The class that takes you from A-Z. From novice to competent voice actor.  You will have everything you need, in place, and ready to start working after your last session! The outline below represents the standard syllabus of our Live Online Master Class.  Because of the personal, one-on-one, nature of this class we are able to customize and tailor the sessions to each student.  There are 3 levels in the Live Online Master Class Series outlined below.  Please direct any questions you may have about the class, or your objectives, to your Enrollment Specialist. 

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Gold Package - 27 Sessions

1. Industry Overview: Your teacher is a working voice over artist so you will get it straight from an industry professional. You will gain a real world understanding of what is happening in the industry, what is coming in the near future, and how you can best prepare to enter the industry with the correct mix of skills, confidence and the right tools. Homework: Read about Breathing and Vocal Health
2. Breathing & Vocal Health: This week will consist of learning the foundation of voiceover technique, breathing. You will also gain insight on how vital it is to be aware of your vocal health and what steps to takes to maintain it. This session will also provide a preview of the home studio set up. Homework: Read about B.A.S.I.C.
3. Technique through B.A.S.I.C.: This week will consist of learning our unique B.A.S.I.C. approach to your most critical VO skills. Think of this as the foundation for the eventual house you will build during the later weeks of your course. The script is what you, as a VO professional, use to create that finished product and once you truly understand voice over technique and how to handle and use a script, you will be more than just a reader. Homework: Read about Pitch Control.
4. Pitch Control & Pronunciation: The ability to precisely control the pitch of your voice is like the ability to use a musical instrument to produce the sound you desire. With good pitch control you will be able to provide clients with dynamic and engaging deliveries that keep the audience interested! Homework: Pitch Control Exercises & Read about Tempo/Pacing/Smoothness.
5. Tempo/Pacing/Smoothness: Clear pronunciation, proper tempo and correct pacing are all critical to a good VO performance. Listen to a national TV or radio ad and notice how it sounds crisp, but not hurried. These are critical skills for any good VO actor and you’ll learn and practice these skills until you have them down. A good VO actor sounds smooth, unhurried and steady throughout a read. You will learn what it takes to achieve that via exercises, practice and listening to examples of smooth, and not so smooth reads. Homework: Pronunciation/Tempo/Pacing Exercises & Read about Proper Emphasis.
6. Proper Emphasis & Energy Control: Stressing a single word can change, ruin, or make any message. You’ll learn how to apply emphasis precisely and consciously so that the director and the client get the exact read they desire. We’ll also teach you techniques for maintaining your energy and controlling your breathing so that you’ll be able to deliver clean, consistent work whether you’re reading War and Peace or Bugs Bunny’s Best Carrot Recipes. (Our recommended studio equipment is included in the Gold Package and it will be ordered now so you are prepared to set it up and begin our Home Studio Assessment process by Session 8) Homework: Proper Emphasis Exercises & Read about Smoothness.
7. Adding Emotion: Part of many good VO performances is making the listener feel something; eliciting an emotional response. In order to do that, you need to be able to bring emotion into your read in a controlled and precise manner. In this segment, you’ll learn just how to do that. It takes practice. Homework: Adding Emotion Exercises & Read about Energy Control/Breathing.
8. Midterm Review Session: We will review the eight things every performer should be aware of: pitch control, pronunciation, tempo/pacing, proper emphasis, smoothness, adding emotion, energy control and breathing. Homework: Homework: Follow our step by step instructions for setting up your home studio equipment. Prepare and send your Home Studio Assessment (HSA) sample and pictures to our HSA department.  We will work with you until your studio is sounding exactly as it should.
9. Open Forum: This session will be personalized and tailored to each individual student. Homework: You should be in process or have passed your Home Studio Assessment (HSA) & Review the Eight Things Every Performer Should Be Aware Of. 
10. Open Forum: This session will be personalized and tailored to each individual student. Scripts for the demo will be sent to the student to practice. Homework: Practice. 
11. Home Studio Review: We will go over any questions you may have about using your home studio and address any issues that may arise. You’ll be able to create dry tracks that can be sent to clients without ever leaving your space or having to travel to an outside studio. Homework: Practice. 
12. Demo Prep Session with Scripts: We will talk about what will actually happen during the recording session, how you’ll record yourself and use Zoom. When you’re done with this session, you’ll understand the mechanics of a recording session, how to make it work, and what to expect. You’ll be relaxed and ready to move onto the next step. Homework: Refine Demo Scripts (assigned and rehearsed during this session) and practice using your home studio.
