The Producers Podcast - Voiceover and Audio Production – Details, episodes & analysis

https://www.ryandrean.com/2019/12/episode-137-neil-wilson/headshot2019_bw/Neil Wilson is an experienced Voice Actor based in the Baton Rouge area. His work is found on Radio like GO COUNTRY in L.A., TV Promo work such as FX Network and HBO, TV Affiliate, Commercial and more. Neil is also, possibly, the biggest football fan I know…like right up to the edge of annoying without quite crossing over. You’ll never guess which team he is out of his mind for by going to his website or looking at the pictures below.
Notes:
It’s mainly Radio, background and football for the first 30 minutes
The really pure “Voiceover” talk starts at about the 30 minute mark.
We do more “Football” talk on this show than any other show I’ve done.
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Neil’s Website – https://neilwilson.com/
Neil’s Studio Build – https://neilwilson.com/how-it-all-came-together/
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Here is THE LOBSTER:https://www.ryandrean.com/2019/12/episode-137-neil-wilson/79b63694-b05d-4459-b7d3-447da71a7edf/
 
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https://www.ryandrean.com/2019/10/episode-136-pete-gustin/47395443_10215501266057631_7086645031368392704_n-copy/Pete Gustin is the voice of many Radio and TV stations, Movie Trailers, national commercial campaigns and perhaps most notably, the signature voice of The Fox News Channel.  Pete also has a background in radio production starting his career at WEEI, one the more powerful stations in one the largest American Radio Markets, Boston, Mass.  In fact, he started at WEEI and its sister stations during college and remained there for 18 years, taking short time away to work at Sirius Radio in its infancy. After interviewing Pete I can say that rarely do I run into someone with more drive and hustle in their bones…and I talk to a lot of very driven people.  Pete has stories for days and so much great advice.
If you know Pete’s FULL story, don’t worry, I certainly cover every aspect.  If you are not fully aware, then please don’t do TOO much research and just listen start to finish.  I promise – you will be greeted by a powerful surprise.
**BONUS:  Pete published his new Novel, WISH.  Check it out!
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Pete’s Website: https://petegustin.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/petegustin
Twitter: https://twitter.com/petegustin
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Today I bring on a Voice Actor with an enormous body of work. Beau Weaver has seen great success in TV Affiliate work, Network Promo, Syndicated TV Promo, Commercial, Narration, Trailers, Live Announce (Emmy’s and more), Animation, Radio Imaging and everything in between. Beau started in radio in the 60’s moving into voiceover in the late 70’s and has been cruising ever since.

Beau has won awards including the Promax BDA Award for best voiceover in television promos, and in 2015 received the special Voice Arts award for outstanding body of work.  He is also on the Advisory Board at the Screen Actors Guild Don LaFontaine Voiceover Lab.

Guests have talked about the “olden days” where they had to send voiceover on TAPE via FEDEX. Well, Beau was one of THE first to do that. He was also one of the very first to have a HOME STUDIO for Voiceover, do his own marketing, have a website that streamed audio and helped pioneer the “road rig.”

Beau was so generous with his knowledge and stories and I am thrilled to have him as a guest.

Visit Beau’s Website: https://www.spokenword.com/

https://www.ryandrean.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/www.ProdSquad.com_.pngPart 2 Continues with the men of Splice…(I didn’t mean that to sound all male-strip-clubby).  Terry and Drake get into more detail about video for idiots uneducated people like me!  Enjoy the show and the stuff below!
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FREE STUFF: The Guys at Splice mentioned free work-parts in the show- and here they are!
See the info below but I have to say they are very generous.  I checked out the files and they are all really useful and SIMPLE which I think would be good for us beginners.
Login Here: http://www.prodsquad.com/
Username: ryanonradio
Password: freesplice
Then click “Your Downloads”
LINKS:
http://www.terryphillips.com/
http://www.drakedonovan.com/
http://www.grooveworx.com/splice/
http://www.grooveworx.com/splice/tutorials.html
Sidenote: Unless someone tells me a reason not to I am doing away with the “Show Notes” posts and just putting the info into the Episode posts like this.

https://www.ryandrean.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Eddie-Pic1.jpgEddie Bower took some time away from his lavish Cali lifestyle to chat it up about Y, Eagle, Power, Star, Virgin and Shortbus…and many other things.  He has held some damn cool gigs and is really creative and semi-twisted.  My favorite part of interviews like this one are how genuine the interviewee is (thats not a word is it, oops).
We started things off a bit differently and dove into the studio/gear/tech/nerd stuff. Then we discuss his career and where he’s been and what he’s learned.  Eddie is currently at Virgin in Toronto and Produces for multiple Shortbus formats.  Don’t forget part 2 and the show notes page which contains photos and MORE audio.  Enjoy!
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https://www.ryandrean.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Studio-2.jpgHere is PART 2 with Eddie Bower.
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Don’t forget part 2 and the show notes page which contains photos and MORE audio

https://www.ryandrean.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/vanessa-marshall-.jpegI am happy to report that this podcast turns 50!  Yes, its our 50th episode and it is a good ‘un!  Vanessa Marshall, star of stage and screen and radio and Brazilian dance classes everywhere joins me for a chat on all things voice etc.  I knew OF Vanessa for a while but really became familiar with her work when we started collaborating on a station in Phoenix, KEXX.  In fact you can hear some of that on my demo page near the top.  This is part one of a two-parter and I can safely say we spoke about a wider variety of topics than any of my previous episodes.  Voiceover, dance, gear, stand-up, Scrubs, Football, stabbings and I think someone may have brought up junk food.  I’m starving so I’m going to go get lunch now.  Enjoy!
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Here is Vanessa’s Site:  http://vanessamarshall.com/
Here is the link to the “extra’s page” which has some cool stuff too like the Got Phat bit I referenced.
For the lazy here is Vanessa’s IMDB 😉
 

The BIG 5-0 continues with Vanessa marshall.  In case this is the only page you are finding here is a link to her site for you check out.
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www.vanessamarshall.com

https://www.ryandrean.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ian-sturgeon-xmas.jpegIan Sturgeon is back again…for part 2.  Enjoy!
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Ian Sturgeon is the creative mind (and hands) behind Big Fish Worldwide.  I have been using his products since the day I originally found them which was about 2007.  In the world of Tech/Imaging that’s a long time! There are many reasons why Ian has achieved long-term success but a few of the many that top my list are: Creativity, Value and Quantity.  You get creative content at a GREAT price and lots of it!
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Ian is one of the nice guys in the biz but make no mistake, he is a solid business-man too.  I have personally taken some cues from him over the years on this side of things and I tried to squeeze some of his business strategy out of him in the interview too.  There is a part 2 so be sure to listen to that BUT for this episode (as mentioned in the intro) I shrewdly talked him into giving away some free stuff!  See below as all you have to do to get it is Tweet or Share this post.

This little “Pay with a Tweet or Post” thing is new to me.  Just trying to find easy ways for people to share the podcast and get something in return.  If you have any issues (I THINK it works) just tweet this post’s link and put @rdrean in there and I will send you a link!

Also, again as mentioned in the intro, Ian wanted me to offer 10 people a FREE month of his Big Fish weekly updates!  That’s right folks, mention this podcast and get free sounds, but only 10 of you… so be fast!!!
Here is Ian’s Site for all things Big Fish: http://www.bigfishworldwide.com/