Ongoing voiceover classes held every week
Classes: Secrets of VO Master Class
Lots of clients and not-yet-clients were asking for regularly held classes, and we listened. Now, you can study with David every week.
Every Sunday at 5pm, at Actor's Key in Burbank, CA, veteran voice talent, actor, demo producer and director David H. Lawrence XVII will lead an amazing new class in voiceover performance, technical proficiency, marketing and business training and state of the art equipment and resources.
This series is specifically designed to take the working on-camera and/or voice actor to a new level of professional expertise and mastery. This exclusive series of two hour sessions, called The Secrets of VO Master Class, will be limited to 20 students in each class.
- Topic: The Secret to Constructing A Portable Home Studio
- Copy: provided by attendees (BYOC - Bring Your Own Copy)
- Recorded demo: sent to participants
- Who should attend: voice talent interested in doing auditions and work from anywhere in the world
In this episode of the Secrets of Voicework Master Class, David Lawrence reveals the secrets behind the construction of a great home studio, portable enough to pack in your computer bag. Secrets revealed:
- types of studio equipment, and what you really need to succeed
- why you don't need to go crazy with trying to soundproof a room
- the trick for making your hotel room absolutely quiet
- the amazing portable audition studio you might already be carrying in your pocket
- and more
In this class, students will NOT be provided with copy, but are encouraged to BYOC (Bring Your Own Copy to work on in class), and will be directed and recorded by Mr. Lawrence. The recordings will be given to each student to use as mini-starter demos (in advance of completed professional demos), showing their mastery of the particular category of voicework for their copy.
[If the event is not shown as sold out, tickets may be available at the door for this event for $45.]
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- Topic: The Secret to Outstanding IVR/Phone Prompt Work
- Copy: provided and assigned in class
- Recorded demo: sent to participants
- Who should attend: anyone interested in mastering world-class IVR/phone prompt voicework
In this episode of the Secrets of Voicework Master Class, David Lawrence reveals the secrets behind performing amazing IVR and phone prompt copy. Secrets revealed:
- why this skill is the most lucrative in the 21st century
- the type of voice needed for phone prompt work - it's not what you think!
- how the marketplace for IVR work has shifted, and how you can take advantage
- why this non-jurisdictional work is so profitable
- and more
In this class, students will be provided with IVR/phone prompt copy, and will be directed and recorded by Mr. Lawrence. The recordings will be given to each student to use as mini-starter demos (in advance of completed professional demos), showing their mastery of this particular category of voicework.
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- Topic: The Secrets to Outstanding Network Narration Voicework
- Copy: provided and assigned in class
- Recorded demo: sent to participants
- Who: anyone interested in mastering world-class narration voicework
In this episode of the Secrets of Voicework Master Class, David Lawrence reveals the secrets behind performing best-of-breed network narration copy. Secrets revealed:
- theatricality and narration performance
- sizing up the audience for your program
- the most important goal of narration and how to achieve it
- how to sell to the narration voiceover marketplace
- and more
In this class, students will be provided with narration copy, and will be directed and recorded by Mr. Lawrence. The recordings will be given to each student to use as mini-starter demos (in advance of completed professional demos), showing their mastery of this particular category of voicework.
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- Topic: The Art of Self Direction in Home Auditions
- Copy: provided by attendees (BYOC - Bring Your Own Copy)
- Recorded demo: sent to participants, if recorded
- Who: voice talent interested in perfecting auditions from home
In this episode of the Secrets of VO Master Class, David Lawrence reveals the secrets behind the art of self direction, including high quality, efficient auditioning and performance techniques. Secrets revealed:
- managing expectations of perfection
- when good enough is good enough
- how to avoid audition fatigue
- auditioning and moving on: grabbing the low hanging VO fruit
- and more
In this class, students will NOT be provided with copy, but are encouraged to BYOC (Bring Your Own Copy to work on in class), and will be directed and recorded by Mr. Lawrence. The recordings will be given to each student to use as mini-starter demos (in advance of completed professional demos), showing their mastery of the particular category of voicework for their copy.
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- Topic: Using Voice123.com Like an Expert to Build Your VO Practice
- Copy: provided by attendees (BYOC - Bring Your Own Copy)
- Recorded demo: sent to participants, if recorded
- Who: voice talent interested in gaining mastery in online casting sites
In this episode of the Secrets of VO Master Class, David Lawrence reveals the secrets Voice123.com, the biggest of the casting websites that are changing the very nature of voicework. Secrets revealed:
- registering and creating a killer profile
- how to make their SmartCast system work for you
- three powerful phrases to put in your Remarks field
- how to tag your voice profile to draw voice seekers to you like a magnet
- expanding your demo portfolio to bowl buyers over
- and more
In this class, students will NOT be provided with copy, but are encouraged to BYOC (Bring Your Own Copy to work on in class), and will be directed and recorded by Mr. Lawrence. The recordings will be given to each student to use as mini-starter demos (in advance of completed professional demos), showing their mastery of the particular category of voicework for their copy.