13. Practice Demo Recording Session: We’ll get you in front of the mic and run you through each script. We’ll do multiple takes until you have a clear, solid understanding of the angle from which to attack each script and are able to do it with ease. Consider this the dress rehearsal for opening night. Homework: Continue to practice your scripts for your demo recording session next week, if you and your coach decide you should do it then.
14. Demo Recording Session Part 1: We’ll do it for real this time! This session should be done when you are ready, it can be this week or it can be a month or two or more from now, it is completely up to you. (Your Demo can be completed in two separate sessions or in one combined 120 minute session.  The method that is best for you will be determined by your coach)
15. Demo Recording Session Part 2: Once we have "keeper takes" of each script, the tracks are sent off to the engineers for post-production and final editing. Your VO Demo should be completed from Post Production and uploaded within 2 weeks of recording it. (Your Demo can be completed in two separate sessions or in one combined 120 minute session.  The method that is best for you will be determined by your coach) Homework: Read about Marketing 2.
16. Marketing 1 - Creating a Professional Identity: A big part of being a professional VO artist is getting work and in order to do so you have to market yourself (know where voice over work can be found and how to communicate with the “Voice Seekers”. We’ll teach you all the basics of creating a professional identity so you can easily create a professional marketing plan that will ensure your success. Included with your package, to help with your Professional identity, is a personal web page to house your Bio, Demos, and Contact Forms to be used in your marketing. Homework: Brainstorm Ideas for Your Professional Identity/Bio.
17. Housekeeping and Catch-up: Your demo’s are completed and uploaded, we’ll review your marketing plan and ideas, your logo if you choose to do one, business plan, bio, and get the other raw materials in place before we start to focus fully on marketing. Homework: Read about Marketing 1, Business of the Business.
18. Marketing 2 - Business of the Business: You will talk about proven marketing practices and methods that work in the VO world. The workbook will also cover Contracts and Unions, Common Mistakes, Quoting and rates, among many other specifics of working in voiceovers. Your instructor will also go over a list of a few places online where can consider creating profiles in Session 19.
19. Marketing 3: Your instructor will walk through the process of creating a presence/profile on 1 or 2 online sites so you can get started with the Auditioning process..
20. Advanced Technique Coaching: Now that you have some things to work on in the the realm of marketing, it's time to return to the craft of voice acting during this session. This week we will continue to refine your skills as a performer by focusing on very specific techniques based on the direction you and your coach feel is best for you. It could be audio book, animation, industrial and whatever it is that will help you fulfill your goals both long and short term. Homework: Practice Assigned Scripts for Advanced Technique Coaching.
21. Advanced Technique Coaching: Further exploration and training in advanced techniques to finish and polish your professional repertoire as we near the end of your training. Homework: Read about The Art of Auditioning.
22. The Art of Auditioning: In this session we will explore the subtle art of the voiceover audition and discuss how you can stand out among the competition.  We will review real audition scripts and cover some of the keys to booking jobs, like specific audition techniques, professional sound quality, proper labeling and submission etiquette. Homework: Read about Marketing 4 & Finalize your Individualized Marketing Plan.
23. Marketing 4: By now you should be in the process of becoming fairly established online. You can talk with your instructor about any questions you may have in the area of Marketing yourself online. Homework: Practice Assigned Scripts for Advanced Technique Coaching.
24. Advanced Technique Coaching: Your final advanced session. We’ll cover whatever areas need to be filled in so you'll feel confident and ready to seek any job you desire. Homework: Submit for Auditions!!
25. Marketing 5: We’ll look at advanced marketing techniques and we’ll discuss paid advertising. We'll also discuss effective uses of social media. In many cases, 'it's who you know,' not necessarily what you know that can open doors. Homework: Submit for Auditions!!
26. Wrap Up: Think of this as the final. We’ll go back over the highlights of the previous six months, fill in any blank spots and answer your last minute questions. Homework: Continue to practice and prepare for your Demo Update.
27. Demo Update Recording Session: This session, which you will schedule at your discretion any time after session 26, allows you and your coach to re-evaluate your initial demo. This ensures that the improvement you’ve made in the months since your first demo recording is reflected in your voiceover “calling card.”  We'll schedule your last session to re-record and update your demos with fresh reads of all your scripts. Your demos will be updated with your new reads within 2 weeks! We include this demo update because as you audition and work, you will continue to evolve and improve as a voiceover actor.

