Coming Soon: The Return Of…MATCH GAME VO

Question 1: How many voice artist are you friends with via Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc?

Question 2: Of these friends, how many of their demo’s have you actually taken the time to listen to?

Question 3: Would you take the time if you had a fun and entertaining way to do so?

If you answered YES to Q3, then get ready to hear your friends and know them better, with the return of…

MATCH GAME VO

A year ago I shared a little game with you that was born out of my own interest in trying to listen to the demo of every vo friend I had via social media. The feedback I received from those who participated and played the game was very positive, and some even said it was fun. Ha ha. And, since then, I’ve made many more vo friends online, all with demo’s I’ve listened to, so I thought it was time to bring back, MATCH GAME VO, to give you a chance to get to know more about your talented friends in the vo business.

For those of you who may be new to MATCH GAME VO, here’s how it works…

  • I post a picture of 3 unnamed voice artists
  • I post the demo’s of the 3 unnamed artists in random order
  • You listen to the demo’s and try to match the artist with their demo
  • You post your answers in the comments
  • A few days later, I’ll tell you the correct answers
  • A random drawing from those who guessed correctly will win a very nominal prize :)

Sound fun, huh? If you’d like to see how the results work, here’s a past MATCH GAME VO that featured three very talented friends right in my own back yard.

If you’d like to be a featured artist on upcoming episode of  MATCH GAME VO, just send your demo (any genre), your photo, and a brief bio, via email to: derek@thevoiceofyourbusiness.com.

Thanks for your interest and I hope you look forward to playing MATCH GAME VO!

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10 Top Voiceover Blog Posts This Week – May 19, 2013

I want to thank those of you who have contacted me this week and told me how much you enjoy my blog, especially the weekly review of the Top Voiceover Blog Posts. It’s nice to know the effort is appreciated and isn’t just for my own learning and growing as a voice talent.

If you write a voiceover blog, or know of one that you haven’t seen reviewed here before, make me aware by adding the link in the comments below, and I’ll be sure to put you on my list.

Enjoy this week’s amazing voiceover articles and have a great week behind the mic!

10 Top Voiceover Blog Posts This Week

  1. Voice-Over Envy: Stop The MadnessRandye Kaye
  2. The Stars Of Audiobooks Come Together To Help One Of Our OwnJames Alburger
  3. New SAG & AFTRA 2013 Rate SheetsVoicebank.net
  4. Commercials: It’s The Little Things That Mean So MuchMatt Forrest
  5. Voice Recognition Technology…Gives Us A Laugh, If Not A Lift - VoiceoverXtra
  6. Google Is On Fire!Dave Courvoisier
  7. Life After Google RevisitedLance Blair
  8. It’s Taken Me All This Time To Figure Out What I Need - Brad Venable
  9. I Stood By My Values And Turned Down A Voiceover AuditionRebecca Forstadt
  10. Top 5 Job Posting Categories At Voices.comLin Parkin
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Who Is The Voice Behind Your Favorite Animated Character?

One of my favorite sources of voiceover information is the scoop.it page curated by Sirenetta Leoni, called, ‘Inside Voiceover – Cutting-Edge Insights + Enlightening, Entertaining News for Voiceover Professionals’. At over 42,000 views, I’m obviously not the only one viewing this page everyday! (I can only hope my scoop.it page, Voiceover BlogTalk, someday reaches 42k hits).

I found this nugget of fun today, scooped by Sirenetta. It’s a chart of ‘who’s the voice behind the character’, created by, Goeff May in 2011, found on Bite.ca. Granted, there are many big-time animation voice actors not listed, like Hank Azaria, Jim Cummings, Frank Welker, Tara Strong, Harry Shearer, and others, but perhaps they’ll be included on the next chart.

Voice Over Chart

by Goeff May

Who is the voice behind your favorite animated character?

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