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Audio Book Publisher Gives Recording Using the Carry-On Vocal Booth a BIG Thumbs-Up

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Audio Book Publisher Gives Recording Using the Carry-On Vocal Booth a BIG Thumbs-Up

marysarahVoice over artist and accomplished book narrator, Mary Sarah Agliotta, was about to make a leap of faith. She wanted to move closer to her children, but that meant leaving behind a professional recording studio and facing the challenge of delivering a good sound at an unknown location.

It so happened that she attended the Mid-Atlantic Voice-Over Conference (November 2014) of which VocalBoothToGo.com was a sponsor. Mary Sarah paid close attention to the presentation of the portable Carry-on Vocal Booth, made by VocalBoothToGo.com. She knew her current situation was critical.  She just received a book narration contract from a large client and was in the middle of a move. Her work had to be delivered in a short time and be of the highest quality. She was worried about being able to deliver the work without using her tested recording studio, and no time to build a new studio space.

 

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VocalBoothToGo.com Sponsors FAFFCON 7 Voice Over Conference

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VocalBoothToGo.com was a key supporting sponsor of FAFFCON 7, held Sept 18 to 21, in Phoenix AZ. FAFFCON, the voice over unconference, is a participant-driven professional development event for working voiceover industry professionals. This event is consistently credited with helping establish peer-to-peer connections between its participants in a very informal and friendly manner and helping all take their careers to the next level.

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VocalBoothToGo.com to Unveil New Product At VOICE 2014

VocalBoothToGo.com to Unveil New Product At VOICE 2014

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VocalBoothToGo.com will be heading to Anaheim, CA, to be a part of VOICE 2014, August 27 to 30, and plans to unveil a new product in its acoustic line of vocal booths. Attendees of VOICE 2014 will be the first to see a demonstration of the new product. VocalBoothToGo also encourages attendees to stop by its exhibit to receive a special event discount code to use when ordering products.

VOICE 2014 voice over event promotes education, technology and community for voice talent at all levels of experience and will bring together coaches, voice actors, and entrepreneurs from all over the world. VocalBoothToGo attended VOICE 2012 and provided the conference attendees the use of a sound booth for live voice over auditions and premiered the Carry-On Vocal Booth, its portable vocal booth, which will also be at the exhibit.

Carry-on Vocal Booth Pro Put To Test During VOAtlanta 2014 By Voice Actor and Vocal Booth Expert

Carry-on Vocal Booth Pro Put To Test During VOAtlanta 2014 By Voice Actor and Vocal Booth Expert

michaelVocalBoothToGo.com presented its soundproofing and acoustic treatment products, such as the Carry-on Vocal Booth Pro, at VOAtltanta 2014, the largest voice-over conference in Southeastern United States held in March. The conference boasted speakers, leaders and presenters in the voice-over industry and included voice-over professionals, trainers, coaches, agents as well as service providers.

As an exhibitor, VocalBoothToGo.com demonstrated many of its products including the Voice Over Start-up Success Kit, Soundproofer Sound Booth SB33, Producer’s Choice sound blankets and the Carry-on Vocal Booth Pro. The portable vocal booth was put to a real-time test by a voice actor and home studio/vocal booth expert during the event.

 

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At the conference, voice actor Michael Johnston, needed to record an urgent job for a client. There wasn’t a designated area or vocal booth set-up for live voice over recording. With the help and recommendation from industry vocal booth guru, George Whittam, the voice actor used the Carry-on Vocal Booth Pro, on display at the VocalBoothToGo exhibit, and a Sennheiser microphone.

Whittam is globally considered a top authority in voice-over recording technology. He is Director and Founder of Technology of VOStudioTech.com, a division of EDGE Studio, and co founder of EWAB podcast — experts in home vocal booths and recording studios.

 

“We needed something convenient, portable, and quick to setup in a hotel room to reduce echo and noise while recording a vo talent for a last minute job, said Whittam. We found it [the Carry-on Vocal Booth] large enough to easily position the mic and a laptop inside, yet easy to transport and quick to assemble. It will work great for actors without the space to setup a proper booth, given their existing environment is quiet enough. ”

Whittam edited the audio track in the same hotel room where the demo was conducted.

“I am pretty pleased with the results.” commented Whittam when the job was completed. Johnston was also pleased with the results and that he could deliver his professional recording to his client.

The Know-how to Become Successful in the Voice Over Business

The voice over business is very competitive. In fact, there are approximately 5 times the number of people “doing” voice overs than there are actors trying to break into movies.

Even though it may seem simple, it takes time to learn the skills and get established once those skills are mastered. It can also be a fairly expensive business – mostly due to the start-up costs of training and demo production, the cost of building a home studio or purchasing a vocal booth or other types of acoustical treatment, and the on-going costs of marketing and continued training.

 

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Good Posture For Using A Vocal Booth like the Carry-on Vocal Booth

by Dr. Ann Utterback, AVoiceDoc

One thing to keep in mind when using the Carry-On Vocal Booth at home or in a car or truck (or even when you’re in a sound booth) is your posture. Slumping forward, as many of us do everyday when using our computers, tablets, e-readers or phones, puts more pressure on the diaphragm (the main muscle used for breathing).  This makes it more difficult to take good inhalations, and the effects on the voice from poor breathing are immediate.  Over time this position can also cause back pain.  (For more on proper breathing, see my website at www.OnlineVoiceCoaching.com.)