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- Topic: The Secret to Creating Memorable Characters for Animation and Videogames
- Copy: provided and assigned in class
- Recorded demo: sent to participants
- Who: voice talent interested in mastering animation performance
In this episode of the Secrets of VO Master Class, David Lawrence reveals the secrets behind bringing to life characters for cartoons, video games, animated online series and more. Secrets revealed:
- the hidden opportunities in the tightest community of voice actors
- avoiding normal and voicing memorable characters
- working in an ensemble, or creating your own family of characters
- using your heritage to create your cast
- and more
In this class, students will be provided with animation copy, and will be directed and recorded by Mr. Lawrence. The recordings will be given to each student to use as mini-starter demos (in advance of completed professional demos), showing their mastery of this particular category of voicework.
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- Topic: The Secret to Getting an Agent and Working Without One
- Copy: provided by attendees (BYOC - Bring Your Own Copy)
- Recorded demo: sent to participants, if recorded
- Who: voice talent interested in gaining representation while cultivating a client base
In this episode of the Secrets of VO Master Class, David Lawrence reveals the secrets behind getting voiceover representation, and building a practice of happy clients without an agent's help. Secrets revealed:
- the fastest and surest method of getting an agent
- the right way to work with an agent, and the wrong way
- the care and feeding of representation
- making the Net work for you to gain new customers
- building and managing a thriving customer base that books you again and again
- and more
In this class, students will NOT be provided with copy, but are encouraged to BYOC (Bring Your Own Copy to work on in class), and will be directed and recorded by Mr. Lawrence. The recordings will be given to each student to use as mini-starter demos (in advance of completed professional demos), showing their mastery of the particular category of voicework for their copy.
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- Topic: The Secrets to Outstanding Commercial Voicework Part 1 of 2
- Copy: provided and assigned in class
- Recorded demo: sent to participants
- Who: anyone interested in mastering world-class commercial voicework
In this episode of the Secrets of Voicework Master Class, David Lawrence reveals the secrets behind performing amazing commercial copy. Secrets revealed:
- the two most important concepts of effective commercial performance
- the most critical words in any copy
- the three ways to end a sentence, and which one will get you booked
- how a lone man in the 1950s changed the world of commercials forever
- and more
In this class, students will be provided with commercial copy, and will be directed and recorded by Mr. Lawrence. The recordings will be given to each student to use as mini-starter demos (in advance of completed professional demos), showing their mastery of this particular category of voicework.
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- Topic: The Secrets to Outstanding Commercial Voicework Part 2 of 2
- Copy: provided and assigned in class
- Recorded demo: sent to participants
- Who: anyone interested in mastering world-class commercial voicework
In this episode of the Secrets of Voicework Master Class, David Lawrence reveals more secrets behind performing amazing commercial copy. Secrets revealed:
- using pace and pitch to compact verbose copy
- creating intimate, lovely beauty reads for luxury products
- sticking it: dismounting from a spot and making it memorable
- safeguarding the brand with consistent pace and rhythm
- and more
In this class, students will be provided with commercial copy, and will be directed and recorded by Mr. Lawrence. The recordings will be given to each student to use as mini-starter demos (in advance of completed professional demos), showing their mastery of this particular category of voicework.
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- Topic: The Secret to Voicing Audiobooks for Children
- Copy: provided and assigned in class
- Recorded demo: sent to participants
- Who should attend: anyone interested in mastering world-class commercial voicework
In this episode of the Secrets of Voicework Master Class, David Lawrence reveals the secrets behind performing amazing commercial copy. Secrets revealed:
- the two most important concepts of effective commercial performance
- the most critical words in any copy
- the three ways to end a sentence, and which one will get you booked
- how a lone man in the 1950s changed the world of commercials forever
- and more
In this class, students will be provided with children's audiobook copy, and will be directed and recorded by Mr. Lawrence. The recordings will be given to each student to use as mini-starter demos (in advance of completed professional demos), showing their mastery of this particular category of voicework.
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Here is a list of classes planned for the rest of the series. If you'd like to be notified of future classes, contact David and let him know.
- Love YOU, Baby! How to Get an Agent, Work the Net and Go Union
- Awww...That's So Cute! Voicing Children's Audiobooks
- It Was A Dark and Stormy Night: Voicing Fiction Audiobooks
- THIS JUST IN! Voicing News and Information and E-Learning Products
- Now, Slide Tab A into Slot B: Voicing Non-Fiction Audiobooks
- Selling Bits, Not Atoms: Creating Your Own Content
- This Will Only Hurt A Little: Voicing Specialty Narration (Medical, Technical, Scientific and Legal)
- In a World...Where One Man...Voicing Trailers and Promos
- Walla, Walla, Walla: Looping and ADR
- Clicking and Dragging and Tapping, Oh, My! Voicing Digital/Internet Products
- Getcher VO Right Here! Where to Sell Your VO Skills
- Blam! Pow! Splat! Voicing Video Games, Animation and Anime
- Meet John. He's a Slacker! Industrial and Training Programs
- Friend Me! Tweet Me! Harder! Faster! Digital Marketing Tools for VO Talent
- Don't Touch the Microphone: Auditioning and Working at Home and In Studio
- You're My Favorite Customer! Client Management for Performers
- He Said, She Said: Partner Reads in Commercial Copy
If you don't see a topic you want discussed in a Secrets of VO Master Class, contact David and let him know.
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