George The Tech’s Performer Friendly Podcast

Published on Jun 24, 2013 Our guest is Rodney Saulsberry, voice actor, coach, and author of "You Can Bank On Your Voice." George reviews the iTrack Solo and Adobe Creative Cloud. Dan's Tip Of The Week is on Mic Technique. George's Tech Tidbits: Focusrite iTrack Solo George shares an unpackaging, and shares its features. Lots of need to know info, if you're considering purchasing one of these. Dan gives us his experiences with the product as well. Visit George at VOStudioTech.com Or follow George's Twitter: @EWABS_Show Announcements: The EWABS live podcast will be back on July 7th for our 100th episode. Send us a video / audio shout out for this special occasion. A 30 second video, or audio shout out which may be aired during EWABS' 100th episode. Aug.24-The 3rd annual Don LaFontaine Poker Classic George will be attending this, and John Taylor has sponsored a table. http://www.sagfoundation.org/content/... Sept. 18-20 Voice Over Virtual: An online virtual conference. http://www.voiceoverxtra.com/article.... George will be in this Virtual Conference. Be sure to take the EWABS survey found on the front page of: EWABS.com. EWABS E-support membership: Unlimited one on one help with Dan and George. $39.95/mo. Click the support Link at the top of ewabs.com Donations are always welcome.ewabs.com For Studio Suit Orders and Info.: http://www.vostudiosuit.com/ Like our Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/ewabshop. Subscribe on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/ewabs ewabs_show on Twitter WOULD YOU like to be one of our monthly sponsors??? Contact us at ewabshop.com to discuss!!! Visit World Voices at the new web address Worldvo.com. Don't forget to get your gear ! shop.ewabs.com Dan's Tip Of The Week: Mic Technique. Dynamic, and condenser mics explained. How a condenser mic is designed. Tips for condenser mic usage. Visit Dan at HomeVoiceOverStudio.com/ Or follow Dan's Twitter: @HomStudioMan Welcome this week's guest: Rodney Saulsberry www.rodneysaulsberry.com www.linkedin.com/pub/rodney-saulsberry/6­/a27/19a www.imdb.com/name/nm0766697/ Rodney has appeared in TV shows like M.A.S.H., Monk, The Bold, and the Beautiful, Taxi, and Hill Street Blues. Interview questions, and topics included: Rodney's experiences with Don LaFontaine. Don's contribution to rodneys book. How Rodney got started in voice over. Rodney's early experiences in voice over. Rodney's promo, and trailer work. Rodney's Zatarain's work. Rodney's suggestions for ongoing voice over training. Rodney's teachers, and training. Rodney shares with us a video about confidence. Rodney's voce over coaching. Rodney will be in Nashville on the 13th and 14th, and New York July 27th at edge studio. The Consultants Club. http://www.rodneysaulsberry.com/the-c... How is Rodney's teaching style different than other teachers? Rodney's studio, audio chain,etc. Does Rodney generally process his work? Rodney's money box. Thanks to Harlan Hogan and Voice Over Essentials. voiceoveressentials.com Harlan is the exclusive supplier of portable studio booths for TED. John Florian, and Voice Over Xtra. The daily resource for voice over success. http://www.voiceoverxtra.com/index.htm George's Tech Update: Adobe Creative Cloud subscription service. Pro Tools 11, now with offline bounce. Be sure to join us July 7th for our 100th episode, and an audio round table. WOULD YOU like to be one of our monthly sponsors??? Contact us at ewabshop.com to discuss! Join the EWABS Correspondent Contest. Make a VO or home studio related video, and send it to [email protected] The best way to keep track of the shows activities is to visit the EWABS Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/eastwest.aud... EWABS Twitter: EWABS_Show Thanks again to our sponsors. Harlan Hogan's Voice over Essentials. voiceoveressentials.com Voice Over Xtra http://www.voiceoverxtra.com/index.htm Thanks to Larry Hudson, Silvia McClure, Larry and Elizabeth Davis, and Rosemary Benson for the show's bumpers, promotions and drops. Special thanks to the shows producer, Katherine Curriden, Dave Courvosier for providing the shows weekly intro, Lee Pinney for posting the podcast, and, to Jason Lawson for providing our weekly show notes. Send us questions, and be on our show where Dan and George will solve your home studio problems live! Call 818-47EWABS, that's 818 473-9227, and leave us your question in the voice mail box. Go to ewabs.com for details. Contributions are also welcome at shop.ewabs.com

