Mike Lenz Voice - A Journey Into Voice Acting

On this episode I provide an update on my journey. I discuss the voiceover consulting I'm now doing as well as provide a discount on my friend Tim Tippet's Audition Ready Audio Course. I also talk about my journey into the audiobook narration world and how and why my audiobook work has increased dramatically. Lots of fun stuff on this episode. Here are some links: Voice Over Consulting - https://m...

Laila Berzins is a Voice Arts Awards nominated LA Based American voice actor with a decade of experience, comedian, and songwriter extraordinaire, providing a wide variety of accents and delivery styles. Her deep & resonant voice works well with Commercial, Corporate and Promo reads, while Laila's experience and personality in Animation and Video games will leave you with VIBRANT audio and a smile...

Growing up, I was always the entertainment in the family. I could be found recording radio programs (just to hear the announcer) or making voices and sounds with my mouth. After a while, my mother would get a little fed up with all the noise, and yell, "Tony, quit exploding all over the house!"  Deep down I know she loved all those sounds I made...pew pew... Fast forward through high school and wo...

On this episode I talk with voice actor, composer and audio engineer Tim Tippets about his Audition Ready Audio Course. I took Tim's course and worked with him one-on-one on my Effects Stack and was blown away by the improvement in the quality of my audio! The Audition Ready Audio Course takes the mystery out of the technical aspect of voice-over that many of us struggle with. With a straightforwa...

Maria Pendolino is an award-winning voiceover artist. A professional working actor for more than fifteen years, Maria's style is natural, friendly, relatable and sassy. Trained in musical theatre, film, television and voice, Maria's conversational delivery is youthful and on-trend – perfect to represent and speak to Millennials and Generation X. Maria specializes in commercials for TV, radio and t...

On this episode Mike provides an update on his journey.  May has been a busy month of traveling and Mike discusses some of the lessons he learned, the importance of being diverse in your work, making sure you provide yourself with some down time to allow yourself to get in touch with your true purpose.  Mike also talks about his short film - The Good Life - which will begin filming this summer! Li...

Emily Pick's voice is described as SOUND APPROACHABLE, WARM, HIP, FRIENDLY, SEXY, INTELLIGENT, BELIEVABLE. Emily's career has included Commercial, eLearning & education, announcer, podcasts, character, accents & dialects, animation, tourism, documentary. Emily has a full home studio with live director/producer patch in capability. Raw files or finished audio delivered quickly and cleanly.

Wow!!  So hard to believe we made it to 100 episodes.  I'm so thankful for my amazing guests and for all of you who listen to my podcast! On this special Episode 100, I asked my guests to come back and share a short clip of advice.  Over 50 former guests responded, sharing incredible knowledge and insight. This episode is loaded with so much inspiration and information, you'll want to write these...

Jenn Meyer is a proud Second City graduate, and professional full-time Los Angeles based voiceover artist who has lent her voice to A-List clients such as Disney, Mattel, Google, Red Robin and much more. From animation studios to big brand ad agencies and internal marketing campaigns, Jenn's Voice has been sweeping across the nation. Most recently Jenn attended Faffcon "the voiceover unconference"...

Join Mike on this episode where he updates listeners on his journey into on-camera commercial work.  Mike also discusses several important lessons and insights he's learned over the last 6 months and shares some scriptures that provide touchstones for Mike as he moves forward on his journey in faith!  

On this episode Mike inteviews writer, producer and voice actor Dustin Rubin. Dustin is a Voice Actor Providing VO for Commercials, TV, Radio, Narration, Audiobooks, Animation, Video Games, PSAs, E-Learning, Documentary, Corporate, Explainer Videos, Telephony, Explainer Videos, Non Profit, Promos & Trailers. Member of SAG-AFTRA Member of World-Voices. Org (WoVO) Member of Trailer Voice Artists Rec...

On today's episode, Mike interviews voice actor and podcaster Jessica Lewis. Jessica's voice is described as Humorous, Engaging, Collaborative, Creative, Visionary, Nerdy. Life is short; enjoy those you work with! Jessica has a friendly and clear American female voice, and has worked on projects from tv and radio commercials, narration, on-hold messages, corporate and explainer videos, e-Learning,...

