Results of Health Survey Insurance Polling US Voice Actors
“Ridiculous and getting worse’ … ‘Horrendous’ … ‘A conundrum” … “Huge concern.”
These unscripted words are among many that are passionately flowing from voice actors in the U.S about the state of their health insurance.
Financial and emotional pain is evident as premiums rise, life circumstances change, and insurance plans yank precious benefits.
“Health care costs are strangling us,” says one. And another: “All our money goes to mortgage and insurance.” Read the story »
Voice Talent Tony Pasquale Announces Live at the Georgia Dome
Voice Talent Tony Pasquale is the live announcer for this year’s DECA International Career Development Conference in Atlanta.
High energy voice talent Tony Pasquale has been contracted to perform as the live announcer in Atlanta’s Georgia Dome during DECA’s International Career Development Conference. The annual conference, with nationally recognized entertainment, has an expected attendance of over 14,000.
Butcher Swaps Meat Cleaver for Microphone
The dulcet Tyke tones of a Bradford butcher have won him the chance to swap his meat cleaver for a microphone as the new voice of Yorkshire Water.
Kevin Carroll, 52, won a competition to find a friendly Yorkshire twang to greet customers when they contact the firm’s call centre.
He and more than 100 others recorded their own versions of the Yorkshire phrase: “Hear all, see all, say nowt. Eat all, sup all, pay nowt and if tha ever does owt for nowt allus do it for thi sen.”
Five finalists were chosen and the contest was put to an online poll, which Kevin, of Gregory Crescent, Horton Bank Top, won with more than two thirds of the vote.
He said: “I’ve been told my voice isn’t bad so when I saw the competition in the Telegraph & Argus I thought I’d give it a go.
“I’m proud that so many people voted for me.
“I think they just wanted a friendly Yorkshire voice, although strangely, I was in America last year and everyone thought I was Australian.”
Entertainment
Seth MacFarlane cut a sweet deal with Fox to continue producing content for both television and online media through 2012 in exchange for nearly a whopping $100 million dollars.
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Developer of game “Two Worlds” asks gamers to give their games another chance with a promise to deliver on better graphics and to wash away over hammy voice acting by hiring professional voice actors this time around.
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Get ready for your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man to swing by this summer as Activision announces the release of Spider-man: Web of Shadows.
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Celebrity voice-over impersonations require copyright permission, cautions voice over instructor Bettye Zoller.
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Having serious trouble with your voice? Learn about voice therapy options and discover some great tips on how to prevent voice injuries.
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Rodney Saulsberry has just launched an online leisure and business travel website for the voice-over industry making it easier to purchase a flight ticket to that next workshop or conference both cost-effectively and easily.
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It’s the bane of existence for anyone hoping for a quick answer over the phone: the hold button.
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If it sounds like the voice of God during The Players Championship next month, it’s actor Morgan Freeman, who played the Almighty in two movies.
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Voice Over Expert Connie Terwilliger offers insight on the tools required to be successful as a professional voice over talent and cover four key elements in her new CD set and workbook.
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Boca Raton Branch Turns to Technology to Reach Out to Demanding Customers; Owners See South Florida as a Template for the Food Industry’s Future.
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Hear from Neumann brand manager Karl Winkler and learn how to get the most mileage out of your mics so that you can enjoy a long life of excellent service from your studio condenser microphones.
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With the Aviom Pro16 Monitor Mixing System, actors and engineers have control over their own audio environment, so they don’t miss a cue or a direction and still have the ability to monitor their own performance.
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