Published on May 12, 2013 Tri-lingual Promo VO Anthony Mendez is our guest on this episode, and George's parents and brother make a surprise visit! Visit Anthony Mendez' websites at: http://www.anthonyvo.com/ http://www.linkedin.com/company/antho... http://www.voiceoveruniverse.com/prof... Condolences go out to George's mom, who suffered a nasty spill. She's visiting with them this Mother's Day, and will join us live later in the show. Dan fills us in on the details regarding his Pirates of Penzance performance. Dan's wife is also in this production, and Dan shares a picture. George's tech tidbits: Open season on George. Ask George any question. George gives us some 416, and condenser mic positioning tips. Chat room viewers pose questions. Visit George at VOStudioTech.com Or follow George's Twitter: @EWABS_Show Announcements: May 15th-Georges "How to record with the iPad effectively" webinar. http://www.voiceoverxtra.com/webinar.... Please watch for the upcoming EWABS marketing survey. Please donate, any help is appreciated. Studio suit was on display at FaffCamp, and performed phenomenally well. For Studio Suit Orders and Info.http://www.homevoiceoverstudio.com/st... Like our Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/ewabshop. Subscribe on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/ewabs ewabs_show on Twitter WOULD YOU like to be one of our monthly sponsors??? Contact us at ewabshop.com to discuss!!! Don't forget to get your gear ! shop.ewabs.com Dan's tip of the week: Troubleshooting. Follow a logical pattern to find recording chain problems. Dan gives us some examples. Visit Dan at HomeVoiceOverStudio.com/ Or follow Dan's Twitter: @HomStudioMan Welcome this week's guest: Anthony Mendez http://www.anthonyvo.com/ http://www.linkedin.com/company/antho... http://www.voiceoveruniverse.com/prof... Interview questions and topics included: Some of Anthony's current projects for CNN, HBO. Anthony's regional, and national commercial work. Anthony's introduction to the voice over business. How Anthony got into working for the larger networks. Who Anthony has trained with. Anthony's multi-lingual talents. George streams some samples of Anthony's work for us. Anthony shares some fun stories regarding his promo spots. Anthony's Spanish work. How does Anthony balance voiceover with his family life? How Anthony handles the marketing side of voice over. Anthony's studio, and equipment. Was Anthony affected by super storm Sandy? What does Anthony think about the current ISDN situation? John Florian, and Voice Over Xtra. The daily resource for voice over success. http://www.voiceoverxtra.com/index.htm Thanks to Harlan Hogan and Voice Over Essentials. voiceoveressentials.com Harlan is the exclusive supplier of portable studio booths for TED. George introduces us to our surprise guests this week: George's parents Mr.,and Mrs. Whittam, George's brother, and his daughter Ella. George's tech update: NAMM Footage. sE Electronic's 4400A. Rycote InVision USM studio mount. JZ Microphones BH1S. also, Tips on mounting the 416. George shares his custom VO T-shirt with us. Next week's guest: Bob Souer, the second nicest guy in voice over. May 26th Google hangout special. Email [email protected] to reserve your spot. WOULD YOU like to be one of our monthly sponsors??? Contact us at ewabshop.com to discuss! Join the EWABS Correspondent Contest. Make a VO or home studio related video, and send it to [email protected] Thanks again to our sponsors. Harlan Hogan's Voice over Essentials. voiceoveressentials.com Voice Over Xtra http://www.voiceoverxtra.com/index.htm Thanks to Larry Hudson, Silvia McClure, Larry and Elizabeth Davis, and Rosemary Benson for the show's bumpers, promotions and drops. Special thanks to the shows producer, Katherine Curriden, Dave Courvosier for providing the shows weekly intro, Lee Pinney for posting the podcast, and, to Jason Lawson for providing our weekly show notes. Send us questions, and be on our show where Dan and George will solve your home studio problems live! Call 818-47EWABS, that's 818 473-9227, and leave us your question in the voice mail box. Go to ewabs.com for details. Contributions are also welcome at shop.ewabs.com

Published on Mar 31, 2013 Our Easter edition Google Hangout ! Happy Easter, and Passover everyone ! Hangout guests included: Dan Lenard George Whittam Lee Pinney Anne Ganguzza Anthony Gettig Steve Tardio Patrick Sweeny Jason Lawson David Kaplan and, Doug Turkel Visit George at VOStudioTech.com Or follow George's Twitter: @EWABS_Show Visit Dan at HomeVoiceOverStudio.com/ Or follow Dan's Twitter: @HomStudioMan Questions and topics discussed included: Dan's recently aquired Tannoy ribbon Mic. Dan and Anthony's recent experience with Canadian customs. Mic Port Pro quality / durability. Dan, Anthony and Pat Sweeney at Pat Sweeney's meetup group. Studio Suit's sound deadening capabilities. Traveling with your microphone. George's Rode HS1-P headset. Projects, and popular equipment George has worked on recently. ISDN fasing out ? Source connect, other options. Microphones: Charteroak........ Neumann, others. Pat Sweeney's American/Canadian pronunciation sheet. Pat Sweeney's reaction when Dan,and Anthony called from the Canadian border. David Kaplan's recent projects. ARU Studio, Chicago. Whisper Room versus Studio Bricks, and ventilation. Room size issues. Larger, or smaller booth ? David Kaplan's recent Maurice Tobias workshop. Porta-booth pro, Harlan Hogan Headphones. The hangout guest's portable setups. George shows us a prototype 416 pop screen. Thanks to Harlan Hogan and Voice Over Essentials. voiceoveressentials.com Harlan is the exclusive supplier of portable studio booths for TED. John Florian, and Voice Over Xtra. The daily resource for voice over success. http://www.voiceoverxtra.com/index.htm EWABS announces e-support membership. Just $39.95 per month. Go to ewabs.com and click on E- support. Next week's guest is Joyce Castellanos. April 14th: Anthony Mendez.