Such A Voice Instructor Terry Daniel And East Coast Voice Talent Trish Basanyi
Nominated For Best Voice Team Award for 2008

Professional voice-over artists Terry Daniel along with co-host Trish Basanyi have been noticed for their work hosting interactive podcast Voice Overs On Demand with Terry and Trish.

Burlington, VT- The Best Voice Team Award is a series of awards given out annually to professional voice-over artists. The Voicey Awards began in 2007 and identified five prestigious categories: Best Male Voice, Best Female voice, Best New Voice, Best Personal Branding, and the Lifetime Achievement Award. The awards go to the voice-over talent with the greatest effort and contribution to the voice-over industry over the year. Four new categories were added this year including Best Child Voice, Best Teen Voice, Best Voice team Award and Best Foreign voice.

In October of 2007 Such A Voice Producer Terry Daniel along with his co-host Trish Basanyi, a very talented female voice talent from the East coast, launched their interactive podcast Voice Overs On Demand. "The show really took off!" says Terry. "We currently have an average of 500 Downloads per show a week!" Voice-Overs On Demand has covered a variety of topics on the voice over industry since there initial episode, "Starting out in the voice over Business". In episode 5 of the show Terry and Trish sit down with David Cicarelli who is the founder of Voices.com. which facilitates the connection between voice-over talent and the work that is available. Most recently they sat down with Talent Agent Phil Cassese to discuss some of the specifics of what an agent looks for in a voice talent.

Trish entered the industry in 2001 with a small restaurant/bar voice-over job. Since then she has worked with Verizon, Pepsi, and Wal-Mart to name a few. More recently she has become the on-going voice for the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City.

Terry has been in the industry since 1994 when he landed his first radio job co-hosting a movie review program for a small FM station in the Twin Cities. "It's always something I wanted to do. I got my first microphone when I was 8 years old and have never put it down." You can find Terry hosting Voice Overs On Demand as well as teaching Intro to Voice-Over courses for Such A Voice.

Although Terry and Trish are hoping to take home the award, they are familiar with the stiff competition as Such A Voice student Diane Havens along with counterpart Forrest Rainier have been nominated as well. Both parties will be up against three other pairs for the Best Voice Team Award.

SHOULD YOU INCORPORATE? YES!
by Rob Scigimpaglia- Voice Actor, Trainer and Attorney

What is your opinion on the benefits of a voice actor incorporating as an LLC or S-Corporation versus being a Sole Proprietorship? When and how does one make these changes, and what are the benefits and disadvantages of a one-man (or woman) band becoming their own company? A: I love being asked this question because I get to answer a question with a question which is: "why not incorporate?" As a lawyer, like other professionals, I am not allowed to form a corporation to shield myself from personal liability from being sued by a client. But as a business owner, the law allows you and me to file a pretty simple set of papers to become protected from being sued personally for anything that can ever happen. This includes contractual obligations that you enter into for buying and leasing goods or services. On the other hand, in a sole proprietorship, you are flying without a parachute. To read more of Rob's interview, please visit Voice Over Xtra.com!

Before You Consider Hiring an Amateur or Doing it Yourself...

The work of voice actors can be heard everywhere these days. In fact, your world is probably brimming with it, and you probably don't even notice it. Or at least you didn't before you started planning to hire one of them. If you are wondering why you never noticed voice over artists before, it's because you typically aren't supposed to. One of the best things about being a voice-over artist is the ability to grab someone's attention while simultaneously diverting their attention from the artist to the product or service being marketed. That might sound a bit odd when you begin to really think about it, doesn't it? If you try to do that yourself, you are going to end up drawing the listener's attention to you and away from your product, which is not good. That is the biggest reason you need to hire a professional if you are in need of a voice over.

Consider the vast number of places that voice overs show up, and that is after crossing off jingles and T.V.. But you can use voice actors to introduce your event or your business's website. Hey, you can even use an actor to announce your personal website if you want it to be known badly enough. Many people decide to voice those kinds of projects for themselves. Perhaps it is because they do not think of them as important enough to hire an actor. In that case, why are they bothering with it at all? If it's worth your time, it is worth doing right.

For example, if you want to produce an audio book, don't even think about voicing it yourself - unless, of course, you've got a professional-grade training level. And most people simply do not have this kind of experience. Then you have corporate videos and educational videos, which are very helpful and can be highly lucrative - if done professionally. If you have good material, and the listeners enjoy listening to the actor, then you have something that can bring you a measure of success. But if people can't stand hearing the voice for one reason or another, then your message is in trouble.

"I talk to people with this voice all the time!" you may protest. That may be true, but your listening audience can forgive you for a lot more in person than they will tolerate on a recording. And are people actually paying to have you speak at this point? Probably not. If they are, then stop reading here. This article is not for you.

You may be under the impression that hiring an amateur or doing it yourself will save you cash. Starting out, yes, but if this is a for-profit venture you are planning, it will actually cost you more money in the end. Looking silly can cost you the respect of the people you're trying to impress. Customers are more apt to spend their money with businesses who give them the appearance that they truly professional. If they hear you bumbling around in a recording, as so many wannabes do, then they're going to have second thoughts about spending their money with you.