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New to Voice Over	New GuyNew Guy Started by:Ted, 02/11/08 12:49 PM Views:328, Replies:1 Last reply by: minetree	03/12/08 07:12 AMHey - did you happen to see the post from the last guy Ted?
The Internet and VO	Check out my audio book!!!!!Check out my audio book!!!!! Started by:Speedy, 11/21/07 21:22 PM Views:521, Replies:5 Last reply by: TGG	01/03/08 17:16 PMSpeedy! WTG! You're rockin now!
Editing Software	dang ole soun carddang ole soun card Started by:Bobby Uvula, 01/03/08 13:28 PM Views:291, Replies:1 Last reply by: minetree	01/03/08 13:58 PMA while back I tried to wrap this up in an article for the site. You can find it here: [url]http://www.minewurx.com/echos/article.php/20061011182752562[/url] All-in-all it boils down to less band width=less samples=less audio capture of the source
Miscellaneous	Casting websiteCasting website Started by:Speedy, 01/02/08 22:06 PM Views:327, Replies:1 Last reply by: minetree	01/03/08 09:37 AMNo. That little project is dead and gone. It kind of stood in conflict with a lot of the things I do and it was also far more of a commitment than I wanted to get into.. I think the other sites out there have just about wrapped up the market - It just didn
Miscellaneous	Computer sound cardComputer sound card Started by:Bobby Uvula, 12/27/07 12:56 PM Views:355, Replies:3 Last reply by: minetree	12/28/07 13:10 PMI have an older Echo Gina which works in XP with the beta drivers. It has always been great - an is actually more quiet than my Mac/ Delta66 combo...MM

Voice Over Isolation Booth Video

Tuesday, March 11 2008 @ 02:38 PM EDT
Contributed by: minetree
Views: 195

I made a short video showing the current status of the isolation booth in it's beginning stages. More like naked beginnings.

You can catch it here on YouTube.

Studio Construction Continues

Monday, March 03 2008 @ 06:40 AM EST
Contributed by: minetree
Views: 109

This is an older photo of the "good ol' days" before the new studio was functioning. We just started on the new booth this week and I'll be posting photos here and there to let everyone see the goings-on.

Until then - see - ya. MM

New Procedure for Voice Over Evaluations

Wednesday, February 27 2008 @ 09:35 AM EST
Contributed by: minetree
Views: 130

From now on - potential voice over students wishing to get a free 1 hour evaluation will need to submit an online form to set up their evaluation.
Simply go to THIS PAGE and fill out your information. It's very simple to do and will help us keep track of everything.
It's a Flash based form - so you'll need Flash installed on your machine. Some people in offices and government networks may experience problems and should fill the form out at home.

That being said - we are no longer conducting intial interviews on the telephone. We'll reserve telephone conversations for times when it is most needed rather that spending hours talking to each person seeking an evaluation.
We just dont have the time.
Once again - thanks... Let us know if you have any problems. MM
Here's a link to the related podcast which covers this and a few other things..
NEW PODCAST

Pricing Update for Voice Over Lessons

Wednesday, January 09 2008 @ 08:35 AM EST
Contributed by: minetree
Views: 172

New Studio Update Podcast:
New Podcast

For the last year the studio offered 3 different packages for VO lesson - 5 weeks - 10 weeks and 20 weeks. It was an experiment of sorts which lead to this final outcome

Voice over lessons will now be for 10 weeks - $800 - payable in two payments of $400 if the VO student so wishes. If you choose the payment option, the remaining $400 is due at the beginning of your 4th lesson. This allows people to split the lump sum up into two payments. (Something many of my students had requested in the past.)

So - gone are the ever-lasting 20 week sessions. and the 5 week sessions as well. The new studio will have more hands on training available to students. There will also be Pro-Tools and Audition workstations. In the near future we should be linked up with Source-Connect.

Until next time... MM

Update on the new studio...

Saturday, December 15 2007 @ 11:28 PM EST
Contributed by: minetree
Views: 243

For those of you who come by often enough to know that I haven't posted in a long, long time - this may come as a shock - but I'm still here..