(Tentative) April 21st: The long-awaited return of Dr. Joel Bernstein, Dan's otolaryngologist. Dr. Bernstein will be speaking on hearing loss. TBA: Bob Souer. WOULD YOU like to be one of our monthly sponsors??? Contact us at ewabshop.com to discuss! Join the EWABS Correspondent Contest. Make a VO or home studio related video, and send it to [email protected] The best way to keep track of the shows activities is to visit the EWABS Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/eastwest.aud... EWABS Twitter: EWABS_Show Thanks again to our sponsors. Harlan Hogan's Voice over Essentials. voiceoveressentials.com Voice Over Xtra http://www.voiceoverxtra.com/index.htm Special thanks to the shows producer, Katherine Curriden, Dave Courvosier for providing the shows weekly intro, to Jason Lawson for providing our weekly show notes, and to Lee Pinney for keeping our podcast up-to-date. Send us questions, and be on our show where Dan and George will solve your home studio problems live! Call 818-47EWABS, that's 818 473-9227, and leave us your question in the voice mail box. Go to ewabs.com for details. Contributions are also welcome at shop.ewabs.com

Published on Mar 24, 2013 J. S. Gilbert joins us, lots of sage advice about the VO business. http://jsgilbert.com/ Like JS Gilbert at: https://www.facebook.com/jsgilbert George's Tech Tidbits: Mic Proximity. George shows us an example of mic positioning using a porta-booth. George's Professional website: Visit George at VOStudioTech.com Or follow George's Twitter: @EWABS_Show Announcements: Thanks for donating. EWABS E-support membership: Unlimited one on one help with Dan and George. $39.95/mo. EWABS.com is down. EWABS.net is currently working. Dan will be at voice world Toronto May fourth, along with lots of other great speakers. voiceworldtoronto.com Check out faffcamp - Enter promo code WoVo ! Faff Camp May 3-5, 2013 see http://faffcamp.com/ Dan's Tip of The Week: Recording on Your Tablet. Dan introduces us to a cool app, and demonstrates using twistedwave. Airturn can even make things completely hands-free. Dan's Prof. Website: Visit Dan at HomeVoiceOverStudio.com/ Or follow Dan's Twitter: @HomStudioMan Welcome This Week's Guest JS Gilbert: Who is J S Gilbert ?? http://jsgilbert.com/ Interview questions and topics included: JS offers a tip using an iAudioInterface2. JS Gilbert's original game voices. More recent game characters JS has portrayed. Where did the term "Gilbertism" come from ? JS Gilbert's lengthy career in voice over. The state of voice over today. Is experience still highly valued in voice over ? Entering into voice over ? JS Gilbert's perspective. JS Gilbert's typical day. JS shows true dedication to voice over. Full time income from gaming voices ? What drives JS to do what he does so well. JS gives us some final advice regarding relationships. Like JS Gilbert at: https://www.facebook.com/jsgilbert VO-xtra John Florian, and Voice Over Xtra. The daily resource for voice over success. http://www.voiceoverxtra.com/index.htm Thanks to Harlan Hogan and Voice Over Essentials. voiceoveressentials.com Harlan is the exclusive supplier of portable studio booths for TED. Pic and clip of the week: A booth in the bathroom ? Next week is our monthly Google Hangout Special. Apri 7th Joyce Castellanos Let us know who you would like to see on the show ! Join the EWABS Correspondent Contest. Make a VO or home studio related video, and send it to [email protected] The best way to keep track of the shows activities is to visit the EWABS Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/eastwest.aud... EWABS Twitter: EWABS_Show Thanks again to our sponsors. Harlan Hogan's Voice over Essentials. voiceoveressentials.com Voice Over Xtra http://www.voiceoverxtra.com/index.htm Special thanks to the shows producer, Katherine Curriden, Dave Courvosier for providing the shows weekly intro, to Jason Lawson for providing our weekly show notes, and Lee Pinney for keeping our podcast up-to-date. Send us questions, and be on our show where Dan and George will solve your home studio problems live! Call 818-47EWABS, that's 818 473-9227, and leave us your question in the voice mail box. Go to ewabs.com for details. Contributions are also welcome at shop.ewabs.com

