[BATA] VoxBox Voiceover Academy - Update!
Evelyn Huynh
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Thu, 20 Jan 2005 12:49:46 -0800 (PST)
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WebTone presents
VoxBox Voiceover Academy
helping you to find your voice
Looking for a voiceover academy for the South Bay that offers professional training and opportunities to record in a high tech studio environment? Well, now we have a place for you at the WebTone VoxBox. VoxBox offers classes to introduce you to the various aspects of the voiceover industry from the business end to the performing end. Teachers Greg Weber and Irene Trapp met in the Fremont studios of the Learning Company, performing as singing caterpillars for a Reader Rabbit product. They have been fast friends ever since and now they come together to share from their collective experiences in the voiceover industry to teach others how to get into the biz.
Irene Trapp VoxBox founder, voice actor, music director, violist, and vocalist. She has been recording for over 25 years and has performed on stage as well as in the studio. Her credits include singing and dancing at Great America, playing for the San Jose Symphony, providing character voices for Pizza Time Theatre, Agapeland, The Learning Company, and several commercials for local Bay Area companies. One of her specialties has been working with children in the studio.
Greg Weber WebTone founder, director, voice actor, producer, vocalist, and drummer. Gregs voice can be heard on hundreds of products from Reader Rabbit to Sega games. As a director, hes valued by many of the best producers in the bay area, and sought after by up-and-coming voice talent for career guidance. He comes with over ten years of experience on both sides of the sound booth window. With his charismatic personality and high energy, students will enjoy learning about the entertainment industry.
Steve Duell, a San Jose State Radio TV & Film graduate, is the general manager of Webtone. In his four years there, hes served in many roles, from editor to sound designer, and talent director to copywriter. His sound design has appeared on dozens of games, cd-roms, and radio spots. Steves technical knowledge of the studio is complimented by his critical ear and creative knack for interpreting copy.
Location: WebTone is a high tech studio located in Los Gatos. For the past ten years, WebTone has been one of the premiere audio facilities to serve the video game and interactive software industry in the Bay Area. Our clients include Sega, EA, Atari, and Disney, just to name a few. We offer high end recording, editing services, assist in game development, talent management, focused casting, award winning directing, and some of the hottest, most creative sound and music design this side of nowhere. WebTone also has all you need to feel right at home: clean bathrooms, a full kitchen, conference room, and shopping right across the street where you can make a run during breaks for your favorite espresso and a sandwich.
Vox Blox 101 Whats In the Box?
Sit down with Greg Weber and Irene Trapp and get an overview of what opportunities are available for voice actors. Hear samples of commercials, video games, animation, and industry presentations using a wide range of voice acting. If you are interested in pursuing a career in voiceover, then we will move you through a series of classes to help you reach your goal. Class session is three hours. Fee is $75.
Tuesday, February 8 6:00-9:00PM
Tuesday, April 12 6:00-9:00PM
Tuesday, April 19 6:00-9:00PM
Vox Blox 201 Finding Your Box (prerequisite to 301)
There are a wide range of opportunities for voice actors in the Bay Area and beyond. To be successful in any audition, an actor must know their vocal strengths. You will be recorded reading a variety of different scripts - and critiqued on what skills you need to develop in order to gain the attention of the producers and directors casting these jobs. Do you have a million dollar voice? Maybe we can help you find out. Fee is $100 for a one-hour session students will receive a CD of their session.For an appointment, please call 408-371-0408 and ask for Irene.
Vox Blox 301 Entering the Box
After we have found the elements that make up your box, this class will teach you how to approach different copy in an audition. Your acting skills will be developed, mic techniques will be taught - and you will learn how to listen to your director - how to make the script your own. Students will practice on monologues and different dialogs, taking turns recording in the sound booth. Performances will be reviewed and feedback will be given to each actor. Class session is nine hours. Fee is $300. (VoxBox 201 is a prerequisite to this class)Friday from 6:00-9:00PM and Saturday 10:00AM-4:30PM (includes lunch break)
January 21-22
January 28-29
March 4-5
May 6-7
WebTone VoxBox class registration form:
Name ___________________________________________Email__________________
Home phone___________________________ Mobile___________________________
Street address______________________________________________________
City_______________________________________ State/Zip_______________
If 17 or under, please indicate the following:
Age_____ Parents name(s)____________________________________________
Please check the class date(s) you are interested in:
Vox Blox 101
Tuesday, February 8 6:00-9:00PM___
Tuesday, April 12 6:00-9:00PM___
Tuesday, April 19 6:00-9:00PM___
Vox Blox 201
(call for an appointment)
Vox Blox 301
January 21-22___
January 28-29___
March 4-5___
April 29-30___
Classes are limited, so sign up early. A nonrefundable deposit of $25 for each class will be required to hold your spot. Checks should be made payable to WebTone. Please call 408-371-0408 and ask for Irene or email irene@webtone.com for more information.