Silver Package - 23 Sessions

The Silver Package is the same as the Gold package up through Session 23.  Home studio equipment is not included.

1. Industry Overview: Your teacher is a working voice over artist so you will get it straight from an industry professional. You will gain a real world understanding of what is happening in the industry, what is coming in the near future, and how you can best prepare to enter the industry with the correct mix of skills, confidence and the right tools. Homework: Read about Breathing and Vocal Health
2. Breathing & Vocal Health: This week will consist of learning the foundation of voiceover technique, breathing. You will also gain insight on how vital it is to be aware of your vocal health and what steps to takes to maintain it. This session will also provide a preview of the home studio set up. Homework: Read about B.A.S.I.C. and the four Home Studio Equipment Options.
3. Technique through B.A.S.I.C.: This week will consist of learning our unique B.A.S.I.C. approach to your most critical VO skills. Think of this as the foundation for the eventual house you will build during the later weeks of your course. The script is what you, as a VO professional, use to create that finished product and once you truly understand voice over technique and how to handle and use a script, you will be more than just a reader. Homework: Read about Pitch Control.
4. Pitch Control & Pronunciation: The ability to precisely control the pitch of your voice is like the ability to use a musical instrument to produce the sound you desire. With good pitch control you will be able to provide clients with dynamic and engaging deliveries that keep the audience interested! Homework: Pitch Control Exercises & Read about Tempo/Pacing/Smoothness.
5. Tempo/Pacing/Smoothness: Clear pronunciation, proper tempo and correct pacing are all critical to a good VO performance. Listen to a national TV or radio ad and notice how it sounds crisp, but not hurried. These are critical skills for any good VO actor and you’ll learn and practice these skills until you have them down. A good VO actor sounds smooth, unhurried and steady throughout a read. You will learn what it takes to achieve that via exercises, practice and listening to examples of smooth, and not so smooth reads. Homework: Pronunciation/Tempo/Pacing Exercises & Read about Proper Emphasis.
6. Proper Emphasis & Energy Control: Stressing a single word can change, ruin, or make any message. You’ll learn how to apply emphasis precisely and consciously so that the director and the client get the exact read they desire. We’ll also teach you techniques for maintaining your energy and controlling your breathing so that you’ll be able to deliver clean, consistent work whether you’re reading War and Peace or Bugs Bunny’s Best Carrot Recipes. Homework: Proper Emphasis Exercises & Read about Smoothness. You should be ordering your home studio equipment by now so you are prepared to set it up and begin our Home Studio Assessment process by Session 8.
7. Adding Emotion: Part of many good VO performances is making the listener feel something; eliciting an emotional response. In order to do that, you need to be able to bring emotion into your read in a controlled and precise manner. In this segment, you’ll learn just how to do that. It takes practice.  Homework: Adding Emotion Exercises & Read about Energy Control/Breathing.
8. Midterm Review Session: We will review the eight things every performer should be aware of: pitch control, pronunciation, tempo/pacing, proper emphasis, smoothness, adding emotion, energy control and breathing.  Homework: Follow our step by step instructions for setting up your home studio equipment. Prepare and send your Home Studio Assessment (HSA) sample and pictures to our HSA department.  We will work with you until your studio is sounding exactly as it should.
9. Open Forum: This session will be personalized and tailored to each individual student. Homework: You should be in process or have passed your Home Studio Assessment (HSA) & Review the Eight Things Every Performer Should Be Aware Of. 
10. Open Forum: This session will be personalized and tailored to each individual student. Scripts for the demo will be sent to the student to practice. Homework: Practice. 
11. Home Studio Review: We will go over any questions you may have about using your home studio and address any issues that may arise. You’ll be able to create dry tracks that can be sent to clients without ever leaving your space or having to travel to an outside studio. Homework: Practice. 
12. Demo Prep Session with Scripts: We will talk about what will actually happen during the recording session, how you’ll record yourself and use Zoom. When you’re done with this session, you’ll understand the mechanics of a recording session, how to make it work, and what to expect. You’ll be relaxed and ready to move onto the next step. Homework: Refine Demo Scripts (assigned and rehearsed during this session) and practice using your home studio.
13. Practice Demo Recording Session: We’ll get you in front of the mic and run you through each script. We’ll do multiple takes until you have a clear, solid understanding of the angle from which to attack each script and are able to do it with ease. Consider this the dress rehearsal for opening night. Homework: Continue to practice your scripts for your demo recording session next week, if you and your coach decide you should do it then.
14. Demo Recording Session Part 1: We’ll do it for real this time! This session should be done when you are ready, it can be this week or it can be a month or two or more from now, it is completely up to you. (Your Demo can be completed in two separate sessions or in one combined 120 minute session.  The method that is best for you will be determined by your coach)
15. Demo Recording Session Part 2: Once we have "keeper takes" of each script, the tracks are sent off to the engineers for post-production and final editing. Your VO Demo should be completed from Post Production and uploaded within 2 weeks of recording it. (Your Demo can be completed in two separate sessions or in one combined 120 minute session.  The method that is best for you will be determined by your coach) Homework: Read about Marketing 2.
16. Marketing 1 - Creating a Professional Identity: A big part of being a professional VO artist is getting work and in order to do so you have to market yourself (know where voice over work can be found and how to communicate with the “Voice Seekers”. We’ll teach you all the basics of creating a professional identity so you can easily create a professional marketing plan that will ensure your success. Included with your package, to help with your Professional identity, is a personal web page to house your Bio, Demos, and Contact Forms to be used in your marketing. Homework: Brainstorm Ideas for Your Professional Identity/Bio.
17. Housekeeping and Catch-up: Your demo’s are completed and uploaded, we’ll review your marketing plan and ideas, your logo if you choose to do one, business plan, bio, and get the other raw materials in place before we start to focus fully on marketing. Homework: Read about Marketing 1, Business of the Business.
18. Marketing 2 - Business of the Business: You will talk about proven marketing practices and methods that work in the VO world. The workbook will also cover Contracts and Unions, Common Mistakes, Quoting and rates, among many other specifics of working in voiceovers. Your instructor will also go over a list of a few places online where can consider creating profiles in Session 19.
19. Marketing 3: Your instructor will walk through the process of creating a presence/profile on 1 or 2 online sites so you can get started with the Auditioning process..
20. Advanced Technique Coaching: Now that you have some things to work on in the the realm of marketing, it's time to return to the craft of voice acting during this session. This week we will continue to refine your skills as a performer by focusing on very specific techniques based on the direction you and your coach feel is best for you. It could be audio book, animation, industrial and whatever it is that will help you fulfill your goals both long and short term. Homework: Practice Assigned Scripts for Advanced Technique Coaching.
21. Advanced Technique Coaching: Further exploration and training in advanced techniques to finish and polish your professional repertoire as we near the end of your training. Homework: Read about The Art of Auditioning.
22. The Art of Auditioning: In this session we will explore the subtle art of the voiceover audition and discuss how you can stand out among the competition.  We will review real audition scripts and cover some of the keys to booking jobs, like specific audition techniques, professional sound quality, proper labeling and submission etiquette. Homework: Read about Marketing 4 & Finalize your Individualized Marketing Plan.
23. Marketing 4 and Wrap up: By now you should be in the process of becoming fairly established online. You can talk with your instructor about any questions you may have in the area of Marketing yourself online. 