ublished on Mar 17, 2013 Dan and George are joined by VO tech masters Uncle Roy Yokelson, Joe van Riper and Cliff Zellman. We had an awesome Tech Masters Round Table and covered a huge range of topics, check it out. Happy St. Patrick's Day Everyone ! George's Tech Tidbits: Genius ? George's recent experience with an Apple genius. Welcome Our Roundtable Guests: Uncle Roy Yokelson Joe Van Riper Cliff Zellman And our hosts: George Whittam Dan Lenard Visit George at VOStudioTech.com Or follow George's Twitter: @EWABS_Show The Roundtable: Six topics were prepared, the answers to resulting questions, and the discussions that flowed from those topics are listed below. 1) (2 Parts) ( a)Soundproofing in a home studio; impossible, plausible, in-expensive ? ( b) Which is more important soundproofing or room acoustics ? What sort of jobs might require more soundproofing ? Window treatment. Room tone. Location. Soundproofing versus sound dampening. Hard versus soft surfaces. Studio size, and configuration. 2)Buying the right stuff. Who to ask. Who not to ask. Equipment considerations. Smarter shopping. Mike testing scenarios, and tips. 3) Mic Price versus quality. Each panelist gives their microphone recommendations. Dynamic mics ? Lots of great mic info. Visit Dan at HomeVoiceOverStudio.com/ Or follow Dan's Twitter: @HomStudioMan Announcements: Happy Second Anniversary EWABS ! Thanks to our recent donors. WOULD YOU like to be one of our monthly sponsors ?? Contact us at ewabshop.com to discuss!!! Thanks to Lee Pinney for reestablishing our itunes podcast. Topics and questions continue. 4)External preamp ? Channel strip ? Who should be doing front end processing ? Plug Ins. Audition processing ? 5) When to Normalize. Each panelist explains their technique. Human compressor ? Normalization tips. John Florian, and Voice Over Xtra. The daily resource for voice over success. http://www.voiceoverxtra.com/index.htm One thing all of our panelists agreed on, was... Harlan Hogan and Voice Over Essentials. voiceoveressentials.com Harlan is the exclusive supplier of portable studio booths for TED. 6)Panelist topics, and questions from Chat room viewers. Home studio hum. Processing revisited. If client asks for processing, and you don't understand the request, one of our panelists can help you. Favorite pre amp recommendations. Summations from our panelists. Next week's Guest: J.S. Gilbert. March 31: Google hangouts. April 7: Joyce Castellanos. A special thank you to Dave Courvosier (Courvo) who voices the shows intro. each week. Thanks Dave ! Join the EWABS Correspondent Contest. Make a VO or home studio related video, and send it to [email protected] The best way to keep track of the shows activities is to visit the EWABS Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/eastwest.aud... EWABS Twitter: EWABS_Show Thanks again to our sponsors. Harlan Hogan's Voice over Essentials. voiceoveressentials.com Voice Over Xtra http://www.voiceoverxtra.com/index.htm Special thanks to the shows producer, Katherine Curriden. Also, thanks to Jason Lawson for providing our weekly show notes, and Lee Pinney for keeping our podcast up-to-date. Send us questions, and be on our show where Dan and George will solve your home studio problems live! Call 818-47EWABS, that's 818 473-9227, and leave us your question in the voice mail box. Go to ewabs.com for details. Contributions are also welcome at shop.ewabs.com

Published on Mar 10, 2013 On this very special episode of EWABS, we are joined by Chuck Duran, and Stacey J Aswad. Hosts of VO Buzz Weekly! Hear how it all got started and more about Chuck and Stacey than you'll find anywhere else. vobuzzweekly.com staceyjaswad.com/ http://www.demosthatrock.com/ EWABS would like to thank Doug Turkel for allowing Dan to use his studio to complete this week's promo. Chuck, and Stacy join us live from George's studio. George's Tech Tidbits: Skype's new codec. Higher-quality audio is coming. George also introduces us to Mixer Buddy, a sort of multi-feature, custom patch bay for your studio. http://www.broadcasttools.com/view_pr... Visit George at VOStudioTech.com Or follow George's Twitter: @EWABS_Show Announcements: Next week is EWABS two year anniversary. EWABS E-support membership: Unlimited one on one help with Dan and George. $39.95/mo. Click the support Link at the top of ewabs.com Thanks to our recent donators. Dan will be at voice world Toronto May fourth, along with lots of other great speakers. voiceworldtoronto.com Also May fourth, Faff Camp www.faffcamp.com. For Studio Suit Orders and Info. http://www.homevoiceoverstudio.com/st... Subscribe on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/ewabs ewabs_show on Twitter WOULD YOU like to be one of our monthly sponsors??? Contact us at ewabshop.com to discuss!!! Dan's Tip Of The Week...is more of a rant. Where should you get advice ? Dan refers to a recent forum exchange which can be found here: http://linkd.in/ZxvSMs Visit Dan at HomeVoiceOverStudio.com/ Or follow Dan's Twitter: @HomStudioMan This week's special guests are Chuck Duran and Stacy J. Aswad, hosts of VO Buzz Weekly. vobuzzweekly.com Topics and questions included: How VO Buzz Weekly came to be. VO Buzz Weekly celebrated it's first year in January. The concept behind VO Buzz Weekly. The careers of Chuck, and Stacy, prior to VO Buzz Weekly... Stacy has been working with Disney World for some time, and trained at Juilliard prior to that. Chuck is