TrueTell™ founder Dave Walsh has enjoyed a truly multi-faceted career on both sides of the Hollywood glass, as successful artist, coach and director as well as studio executive.    Walsh has been a key national and international voiceover talent for almost 20 years, fronting signature campaigns for commercial and television icons including AT&T, HBO, Honda, Entertainment Tonight (ET), Modern Marve...

On this episode Mike interviews trilingual voice actor Drita Dumont. She discusses her transition into voice acting and how she applies her VO expertise to to her other business in translation services.  We also talk about the importance of staying positive and focusing on progress not perfection!   https://www.dritadumont.com/

On this episode Mike updates listeners at the 6 month mark of his journey into full-time voice-over and podcasting. Topics include the process of working in the margins for 12 years, moving into on-camera work and the importance of continual improvement through coaching and achieving balance in your personal and professional life.

Issa Lopez is a bilingual voiceover talent, actress, singer and spokesperson with global, national, regional and local on and off-camera credits. As one of the most in-demand Spanish-English voices in the freelance world, she has been recognized among the TOP BILINGUAL voiceover artists available. With 24 years of experience providing exceptional voice products in both english and spanish, Issa's...

Jack performed for years as a stage and film actor on the East Coast before moving to San Francisco, where he became part of a national touring sketch comedy group while teaching comedy and writing. After a performance, he was approached by a VO producer to try his hand at the craft. Some fits and starts later, he committed fully to the craft and moved to Los Angeles, where he is a full-time voice...

On this episode, Mike talks with Sophia Cruz. Sophia is a LA bilingual voice over actor specializing in flawless and seamless English to Spanish voice overs! Whether you need Mexican Spanish, Latin American Spanish (LATAM) or neutral Spanish, she is your perfect choice! Perhaps your project requires her AmeriLatina™ style which is a fusion of both, either way she is happy to help you with the righ...

Jason Romano is a speaker, author, media consultant and church leader with over 20 years of professional broadcasting experience on the regional and network level. For 17 years, Jason was an Emmy-Award winning Senior Manager and Producer at ESPN. He has created and produced content for shows such as SportsCenter, Monday Night Football, Mike and Mike in the Morning, Sunday NFL Countdown, College Ga...

Rhonda Phillips has had a long and successful career in both radio and voice-overs.  She shares her journey into the world of VO and coaching (she loves coaching kids!), and discusses her Intro To Voice Over course.  Great information and inspiration!

On this episode Mike Lenz provides an update on his move into full-time VO and podcast production.  Mike discusses the work he's been doing in the eLearning, corporate narration, and audiobook space.  Mike also launched PodcastSnap, a concierge podcasting service that helps clients with all aspects of their podcasting neeeds.  He spoke recently at the ATD 2018 International Conference about The Po...

On this episode Mike Lenz interviews actor, voice actor, writer and producer Tiffany Morgan.  Tiffany is a stage, film and television actress best known for her roles on Nashville, The Mist, and The Walking Dead.  We discussed the life of a freelance entrepreneur, and the growing wave of podcasting that Tiffany is involved in, with several podcast productions in the works.  

Val Kelly is a bilingual, French/English Voice Actress. Val started her voiceover career in 1999 after being told her whole life how "cute" her voice is and that she should do something with it... and so she did....!!   Val has been actively booking Voiceover work for years now and most recently finished working on her new commercial demo with Emmy award winning sound designer, recording engineer...

Claton Butcher is an audiobook narrator, voice over artist, and music pastor, with over 80 audiobooks to his credit. He has studied under some of today's best and most prolific narrators, including Scott Brick, Sean Pratt, and Johnny Heller. He is also the founder of Two Words Publishing. Claton and his biggest fans: his wife, and their daughter - born in 2016 - live in the beautiful Black Hills o...

Since Brandon Pollock began his voiceover career in 2011 he's been trusted by companies all over the world to voice their projects. His experience includes: Commercials eLearning Industrial Narrations Audiobooks Animation And More… Brandon believes in getting it right and enjoys taking direction to deliver exactly what you're looking for. Brandon prides himself on providing great customer service...