Loved voicing this excellent spot for TNT and the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. What a great edit and what a great soundtrack! When it all comes together it's a fine day. Thanks to Alex, Tyler, @atlastmom , and @atlas_talent !
The Masters is a thing of beauty, and I'm very happy to have voiced this CBS spot for golf's most prestigious tournament. Catch this promo on all the socials and on CBS. Thanks to my great @atlas_talent team and CBS.
Check out some backstage footage of my live announce experience with the Taurus World Stunt Awards. As the show nears, the professionalism of the backstage crew becomes more and more clear. They handled a couple of huge curveballs right before and during the show with great skill and put on a terrific program. We even got to see Arnold Schwarzenegger accept the very first Icon Award for his immense support for the stunt community. Congrats to all the winners and the outstanding crew and marketing team.
Had a blast live-announcing the Taurus World Stunt Awards last night. Congrats to @schwarzenegger for winning the very first Icon Award for all his support and love for the stunt industry. More to come.
How's this for a voice over story?
Yesterday I was out in the hills of Rocky Peak with my Search & Rescue team. We had spotty cell coverage, so occasionally I would get a text or email. One came through marked "VIP"--it was my agent Nate @nzeitz with a last-minute Saturday audition for a cool ESPN opening tease for the Men's Final of the Australian Open. I was bummed--here I was in the middle of nowhere and far from my studio, and a very cool audition required submissions within a couple of hours. No way would training be close to done by then. So I emailed Nate saying "you know I'd be all over this but I'm out in the field and won't be back in the studio till this evening." A few minutes later he dings me back: "If you plan to be home this evening for the record if they select you, you can submit the audition from your phone." Audition on the phone? In the wind, with my team yelling in the background? Well, you miss 100% of the shots you don't take, so I figured why not. I moved off to the side of the mountain we were working on, crouching behind a boulder to mitigate wind noise, and laid down one take in my Voice Memo app. I then sent it off to Nate (while standing on a ledge holding my phone up to get enough coverage), along with a request that he convert the file and rename it properly. Now, no agent has to do this, so I said I totally get it if he doesn't have time etc. But he did, and he got the file sent off on time, and I got back to training. A half hour later, I looked at my phone, and it was Nate: "You're the winner. What time will you be home?"
Listening back to my audition this morning, I think I may have discovered a cheat code. The wind gave the read atmosphere, and even the grunts and yells of my teammates in the background add another layer of feel. The next time I overthink a read, or worry unnecessarily about a stray sound in the audition file, or think I'm being super clever about frankensteining a read together, I hope I remember this.
NAVA 2025 was a winner. Not pictured: too many lovely peeps to count, but who I was happy to see. Congrats to @thebigvox , @caringilfry , and the entire NAVA team.
Be on the lookout for Yours Truly on Pluribus promos. Fantastic show if you haven't caught it. I can't share any assets yet so please keep your ears peeled :)
SAG PEEPs, COME PROMO with me! I'll be teaching another Promo class at the Don LaFontaine Voiceover Lab & EIF Voiceover Lab at the Los Angeles SAG building on Sat., Dec 20. There are more promo opportunities for actors of all voice prints and backgrounds than ever. But the subtleties and nuances of working reads require ever more from us as actors. In this 2.5-hour class, I will explore current trends, methods, and strategies for developing your read and finding work in this exciting part of the VO world. And YOU will get to read. Many thanks to Aric Shuford and his crack team!
You can sign up AT NO COST here (copy and paste the link into your browser--Insta won't let me post the live link here): /programs/17984
Night of the Living Dead--the Table Read podcast. Here is a brief glimpse into the upcoming release of NOTLD, told with the words of George Romero's original screenplay and the mesmerizing story board. A whole new way to enjoy one of the most influential horror movies of all time. Thanks to producer @therealjacklevy and his abundantly talented team.
