…and despite having lost my voice yet again to another scratchy sore throat, I’m SUPER excited about this!! (And thankful that at least my typing is in no way affected by my not being able to speak.) 😛 Loads of good things to report from these past few months. So here goes.
First, finished my VO work for a couple of kids’ educational iPad/tablet apps, with more on the way. Super fun stuff! So many great character voices…and even some occasional singing to boot – complete with getting to engineer my own soundbed and providing my own musical accompaniment! 🙂
Second, more than elated about my role of Miss Penny for the children’s radio show Schmiggly’s Stories. Three episodes have now been completed, and I must say that I continue to fall in love with this role more and more with every new episode’s script. The characters are lovable and zany – with great voice actors (not intending to make any comment on myself there, but merely to praise my fellow talents on the show) to wonderfully match each unique character! The show’s creator, Ann Knipp, is a fantastic writer, and I’m finding loads to admire about her creativity and talent as we go on. And the show’s mission is awesome: to inspire kids with the love of story, the joy of reading, and the encouragement to write what’s in their own imaginations! I love it. I’m so thankful to be a part of this project. If you’d like, check out the show’s website or listen in on Huntley Community Radio.
Third, have recently done some good miscellaneous work for IVR/phone systems, etc., and that’s been great. Even got hired for a phone survey/commercial job out of Montreal! Fun experience, that.
Fourth, I’m looking forward to a run of amazing training coming up here soon. Not only do I get to continue work with my fantastic all-around voiceover coach and invaluable mentor, Cammie Winston…but I’ve now begun character-specific training (via Skype) with the hilarious and crazy-talented Richard Horvitz, one of Hollywood’s top character voice actors. I have only done a couple of sessions with him so far, but each one has been absolutely awesome. (Made extra awesome by the fact that – in addition to being an excellent actor, voice actor, and coach – he’s also a super fun, insightful, gracious, and all-around-super-cool person.) I am anticipating great growth in my character work…and actually already seeing some marked improvement. For all of this, I am SO. VERY. THANKFUL. Much more info on all of this to come.
So, as soon as my voice decides to come back, I’ll be raring to go with loads of new auditions, a few new tablet app projects, ongoing Schmiggly episodes, and hours of determined practice and stellar training.
And I couldn’t be more excited. 🙂
As always, many thanks to you all for reading.
