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JON BAILEY TELLS ALL! (Sort of) 2022 is gonna be EPIC! So, Voice Over Body Shop starts off the new year with the EPIC voice over guy, the very witty Jon Bailey! And on this podcast he gets brutally honest about his amazing career, his life and amazing impressions he does for ADR! catch the replay all week on  Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/voiceoverbodyshop/, our homepage, VOBS.TV, and our po...

For Some Reason, Our Audience Could Not Stop Listening! Almost Two Hours of Non-Stop Home VO Studio Chat, Holiday greetings And Lot’s o’ Laughs!   It’s our annual (At least this year) Holiday fan show. Viewers take part, ask questions and a splendid time is had by all! It’s our holiday gift to you, from “The Guys!” Catch the replay all week on   Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/voiceoverbodysho...

VOBS TECH-TALK #69 has it all! As 2021 winds down, “The Guys” at VOBS maintain their non-stop, weekly intensity in informing you of the fine points of recording your voice over tracks at your home or “Personal Professional” studio. And this week they elucidate on the gear and techniques that make that professional difference: Updates on Mac OS and potential compatibility issues Headphones with VU...

What is “World-Voices?” It’s The Industry Association Of Freelance Voice Talent! Our own Dan Lenard, one of the four founding members of WoVO, is now its President! For a change of pace, George Whittam takes the reins of interviewer and asks Dan what it’s all about, and Dans’ plans to accomplish its mission to promote the professionalism of voice over to the people that hire us and provide the res...

VOBS TECH-TALK #68. Part Two Of Our Audio Masters Roundtable!  The 6 Masterminds of home voice over studio audio continue their amazing conversation about what they know better than anyone else on the planet!  And they answer your questions. …And…. a few other cool things.  Dan and George welcome Cliff Zellman, nationally recognized auto dealer spot producer, Emmy Award winning Sound Designer and...

Two Weeks OF Voice Over Body Shop You Do not Want To Miss! Part ONE this week: It’s our super popular, somewhat Annual, Voice Over Body Shop Audio Masters Roundtable! With this crew, how can it go wrong? Cliff Zellman, nationally recognized auto dealer spot producer, Emmy Award winning Sound Designer and and engineer, Uncle Roy Yokelson, Big time Voice and Audio consultant Jordan Reynolds and The...

VOBS has been around for 10 years, Yet Dan and George still have stuff to talk about! On this weeks TECH-TALK #67 George  didn’t buy a Macbook Pro M1 14”, Why not? Maintaining eye contact on Zoom calls (if that matters to you) Rode PSA1+ mic arm with a neoprene sleeve? What do you want to learn on the GTT Vimeo Pro?  Dan Demonstrates Proper Mic placement Plus we answer YOUR submitted questions! HE...

Here's an important VOBS episode you must watch on having a great VO website! Is Your VO Website Up TO Snuff? Joe Davis and his Crack Team At Voice Actor Websites Take a Look! Joe Davis has over 18 years of experience working in digital marketing and web development and has spent the last 10 years focused on the world of voice over. During that time, he has developed numerous websites, internet pl...

VO Tech shouldn’t be scary! Dan and George strive each week to bring you the most important, relevant and detailed information on how to properly record your VO audio! On this weeks jam packed VOBS TECH-TALK #66 we cover lots of stuff and even demonstrate some valuable technique. It spans the gamut of Macs and interfaces to headphones and software. Plus Dan shows us, in detail, the skill of drop i...

Lets Hear How To Fix Your VO Performance Problems with                  "The Voiceover Doctor" Bill Holmes!   Listen to him take Dan through a hard read!   Bill has been a voiceover actor/director for 35 years. He started referring to himself as The Voiceover Doctor because of the style of teaching that he has developed over the past 35 years. It's a unique self-improvement system for voiceover ac...

OK, Maybe not 300, but at least a few get mentioned is this classic VOBS TECH-TALK #65. Dan and George get down on what it takes to get it right in your Personal Professional VO studio. This week we cover: EcoFlow River power pack, the many amazing features and uses Windows 11 is out, but stick with the last build of Windows 10 for now…  George reviews the Presonus Revelator io24 Universal Audio V...

On This Weeks  Voice Over Body Shop, We Welcome the Dean of Voice acting, Mr. Marc Cashman!  With over 40 years in the voiceover industry, Marc has written hundreds of articles about voice acting for Voices.com, Backstage and NowCasting.com; is in demand for V-O Conventions and Conferences as a Keynote Speaker and Master Class instructor, and has authored one of the top-selling books on voice acti...

