wisdom and end of the year tax tips. George joins us later in the program, special thanks to Anthony Gettig for co-hosting this episode. Dan's Tip Of The Week: Processing. Do you need it? How much is too much? Visit Dan at HomeVoiceOverStudio.com/ Or follow Dan's Twitter: @HomStudioMan Dan demonstrates the new EWABS Clicker, only $5. Order yours today. George joins us live from a client's studio, where George is completing a project. Visit George at VOStudioTech.com Or follow George's Twitter: @EWABS_Show Special thanks to Edge Studios. Full service voice over production, education, and resources.http://www.edgestudio.com/ See George's Vlog "Whittam's World" at:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq8VuT... Welcome This Weeks Special Guest: Robert Sciglimpaglia. Robert Sciglimpaglia is a practicing attorney, actor and accomplished voice over artist as well as the author of Voice Over Legal. https://www.facebook.com/robscig http://www.imdb.com/name/nm221519

Published on Dec 9, 2013 Karen Souer of karensouer.com is our guest, Dan and George talk studio acoustics, and we share some client stories from the past week. Dan and George explain how easy it is to get into our live viewer chat room. George shows off a specialty tool he recently acquired, a power nailer. Dan shares a few recent mustache themed items he's received. The guys share some recent experiences they've had maintaining their own, and other's studios. Visit Dan at HomeVoiceOverStudio.com/ Or follow Dan's Twitter: @HomStudioMan Whittam's World: Acoustic treatment.  Example acoustic panels, and their composite materials. Including a studio suit demonstration. Visit George at VOStudioTech.com Or follow George's Twitter: @EWABS_Show Special thanks to Edge Studios. Full service voice over production, education, and resources.http://www.edgestudio.com/ See George's Vlog "Whittam's World" at:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq8VuT... Welcome this week's guest: Karen Souer, Voice Over Administrative

Published on Dec 2, 2013 A wonderful interview with Wes Dooley at his AEA headquarters in Pasadena, CA, George talks USB, and Dan shares his thoughts on mics for the traveling VO. George's Tech Tidbits: USB 2 vs. 3. It's all about speed, but how much do you need? Dan shows us the happy Hanukkah glasses his son Louis sent from school this year. The guys explain that this week's guest Wes Dooley, and AEA Microphones have the most veritable microphone collection. Visit George at VOStudioTech.com Or follow George's Twitter: @EWABS_Show Special thanks to Edge Studios. Full service voice over production, education, and resources.http://www.edgestudio.com/ See George's Vlog "Whittam's World" at:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq8VuT... Announcements: Tuesday Dec. 19 Dan Lenard's Home Studio Wizardry: Live Training, Studio Case Analysis, Q and A. http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs... An updated EWABS logo? Viewer challenge: Send your submissions in any medium. Prize: To be announced. Please begin sending in

Streamed live on Nov 25, 2013 EWABS AUDIO MASTERS ROUNDTABLE 11/25/13 This is the RAW YOUTUBE LIVE feed, warts and all. I will upload the Ustream version as well. Our Quarterly Audio Masters Roundtable included guests:  Uncle Roy Yokelson  Cliff Zellman  Juan Carlos Bagnell  Mike Varella. Paul Pape also joins us in the chat room to contribute. Roundtable topics, and discussions included: Noise floor description and solutions. Candid In-depth analysis by experts. Lots of audience questions about noise floor too. Breaths, should you Leave em in? Take them out? What's the rule? Recording formats and specs. Visit George at VOStudioTech.com Or follow George's Twitter: @EWABS_Show Visit Dan at HomeVoiceOverStudio.com/ Or follow Dan's Twitter: @HomStudioMan John Florian, and Voice Over Xtra.  The daily resource for voice over success. http://www.voiceoverxtra.com/index.htm  Uncle Roy tells us about his Emmy from CBS Sports.  Pro Tools 11. What's new?  Will an expensive mic improve your sound quality? Dan asks