George The Tech’s Performer Friendly Podcast

Our amazing guest this week is Cristina Milizia, inspiring voice actor and creator of the Global Voice Acting Academy.

Chuck and Stacey of VO Buzz Weekly FINALLY in the VOBS studio for a super informational and fun show.

We welcome some of our old friends and a few new ones on this information rich episodes. George is in PA and dan is in CA this time around.

Talent voice actor of games, animation, and more Brian T. Stevenson joins live in studio this week, sharing his tale of moving up the ladder, finding an agency, and learning from the greats like Rob Paulson and Mick Wingert.

Rick blows us away with his knowledge of voice acting as he shares some of the skills he teaches in his program bookablevo.com

Lori Alan shares her wonderful stories and enthusiasm with Dan and George. Please visit her charity notodogmeat.com

Marc Graue, owner of Legendary Marc Graue Studios and voice actor himself comes in for a few laughs and a TON of helpful information.

John Taylor fills in for Dan and brings along Big Llou Johnson! A super fun episode, we get loose and real.

Yes, this is actually EWABS reborn as Voice Over Body Shop! Your buddies George Whittam and Dan Lenard together from their new studio in Sherman Oaks, CA.

Dan and George try out the new Voice Over Body Shop studio! Test run to see how the new video cameras and switching works, tweak lighting and sound, and block our shots. We have a few surprise guests, including John Taylor who dropped in to the studio, and calls from Marc Cashman and Chuck & Stacey from VO Buzz Weekly. Larry Hudson provided production assistance.

Dan and George share their final episode of East West Audio Body Shop with 20 fans in a massive roundtable extravaganza! Robert Marshall of Source Elements joins us to share the latest happenings with Source Connect, why ISDN still survives, and audio tech.  Dan and George will be back August 10th with their new show, Voice Over Body Shop at VOBS.TV!!

We've got on this episode MJ Lallo, Jamie Hunsdale, John Taylor, Scott Burns, and dropping in to George's studio, Chris Heward! A show full of laughs and really helpful information for those interested in the world of animation and video game voice over work.

Our first all female audiobook roundtable on EWABS, with Karen Commins, Carlyn Craig of Post Hypnotic Press, Ann Richardson, and Audie nominated Hillary Huber.

Our panel tonight includes, returning once again, Cliff Zellman, Juan Carlos Bagnell, Uncle Roy Yokelson, and we welcome for his first time, Jordan Reynolds!  Tonight we take a look back at what's changed in voiceover recording in the last 15 years or so, and what technology we'd like to see more of (and what should just go away). Plus the panel answers a huge array of chatroom questions.

We decided 90 minutes wasn't enough time last episode to dedicate to this difficult conversation, so we invited a whole new panel to hash over the discussion of using online casting services to book voiceover work. This go 'round we welcomed Bev Standing, David Kaplan, J Michael Collins, and J.S. Gilbert to the roundtable.

Online Casting and RatesGreat discussion from the voice actor's point of view.  Peter BishopMatt CowlrickMelissa ExelberthPaul StrikwerdaThe opinions expressed during this episode are those solely of the panel, and are not representative of the producers of EWABS, nor its sponsors.

Commercial and imaging voice David Jeremiah joins us from his elaborate Los Angeles studio this week, sharing entertaining tales from his 30 years in the biz. Dan's got a Tip of the Week on Audio Interfaces. And we answer a whole slew of audience questions, like we do every week, post yours at ewabs.com

George gets a visitor in his studio this week when voice actor and standup comedian Rachel Butera joins us. She tells us about her journey from Jersey to Los Angeles, joining the union, landing an agent, contesting on America's Got Talent, calling in to Howard Stern, voice matching, impressions of Whoopie, Wanda Sykes, Rosie O'donnell, Joan Rivers, her Mother, and a lot more funducational stuff.

Eric Leopardi, creator of ISDN to Go tells us about the genesis of his ISDN bridging service, which works with IPDTL, Source Connect Now, and Source Connect Standard.  Dan's Tip of the Week is about moving homes and selecting the right place to have a voiceover studio. George shares a #whittamsworld on IP Audio Codecs from Comrex at the NAB show.

We have friends and supporters of EWABS Larry David and Elizabeth Stuart on this episode. Larry and Elizabeth are voice acting pros who love to share their stories of success, and take a huge amount of questions from the chatroom. George shares highlights from WovoCon and a few product spots from NAB, including Shure, Pelican cases, and JK Audio.

Multi-facted voice actor David Kaye joins us from his beautiful home studio and shares his story from womb to tomb. OK, no tomb. Tip of the Week on recording VO with an iOS device, and some highlights from George's Vegas trip covering NAB and WovoCon II.

George takes the show on the road to attend NAB, NMX, and WovoCon, and lands at Melissa Moats' Voice Actor's Studio in Henderson, Nevada, complete like the Vegas Voicers providing a lively audience! We also talk to Jack de Golia and Mike Martin. Special thanks to Troy Moats and Alex MacDonald for their technical assistance.

Edge Studio's very own vocal care expert and speech therapist Lara Hirner answers a deluge of questions from Dan and our audience. Dan share's a Tip of the Week on studio acoustics vs sound proofing, news, and viewer tech questions. More info about Lara  http://www.edgestudio.com/lara-hirner

Roger Leopardi's CPA KK Barton takes your questions on how to setup your business, preparing for taxes, and going S corp or LLC.George has video from VO Atlanta from Joe Cipriano and an interview with young voice actor Anna Cate Donelan.

Our first ever segment en Espanol, Simon Fojgiel interviews Rene Figueroa and Emma Rodero at VO Atlanta during their Spanish Day.  George interviews Susan Bennett, the original voice of Siri. We also have news about the new Macbook, Google Plus, and we take questions from YOU!