originally from Florida, and has a musical background which merged with voice over demo production, and direction. The VO Buzz Weekly crew. Whats the production schedule like at VO Buzz Weekly ? Chuck shares some voice over demo advice, as well as some business advice. Chuck demonstrates the new Harlan Hogan voice optimized headphones. Stacy speaks about the shared professional commitment that bonds EWABS, and VO Buzz Weekly to the voice over community. twitter@vobuzzweekly www.facebook.com/VOBuzzWeekly?group_id=0 http://pinterest.com/vobuzzweekly/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Ti_... Thanks to Harlan Hogan and Voice Over Essentials. voiceoveressentials.com Harlan is the exclusive supplier of portable studio booths for TED. John Florian, and Voice Over Xtra. The daily resource for voice over success. http://www.voiceoverxtra.com/index.htm George shares more NAMM footage, from the Focusrite booth. Check out the 2013 Scarlett Series. Next week join us for Audio Masters Roundtable. With: Dan, George, Uncle Roy Yokelson, Cliff Zellman, and Joe Van Riper. Sending your questions for this event to [email protected]. March 24th - J.S. Gilbert will be joining us. March 31 Google hangouts special. April 7 Joyce Castellanos Join the EWABS Correspondent Contest. Make a VO or home studio related video, and send it to [email protected] The best way to keep track of the shows activities is to visit the EWABS Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/eastwest.aud... EWABS Twitter: EWABS_Show Thanks again to our sponsors. Harlan Hogan's Voice over Essentials. voiceoveressentials.com Voice Over Xtra http://www.voiceoverxtra.com/index.htm Special thanks to the shows producer, Katherine Curriden. Also, thanks to Jason Lawson for providing our weekly show notes. Send us questions, and be on our show where Dan and George will solve your home studio problems live! Call 818-47EWABS, that's 818 473-9227, and leave us your question in the voice mail box. Go to ewabs.com for details. Contributions are also welcome at shop.ewabs.com

Published on Dec 2, 2012 Randye Kaye joins Dan and George this week on East West Audio Body Shop! Check out ewabs.com for more about the show, including show notes, logoware, more... ________________________________________­________________________________ This week's special guest is: Randye Kaye Screen actor, voice actor, voice over coach. http://www.randyekaye.com/ http://spokenwordinc.com/benbehindhis... https://www.facebook.com/randye.kaye Also George will be shaving his him Movember stash live, before a chat audience. This week was also the NYC VO mixer Randye will help fill us in on the event. George's tech this week: Large diaphragm vs small diaphragm (shotgun) microphones. Pros and cons how each are used. Georgie also shows us a small lav Mike. Visit George at VOStudioTech.com Or follow George's Twitter: @EWABS_Show Announcements: (Be sure to watch as George shave's his 'stash) George and Dan's team raised $ 2,595.00 dollars for men's cancer awareness. EWABS MINI Pop Filters - You should have all received an email from KCurriden coming soon to a mailbox near you!!! Don't forget to send us a pic of you with it!! Some of you have them already!! To follow EWABS please subscribe and like the EWABS facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/eastwest.aud... HolidayMagicCD.com - For Children's Hospitals around the country---connect with VO Talent Jeff Gelder--10 year anniversary. Dec 8 fundraiser in San Diego---go to holiday magic CD.com for more information. TIS the SEASON for SWAG- --EWABS Gift Giving!!http://Shop.EWABS.com EWABS announces new e-support membership pricing. Sign up for the remainder of 2012 for just $39.95 per month. Dan's tip of the week: Auditions Important tips, what you should know. Visit Dan at HomeVoiceOverStudio.com/ Or follow Dan's Twitter: @HomStudioMan Welcome this week's special guest: Randye Kaye - Randye fills us in on the NYC mixer. - How Randye got started in voice over. - Randye shares her personal story of commitment to the industry. - Randye chairs a personal story of hope and a bit about her book / audiobook: "Ben behind his voices." - George asks randye to share her travel gear setup.... and other innovative techniques. - Randye discusses her coaching at edge studios. - Randye offers us her marketing perspective. - Randye also offers social media tips. - Randy's involvement with wovo, and the voiceover community in general. - Randy relates howl social media helps alleviate some of the alone time associated with long form narration. - Randy talks business and marketing relationships. - The guys invite Randye back in 2013. John Florian, and Voice Over Xtra. The daily resource for voice over success. http://www.voiceoverxtra.com/index.htm Thanks to Harlan Hogan and Voiceover Essentials. voiceoveressentials.com Harlan is the exclusive supplier of portable studio booths for TED. WOULD YOU like to be one of our monthly sponsors??? Contact us at EWABSHOP.com to discuss!!! The guys reveal their plans for