VO Recording Technology Made Simple!    The entire voice over and voice acting community knows, when it comes to creating and maintaining a “personal professional voice over studio,” the place to get the proper information on how to do it right is the Voice Over Body Shop. Dan Lenard and George Whittam make it easy and fun and, hopefully prevent thousands of dollars of mistakes and hours of mind-n...

AI voices and the legality of it all! We talk about it with VO Super Lawyer  Rob Siglimpaglia! Contracts? NDA’s? Liability? Many of us don’t understand the legal aspects to running a voice over business, or any business for that matter. However, we are all independent contractors and we want to protect ourselves from some of the legal pitfalls we can encounter.  That's where Rob Siglimpaglia, Lawy...

The Home VO Studio Stuff You Can Only In Get One Place! When “The Guys” get down and talk shop, you’re  hearing more than 30 years experience serving your home VO studio needs.  Dan and George tell it like it truly is! On this weeks entertaining and informative  VOBS TECH-TALK #63 we cover: The Vanguard v4 gen2 Mic first look. Powerline ethernet adapters explained Universal Audio Apollo officially...

Your Voice Is Your Livelihood! At VOBS, We Want You To Sound Your Best Our guest this week  is a great example of Speech Language and Voice Pathologist meets Vocal Coach! Amy Chapman MA, CCC-SLP is a vocal therapist and singing voice specialist. Amy is a licensed and board-certified Speech & Language Pathologist who has dedicated her career to helping professionals improve and optimize their voice...

Informative, Vital and  fun VO Audio Talk! With George still on a well deserved vacation, Tim Friedlander joins Dan for a great shop talk discussion on recording your VO at tracks at home.    We discuss our personal philosophies as to what you need to do to make your audio sound professional. A session you must pay attention to! Plus we answer your questions on: Issues with iZotope RX8 The SHURE M...

You Will Love This Episode!   George went “glamping.” So, our great friend voice talent, musician and fellow audio engineer, Tim Friedlander fills in as co-host on this weeks exciting Voice Over Body Shop
 Our special guest is very busy voice actor, the very vivacious Myrna Velasko! Myrna is known for voicing animation and gaming roles like Green Lantern / Jessica Cruz, Torra Doza, and Carla. But...

Where else can hear the true, nitty gritty, home voice over studio shop talk? The best and most fun place is VOBS TECH-TALK #61! This week we jump headlong into a plethora of cool stuff! TwistedWave 26: Video editing?? Speech recognition Bertom Denoiser: Amazing noise reduction without the downsides, universal binary runs native on M1 Mac TDR Nova: The perfect EQ/De-esser for Audacity?  iLok USB k...

At Voice Over Body Shop, we look at all aspects of the voice over marketplace. With so many opportunities in so many genres, what’s the best for you? Well, this week we talk with Los Angeles based Dubbing Director and cinematographer, Harry Buerkle. With so many networks grabbing foreign material for American audiences, experience and skill in dubbing can be a very valuable skill to exploit.  Harr...

THIS IS THE PLACE FOR THE ULTIMATE HOME VO STUDIO INFO! On this weeks Voice Over Body Shop TECH-TALK #60 Dan and George show and tell a pile of things to make recording your VO tracks a breeze. We discuss “The Sound Screw?” What is it? Audacity is NOT "spyware,” and Universal Audio buys Townsend Labs. What does the mean for the Sphere I22? And we discuss the folly of too much gear! Plus your quest...

Dan, George and Voice Over Body Shop are thrilled to back and be part of your Voice Over success! After a couple weeks off to recharge, we’re so happy to talk with our longtime friend and very busy VO pro, Mara Junot! Mara has performed voiceovers for  Fortune 500  companies worldwide and appears in media from video games to animated movies. Mara is known for her "shapeshifting voice”. She’s featu...

What if you could know everything about what’s going on “Everywhere” in the VO world?  We try to inform you with all we got, which is more than anyone else, and a new website takes it even further!    In this masterful edition of VOBS TECH-TALK #59 we discuss: acoustics hidden in the ceiling! George share’s video of Show Rummell’s new studio. When does a power conditioner help? The Tula USB mic, ...

How Do You Present Yourself in the Voice Over Business in 2021? Voice Over Body Shop brings you more fresh content with a deep dish discussion with the one and only J.S. Gilbert! J.S. is a writer, ad creative and voice actor, who knows more about social media than most Gurus - He’s not an influencer, it's just that the influencers listen to HIM. Aside from his noted commercial work, he’s played th...

                              VOBS TECH-TALK #58! As we all start to step out of our isolation, we know the Voice Over biz will pick up even more. To keep you up to date, “The Guys” at VOBS are here to make your recording studio sound it’s best!  We cover a ton of stuff this week, including: Mac hardware at WWDC? New Mac OS: Monterey. Coolest thing we’ve ever seen?  System updates, best practices....