George The Tech’s Performer Friendly Podcast

A huge range of topics pertaining to producing audiobooks covered in this edition of Audiobook Masters Round Tables with Jeffrey Kafer, David Wilson, and Karen Souer.  George shares more highlights from NAMM show, including MXL mics, Contour Shuttle Pro, and Blue Mo-Fi headphones. Dan has a Tip of the Week on cheap vs. expensive microphones. And the news, and your questions!

Published on Mar 9, 2015 We get to share the perspective of voice talent on 4 continents, Susannah Kenton in New Zealand, Debby Barnes in the UK, Ramesh Mahtani in the Canary Islands (Spain), and Jonathan Tilley in Germany, and US in the USA!

Rosi and Brian Amador, bilingual voice talent couple from Boston join us this week to share how they share a studio, their love for music and performing (with some music!), and take questions from the chat room. George has another NAMM show highlight and Dan takes on your questions.

Voice actor and online casting "P2P" success story J. Michael Collins joins us from his home studio in Luxembourg... Yes, Luxembourg! He stays up WAY past his bedtime to answer our questions, as well as the chat room's. Dan's Tip of the Week is on dealing with shelving reflections in your VO booth. George answers questions on audio interfaces and signal chains, cloud-lifters and phantom power...

Promo, commercial and narration voice Thomas Pinto shares his wisdom on this edition. Dan is in Santa Monica with George this time around.

Influential and helpful voiceover casting director Mary Lynn Wissner Voices joins us this week from  voicecasting.com Gerald Griffith, founder of VOAtlanta tells us what's to come for VOAtlanta 2015 coming March 12th. George has hits from the 2015 NAMM show, too!

Pablo and Al the Voiceover Pals in the Garage bring some levity to the show and share their pearls of wisdom. Dan's Tip of the Week on Personal Studio Troubleshooting, questions, news, laughs, info, it's all here.

Roger gives and gives on this information packed (aren't they all) episode. George's open letter to engineers' message about adopting IP audio codecs, News, Dan and George answer questions, and Mugman!

World Wide Wadio producer Jeff Howell is our esteemed first guest of 2015. George asks the chat room what they plan to do to boost their VO careers in 2015 and shares some thoughts of his own. George and Dan answer viewer questions, and Dan's Tip of the Week is about "Personal Studios".

You submitted your favorites and here they are, plus some of ours, too. Happy New Year, see you in 2015, same time, same place!

Jay graciously sacrifices sleep to be with us LIVE for almost an hour of stories of his journey to success and questions from our audience. Dan has a Tip of the Week on using Studio Monitors over Headphones, George disputes it... News, audience tech QnA, and more goodies!

If you want to know anything about WoVO, this episode covers it as a selection of the executive board joins us for this information packed episode. Chris Mezzolesta, Dave Courvoisier, Elizabeth Holmes, & Dustin Ebaugh are here with an open discussion and QnA with our chat room. George shares a Whittam's World on using Skype and other methods as a phone patch.

Golden nuggets of information abound with Jodi Gottlieb! She worked at CBS! Jodi talks about what she looks for when hiring talent. She recently did a workshop with Jeff Howell (World Wide Wadio) re how to interpret your scripts. She's worked with many of the top talent in promo, including Townsend Coleman and the late, great Don LaFontaine, and shares some wonderful stories about them. As a demo...

Tonights Guest is none other than Harlan Hogan! Show Log Episode 167, November 24, 2014 Guest: Harlan Hogan George on equipment upgrades 0:01:59 Here they are! Dan missed the big Buffalo snow dump. 0:03:17 Thanks to sponsors: Harlan Hogan, Edge Studio, VoiceZam, VoiceOverXtra, HomeStudioMaster, VO Studio Tech. 0:03:45 EWABS NEWS 0:04:00 WoVO’s new website is launched! Go to http://www.worldvo.org/...

Episode 166, November 17, 2014 Guest: Zurek, https://soundcloud.com/zurek, founder of Voice Over Universe George is at Doug Turkel’s in Florida, Dan is farther west in Buffalo! Tip of the Week: Overthinking it. 0:01:52  They begin…reversed.  And both are remoting! 0:04:00  Zurek comes on. 0:05:03  Zurek catches us up on what he’s been doing since his last EWABS appearance two years ago. 0:06:44  D...

