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Real World
Voice Over Seminars
My
personal philosophy on workshops and
seminars
by Dan Wachs.
Seminars and
Workshops seem to
have sprouted into a boutique
industry in the past few years,
especially in the voice over and
acting space. There
are some excellent workshops.
I'll single out Lori Wyman's
workshops and my teaching partner, Lauren
O'Quinn's, acting seminars as two examples.
But there are also some duds, especially in
voice over, sorry to say. In
fact, my personal attendance at
various VO seminars and Webinars
over the years inspired me to
launch Real World Voice Over
Seminars. I was determined
to do it differently by offering a
real world approach on how to become a voice
actor.
Do it in a way that created much
more value that anything I've
witnessed. In fact, I wanted
to blow the current model right
out of the water! Here are some reasons Real World Voice Over
is unique.
A room full of people you want to spend
time with
This isn't a business that relies on ticket
sales, quotas, or things like that. We
only run a max of four a year in Orlando and
we strive to recruit experienced actors,
singers, entertainers, public speakers and
the like. That means you'll be sitting
in a room full of talent. Our
selectivity creates a terrific environment
for learning, and an extraordinary buzz in
the room. Not to mention the
networking opportunity.
The seminar starts before the
seminar starts
When you register for a Real
World Voice Over Seminar, you
will receive an email that
contains over 100 voice over
scripts and an actual
assignment. The assignment
is that you read one or two
scripts - smart phone recording
is fine - send it to me, and in
turn I give you a
mini-evaluation. You
receive valuable feedback even
before the seminar and you and I
also get to know your
performance baseline.
Lack of size matters
20 students max at every Real
World Seminar. This give
us the time to know our
students, their capabilities,
desires, and more. It also
allows us time to work with
every individual during the
seminar. Big
enough to be exciting with an
amazing group of actors and
entertainers, and small
enough to be intimate.
Two hosts
for the price of one
I'd have a hard time listening
to one person for seven hours.
In our seminar, you will be
trained, entertained, and pushed
by two separate seminar hosts,
each with impeccable experience
in voice over and acting, the
two elements that you need to be
a voice actor. I have to
tell you what an incredible
resource Lauren O'Quinn is.
Her bio doesn't tell the whole
story. Lauren, owner of
Class Act Studios, is one of the
best, most knowledgeable,
dynamic teachers I have ever
met. What a privilege it
is having Lauren as my co-host!
We hit the jackpot, as you'll
see when you join us. And
I must humbly admit to having
something to offer, too.
Just tool around this Website to
get an idea.
The
seminar doesn't end when the
seminar ends
Seminars happen on a Saturday,
usually four times a year in
Orlando, and we're now adding
Miami as a test market. We
share seven hours of intense
information which gives our
talent everything they need to
start in voice over. And
then it's over, right?
Wrong. The education and
experience continues in a couple
of ways. We have our own
secret room on Facebook called
"Real World Voice Over." A
perfect place to share ideas,
issues, techniques, auditions,
and more. It's open only
to our seminar students or
private coaching students of
Lauren and myself. And
that's not all. Once
you're in the club, you're in
the club. My students call
me all the time to discuss VO
issues and I love hearing from
them! Especially when
they've landed a paid gig, which
is happening more and more - now
that we've been at this for a
while.
The seminar is aimed where it
needs to be aimed
I've seen too many Webinars and
events that feature voice over
superstars telling you how they
made it big. Yep, it can
be inspiring and valuable but
many times they're providing
info that's just not relevant to
your specific needs. For
example, I've heard too many
stories about famous VO talents
and their agents - and how to
get an agent. This is
PHOOEY! The last thing you
need if you're starting out is
to even think about an agent.
A year or more into it, then
it's a discussion, but not now.
These VO superstars have exotic
home studios with tens of
thousand of dollars of VO gear.
Great! You're going to
invest about $300 for your first
studio and it will do the job.
You have to understand five
years ago I was where you are
right now - just starting!
I aim every piece of information
I share towards one goal - to
get you started in the business
as I did.
Eye Candy and Ear Candy
We employ a
substantial amount of
highly-useful audio-visual and
live-display materials that are
incorporated into the Real World
experience. One thing's
for absolute sure. There isn't
a dull moment. Lot's to
absorb (which is why some of
those after-seminar phone calls
mentioned above happen).
Constant Evolution
Every single seminar features
new elements. I am never
satisfied and will never become
jaded in the approach or I will
quit first. I enjoy this
too much to let it sit still.
It's all about learning and fun!
The Mentorship Experience
When I went into radio
station ownership in
1985, I had a partner and also a mentor.
Without Randy Odeneal, our
17-month journey towards
purchasing and operating our
first radio stations could have
taken three times as long ... or
more realistically, it probably
never would have happened.
Then, years later I got into the
voice over business and once
again was blessed with a mentor,
Don Capone, the ninja voice
artist out of Tampa, FL.
My personal goal is to take
what's been given to me and pass
it along. This is as much
about mentoring as it is about
hosting seminars. And this
is my personal pot of gold at
the end of the rainbow. I
love it!
Join us!
You like this philosophy?
Join us! We'd love to have
you on board! This becomes
a family. A diverse group
of people united by their shared
creativity and growing together.
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Voice Over Training, Voice
Over Classes, Voice Over Demos, Voice Over
Coaching
This voice over training
seminar is intended to be a road map to
getting into voice over. Future voice
over talent, there is no better place to
start. I started voice over just a few
short years ago, and within two years I
recorded over 100 voice over projects in a
single calendar year. I will pass
along everything that time will allow.
If you have the basics to be a voice over
artist, then this voice over training
seminar is for you. In addition to
voice over talent training, I will soon be
offering voiceover consultations on an
hourly basis on the phone, by Skype, and in
person. And if you need a voice over
demo, I will be starting to produce voice
over demos on a limited basis. You've
now taken the first step into the world of
voice over. The results you get as a
voice talent will depend, like anything
else, on your own hard work and dedication.
With that, and your natural talent, the real
world of voice over is definitely within
your reach!
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