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Aug 5, 2015

Kyle McCarley has been a Los Angeles voice actor for about six years. He is represented by 90210 Talent in Los Angeles and DB Talent in Texas. He regularly works in anime, cartoons, video games, audiobooks, commercials, podcasts, radio plays, learning software, and phone promts.

After taking classes in Burbank and getting a home recording studio set-up Kyle started reaching out to industry professionals, producers, audio books, and video game creators to book work on his own before he found representation. He believes that you have to be willing to do the work, because the business side of the industry is at least 80% of this career. 

Listen to hear his insight on the industry and his great advice! 

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Aug 2, 2015
Jul 29, 2015

Our hosts Tyrone Jackson and Alyson Steel know from experience that it is critically important to have a good engineer when you are in the recording studio. Alyson says that even pyschologically speaking it puts you at ease to know that someone is there to catch your eye and be on your side if there is a problem. And most importantly, the engineers make you sound good! 

Luckily, successful hollywood engineer Bryan Showalter was able to join us and share his insight from the other side of the glass. 

Bryan grew up in Oklahoma City with a musician father who had a recording studio in the house. He grew up around music and recording, ended up becoming a musician himself, and moved out to LA with his band. After his band "imploded" as he says, Bryan decided to get into recording, with which he was already familiar. He started recording for musicians and segued into recording voice over after working with voice actor Ashton Smith. 

Bryan believes being a musician helps you to be a good engineer because you already have an ear for cadence and timing. Tyrone and Alyson agree that a good engineer is also a buffer between the talent and directors/producers. The engineer conducts the orchestra that is the recording session and plays the part of the diplomat. Having a good personality goes a long way. 

From his years of experience in the booth, Bryan knows what makes a successful voice actor. Listen to find out what he thinks are the top four characteristics of a great voice artist. He also tells us stories of grown men crying during a recording session!

For more great advice on how to amp up your voice-over career, visit www.SixFigureVoice.com

 

 

Jul 15, 2015

Tyrone Jackson and Alyson Steel chat with Larry Morgan. Larry is a writer, director, DJ, voice artist, producer and associate programmer who has worked in radio for 20 years. He has worked on many of the top radio stations in Los Angeles. He considers himself an LA cliché because he does a little bit of everything and always has a script up his sleeve. 

Larry started in radio at a small station in Texas before moving out to LA to go to USC Film School. After school he pursued a career in radio. When he decided to add voice-over work to his skill set he really had to concentrate on having conversational reads because the tendency in radio is to push. 

Larry explains that the program director of a radio station is the person who is directly responsible for programming. He has a hand in everything from managing the on-air personalities to the execution of promotions and contests. The program director is basically the radio version of a producer. 

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                                      Larry Morgan

Jun 17, 2015

Working in animation is a really fun facet of the voice-over industry. Tyrone Jackson and Alyson Steel talk about character development and the audition process with Jamie Woodham, a writer from the animated show Talking Tom and Friends

Jamie Woodham is a staff writer on Talking Tom and Friends. He built his reputation as a comedian and made contacts on Twitter before moving out to Los Angeles. He recommends using social media, especially twitter, to anyone wanting to work in the entertainment industry. Its a free writing sample and networking tool that helps get your name out there. 

Jamie explains the process before behind the scenes of an animated show. His advice for auditioning is to bring something unique or very real to the character. When you are casting a nerdy character, for example, 95% of the auditions sound the same (i.e., nasal quality, high pitched voice). He says that if you want to stand out, bring a quirk, react to lines, and do whatever is in your control to give the character as much of a personality as possible. 

If you want to catch Talking Tom and Friends, you can find it here on YouTube.

You can follow Jamie on twitter @jwoodham and listen to his podcast Best of Friends on iTunes. 

 

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Jamie Woodham

Jun 3, 2015

Voice-over artists Tyrone Jackson and Alyson Steel discuss how the industry is the business of show, but it’s also a business of people. It’s important to be presentable, listen to others, take directions, and know your place. As Alyson says, “Be present, prompt, prepared!”

                              Richard Malmos

Richard Malmos, whose voice you may recognize from the Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn and later with Craig Ferguson, stopped by to chat with Tyrone and Alyson about the business. 

Richard started as an actor and a singer, eventually got into radio in the Midwest, and got to learn about voice-over on the job from all the people that came through the studio. He simply listened to what other people were doing. Just like actors observe how people behave out in public, Richard listened to the tonality of people’s voices. 

Richard luckily got an agent before coming out to LA. He says that this was key because it’s darn near impossible to get auditions for the big jobs, especially in a big market like Los Angeles, without an agent. His first big paycheck came from a gig for Western Auto. They had sent him three separate checks and he thought it was a mistake! Turns out it paid more than he thought! 

Richard’s advice for new voice-over artists is to really give it some thought and if you are going to go for it don’t do it halfway. Get the training, invest the money, and take it seriously. 

If you take the business seriously, visit SixFigureVoice.com for more tools, articles, and advice on how to grow your career. 

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