"Live with Squacky"

Send us Fan Mail Think outside the box. How many times in your life have you been told to do that?!! We are living in a world now where creating your own content has become the norm. Figuring out how to build followers, collab with each other and learn to thrive in this world are things we are always thinking about. My Special guest today - Brittany Luberda, is an extremely talented singer, actres...

Send us Fan Mail My very first teaching job was at a school called “Vernon-Verona- Sherrill High School” in Verona, NY. For those who are unfamiliar with that area of NY, it’s pretty close to Syracuse. There were about 800 students total, I was 22 years old and pretty fresh out of college! My Seniors that year were only 4 years younger than me and it was definitely a wonderful time in my life. Man...

Send us Fan Mail In this short episode of "Live with Squacky", I talk once again about how important coffee is to me, my favorite coffees etc!! I talk about the importance of paying quarterly taxes and having financial stability and about our upcoming MAVO2021 "Time to grow" Voiceover conference coming up on November 12-14, 2021 online. It's shaping up with an outstanding...

Send us Fan Mail I hope you're all having a great week so far! This is Part 2 of my interview with the super talented, iconic, Elley Ray Hennessy! She is so positive and encouraging and even though I've been in the industry for a long time, I still learned a ton from chatting with her! Elley Ray is truly one of the most inspiring storytellers in the industry! This is a must-listen episod...

Send us Fan Mail For those of you that have been listening to “Live with Squacky” for a while now (either Season 1 or in YouTube format before this) – you know that animation and character work is my favorite type of voiceover work to do! So when I get the chance to interview actors that are super pros in these genres of voice acting, it’s even more exciting for me!! My special guest today is a to...

Send us Fan Mail Twitter is an amazing platform! I’ve met so many interesting people over the years that have become my friends! I love it! My guest today is one of the most kindhearted and compassionate people I know. Ally Teixeira and I met a few years ago on Twitter. Her husband Jacob is an editor and actually to be honest with you – I don’t always remember how I end up talking to people on Twi...

Send us Fan Mail Coffee, comedy, positivity and kindness! These are a few of the things I love the most! Today on the show, I’ll be talking with two people that are super pros when it comes to coffee, acting, comedy and being kind, compassionate people. Daniella Monet is an actress best known for her work on the Nickelodeon show “Victorious” where she played the hilarious role of Trina Vega! Danie...

Send us Fan Mail On Season 1 – Episode 1 of “Live with Squacky”, I did an in depth interview with Actor/Writer/Director Tom DeNucci. At the time of that interview, the COVID-19 pandemic had just started, his movie “Vault” had just been released and we had a great time talking about that – as well as a variety of other topics! Now that we’re in Season 2 of the show, I thought it only fitting to do...

Send us Fan Mail We’re kicking off season 2 with a superstar talent that I met a few years ago on Twitter. Chris Newman is an actor and producer, known for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), The Five-Year Engagement (2012) and Love and Honor(2013).    Chris was born and grew up in Troy, Michigan. Always performing for friends but otherwise shy, he began his acting career in college, on a d...

Send us Fan Mail On this final episode of Season 1 of "Live with Squacky," Val Kelly - "Squackyvoice" herself - wraps up the season with a look back on 2020. She talks about what she has learned and thanks her guests and co-producer. It was a great season of 40ish episodes and Season 2 will start on January 12th with more exciting guests, interviews and fun! Thanks for tuning i...

Send us Fan Mail  Let me tell you about my special guest today – Terry Dubbs! Terry comes by her down to earth sound honestly. She lives in the Midwest, on a farm raising goats with her husband and two dogs. Her honest sound gets her booked over and over again from Commercial to Political ads, to Telephony and Narration. Her passion for voice over started long before she ever started coaching with...

Send us Fan Mail Can you believe we're at Episode 38 already!! I was trying to decide whether we should go to 40 or 50 for Season 1! Haha! I ultimately decided on capping the first season at 40 episodes, so just 2 more to go after this one! We will then take a short break and Season 2 will start in January 2021!!  My Special Guest today is Bev Standing! Bev is an extremely talented voice actr...