the show in 2013. Next week's guest: Joan Baker Also coming soon: The Voxey Ladies Deb Munroe George was recently at a party with Billy West who is also slated as a guest for 2013. December 23rd will be the EWABS Christmas hangout party. George plays us a clip of Jim Cummings' remarkable singing skills. George was recently at a party with Billy West, who is also slated as a guest for 2013. Join the EWABS Correspondent Contest. Make a VO or home studio related video, and send it to [email protected] The best way to keep track of the shows activities is to visit the EWABS Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/eastwest.aud... Thanks again to our sponsors. Harlan Hogan's Voice over Essentials. voiceoveressentials.com Voice Over Xtra http://www.voiceoverxtra.com/index.htm Special thanks to the shows producer, Katherine Curriden. Also, thanks to Jason Lawson for providing our weekly show notes. Send us questions, and be on our show where Dan and George will solve your home studio problems live! Call 818-47EWABS, that's 818 473-9227, and leave us your question in the voice mail box. Go to ewabs.com for details. Contributions are also welcome at shop.ewabs.com

Published on Nov 18, 2012 Chris Fries, commercial and video game voiceover joins us this week from his home studio via Skype. ________________________________________­___________________________________ Happy Thanksgiving everyone ! This week's special guest is: Chris Frieshttp://www.chrisfriesvoices.com/ Chris joins us this week from his home studio via Skype. George's Tech this week: Traveling Voice Over Is it feasible for your genre of voice over ? What about connectivity on the road ? Some excellent advice from the guys. Visit George at VOStudioTech.com Or follow George's Twitter: @EWABS_Show Announcements: - November is Movember US.movember.com To donate to Dan & George's teamhttp://us.movember.com/team/601381 - EWABS MINI Pop Filters - You should have all received email from KCurriden-- they have been ordered--so coming soon to a mailbox near you!!! Don't forget to send us a pic of you with it!! - 2012 NYC Voice Over Mixerhttp://voicetalentproductions.com/Eve... $10 Donation at the door, but you will need to RSVP. Thanks to Erik Sheppard and Voxy Ladies ! - EWABS announces new e-support membership pricing. Sign up for the remainder of 2012 for just $39.95 per month. Go to ewabs.com and click on E- support. - 'TIS the SEASON for SWAG- --EWABS Gift Giving!!http://Shop.EWABS.com - Join Joe Cipriano at Prime Time Voices For Children, ventures to spread goodwill and charitable giving to children in need. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/primetimevoi... - HolidayMagicCD.com - For Children's Hospitals around the country---connect with VO Talent Jeff Gelder--10 year anniversary. Dec 8 fundraiser in San Diego---go to website for more info. Dan's tip of the week: What's the best recording software ? Dan weighs in with several examples. George gives his opinion as well. Visit Dan at HomeVoiceOverStudio.com/ Or follow Dan's Twitter: @HomStudioMan Welcome this week's special guest: Chris Fries ,commercial and video game voice actor. http://www.chrisfriesvoices.com/ - Chris shares how he got involved in voice over. - How he advanced his career voice over - Chris once worked as a jailer on his way to full time VO. - How Scott Rummell acted as Chris' mentor. - George shares some video of Chris in the booth. - Which genres of work Chris works in. - Chris shares some of his work in video games. - Chris gives us a tour of his studio. - How Chris had to train for all the genres he services. John Florian, and Voice Over Xtra. The daily resource for voice over success. http://www.voiceoverxtra.com/index.htm Thanks to Harlan Hogan and Voiceover Essentials. voiceoveressentials.com Harlan is the exclusive supplier of portable studio booths for TED. WOULD YOU like to be one of our monthly sponsors??? Contact us at ewabshop.com to discuss!!! Studio pic / clip of the week: Craig Bowershttp://craigbowersvo.com/ Featuring a unique curtain-like enclosure. Ewabs_show Twitter.. Future Shows: 11-25---No Show Tonight --Happy Turkey Day!! 12-2----Randye Kaye 12-9----Joan Baker Join the EWABS Correspondent Contest. Make a VO or home studio related video, and send it to [email protected] The best way to keep track of the shows activities is to sign up for the EWABS Facebook group. http://www.facebook.com/groups/EWABS/ Thanks again to our sponsors. Harlan Hogan's Voice over Essentials. voiceoveressentials.com Voice Over Xtra http://www.voiceoverxtra.com/index.htm Special thanks to the shows producer, Katherine Curriden. Also, thanks to Jason Lawson for providing our weekly show notes. And Lee Pinney for updating our weekly podcast archives. Send us questions, and be on our show where Dan and George will solve your home studio problems live! Call 818-47EWABS, that's 818 473-9227, and leave us your question in the voice mail box. Go to ewabs.com for details. Contributions are also welcome at shop.ewabs.com HAVE a Great THANKSGIVING!!!!!

