FAFFCON 5 ONLY TWO WEEKS AWAY

The eyes of the voiceover world will be on Charlotte, NC October 12-14, 2012 as FaffCon 5 (www.faffcon.com), presented by Voicebank.net, takes place inside the Omni Charlotte Hotel.

This event is produced by professional voiceover talents for professional voiceover talents.

Talent from around the world (Australia, Great Britain, Canada, United States) have come to

FaffCon since it began in 2010. The objective for participants and guiding principle behind FaffCon is very simple- “Get What You Need, Share What You Can”.

FaffCon continues to provide a very educational, interactive and fun environment that encourages peer-to-peer professional development for all unconference contributors (who are nicknamed “Faffers”).

Since the success of peer-to-peer learning depends on all participants being peers, FaffCon is unable to open registration to individuals who are not already working pros. The event was the brainchild of Los Angeles, CA voiceover talent Amy Snively who, with her team of volunteers from the voiceover community, has produced every FaffCon since its inception.

I had the privilege of attending Faffcon 3 and I can honestly say it was a wonderful experience that I highly recommend to anyone interested in making a career of this voiceover thing.

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'Twas the Night for . . . Voices For Children

The country’s top voice over pros, led by Joe Cipriano, gathered in studios this week to donate their time and talent to Voices For Children. This is the first time that the people whose voices are heard every day on TV, radio and in movie theaters have had the opportunity to participate in a recording project and live performance for a cause such as this.

Among this illustrious group was Anthony Mendez, a colleague and friend.  You can read more about it over at his site - http://www.anthonyvo.com/voiceover/541

My role in a recent Dorito's Commercial!

I recently was cast in a Dorito's commercial as part of the annual Crash The Superbowl contest held by the Dorito's people.  I am hoping for the big win!


"Grandma is sick" Spec commercial for Doritos from Jaime Puerta on Vimeo.

I think it's pretty funny.  What do you think?

"New York City, 1977. There’s turmoil within the Colombo Crime Family as the Boss Nicky “The Old Man” Rosselli survives a hit by an unknown assailant. An up and coming mafioso Carmine Santorelli is called upon to enforce justice on the guilty party…but did he really get his man? Join the Family as Carmine and his crew navigate the treacherous waters of the New York underworld…."

So begins "This Thing of Ours". Written and produced by Scott Spaulding, this delicious crime family saga is delivered in the gritty tradition of those wonderful old Radio Serials of yesteryear.

The show features Joe Rodriguez (that's ME!) as Carmine Santorelli as well as David Collins-Rivera as Joey “8-Ball” Scarfidi, Scott Larson as Angelo Narducci, Matthew Boudreau as Jimmy O'Connor, Jim Patton as Vincenzo Catalano and the author himself, Scott Spaulding as Stevie "Cakes" DeMeo. In addition, Ben Blankenship is our intrepid announcer.

Working on this show with such a talented writer / producer and all the other talented voice actors in this show, has been an amazing learning experience for me and I am positively thrilled at how this first episode turned out.

Why don't you give "This Thing of Ours" a listen and let me know what you think?

Faffcon 2011

I signed up for Faffcon again this year. I had a great time last year and learned a lot.

Unfortunately for those of you who didn't get in early, Faffcon is already SOLD OUT!

There is however a waiting list, so if you feel like you want to go, and you really should go, then you can click here to sign up for the waiting list

Vote for Me!

I submitted a read to the Neil Gaimain contest. Give it a listen and if you like it, vote for me!



Thanks!

Star Wars Clone Wars Voice actors (HD)

This video is very instructive and OH MY GOD, how much do I want to be a part of this cast!!!

Voicing Fame

Now here is an interesting video that brings up some interesting questions about hiring celebrities for voiceover work.

I especially loved the little segment at the end where people like MJ Lallo, Pat Fraley and James Arnold Taylor show just a few tiny examples of how truly talented REAL voiceover actors can be.

Sound Advice

I met Dan Friedman of ProComm Voices at Faffcon 2 in Atlanta.

Dan hosted a number of sessions around the technical aspects of being a voice talent. His sessions were fantastic and he even gave a way a couple of copies of his new book Sound Advice - Voiceover from an Audio Engineer's Perspective.

In fact, Dan is running a little contest where you could win a free copy of Sound Advice so go check it out.

While I haven't read it yet, judging from the information he shared with us during Faffcon, I am betting it's a real hum-dinger!

Accent on Accents

Want to learn now to do dialects and accents? Well here are two great resources:

Here is a North American English Dialects, Based on Pronunciation Patterns which was posted on Facebook by Kat Keesling. Thanks Kat!

And here, Julie Williams over at the Voice-Overs.com Forum is compiling a long list of resources for anybody looking to work on their accents and dialects titled Accent-uate the dialect links!. Thanks Julie and Joe The Actor!

Some useful stuff from CourVO

I met Dave Courvoisier face to face at Faffcon2 and what a wonderfully funny, generous, geniune person he is.

He recently posted some fantastic resources for voice actors and small business people that I thought you might appreciate. Take a look at Dave Courvoisier's Voiceover Blog and I think you'll agree.