I've been buried in all sorts of projects - the new studio being one of them. It has the old studio beat hands down as far as toys and bells and whistles. One of the most exciting is a complete voice over workstation for my VO students with a mixer, microphone, headphones and a windows computer that is ProTools and Adobe Audition equipped. For years I had to try to explain all of the hands on technology that goes along with learning and performing in a home studio, and now my VO students can sit down at a workstation and go through the motions for real as they practice their technique. It's a real score for the students and allows the training to become so much more in depth. I have wanted it for a long time and finally it has arrived.

Otherwise the construction is about 75 percent done and all of the equipment wiring has yet to begin. The new booth hasn't been built yet and a series of doors will be added in the near future. However all of the nice things like direct TV and a bunch of televisions make down time go a little better.

So - in short - we're almost there and new students are starting to make their way by to check things out. We should be fully operational by March or April, but will be resuming classes in the new studio in a week or two. Pictures will be up on the boards soon...

MM

Voice Over Insider - Q&A with Don LaFontaine

Monday, March 19 2007 @ 07:20 AM EDT
Contributed by: minetree
Views: 1,809

Welcome to the Voice Over Insider Interview Series.

In these interviews we'll attempt to go beyond the typical questions and get to the real performer behind the microphone, and bring you their insights from an educational point of view.

This week:

Don LaFontaine Interview
Media - Web/Internet
www.minewurx.com - A voice over training website.
Interviewer: Michael Minetree

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Some of my favorite voices and voice over talent – Issue #1

Sunday, March 11 2007 @ 09:22 AM EDT
Contributed by: minetree
Views: 939

Often times I’m asked by my students, which voices are out there that I like. It’s a hard question for me to answer because there are so many I like - and most of them for very different reasons. I don’t like telling people to go out and copy someone’s style – but when it comes to finding good role models in voice over this is probably a good place to start.

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Audio Proficiency: You better be ready to fly little donkey...

Sunday, January 21 2007 @ 08:11 AM EST
Contributed by: minetree
Views: 837

Yeah, yeah.. I know.. Flying donkeys.. Sure, that's something you see everyday... I just wanted to get your attention so that you would sit up straight in class. Audio proficiency is what's at hand here and the use of the phrase "ready to fly" means ready to move your can in the event you have to. As usual, I would like to share some of my real world voice over experience in hopes that it may help someone survive a potentially embarrassing situation - or best of all - avoid one all together. You never know when a client will call just as you've hopped into the car to take the little lady shoe shopping, asking for something you might not be able to deliver.

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Meet Pam - The winner of the MineWurx Project - Operation Voice Talent

Tuesday, December 19 2006 @ 07:17 PM EST
Contributed by: minetree
Views: 933

Here she is in all her glory, Pam, the winner of the MineWurx Project - Operation Voice Talent voice over contest hosted by MineWurx Studio.

The contest was sponsored in part by RadioDaddy.com.

Holdonlog.com, makers of ActorTrack software, offered a free copy of the software to Pam for winning.

James Alburger offered promotional sponsorship and has also published his book - The Art of Voice Acting which is in it's third edition and has an article by yours truly in it.

The Voiceworks Voice Over Database provided a free membership to Pam so she can market her new demo after she completes it.. InteractiveVoices and Radio411.com also helped with promotinal sponsorship and Julie Williams offered a free copy of her CD - Proven Voice Over Techniques to Pam for winning.

MineWurx Studio is offering her 10 free weeks of training and a pro demo when she's done.

She'll be keeping a blog of her journey into VO training. She just started the other day and you can find her fist entry here

Good luck kid!!!

MM

Acoustic Treatments for Voice Over Production Environments

Saturday, October 28 2006 @ 11:36 AM EDT
Contributed by: minetree
Views: 1,580

One of the hardest things for new voice talent to overcome when they have little to no experience with sound isolation, acoustics or audio recording, is how to get the audio they do record up to standards that would be acceptable for professional production. Many times beginners will pout and cry about how they never get hired or booked for a gig without looking at one of the core reasons, outside of professional training, why they don’t. That reason is how the product they so desperately want to sell sounds.
If you took the greatest voice talent in the world and forced him to record his stuff in a bathroom, no one would ever hire him. Why would you? His audio would stink.

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