Please fill out the form and return it with your deposit to:
VoxBox Voiceover Academy
c/o WebTone Sound Studios
246 Union Avenue
Los Gatos CA 95032
Evelyn :)
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<P align=center><A target=_blank name=s1content></A><FONT size=5><B>WebTone</B></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=5><B> presents</B></FONT></P>
<P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=6><B>VoxBox Voiceover Academy</B></FONT></P>
<P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><B>helping you to find your voice</B></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Looking for a voiceover academy for the South Bay that offers professional training and opportunities to record in a high tech studio environment? Well, now we have a place for you at the WebTone VoxBox. VoxBox offers classes to introduce you to the various aspects of the voiceover industry from the business end to the performing end. Teachers Greg Weber and Irene Trapp met in the Fremont studios of the Learning Company, performing as singing caterpillars for a Reader Rabbit product. They have been fast friends ever since and now they come together to share from their collective experiences in the voiceover industry to teach others how to get into the biz. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Irene Trapp VoxBox founder, voice actor, music director, violist, and vocalist. She has been recording for over 25 years and has performed on stage as well as in the studio. Her credits include singing and dancing at Great America, playing for the San Jose Symphony, providing character voices for Pizza Time Theatre, Agapeland, The Learning Company, and several commercials for local Bay Area companies. One of her specialties has been working with children in the studio. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Greg Weber WebTone founder, director, voice actor, producer, vocalist, and drummer. Gregs voice can be heard on hundreds of products from Reader Rabbit to Sega games. As a director, hes valued by many of the best producers in the bay area, and sought after by up-and-coming voice talent for career guidance. He comes with over ten years of experience on both sides of the sound booth window. With his charismatic personality and high energy, students will enjoy learning about the entertainment industry. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Steve Duell, a San Jose State Radio TV & Film graduate, is the general manager of Webtone. In his four years there, hes served in many roles, from editor to sound designer, and talent director to copywriter. His sound design has appeared on dozens of games, cd-roms, and radio spots. Steves technical knowledge of the studio is complimented by his critical ear and creative knack for interpreting copy. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Location: WebTone is a high tech studio located in Los Gatos. For the past ten years, WebTone has been one of the premiere audio facilities to serve the video game and interactive software industry in the Bay Area. Our clients include Sega, EA, Atari, and Disney, just to name a few. We offer high end recording, editing services, assist in game development, talent management, focused casting, award winning directing, and some of the hottest, most creative sound and music design this side of nowhere. WebTone also has all you need to feel right at home: clean bathrooms, a full kitchen, conference room, and shopping right across the street where you can make a run during breaks for your favorite espresso and a sandwich. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><B>Vox Blox 101 Whats In the Box? </B></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Sit down with Greg Weber and Irene Trapp and get an overview of what opportunities are available for voice actors. Hear samples of commercials, video games, animation, and industry presentations using a wide range of voice acting. If you are interested in pursuing a career in voiceover, then we will move you through a series of classes to help you reach your goal. Class session is three hours. Fee is $75.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Tuesday, February 8 6:00-9:00PM</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Tuesday, April 12 6:00-9:00PM </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Tuesday, April 19 6:00-9:00PM</FONT> <BR><BR></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><B>Vox Blox 201 Finding Your Box (prerequisite to 301)</B></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>There are a wide range of opportunities for voice actors in the Bay Area and beyond. To be successful in any audition, an actor<I> must</I> know their vocal strengths. You will be recorded reading a variety of different scripts - and critiqued on what skills you need to develop in order to gain the attention of the producers and directors casting these jobs. Do you have a million dollar voice? Maybe we can help you find out. Fee is $100 for a one-hour session students will receive a CD of their session.For an appointment, please call 408-371-0408 and ask for Irene. </FONT> <BR><BR></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><B>Vox Blox 301 Entering the Box </B></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>After we have found the elements that make up your box, this class will teach you how to approach different copy in an audition. Your acting skills will be developed, mic techniques will be taught - and you will learn how to listen to your director - how to make the script your own. Students will practice on monologues and different dialogs, taking turns recording in the sound booth. Performances will be reviewed and feedback will be given to each actor. Class session is nine hours. Fee is $300. (VoxBox 201 is a prerequisite to this class)Friday from 6:00-9:00PM and Saturday 10:00AM-4:30PM (includes lunch break)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>January 21-22</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>January 28-29</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>March 4-5</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>May 6-7</FONT> <BR><BR> <BR><BR> <BR><BR> <BR><BR></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><B><BR><BR></B></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><B>WebTone VoxBox</B> class registration form:</FONT> <BR><BR></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Name ___________________________________________Email__________________ </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Home phone___________________________ Mobile___________________________</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Street address______________________________________________________</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>City_______________________________________ State/Zip_______________</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>If 17 or under, please indicate the following:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Age_____ Parents name(s)____________________________________________</FONT> <BR><BR></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Please check the class date(s) you are interested in:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><B>Vox Blox 101 </B></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Tuesday, February 8 6:00-9:00PM___</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Tuesday, April 12 6:00-9:00PM___ </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Tuesday, April 19 6:00-9:00PM___</FONT> <BR><BR> <BR><BR></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><B>Vox Blox 201</B> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(call for an appointment)</FONT> <BR><BR> <BR><BR></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><B>Vox Blox 301 </B></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>January 21-22___</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>January 28-29___</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>March 4-5___</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>April 29-30___</FONT> <BR><BR></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Classes are limited, so sign up early. A nonrefundable deposit of $25 for each class will be required to hold your spot. Checks should be made payable to <I>WebTone</I>. Please call 408-371-0408 and ask for Irene or email </FONT><A href="http://us.f135.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=oneachord@sbcglobal.net" target=_blank><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#003399 size=2>irene@webtone.com</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> for more information. </FONT> <BR><BR></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Please fill out the form and return it with your deposit to:</FONT> <BR><BR></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>VoxBox Voiceover Academy</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>c/o WebTone Sound Studios</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>246 Union Avenue</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Los Gatos CA 95032</FONT> </P></DIV><BR><BR>Evelyn :)<p>
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