Voice Over Insider - Q&A with Joe Cipriano

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:03:00 -0400

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...

Voice Over Isolation Booth Video

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:38:30 -0400

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

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 06:40:30 -0500

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...

New Procedure for Voice Over Evaluations

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:35:09 -0500

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...

Pricing Update for Voice Over Lessons

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:35:37 -0500

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 exp...

Update on the new studio...

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 23:28:23 -0500

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 stud...

Voice Over Insider - Q&A with Don LaFontaine

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 07:20:00 -0400

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 ...

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

Sun, 11 Mar 2007 09:22:00 -0400

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 s...

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

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 08:11:00 -0500

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" m...

Acoustic Treatments for Voice Over Production Environments

Sat, 28 Oct 2006 11:36:00 -0400

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 profession...

Sample or Sampling Rate - The rate at which the audio is sampled by the recording device.

Wed, 11 Oct 2006 18:27:00 -0400

Some of you are going to have to excuse my methods of explaining some things in this article because it was meant to help newbies understand some of the basic principals of digital audio recording and effects processing. In an effort to foster thi...

Its time to get that big fat head off your shoulders � Looking inward by Michael Minetree.

Fri, 15 Sep 2006 04:57:38 -0400

The other day, talking to one of my students about how he had the right attitude for success, reminded me of just how far I have come from my not so humble beginnings in this business. When I first started, my ego wasn�t in check, I thought I w...

The �Getting Started in Voice Over� checklist � these are the things you will need to get going.

Sun, 03 Sep 2006 08:06:00 -0400

The voice bone is connected to the microphone-bone,
The microphone-bone is connected to the mixer-bone,
The mixer-bone is connected to the audio interface-bone,
And that�s how your paid for your voice.
The audio interface-bo...

Home Studio Design: Details of a network quality sound isolation booth.

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:39:00 -0400

After years of sitting on this project, we finally blew the dust off of it and got it up on the Internet. If you have ever wanted to see the background design work that goes into building a sound isolation booth capable of delivering at least a �8...

UPDATE: Online Voice Over Lessons less than they have ever been.

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 06:32:00 -0400

At the urging of one of the members of the MineWurx voice over community, we are now offering a Workshop Lesson: a more abbreviated, less expensive version of our full online voice over lessons. Click title for further details.

Our normal on...

Internet Voice Over Evaluations - How do they work?

Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:04:00 -0400

Below is an old transcript of how we used to do our voice over evaluations at the studio. We no longer use the Chat room. Everything is now done through Skype. If you are interested in an evaluation you can enter your information at the followi...

It all starts with an evaluation. One that should be free.

Mon, 07 Aug 2006 08:59:00 -0400

I have gotten two calls in the last week that reminded me why voice over evaluations should be free. In both calls, neither one of the curious information seekers really had much of an idea of what VO work really was or how to get into it. They...

The Transformation of a Voice Over Talent:

Fri, 04 Aug 2006 12:45:04 -0400

A real world example of how one voice over talent completely modified his sound at MineWurx Studio - from 300 miles away.

When I got a call from James, he was looking for advice on how to improve his sound. He had asked me to listen to his d...

Catch a rising star: The voice over career begins for Bethany Grace.

Fri, 04 Aug 2006 11:54:00 -0400

While I was sitting around listening to some pre-mix tracks of her new demo, I got to wondering where the journey of voice over might lead her. She is fresh, vibrant, intuitive� She reads with more confidence than a lot of people who are trying...

New Voice Over Forum is up! Come on in and join the community.

Wed, 02 Aug 2006 00:35:00 -0400

It's always hard starting a new discussion board. All of the topics are empty - there's not a lot to read just yet... It takes time. But with the right people and participation this could become a leading resource for voice over talent and acto...

Payment Plan for Voice Over Training. Price increase for lessons this Friday.

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 07:50:00 -0400

For years we have been asked to start a payment plan for voice over lessons and given the current economic climate in the country we have decided to offer a trial period where we will accept payments for lessons rather than a bulk up front fee....

The importance of quality sound as applied to ISDN, including comments by Joe Cipriano

Thu, 18 May 2006 15:44:00 -0400

I had a session scheduled yesterday with a large national client (MTV/Viacom). The session was one of those �maybe Monday or Tuesday� type bookings and when the client is of that nature, you make both days available to them. Comes with the terr...

Voice Over Notes from MineWurx Studio

Voice Over Isolation Booth Video - Part 3

Watch the new Voiceover Studio Promo Movie

Voice Over Isolation Booth Video - Part 2