Bronze Package - 16 Sessions

The Bronze Package does not include a Home Studio Setup Session like Silver and Gold packages, however we do offer Tech Support options in personalized One-on-One help with setting up your studio. Home Studio Assessment is also included.

1. Industry Overview: Your teacher is a working voice over artist so you will get it straight from an industry professional. You will gain a real world understanding of what is happening in the industry, what is coming in the near future, and how you can best prepare to enter the industry with the correct mix of skills, confidence and the right tools. Homework: Read about Breathing and Vocal Health
2. Breathing & Vocal Health: This week will consist of learning the foundation of voiceover technique, breathing. You will also gain insight on how vital it is to be aware of your vocal health and what steps to takes to maintain it. This session will also provide a preview of the home studio set up. Homework: Read about B.A.S.I.C. and the four Home Studio Equipment Options.
3. Technique through B.A.S.I.C.: This week will consist of learning our unique B.A.S.I.C. approach to your most critical VO skills. Think of this as the foundation for the eventual house you will build during the later weeks of your course. The script is what you, as a VO professional, use to create that finished product and once you truly understand voice over technique and how to handle and use a script, you will be more than just a reader. Homework: Read about Pitch Control.
4. Pitch Control & Pronunciation: The ability to precisely control the pitch of your voice is like the ability to use a musical instrument to produce the sound you desire. With good pitch control you will be able to provide clients with dynamic and engaging deliveries that keep the audience interested! Homework: Pitch Control Exercises & Read about Tempo/Pacing/Smoothness.
5. Tempo/Pacing/Smoothness: Clear pronunciation, proper tempo and correct pacing are all critical to a good VO performance. Listen to a national TV or radio ad and notice how it sounds crisp, but not hurried. These are critical skills for any good VO actor and you’ll learn and practice these skills until you have them down. A good VO actor sounds smooth, unhurried and steady throughout a read. You will learn what it takes to achieve that via exercises, practice and listening to examples of smooth, and not so smooth reads. Homework: Pronunciation/Tempo/Pacing Exercises & Read about Proper Emphasis.
6. Proper Emphasis & Energy Control: Stressing a single word can change, ruin, or make any message. You’ll learn how to apply emphasis precisely and consciously so that the director and the client get the exact read they desire. We’ll also teach you techniques for maintaining your energy and controlling your breathing so that you’ll be able to deliver clean, consistent work whether you’re reading War and Peace or Bugs Bunny’s Best Carrot Recipes. Homework: Proper Emphasis Exercises & Read about Smoothness. You should be ordering your home studio equipment by now so you are prepared to set it up and begin our Home Studio Assessment process by Session 8.
7. Adding Emotion: Part of many good VO performances is making the listener feel something; eliciting an emotional response. In order to do that, you need to be able to bring emotion into your read in a controlled and precise manner. In this segment, you’ll learn just how to do that. It takes practice.  Homework: Adding Emotion Exercises & Read about Energy Control/Breathing.
8. Midterm Review Session: We will review the eight things every performer should be aware of: pitch control, pronunciation, tempo/pacing, proper emphasis, smoothness, adding emotion, energy control and breathing.  Homework: Follow our step by step instructions for setting up your home studio equipment. Prepare and send your Home Studio Assessment (HSA) sample and pictures to our HSA department.  We will work with you until your studio is sounding exactly as it should.
9. Demo Prep Session with Scripts: We will talk about what will actually happen during the recording session, how you’ll record yourself and use Zoom. When you’re done with this session, you’ll understand the mechanics of a recording session, how to make it work, and what to expect. You’ll be relaxed and ready to move onto the next step. Homework: Refine Demo Scripts (assigned and rehearsed during this session) and practice using your home studio.
10. Practice Demo Recording Session: We’ll get you in front of the mic and run you through each script. We’ll do multiple takes until you have a clear, solid understanding of the angle from which to attack each script and are able to do it with ease. Consider this the dress rehearsal for opening night. Homework: Continue to practice your scripts for your demo recording session next week, if you and your coach decide you should do it then.
11. Demo Recording Session Part 1: We’ll do it for real this time! This session should be done when you are ready, it can be this week or it can be a month or two or more from now, it is completely up to you. (Your Demo can be completed in two separate sessions or in one combined 120 minute session.  The method that is best for you will be determined by your coach)
12. Demo Recording Session Part 2: Once we have "keeper takes" of each script, the tracks are sent off to the engineers for post-production and final editing. Your VO Demo should be completed from Post Production and uploaded within 2 weeks of recording it. (Your Demo can be completed in two separate sessions or in one combined 120 minute session.  The method that is best for you will be determined by your coach) Homework: Read about Marketing 2.
13. Marketing 1 - Creating a Professional Identity: A big part of being a professional VO artist is getting work and in order to do so you have to market yourself (know where voice over work can be found and how to communicate with the “Voice Seekers”. We’ll teach you all the basics of creating a professional identity so you can easily create a professional marketing plan that will ensure your success. Included with your package, to help with your Professional identity, is a personal web page to house your Bio, Demos, and Contact Forms to be used in your marketing. Homework: Brainstorm Ideas for Your Professional Identity/Bio. 
14. Marketing 2 - Business of the Business: You will talk about proven marketing practices and methods that work in the VO world. The workbook will also cover Contracts and Unions, Common Mistakes, Quoting and rates, among many other specifics of working in voiceovers. Your instructor will also go over a list of a few places online where can consider creating profiles in Session 15.Homework: Practice. 
15. Marketing 3: Your instructor will walk through the process of creating a presence/profile on 1 or 2 online sites so you can get started with the Auditioning process.
16. The Art of Auditioning & Wrap Up: In this session we will explore the subtle art of the voiceover audition and discuss how you can stand out among the competition.  We will review real audition scripts and cover some of the keys to booking jobs, like specific audition techniques, professional sound quality, proper labeling and submission etiquette.