Send us Fan Mail My special guest this week is Mike Paine. Mike is a 30+ year veteran voice talent! He’s completed thousands of successful projects and work he has voiced has had well over 60 million views on YouTube!! Mike is currently programming 2 radio stations in addition to whole bunch of other things!! We chat about how Mike got started in the industry, why editing skills are so important i...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode, I’ll be talking with Zephan Moses Blaxberg of ZMBmedia!! Zephan produced the live stream for the Mini MAVO2020 online conference that I hosted a few weeks ago and it was fantastic. Zephan is a videographer, best selling author, public speaker and podcaster. We had such a great chat and Zephan offers some great tips and tricks for how to use Zoom more effecti...

Send us Fan Mail I’m very excited to have Rosie O’Toole on the show today! Rosie has been a voiceover artist, actor and public speaking professional for 20 years in both the private and public sectors.  Her commercial work includes movies, audio book narration, radio, voiceover and video production.  In addition to her performances behind the mic and camera, Rosie is a skilled audio editor, mixing...

Send us Fan Mail  Today on the show, I’ll be chatting with superstar voice actor and one of the hosts of the VO Meter Podcast, Paul Stefano . With more than 20 years’ experience, Paul has become an expert at transforming his voice to reflect a wide variety of intonations. Depending on the voice over project – IVR, imaging, narration, character, non-fiction, dual POV – he can change his tone in a h...

Send us Fan Mail Mini MAVO2020, the online conference that I organize and host was this past weekend!! It turned out really great and I've had tons of positive feedback about it. So I thought it would be a good idea to do a recap show to highlight all of the sessions and say thank you to all of our sponsors and supporters. Also, if you missed the event, it will eventually be available to rewa...

Send us Fan Mail By the time this episode airs, we will be about 2 days from the start of Mini MAVO2020!!! I’m so excited for the conference and I hope you all are too!! If you still need a ticket, be sure to head over to www.midatlanticvo.com where you can find out all the info for the conference and the link to our Eventbrite page to purchase your ticket. Don’t forget to purchase the add on sess...

Send us Fan Mail In about 2012, I attended my first VO conference in Toronto. I decided to attend after I had a coaching intensive with superstar puppeteer & actor John Tartaglia in NYC. Long story short, I wanted to see if I could pursue my dream of being on “Sesame Street” -and I thought John could possibly help. It was a great session, but about an hour into it, I realized that puppeteering...

Send us Fan Mail Can you believe it? Its time for our 30th episode of  “Live with Squacky”! Did you guys know that Mini MAVO2020, the online conference that I plan, organize and run is coming up on November 6-8 on Zoom! With over 22 guest speakers and 3 full days of exclusive MAVO content, I simply don’t know how you could even consider missing this event! You don’t even have to leave your house t...

Send us Fan Mail My Special guest this week is none other than my favorite VO tech guy and one of my favorite people in the VO industry. For over 40 years, Emmy Award winning sound designer, recording engineer and producer "Uncle Roy" Yokelson has built an impressive list of credits for his work in a  variety of media. He’s the go-to guy for help with just about anything when it comes to...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of "Live with Squacky", professional voice actress, podcast host and the Owner/President/CEO of Mid-Atlantic Voiceover, LLC , Val Kelly talks about coping with our sometimes crazy world and then gives the rundown on Mini MAVO2020!! The conference is coming up in one month and Val talks about each session that will be happening, describes the breakout sess...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode of "Live with Squacky", Val talks with Sean Mahan. Sean is a professional voice actor who attended MAVO2018 as his first voiceover conference a few years back and has been progressing in his career since then. Sean talks about his experience at MAVO events, what his upcoming goals are, who he's trained with, what he likes to do in his spare t...

Send us Fan Mail My Special guest this week is a professional voice actor, audiobook narrator, author, and podcast producer/host. Mike Lenz is from my hometown of Saratoga Springs, NY and we met a few years ago when I was planning one of my MAVO events. He invited me to be a guest on his podcast and we’ve been friends ever since!! Our conversation includes a chat about coffee(of course), what Mike...

Send us Fan Mail Today's unique mini episode of "Live with Squacky" is a character takeover!! One of my favorite characters to perform is this little girl voice "Sophie"! So, "Sophie" took over my show today and asked me questions about MAVO and my voiceover career!! She loves cookies with frosting and sprinkles - so she adds in quite a bit of cookie conversation...