Female Voice Talent Bettye Zoller
Courtesy this morning of Dave Courvoisier’s blog is news that Bettye Zoller has entered into the voice over blog world.
Bettye was nice enough yesterday to offer me some voice care tips via my blog post yesterday that she read on Plaxo.
Voice is doing a bit better today, thanks Bettye.
Maybe because I have spent today mostly silent except for whispers because of a vocal beating I caused myself last night talking over a really great band at a black tie affair (while still not fully over a cold), I am more attuned to vocal strain information currently. I HOPE all I caused myself was Laryngitis.
But I came across two things that voice talents should be aware of to keep their money machine out of harms way. This in addition to the information I came across about the new VOICE 2010 sponsor.
First was this Backstage article entitled Vocal Investments.
The other was the web site voiceproblems.org.
BEFORE taking any advice from a web site, PLEASE consult your personal physical first.
James Alburger was speaking with me recently about the VOICE 2010 conference and he said “we have a new Premiere Sponsor for VOICE 2010.”
I was thinking maybe it was going to be a microphone company or audio software group. He said it was the Osborne Head & Neck Institute Voice & Speech Division.
Long pause. Then it clicked!
What a fantastic market for these Doctors to be fishing in and how fortunate are the voice talent who are attending that the Doctors will be “in”.
So many of us in voice over take the care of our throat and vocal chords for granted….or worse, we ignore it.
On paper, this sponsorship is a win-win. The Doctors are introduced to new patients and the voice talents have an important opportunity to learn more about one of their most important body parts.
This could be very cool.
A couple of pings to my email box to pass along if you are so inclined:
Marice Tobias has announced her spring sessions for her “The Shift” voiceover training for commercials and narrations.
– St. Louis, MO – the weekend of May 15th
– Washington, D.C. – the weekend of May 22nd
– New York, NY – private sessions from May 24th – June 1st.
For information on Marice’s events, contact Stacey Stahl at 503-246-2239.
Pat Fraley is presenting “Making the “A” List: An Acting for Voice Over Event” featuring Pat, Ed Asner and Scott Brick on Saturday, May 22nd at World Famous Buzzy’s Recording in LA. To secure your spot call 818-400-3733.
I have been taught by both these individuals and while both have issued restraining orders against me because of my lack of performance skills (the way the both individually screamed “don’t ever back here” was kind eerie) , I’m sure you’ll fair much better. They are great teachers.
Well, you do if you’re a voice talent and your name is Morgan Freeman, anyway.
Except possibly for bragging rights, I am not sure why CBS News announced the guests it was hosting at Saturday’s annual White House Correspondents Dinner. But their special guest list includes:
– Morgan Freeman
– Julianna Margulies
– Betty White (one week before her SNL hosting gig)
– Chelsea Handler
– Ayla Brown, daughter of Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA)
– Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel
– Attorney General Eric Holder
– HHS Secy. Kathleen Sebelius
– Energy Secy. Steven Chu
– Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA)
– D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty
– Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
The White House seems to have played its hand as to its preferred network news organization.
Not to point out the obvious, but if they’re inviting announcers for CBS News programs, I think CBS News forgot somebody.
Voice Actor Allen Swift, photo copyright Neal Boenzi, The New York Times
Shame on me for missing the Cartoon Brew post last week and only now catching the New York Times obit on voice actor Allen Swift.
What’s sad for me in these situations is I learn of a performer’s work after their passing. Shame on me again.