Steel Package - 11 Sessions

The Steel  Package does not include Home Studio or Demos. Students have the option to upgrade from the Steel package to any higher level LOMC at any time for the difference in cost without additional fees. We also offer Tech Support options in personalized One-on-One help with setting up your home studio.

1. Industry Overview: Your teacher is a working voice over artist so you will get it straight from an industry professional. You will gain a real world understanding of what is happening in the industry, what is coming in the near future, and how you can best prepare to enter the industry with the correct mix of skills, confidence and the right tools. Homework: Read about Breathing and Vocal Health
2. Breathing & Vocal Health: This week will consist of learning the foundation of voiceover technique, breathing. You will also gain insight on how vital it is to be aware of your vocal health and what steps to takes to maintain it. This session will also provide a preview of the home studio set up. Homework: Read about B.A.S.I.C.
3. Technique through B.A.S.I.C.: This week will consist of learning our unique B.A.S.I.C. approach to your most critical VO skills. Think of this as the foundation for the eventual house you will build during the later weeks of your course. The script is what you, as a VO professional, use to create that finished product and once you truly understand voice over technique and how to handle and use a script, you will be more than just a reader. Homework: Read about Pitch Control.
4. Pitch Control & Pronunciation: The ability to precisely control the pitch of your voice is like the ability to use a musical instrument to produce the sound you desire. With good pitch control you will be able to provide clients with dynamic and engaging deliveries that keep the audience interested! Homework: Pitch Control Exercises & Read about Tempo/Pacing/Smoothness.
5. Tempo/Pacing/Smoothness: Clear pronunciation, proper tempo and correct pacing are all critical to a good VO performance. Listen to a national TV or radio ad and notice how it sounds crisp, but not hurried. These are critical skills for any good VO actor and you’ll learn and practice these skills until you have them down. A good VO actor sounds smooth, unhurried and steady throughout a read. You will learn what it takes to achieve that via exercises, practice and listening to examples of smooth, and not so smooth reads. Homework: Pronunciation/Tempo/Pacing Exercises & Read about Proper Emphasis.
6. Proper Emphasis & Energy Control: Stressing a single word can change, ruin, or make any message. You’ll learn how to apply emphasis precisely and consciously so that the director and the client get the exact read they desire. We’ll also teach you techniques for maintaining your energy and controlling your breathing so that you’ll be able to deliver clean, consistent work whether you’re reading War and Peace or Bugs Bunny’s Best Carrot Recipes. Homework: Proper Emphasis Exercises & Read about Smoothness.
7. Adding Emotion: Part of many good VO performances is making the listener feel something; eliciting an emotional response. In order to do that, you need to be able to bring emotion into your read in a controlled and precise manner. In this segment, you’ll learn just how to do that. It takes practice.  Homework: Adding Emotion Exercises & Read about Energy Control/Breathing.
8. Midterm Review Session: We will review the eight things every performer should be aware of: pitch control, pronunciation, tempo/pacing, proper emphasis, smoothness, adding emotion, energy control and breathing.  Homework: Work on areas of concern from the review lesson.
9. Marketing: Business of the Business. You will receive a proven marketing plan and methods that work in the VO world. We will also cover Contracts and Unions, Common Mistakes, Rate Cards and Pricing, among many other specifics of working in voiceovers. Homework: Your coach will give you things to work on after this session.
10. Open Forum: This session will be personalized and tailored to each individual student. Homework: Practice. 
11. Creating a Professional Identity: The other half of being a professional VO artist is getting work and in order to do so you have to market yourself. We’ll teach you all the basics of creating a professional identity so you can easily create a professional marketing plan that will ensure your success. Included with your package is a personal web page to house your Bio, Demos, and Contact Forms to be used in your marketing. Homework: Brainstorm Ideas for Your Professional Identity and Individualized Marketing Plan and decide what your next steps will be.

Character Focused Master Class

(Sliver, 23 Sessions - Gold, 27 Sessions)