Jeff, John, and George really get to geek out this week as Dan rehearses for the Music Man, but he still manages to stop in to say hello in his top hat! We talk about audio processing, Voice Arts Awards, Car Talk, audio gear, Sennheiser 416, and a ton more on this one. Thanks to our sponsors:voiceoveressentials.comedgestudio.com/vostudiotech.comvoxtra.comvoicezam.comhomestudiomaster.comnarratorhel...

Show Log Episode 164, November 3, 2014 Guest: Townsend Coleman, voice of Michelangelo, one of the Teenage Mutant Turtles George answers questions Dan’s Tip of the Week will be about studio monitors 0:01:46  Here they are! 0:03:14  Sponsors: Harlan Hogan at VoiceOver Essentials, Edge Studio, and VoiceZam! 0:04:14  EWABS NEWS (minus the bumper).  George talks about the Behringer mixer, the XR12 X Ai...

Show Log Episode 163, October 27, 2014 Guest: Chris Heward, comedian 0:02:00  They’re on, George, Dan, and Chris. 0:02:46  Thanks to our sponsors, Harlan Hogan, Edge Studios. 0:03:57  The news (bumper needed!) 0:04:07  George talks about Yosemite, the latest Apple operating system.  See the EWABS Facebook group to see how it’s working for people. 0:05:46  Harry Schearer is now teaching VO.  http:/...

Show Log Episode 162, October 20, 2014 Audio Masters Roundtable 0:02:05 Here they are! 0:02:30  Thanks to our sponsors, VoiceOver Essentials, VoiceOverXtra, and Edge Studios. 0:03:45  Introductions for the AudioMasters Roundtable, all folks to help with audio and technical issues. 0:04:01  Steve Sisk, from Vancouver.  siskstudio.com 0:04:41  Cliff Zellman, DallasVO.com 0:05:19  Jordan Reynolds, jo...

Show Log Episode 161, October 13, 2014 Guest: Randy Thomas George will have highlights from the AES Show Dan’s tip of the week: normalization 0:02:03  There they are, on the only live VO webcast in the universe. 0:03:37  Thanks to the sponsors, Harlan Hogan at http://voiceoveressentials.com/, Edge Studio http://www.edgestudio.com/, and Voice Over 30 http://www.voiceoverxtra.com/ 0:03:53  News: EWA...

Published on Oct 6, 2014 New York City based voice actor Anthony Mendez shares his tail of success in VO, and takes a HUGE number of questions from the audience. Dan and George answer fan questions from the email bag, and George has a Whittam's World on Shotgun microphones. Plus a bit of VO Tech News to kick off the show...

Episode 159, September 29, 2014 Guest: Marc Cashman and his new book V-Oh! George answers fan questions Dan shows his clicker editing 0:01:49  They begin! 0:03:35  If you have questions for George or Dan, write to ewabshop@gmail.com 0:04:20  Q: What’s the best material for a VO floor?  A: Carpeting.   0:05:16  Dan adds that wooden flooring will absorb sound some, George adds that floor reflection...

Episode 158, September 22, 2014 Guest: Jon Bailey Whittam’s World on “gain staging” Dan shows some FaffCon video 0:01:10  Intro audio begins. 0:01:52  They appear, both in George’s studio.  Together we’re worse!   0:02:40  Dan tells his story about buying a house in So. California and not sleeping for days. 0:05:25  Dan shows FaffCon footage. 0:08:27  They’re back and talk more about FaffCon. 0:10...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aWJmBsJsB8&list=UUbH1aq5ZyQsghyjEWfDgQNQ Show Log Episode 157, September 15, 2014 Fan Round Table (audio only) 0:01:40   The show begins after the intro.  George is at Laurie Allen’s home trying to make it all work. 0:03:22  Anthony Gettig has the first topic.  What’s the state of portable studio technology?  George and Dan discuss. 0:04:14  Dan talks about the lim...

Show Log Episode 156, September 8, 2014 Clips from Voice2014 0:01:52   They begin.   0:03:00   Dan outlines the show to come. 0:03:45  The Red Carpet Reception, the first night. 0:05:46  Dan with Diane Merritt and Jen Davis.   0:06:43  Dan with Julie Williams on VO ethics. 0:07:36  Bill Holmes and Dan. 0:07:59  Fred Melamed and Dan. 0:10:19  Dan with Beau Bridgland from the U.K. 0:11:15  Dan with...