Published on Nov 11, 2012 Tom Kenny, voice of Spongebob Squarepants, is our very special studio guest this week! WOW, we've made the big time of podcasting, folks! ________________________________________­______________________________ This week's special guest is Tom Kenny voice of SpongeBob SquarePants. Also a surprise guest appearance. George's tech of the week: The Reflexion Filter. How useful is it aside from it's basic purpose ? Dan gives a brief demonstration of the affect the filter has on his acoustics. Don't forget to get your gear ! shop.ewabs.com Visit Dan at homevoiceoverstudio.com/ Announcements November is Movember ! A mustache growing contest for men's cancer issues. http://us.movember.com/?home EWABS announces new e-support membership pricing. Sign up for the remainder of 2012 for just $39.95 per month. Go to ewabs.com and click on E- support. John Florian, and Voice Over Xtra. The daily resource for voice over success. http://www.voiceoverxtra.com/index.htmhttp://www.voiceoverxtra.com/index.htm Dan's tip of the week: Soundproofing vs Sound Dampening What is sound isolation ? How does it relate to this ? Watch for Dan's new concept the "studio suit" acoustical treatment. George shares video footage of how he met Tom Kenny at a fundraiser, with special guest appearance by Ella. Visit George at vostudiotech.com Welcome this week's special guest: Tom Kenny.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0444786/ - Tom discusses the huge popularity of SpongeBob SquarePants. - Tom got his start doing stand up comedy in Syracuse, New York. - Tom describes how difficult it was to transition to full time voice over, compared to his start in comedy. - Tom and the guys discuss the false rumors of Tom's demise. (aka twitter-death) - Tom discusses how SpongeBob SquarePants is related to his beginnings with Rocko's Modern Life. - Tom shares a bit about the production of the new sponge bob Christmas movie. - George and Dan ask Tom about the music for SpongeBob. - Tom reveals there is a new downloadable SpongeBob Christmas album. - "It's a SpongBob Christmas" album is available on iTunes And at Amazon. - Tom and the guys discuss the other cast members of Spongebob. - Tom gets down to the nitty gritty of how Sponge bobs Character voice was created. - Tom shares how his typical day goes. - Tom shares a bit about his other voice acting roles. (see IMBD link above) - Dan's son Jacob has a fun moment with Tom. - Tom relates a bit about the newer style sponge bob, and a bit about patchy the pirate. - Tom ends by performing a live drop for the podcast. Thanks to Harlan Hogan and Voiceover Essentials. voiceoveressentials.com Harlan is the exclusive supplier of portable studio booths for TED. Please welcome our surprise extra guests: Mara Junot, and her husband Steve. A brief conversational interview about how Mara came to be in LA, and met up with Tom Kenny at George's. The topic turns to this year's NYC mixer, a V0 travel tip, Then a bit about Steve's music career. Next week's guest will be Chris fries. Join the EWABS Correspondent Contest. Make a VO or home studio related video, and send it to [email protected]@gmail.com The best way to keep track of the shows activities is to sign up for the EWABS Facebook group. http://www.facebook.com/groups/EWABS/... Thanks again to our sponsors. Harlan Hogan's Voice over Essentials. voiceoveressentials.com Voice Over Xtra http://www.voiceoverxtra.com/index.htm Special thanks to the shows producer, Katherine Curriden. Also, thanks to Jason Lawson for providing our weekly show notes. Send us questions, and be on our show where Dan and George will solve your home studio problems live! Call 818-47EWABS, that's 818 473-9227, and leave us your question in the voice mail box. Go to ewabs.com for details. Contributions are also welcome at shop.ewabs.com

Published on Nov 4, 2012 This week's special guest is: Lori Alan. Roles include Pearl the whale/SpongeBob, Diane the anchor woman/Family Guy, Chairy/Pee Wee's Playhouse, the fantastics, and others. www.Facebook.com/Loritalk Dan returns this week from his seminar in Toronto. All of our thoughts go out to the survivors of sandy and we're hoping for a speedy recovery for those hardest hit. George's tech this week: Screen capture How it can help in your marketing efforts. For Mac you will need Quicktime, SoundFlower and an app called line in for monitoring. Visit Dan at homevoiceoverstudio.com/ Announcements: Get your gear ! shop.ewabs.com Order your EWABS custom mini pop stop today. Dan's tip of the week: Broadcast Quality What is it ? What does it mean ? Professional quality audio, and what it means. Visit George at vostudiotech.com Welcome this week's special guest: Lori Alan. www.Facebook.com/Loritalk The guys share a bit of witty banter with Lorie, then discuss topics including: - SpongeBob SquarePants - Lori's on screen acting career, and how she got started in voice over. - How Lori comes from an extremely creative family and background. - The type of pieces Judy enjoys performing the most. - Improvisation - Some of Lori's more recent work, Hugglemonstors. - Lori's studio Versus time spent at the larger studios. - George's work on Lori's home studio. - Lori's plans to produce or direct. Thanks to Harlan Hogan and Voiceover Essentials. voiceoveressentials.com Harlan is the exclusive supplier of