1. Industry Overview: Your teacher is a working voice over artist so you will get it straight from an industry professional. You will gain a real world understanding of what is happening in the Character, Commercial and Narration industries, what is coming in the near future, and how you can best prepare to enter the industry with the correct mix of skills, confidence and the right tools. Homework: Read pages14-16 in the Character workbook and pages 21-23 in this workbook.
2. The Spirit of “Play”: This session will consist of learning the foundation of character voice performance and discuss the “Five R’s” of Character Voice creation. This is a great time to ask any questions you may have about creating an effective character voice if it’s not addressed during the session. Homework: Read pages 17-20 in the Character workbook.
3. Working With Pictures:  One of the most popular ways to develop a character voice is by looking at an image of the character you will be voicing. In this session your instructor and you will work on some exercises using the voice to picture method as well as a voice with no picture method. You’ll find this session to be fun as well as a great baseline entry point into your journey of learning Character Voicing techniques. Homework: Read pages 21-24 in the Character workbook.
4. Working With Abstractions: Sometimes character voice actors are asked to create a voice for a “thing”, like a nose or an avocado….etc.Your instructor will guide you thru techniques in this area and how to use the details of each “thing” to identify the Five R’s. Homework: Read pages 25-26 in the Character workbook.
5. Maintaining Characters: Being able to speak a few words or a catch phrase in a character voice is one thing. Maintaining the character and character’s voice is different and more challenging. This session will focus on that with discussion and exercise. Homework: Read pages 25-26 in the this workbook.
6. Technique through B.A.S.I.C.: This week will consist of learning our unique B.A.S.I.C. approach to your most critical Commercial VO skills. Think of this as the foundation for the eventual Commercial VO house you will build during the later weeks of your course. The script is what you, as a VO professional, use to create that finished product and once you truly understand voice over technique and how to handle and use a script, you will be more than just a reader. Homework: Read pages 30-33 in the this workbook.
7. Pitch Control & Pronunciation: The ability to precisely control the pitch of your voice is like the ability to use a musical instrument to produce the sound you desire. With good pitch control you will be able to provide clients with dynamic and engaging deliveries that keep the audience interested! Homework: Read pages 34-35 in this workbook.
8. Tempo/Pacing/Smoothness: Clear pronunciation, proper tempo and correct pacing are all critical to a good VO performance. Listen to a national TV or radio ad and notice how it sounds crisp, but not hurried. These are critical skills for any good VO actor and you’ll learn and practice these skills until you have them down. A good VO actor sounds smooth, unhurried and steady throughout a read. You will learn what it takes to achieve that via exercises, practice and listening to examples of smooth, and not so smooth reads. Homework: Read pages 36-39 in this workbook.
9. Proper Emphasis & Energy Control: Stressing a single word can change, ruin, or make any message. You’ll learn how to apply emphasis precisely and consciously so that the director and the client get the exact read they desire. We’ll also teach you techniques for maintaining your energy and controlling your breathing so that you’ll be able to deliver clean, consistent work whether you’re reading War and Peace or Bugs Bunny’s Best Carrot Recipes. Homework: Read pages 40-42 in MC Part 1 workbook.
10. Adding Emotion: Part of many good VO performances is making the listener feel something; eliciting an emotional response. In order to do that, you need to be able to bring emotion into. Homework: Practice. 
11. Home Studio Review: We will go over any questions you may have about using your home studio and address any issues that may arise. You’ll be able to create dry tracks that can be sent to clients without ever leaving your space or having to travel to an outside studio. Homework: Practice. 
12. Demo Prep Session with Scripts: We will talk about what will actually happen during the recording session, how you’ll record yourself and use Zoom. When you’re done with this session, you’ll understand the mechanics of a recording session, how to make it work, and what to expect. You’ll be relaxed and ready to move onto the next step. Homework: Refine Demo Scripts (assigned and rehearsed during this session) and practice using your home studio.
13. Practice Demo Recording Session: We’ll get you in front of the mic and run you through each script. We’ll do multiple takes until you have a clear, solid understanding of the angle from which to attack each script and are able to do it with ease. Consider this the dress rehearsal for opening night. Homework: Continue to practice your scripts for your demo recording session next week, if you and your coach decide you should do it then.
14. Demo Recording Session Part 1: We’ll do it for real this time! This session should be done when you are ready, it can be this week or it can be a month or two or more from now, it is completely up to you. (Your Demo can be completed in two separate sessions or in one combined 120 minute session.  The method that is best for you will be determined by your coach)
15. Demo Recording Session Part 2: Once we have "keeper takes" of each script, the tracks are sent off to the engineers for post-production and final editing. Your VO Demo should be completed from Post Production and uploaded within 2 weeks of recording it. (Your Demo can be completed in two separate sessions or in one combined 120 minute session.  The method that is best for you will be determined by your coach) Homework: Read about Marketing 2.
16. Marketing 1 - Creating a Professional Identity: A big part of being a professional VO artist is getting work and in order to do so you have to market yourself (know where voice over work can be found and how to communicate with the “Voice Seekers”. We’ll teach you all the basics of creating a professional identity so you can easily create a professional marketing plan that will ensure your success. Included with your package, to help with your Professional identity, is a personal web page to house your Bio, Demos, and Contact Forms to be used in your marketing. Homework: Brainstorm Ideas for Your Professional Identity/Bio.
17. Housekeeping and Catch-up: Your demo’s are completed and uploaded, we’ll review your marketing plan and ideas, your logo if you choose to do one, business plan, bio, and get the other raw materials in place before we start to focus fully on marketing. Homework: Read about Marketing 1, Business of the Business.
18. Marketing 2 - Business of the Business: You will talk about proven marketing practices and methods that work in the VO world. The workbook will also cover Contracts and Unions, Common Mistakes, Quoting and rates, among many other specifics of working in voiceovers. Your instructor will also go over a list of a few places online where can consider creating profiles in Session 19.
19. Marketing 3: Your instructor will walk through the process of creating a presence/profile on 1 or 2 online sites so you can get started with the Auditioning process..
20. Advanced Technique Coaching: Now that you have some things to work on in the the realm of marketing, it's time to return to the craft of voice acting during this session. This week we will continue to refine your skills as a performer by focusing on very specific techniques based on the direction you and your coach feel is best for you. It could be audio book, animation, industrial and whatever it is that will help you fulfill your goals both long and short term. Homework: Practice Assigned Scripts for Advanced Technique Coaching.
21. Advanced Technique Coaching: Further exploration and training in advanced techniques to finish and polish your professional repertoire as we near the end of your training. Homework: Read about The Art of Auditioning.
22. The Art of Auditioning: In this session we will explore the subtle art of the voiceover audition and discuss how you can stand out among the competition.  We will review real audition scripts and cover some of the keys to booking jobs, like specific audition techniques, professional sound quality, proper labeling and submission etiquette. Homework: Read about Marketing 4 & Finalize your Individualized Marketing Plan.
23. Marketing 4: By now you should be in the process of becoming fairly established online. You can talk with your instructor about any questions you may have in the area of Marketing yourself online. Homework: Practice Assigned Scripts for Advanced Technique Coaching.
24. Advanced Technique Coaching: Your final advanced session. We’ll cover whatever areas need to be filled in so you'll feel confident and ready to seek any job you desire. Homework: Submit for Auditions!!
25. Marketing 5: We’ll look at advanced marketing techniques and we’ll discuss paid advertising. We'll also discuss effective uses of social media. In many cases, 'it's who you know,' not necessarily what you know that can open doors. Homework: Submit for Auditions!!
26. Wrap Up: Think of this as the final. We’ll go back over the highlights of the previous six months, fill in any blank spots and answer your last minute questions. Homework: Continue to practice and prepare for your Demo Update.
27. Demo Update Recording Session: This session, which you will schedule at your discretion any time after session 26, allows you and your coach to re-evaluate your initial demo. This ensures that the improvement you’ve made in the months since your first demo recording is reflected in your voiceover “calling card.”  We'll schedule your last session to re-record and update your demos with fresh reads of all your scripts. Your demos will be updated with your new reads within 2 weeks! We include this demo update because as you audition and work, you will continue to evolve and improve as a voiceover actor.

