Archive for April, 2008

Play it, Sam. Play ‘As VOWOL Goes By’.

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Thursday Lounges in May have special guest teachers, an engineer, and
a pro-studio booth. RSVP at http://roysamuelson.com/vowol/users for
$37 each. Or it's $40 each Lounge by calling 310-439-9036 or emailing roy@vowol.com
based on availability.

The formerly-titled "Not a Demo Demo" is back May 20th for 6 weeks,
called "Demo Prep Steps: Commercial." This course sold out in March.
We're proud to have confirmed Stewart from voicebank.net, 2 casting
directors, an improv coach, a top marketing person, and one of our
most requested VO coaches.
http://www.vowol.com/VOWOL/Demo_Prep_Steps%3A_Commercial.html

We've set up the online calendar for Thursday nights, and since Roy is
making this up as he goes along, here's how a one-day package discount
works:
Get the 6 Tuesdays of "Demo Prep Steps: Commercial" and 5 Thursdays in
May in less than 9 minutes.

1. Log in or sign up at
http://roysamuelson.com/vowol/users

2. Transfer $185 to your VOWOL account

3. RSVP 5 Thursdays in May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

4. Email roy@vowol.com

5. You'll get a link to sign up for "Demo Prep Steps: Commercial" (for
$355 instead of $600.)

So for 33 shared studio hours with engineer and special guests:
instead of $800 , your out of pocket is $540. This is like getting a
10% discount on the Demo Prep Steps course, and the Lounges in May for
free. This offer has to expire Tuesday April 29th so Roy can start to
breathe again.

If you have any questions, please call 310-439-9036, and expect
another VOWOL update shortly.

http://vowol.com
roy@vowol.com
310-439-9036

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Go ahead, make my VOWOL.

Friday, April 18th, 2008
To buy some time while our calendar erases some easy-fix hiccups, we’re offering the Month of May, all 5 Thursdays, with more amazing guests! Link is below —  FIRST 4 ACTORS TO PAY FOR THE FULL MONTH get 1 comped class.
May 1 Mari Weiss – – one of our most requested guests, brings her skills in “Finding your Voice” — a brilliant commercial VO coach.
May 8 Joyce Castellanos — Promo Producer / Teacher
Joyce has been instructing promo and trailer for over seven years, working with agents and managers to train their voiceover talent, as well as working with those individuals entering the business. She has been an Audio Producer/Director for television promos for over  20 years, working at NBC, Disney Channel, Warner Marketing, and  The WB Television Network. In addition to the training, she produces Promo and Trailer demos, as well as casting.
May 15 Chris Hardouin — Relax in the booth! In addition to a top quality studio, super-amazing microphone, amazing engineering, and pro-active actors, you get A PROFESSIONAL SHOULDER MASSAGE? Yep. This Certified Masseusse gives chair massages inbetween reads. Justin and Roy direct.
May 22 Producer Bill Holmes
http://compostproductions.com/
Bill Holmes is an award winning director who has freelanced with casting houses over the past 15 years including, “The Voicecaster”, “Sight n’ Sound Casting”, “Sheila Manning Casting”, Danny Goldman Casting as well as his own company Compost Productions. Not only has he been working very successfully in the voiceover business for the past 25 years but he has been teaching commercial voiceover classes for the last 15 as well. Currently Bill can be heard on radio and TV commercials nationwide. This guy doesn’t mess around! He knows how to drill in and find the truth of it all. It’s an entertaining and educational experience you really don’t want to miss!
29 Open workout
Just like it all started — Get rounds in the booth!
Pay for 5 nights – 15 hours in the studio —  $185. Please call or email roy@vowol.com if you can’t make some. 
New! If the link above doesn’t work, please go to http://vowol.com and click on the yellow “Pay Now” button.

Also one day voice intensive with Mari Weiss are coming up. Details at

http://coach.mariweiss.com
Another article!
http://blogs.voices.com/voxdaily/2008/04/tone_your_vo_muscles_at_the_voice_over_workout_lounge.html
There’s a little space to make comments at the bottom. And I’m always very open to hearing your “hey, it’d be better if” at roy@vowol.com.
Finally, as mentioned in the article, our “Not A Demo Demo” Tuesday night course sold out, and we’re confirming more teachers when it comes back again for Tuesdays late May.
-Roy
roy@vowol.com
310-570-6213

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