Faffcon2 Electric Boogaloo

I had the privilege to attend Faffcon 2, Electric Boogaloo this past weekend in Atlanta. That's me right behind the Faffcon2 logo with the blue shirt and goatee!

For those of you who don't know, Faffcon is billed as the Voiceover Un-Conference. The sessions are peer conducted and somewhat unstructured since quite often, the person conducting the session may have just thought of the topic that morning!

Nevertheless, the quality of the information being shared by these incredibly talented and generous people is priceless. In fact, some of it was pure gold, hence the concept of the Golden Nugget! A Golden Nugget is some bit of information that an individual takes away from any given session, that really resonates for them and helps them move their business in a positive direction.

I came away from Faffcon 2 with a virtual treasure chest full!

For me, one of the most amazing parts of Faffcon was getting to meet, talk with, have dinner with, laugh with and yes, even sing with some of the most talented professionals in the industry. Some of these people I have known online for some time but had never met in person. What fun it was to finally meet face to face!

Here are some the wonderful people who attended:

Amy Snively - Our organizer and hostess. Thanks Amy!

Bob Souer

Brad Venable

Bruce Miles

Catalina Parks

CC Heim

Chris Mezzolesta

Cliff Zellman

Connie Terwilliger

Dale Leopold

Dan Friedman

Dan Lenard

Dave Courvoisier

David Goldberg

Doug Turkel

Elaine Singer

Eric Souer

Fran McClellan

Fred Filbrich

George Washington III

Hawk Stevens

Holly Stevenson

Jamee Perkins

Jodi Krangle

John Florian

Johnny George

Justin Barrett

Karen Commins

Karen Souer

Kelley Buttrick

Kevin Silva

Larissa Gallagher

Lee Gordon

Leesha Saunders

Lisa Rice

Liz de Nesnera

Loren Kling

Lynne Houle

Mara Junot

Melissa eXelberth

Mercedes Rose

Mike Carta

Mike Wong

Moe Egan

Mrs Hughes

Natalie Stanfield Thomas

Pam Tierney

Paul Armbruster

Pete Newman

Peter O'Connell

Randye Kaye

Rich Owen

Rosi Amador

Rowell Gormon

Sterling Schiessler

Susan Bernard

Talmadge Ragan

Tanya Schoenwolf

Tasha Johnson

Taylor Morgan

Trish Basanyi

Vance Elderkin

Walter Olson

Wayne Thompson

Wendy Zier

Zak Miller

While I didn't get a chance to connect with every single person there, I can say that every person I did connect with, or share a session with, or have dinner with, or sing Karaoke with, is a person who touched my life in a positive way and who I will never forget.

Thank you all and I look forward to to seeing you at . . .

Faffcon 3, Sept 23 - 25 in Hershey PA.

See you there!

It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

I had a wonderful time at the VO Mixer last week and connected with some people I'd only ever known via the VO-BB and email correspondence. It's great to actually meet these people in person and experience how warm and wonderful so many of them truly are.

I just wanted to share the talents of some of these wonderful people by inviting you to give a listen to the VO-BB rendition of the beautiful Christmas Poem, "Twas The Night Before Christmas" over at the blog of my friend Bob Souer. I think you'll really enjoy it.

Then you can take a look at a newer video version of the same poem below.

Looking Forward to the 2010 VO Mixer this weekend!

I've missed this event the last 2 times it happened but I'm not missing it this time!

Over the years, I've connected with a number of wonderful, generous people online on the vo-bb and other places.

Well, I finally get to meet some of those people in person and I am really looking forward to it!

If you are one of those people, see you Saturday!

Laughter on the 23rd Floor

I am playing the role of Val in the current production of Laughter on the 23rd Floor at the Sayreville Main Street Theater.

The showdates are as follows:

Fridays - October 22. 23, 29, 30 at 8:00PM

Saturdays - November 5 & 6 at 8:00PM

Sundays - October 24, 31 at 2:00 PM

Synopsis: The Show takes Place in the writer's room of the "Max Prince Show" in NYC in 1953. It is loosely based on the "Your Show of Shows", "Sid Caesar Show", whose writers were Larry Gelbart, Neil Simon, Danny Simon, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen and many, many other recognized comedy writers. Considered to be one of Neil Simon's funniest plays this production is sure to keeping you laughing.

I hope some of you can come on down.

It should be a laugh riot!

If I'd made it to the finals . . .

I was in a karaoke contest recently and made the semi-finals.

Had I made it to the finals, I would have sang the following . . .



So, whaddaya think?

Recent gig for Dialogic

This gig came purely from networking and is a perfect example of the benefit that you can receive when working with a Bilingual Voice Actor.

First we did the piece in English, then the same piece again, but this time in Spanish.

Here is the Dialogic IVVR piece, first, in English:




And here we have it again, but this time in Spanish:



Thanks so much to my friends at Dialogic for selecting me to work with them on this project.

Personally, I think it turned out pretty well.

What do you think?

Joe Rodriguez on Telemundo for UB.net

Here's a nice little spot I did for UB.Net which is currently airing on Telemundo, late Saturday nights during the Bellator Championships programming.