Audiobook Focused Master Class

(Silver, 23 Sessions - Gold, 27 sessions)

1. Industry Overview: You have already read pages 1-10 in the Audio Book workbook. In this opening session your instructor will shine the spotlight on some of the most basic aspects of the Audio Book industry. This information will set the stage for what you will be learning and practicing over the upcoming sessions that are geared towards the wonderful world of Audio Book narration. Homework: Read pages 19-24 in the Audiobook workbook.
2. Character Separation and Voice Selection: Creating a different voice to provide character separation is a requirement in narrating fiction. How do we do that? After reading the book the first time, you should have a good feel for each character. You’ll notice that only a handful of characters show up throughout the entire book (the main characters) and most of the other characters only appear briefly or may only have one or two lines (the cab driver, the store clerk, the voice in the crowd, etc.). Therefore, you have to identify every single voice you need to create and use. You can break up all the voices in any book into three main groups; 1) narrator, 2) main characters, and 3) side characters. Homework: Read pages 25-29 in the Audiobook workbook.
3. Character & Dialogue Exercises:  One of the most popular ways to develop a character voice is by looking at an image of the character you will be voicing. In this session your instructor and you will work on some exercises using the voice to picture method as well as a voice with no picture method. You’ll find this session to be fun as well as a great baseline entry point into your journey of learning Character Voicing techniques. Homework: Read pages 30-33 in the Audiobook workbook.
4. Fiction isn’t for everyone:  Fiction can be very demanding. It’s not for everybody since not everyone can convincingly portray more than one person, let alone up to 50 or more characters that are all in the same book. That’s why the Harry Potter series narrator, Jim Dale, is so popular. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, he created and recorded the voices for 146 different characters – a feat for which he holds a Guinness World Record. In this session your instructor will go into some other important areas of Audio Book narration such as Volume, Diction, Pacing and creating suspense. Homework: Read pages 34-37 in the Audiobook workbook.
5. Continuing with some of the essentials from the previous session: Exercises on Diction, Pacing and Generating suspense. Homework: Read pages 24-28 in this workbook.
6. Technique through B.A.S.I.C.: This week will consist of learning our unique B.A.S.I.C. approach to your most critical VO skills. Think of this as the foundation for the eventual house you will build during the later weeks of your course. The script is what you, as a VO professional, use to create that finished product and once you truly understand voice over technique and how to handle and use a script, you will be more than just a reader. Homework: Read pages 30-33 in this workbook.
7. Pitch Control & Pronunciation: The ability to precisely control the pitch of your voice is like the ability to use a musical instrument to produce the sound you desire. With good pitch control you will be able to provide clients with dynamic and engaging deliveries that keep the audience interested! Homework: Read pages 34-35 in this workbook.
8. Tempo/Pacing/Smoothness: Clear pronunciation, proper tempo and correct pacing are all critical to a good VO performance. Listen to a national TV or radio ad and notice how it sounds crisp, but not hurried. These are critical skills for any good VO actor and you’ll learn and practice these skills until you have them down. A good VO actor sounds smooth, unhurried and steady throughout a read. You will learn what it takes to achieve that via exercises, practice and listening to examples of smooth, and not so smooth reads. Homework: Read pages 36-39 in this workbook.
9. Proper Emphasis & Energy Control: Stressing a single word can change, ruin, or make any message. You’ll learn how to apply emphasis precisely and consciously so that the director and the client get the exact read they desire. We’ll also teach you techniques for maintaining your energy and controlling your breathing so that you’ll be able to deliver clean, consistent work whether you’re reading War and Peace or Bugs Bunny’s Best Carrot Recipes. Homework: Read pages 40-42 in MC Part 1 workbook.
10. Adding Emotion: Part of many good VO performances is making the listener feel something; eliciting an emotional response. In order to do that, you need to be able to bring emotion into. Homework: Practice. 
11. Home Studio Review: We will go over any questions you may have about using your home studio and address any issues that may arise. You’ll be able to create dry tracks that can be sent to clients without ever leaving your space or having to travel to an outside studio. Homework: Practice. 
12. Demo Prep Session with Scripts: We will talk about what will actually happen during the recording session, how you’ll record yourself and use Zoom. When you’re done with this session, you’ll understand the mechanics of a recording session, how to make it work, and what to expect. You’ll be relaxed and ready to move onto the next step. Homework: Refine Demo Scripts (assigned and rehearsed during this session) and practice using your home studio.