portable studio booths for TED. Dan shares about his recent meet up with Pat Sweeney, complete with studio pics. Pat's studio features an acoustical cloud. The guys talk a bit about "proofing" audio books. George's Tech Tid-Bits: What's the technical take on the new Windows 8 ? George's first impression of a convertible laptop, and the Lenovo surface vs. the ipad mini, and other options in this general category. John Florian, and Voice Over Xtra. The daily resource for voice over success. http://www.voiceoverxtra.com/index.htm Thanks Randye Kaye for your recent purchase of an EWABS mini pop stop. Randye Kaye is also scheduled to be next week's special guest. Coming soon: Chris Fries, and Tom Kenny Special thanks to George, and Dan's Families for their support of this production. The best way to keep track of the shows activities is to sign up for the EWABS Facebook group. http://www.facebook.com/groups/EWABS/ Join the EWABS Correspondent Contest. Make a VO or home studio related video, and send it to [email protected] Thanks again to our sponsors. Harlan Hogan's Voice over Essentials. voiceoveressentials.com Voice Over Xtra http://www.voiceoverxtra.com/index.htm Special thanks to the shows producer Katherine Curriden. Also, thanks to Jason Lawson for providing our weekly show notes. Send us questions, and be on our show where Dan and George will solve your home studio problems live! Call 818-47EWABS, that's 818 473-9227, and leave us your question in the voice mail box. Go to ewabs.com for details. Contributions are also welcome at shop.ewabs.com

This week's special guest is: Tara Strong My Little Pony, Rugrats, Hello Kitty, Many more credits, too many to list here. http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Tara-Strong/ https://www.facebook.com/tara.strong.514 Also with special guest host: Dave Courvoisier from Las Vegas. Dan attended Faffcon this weekend in Charlotte North Carolina, and will be on the return trip home. Dan's father in law recently passed away, Condolences Dan. George, and Dave discuss their experiences at prior Faffcons. George, and Dave share that Faffcon will become a yearly event going forward. Dave Showcases a brief comparison between the Mic Port Pro, and the Shure X2U. George compares Heil's USBQ version of the above. Chat room viewer Diane Merritt asks about Dave's air turn, a remote, foot pedal, page turner. watch for upcoming reviews. George discusses the MicroBook II interface. Visit George at vostudiotech.com This Week's Announcements EWABS would like to announce E-support membership: Unlimited one on one help with Dan and George. Membership starts at 75 dollars per month. Click the support Link at the top of ewabs.com The new EWABS Mini Pop Stop is now available for ordering as a group buy. George explains. Don't forget to get your gear ! shop.ewabs.com George, and Dave have a brief discussion regarding next week's guest Bill Smith of Auralex. George will be on VO buzz weekly October 21st, and October 28th. George discusses a chance to win a Charter Oak S700 mic. ....viewers should send a video to VO Buzz Weekly about why they love East West Audio Body Shop. Gabby Nistico will be speaking in Dallas Texas October 20th. George's birthday is Thursday, Happy Birthday George ! Visit Dan at homevoiceoverstudio.com/ Please welcome this week's special guest: Tara Strong. George interviews Tara at her residence. George's wife Amy assists the production. Tara discusses how George aided in her studio's construction. - Watch Tara audition from her studio. - Tara discusses how much work is done from home, versus larger production studios. - Tara shares her work flow, and how her home studio is a key element. - Tara shares some career stories. - Tara discusses her work on My Little Pony. - How Tara begin her career even as a child. - Tara performs a sample from Hello Kitty, and discusses her work on Rugrats. - George asks about Tara's usual day. Thanks to Harlan Hogan and Voiceover Essentials. voiceoveressentials.com Harlan is the exclusive supplier of portable studio booths for TED. George, and Dave discuss how genuine, and professional Tara is, and the talent of her children. George shares that Tom Kenny voice of SpongeBob, is a potential future guest. Dave relates some pertinent information regarding WOVO. the first round of invitations for applications are out. John Florian, and Voice Over Xtra. The daily resource for voice over success. http://www.voiceoverxtra.com/index.htm George relates that Focusrite has come out with the Itrack, a plugin interface for the iPad, mac, or pc. Join the EWABS Correspondent Contest. Make a VO or home studio related video, and send it to [email protected] The best way to keep track of the shows activities is to sign up for the EWABS Facebook group. http://www.facebook.com/groups/EWABS/ Thanks again to our sponsors. Harlan Hogan's Voice over Essentials. voiceoveressentials.com Voice Over Xtra http://www.voiceoverxtra.com/index.htm Special thanks to the shows producer Katherine Curriden. Also, thanks to Jason Lawson for providing our weekly show notes. Send us questions, and be on our show where Dan and George will solve your home studio problems live! Call 818-47EWABS, that's 818 473-9227, and leave us your question in the voice mail box. Go to ewabs.com for details. Contributions are also welcome at shop.ewabs.com