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Whether you use Voices.com as a job source or not, it is worthwhile to check out their Voice Over Experts podcast. This episode has Marc Cashman discussing building your voiceover “house;” that is, your vocal base from which all the other things you can do with your voice come from.

Wish I had caught this yesterday: Don Pardo the legendary voice of Saturday Night Live, turned 93 yesterday. Mental_Floss has a great article with clips of Don Pardo moments, and some really interesting information. Mr. Pardo was the first person at NBC to announce the shooting of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. Amazing stuff.

I am a loyal Sound Forge user, and as it is underrepresented in all the “tips and tricks” that are out there for DAWs and audio software, so I’m happy to find and pass along Sound Forge tips as they come along. Thanks to the Voice Over Coach!

As with any job that asks for a sample of your work before you get the gig, “no” is part of the process. Even more difficult int he voiceover industry, there usually isn’t an explicit “no,” just a gaping silence. You have to get used to it, and remember it’s not about YOU. Silvie Pamphile lays it out.

Andrea Romano has cast for every television show and direct-to-DVD movie in the DC Animated Universe collection, including Batman, Superman, Justice Leaggue and Justice League Unlimited. I love her work, and she has done a spectacular job of choosing the voices of so many iconic heroes.

IK Multimedia, maker of AmpliTube products for music processing, has produced a new interface that voice artists may want to look into for auditioning on the go. The iRig mic may not have the sensitivity that we are used to from our studio mics, but again, this isn’t made to compete with Sennheiser 416s or Neumann U87s out there. My experience with on-the-go audition software is that it is best used when you know your client and they really already have an idea what you sound like, since you do not want your first impression to be from this level of performance. That being said, there is a lot of potential for things like this, the Blue Mikey and Yeti, and products like Rehearsal, iAudtion, and Blue FiRe as slimmer portable platforms become more powerful (and multicore tablets are coming this year).