13. Practice Demo Recording Session: We’ll get you in front of the mic and run you through each script. We’ll do multiple takes until you have a clear, solid understanding of the angle from which to attack each script and are able to do it with ease. Consider this the dress rehearsal for opening night. Homework: Continue to practice your scripts for your demo recording session next week, if you and your coach decide you should do it then.
14. Demo Recording Session Part 1: We’ll do it for real this time! This session should be done when you are ready, it can be this week or it can be a month or two or more from now, it is completely up to you. (Your Demo can be completed in two separate sessions or in one combined 120 minute session.  The method that is best for you will be determined by your coach)
15. Demo Recording Session Part 2: Once we have "keeper takes" of each script, the tracks are sent off to the engineers for post-production and final editing. Your VO Demo should be completed from Post Production and uploaded within 2 weeks of recording it. (Your Demo can be completed in two separate sessions or in one combined 120 minute session.  The method that is best for you will be determined by your coach) Homework: Read about Marketing 2.
16. Marketing 1 - Creating a Professional Identity: A big part of being a professional VO artist is getting work and in order to do so you have to market yourself (know where voice over work can be found and how to communicate with the “Voice Seekers”. We’ll teach you all the basics of creating a professional identity so you can easily create a professional marketing plan that will ensure your success. Included with your package, to help with your Professional identity, is a personal web page to house your Bio, Demos, and Contact Forms to be used in your marketing. Homework: Brainstorm Ideas for Your Professional Identity/Bio.
17. Housekeeping and Catch-up: Your demo’s are completed and uploaded, we’ll review your marketing plan and ideas, your logo if you choose to do one, business plan, bio, and get the other raw materials in place before we start to focus fully on marketing. Homework: Read about Marketing 1, Business of the Business.
18. Marketing 2 - Business of the Business: You will talk about proven marketing practices and methods that work in the VO world. The workbook will also cover Contracts and Unions, Common Mistakes, Quoting and rates, among many other specifics of working in voiceovers. Your instructor will also go over a list of a few places online where can consider creating profiles in Session 19.
19. Marketing 3: Your instructor will walk through the process of creating a presence/profile on 1 or 2 online sites so you can get started with the Auditioning process..
20. Advanced Technique Coaching: Now that you have some things to work on in the the realm of marketing, it's time to return to the craft of voice acting during this session. This week we will continue to refine your skills as a performer by focusing on very specific techniques based on the direction you and your coach feel is best for you. It could be audio book, animation, industrial and whatever it is that will help you fulfill your goals both long and short term. Homework: Practice Assigned Scripts for Advanced Technique Coaching.
21. Advanced Technique Coaching: Further exploration and training in advanced techniques to finish and polish your professional repertoire as we near the end of your training. Homework: Read about The Art of Auditioning.
22. The Art of Auditioning: In this session we will explore the subtle art of the voiceover audition and discuss how you can stand out among the competition.  We will review real audition scripts and cover some of the keys to booking jobs, like specific audition techniques, professional sound quality, proper labeling and submission etiquette. Homework: Read about Marketing 4 & Finalize your Individualized Marketing Plan.
23. Marketing 4: By now you should be in the process of becoming fairly established online. You can talk with your instructor about any questions you may have in the area of Marketing yourself online. Homework: Practice Assigned Scripts for Advanced Technique Coaching.
24. Advanced Technique Coaching: Your final advanced session. We’ll cover whatever areas need to be filled in so you'll feel confident and ready to seek any job you desire. Homework: Submit for Auditions!!
25. Marketing 5: We’ll look at advanced marketing techniques and we’ll discuss paid advertising. We'll also discuss effective uses of social media. In many cases, 'it's who you know,' not necessarily what you know that can open doors. Homework: Submit for Auditions!!
26. Wrap Up: Think of this as the final. We’ll go back over the highlights of the previous six months, fill in any blank spots and answer your last minute questions. Homework: Continue to practice and prepare for your Demo Update.
27. Demo Update Recording Session: This session, which you will schedule at your discretion any time after session 26, allows you and your coach to re-evaluate your initial demo. This ensures that the improvement you’ve made in the months since your first demo recording is reflected in your voiceover “calling card.”  We'll schedule your last session to re-record and update your demos with fresh reads of all your scripts. Your demos will be updated with your new reads within 2 weeks! We include this demo update because as you audition and work, you will continue to evolve and improve as a voiceover actor.