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VocalBoothToGo Gets Thumbs-Up at Robapalooza at National Press Club in DC

Rob Paulsen, VoxyLadies Gets A Closer Look At Vocal Booths During Robapalooza
rob-paulsen---2013-thumbs-upVocalBoothToGo joined the VoxyLadies during Robapalooza, held at The National Press Club in Washington, DC, in early August to give voice over talent a chance to see and use the vocal booths during the event.

Hosted by the VoxyLadies, Robapalooza was a Voice Over Intensive workshop featuring Rob Paulsen, one of the VO industry’s top animation pros and an Emmy Award winner. Rob shared his expertise and insights with voice over actors from across the country.

During Robapalooza, VocalBoothToGo gave attendees an overview of the portable vocal booth, the Carry-on Vocal Booth Pro. However, the VocalBoothToGo product star was the 3 x 3 VocalBoothToGo Acoustic Vocal Booth, which received a thumbs-up from Rob.

“Your products are AMAZING!” Rob told VocalBoothToGo. “Thanks so much for helping out. The workshop would’ve been nothing without you. :-)”

 

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Vocal Booth on Tracks: An Option for Space-Challenged Voice Talents

By Randye Kaye, Voice Actress

Yahoo! I now have my own recording room and, even better, I can whisk its walls aside whenever I need to.

How? I replaced my wardrobe-screen-from-Goodwill-draped-with-quilts (only 5 feet high) with a floor-to-ceiling Vocal Booth on Tracks from vocalboothtogo.com. And it’s great – exactly as promised.

First of all, let me clarify that in a perfect VO world I’d get a sound-PROOF booth and perhaps someday I will. This is not a WhisperRoom, or StudioBricks booth and is not offered as such.  This booth, however, delivers exactly what it promises. I love it.

 

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For Lifelong Clients, Apply Lifelong Learning … About VO & Everything!

By Randye Kaye
Voice Actor and Coach

Okay, so you’€™ve already graduated from high school, college, whatever.

But education is a lifelong pursuit, and in the field of voice-over, everything you learn comes in handy.
And it’s not just about the specific basics your VO training has drummed into you: acting, diction, body language, pitch, tone, volume and tempo, etc.
 
Since over 90% of VO work is in the field of narrations, and since we all want our clients to hire us again, here are 10 things I have found helpful in my 20 years as a VO talent – with many valued clients who have continued to use my voice for new projects.
 
1. BASIC ENGLISH SKILLS
What? Grammar / Vocabulary / Reading Comprehension.
 
Why? Let’s face it, you are reading copy and the more you understand, the more your listener will understand.
 
Sometimes you may clarify the copywriter€™s intent by catching grammar inconsistencies. Likewise, the better your vocabulary, the fewer stumbling blocks you’€™ll have to understanding what you’€™re saying and thereby communicating it (and saying it correctly).
 
How? When you read, look up the words you don’t know. Help a 5th grader with homework.
 
Practice reading out loud (fiction, non-fiction), and then look away from the page and see if you understand what you justkaye042_small read.

To read more, please click on this link to Randye’s article published on Voice Over Xtra.

 

 

For Lifelong Clients, Apply Lifelong
Learning … About VO & Everything!
By Randye Kaye
Voice Actor and Coach
Okay, so you’ve already graduated from high school, college, whatever.
But education is a lifelong pursuit, and in the field of voice-over, everything you learn comes in handy.
And it’s not just about the specific basics your VO training has drummed into you: acting, diction, body language, pitch, tone, volume and tempo, etc.
Since over 90% of VO work is in the field of narrations, and since we all want our clients to hire us again, here are 10 things I have found helpful in my 20 years as a VO talent – with many valued clients who have continued to use my voice for new projects.
1. BASIC ENGLISH SKILLS
What? Grammar / Vocabulary / Reading Comprehension.
Why? Let’s face it, you are reading copy – and the more you understand, the more your listener will understand.
Sometimes you may clarify the copywriter’s intent by catching grammar inconsistencies. Likewise, the better your vocabulary, the fewer stumbling blocks you’ll have to understanding what you’re saying and thereby communicating it (and saying it correctly).
How? When you read, look up the words you don’t know. Help a 5th grader with homework.
Practice reading out loud (fiction, non-fiction), and then look away from the page and see if you understand what you just read.
2. PHONETICS
What? The science or study of speech, the symbols that represent the sounds.
Why? Helpful for marking correct pronunciations (medical terms, foreign words) in the margins of your copy (doesn’t have to be standard linguistic symbols, just something you will understand!).
How? Study a dictionary, and see which symbols (e.g. a line over a vowel represents the “long” pronunciation – like the “a” in BAY; a curved line is the “short” version, like the “a” in BAT) work for you.

VOICE2012 Gives High Remarks on VocalBoothToGo Portable Vocal Booths

If you are a voice actor, you are probably familiar with VOICE2012. This International Creative Experience Conference, organized by the VoiceActing Academy, is one oimag0206f the premier events to showcase talented voice actors from all over the world. VocalBoothToGo.com unveiled many of its portable vocal booths during this conference, held in June 2012, at the Disneyland Hotel and Resort in Anaheim, CA. The sound booths were used for auditions and received raving reviews from attendees. These VocalBoothToGo mobile vocal booths are now available from the online store.

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