Voice Over Artist of the Week

Known for being the voice of Raphael and Donatello in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Pinky from Pinky and the Brain, and Carl Wheezer from Jimmy Neutron, this week’s voice over is Rob Paulsen.

Born Robert Fredrick Paulsen the 3^rd started his career in 1983 at the age of 24 in a mini-series GI Joe. Also during this time frame he did voice work for advertisements on both tv and radio such as Honda, the dog voice in the Taco Bell commercials, and a few ads for stores and radio stations in his area.

Rob was nominated for an Annie Award 4 years in a row and won in 96, 97, and 99.

Outside of filming and recording voices Rob attends several conventions throughout the year including Comic-Con, JACON, and Anime Overdose to name a few. He also works on his website RobPaulsenLive.com and a weekly podcast  Talking Toons With Rob Paulsen.

Rob with his constant giving to charities and cancer research foundations Rob is an extraordinary person both on and off the camera.

Below is an interview with Rob and at one of the conventions he attends and he talks to YouTuber Black Nerd comedy about his past works, and character and how they affect a television shows fan base.

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Going To Conventions

In the entertainment industry, or any other type of industry for that matter it’s a very important thing to go to conferences whenever possible…just about every major city has some sort of conference dedicated to something whether it be a job fair or conventions such as anime, comic con, or something like SXSW.

Some people might wonder what going to a place like comic con would have to do with wanting to be in the music industry or trying to become a voice artist. The answer is simple…NETWORKING, at conferences you never know who you are going to run into, you have the opportunity to meet celebrities, producers, business owners, and some many other people that can open the door to several possible job opportunities.

Plus if you want to do voice overs places like anime conventions and comic con would be the place to go. Thinking about it anime and comics are constantly making animated movies and television shows… this is the type of work as a voice artist a lot of people would hope to get. Its where the money is at.

I personally have been to places where I’ve talked to people for a couple of minutes and sharing common ground with someone have formed new connections that I would not have gotten just by sitting around.

With this in mind I hope you guys think about going to a convention to check it out because they can lead to many chances of meeting someone you might want to work with…and they’re fun!! XD

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Talent Agencies

So I have a knack for going on to google and searching the first thing that comes to mind just to see what I can find. Not too long ago a search on voice actor agency’s in Chicago and of course there are several agencies in the area. I think that it would be a fun job to have because it could be both challenging and rewarding at the same time, but anyways… I found a few Talent agencies out here that cater to the Voice acting industry.

I thought it would be cool to talk about this today just in case some people might want to try getting a few voice over jobs.

The talent Agency I’m going to talk about is Gray Talent Group Inc.

One thing that caught my attention is that they specify on their front page that they work with both non-union and union actors, in this case SAG-AFTRA or the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artist. This is an important thing to know because some agencies will not work with people who are not a part of this union, and union dues are not cheap so knowing they work with non-union actors is a good thing.

The other thing that stood out to me is the fact that they have multiple locations, they have a building in Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York allowing people to work with them from a few major entertainment cities.

This company works with people in two ways, the first is people needing talent for projects can go to the site and fill out information and get an estimated quote, and the other way is people looking for voice over jobs can upload an audition of them saying lines and they review it before they ask you in for an in-person interview. They have an FAQ page for people wanting to know more and other forms of contact information available online, but they DO NOT except walk-in submissions.

This site is just one of the many I found online that I found interesting and I hope you find this information useful.

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Voice Over Artist of The Week

When I first started my blog someone asked in the comments if I would ever talk about John DiMaggio, so for this week’s Voice over Artist that’s who I am going to be talking about. As a matter of fact John was in a documentary that I talked about a few weeks ago called I know That Voice, where he talks a little about himself and his characters.

John Has a very long list of things he’s been a part of from television shows, video games, and animated films his catalog starting in 1986 when he was 18 years old up until now at the age of 47 his career has given him great success.

John DiMaggio is a well-rounded voice actor and comedian who Is mostly known for his role as Bender from the television show Futurama , and his role as Jake from Adventure Time. Some other things he has done include voices in Final Fantasy X, Gears of War, Wreck It Ralph.

 The first video clip I have for you guys today is an interview with John and he explains how he came up with the voice of Bender.

The second clip is a little bit of a longer video but I thought it was kind of cool; it is just a video montage of some of the different voices John DiMaggio has played over the years.

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