<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b class="">Foundations of Voice Acting, by Dan Popp <o:p class=""></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Career training via Zoom<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As voice actors, how will we compete against AI?</span><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How will we compete against every other English-speaker on the planet who's been to told, "You have a nice voice," and "Voice acting is easy money?"</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The answer will involve training, and work.</span><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Work on the right things.</span><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><font face="Verdana, sans-serif" class="">Not endless “practice" at mimicking sounds like a robot; work on understanding the client’s message, and feeling the human emotions behind it.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That's a very basic description of what we do in our expanded, 12-hour training course now called </span><i class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Foundations of Voice Acting. </i><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unlike previous classes, this one will be done through Zoom.</span><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And we'll go beyond the performance aspect, into peripheral-but-important matters such as home studio setup, agents, demos, and the ins and outs of the pay-to-plays.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Emphasis is still on the "voice acting" part of voice acting.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The question before us is, How do we not only perform that script, but OWN it?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We'll meet virtually for 8 sessions of 90 minutes each, Thursday evenings starting at 7.</span><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First class is September 5th.</span><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cost is $750.</span><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Plus tax for Ohio residents.)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Your humble instructor has been a successful voice actor since 1989, heard nationally speaking for John Deere, Interactive Brokers, Roof Maxx and others.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you'd like to reserve your spot or get more information, please email me:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:dan@colorsaudio.com" class="">dan@colorsaudio.com</a>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Former students have said:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Your honesty is what makes you such an effective coach. With your help and a solid, well produced demo, I was able to secure an agent. - </span></i><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mel Lute</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">THANK YOU DAN! Working with you was quite an awesome experience for me!! I enjoyed every single minute I spent in our training sessions. I truly aspire to move forward and make you (and myself) proud! - </span></i><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kathy B.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You are a marvelous teacher. I learned so much and had a great time becoming more professional and skilled. -</span></i><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Phil Scrimenti</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="ember-view"><i class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you're on the fence about taking this class, I highly recommend jumping on board should you be seriously ready to jump into the voiceover world! You'll learn so much in each session from Dan's years of experience. He's very down to earth and gives individualized advice.</span></i></span><span class="ember-view"><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- David Thomas</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dan’s coaching stretches your voice, your talent and your mind.</span></i><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> - Carrie Doak</span><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b class=""><i class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To all prospective students: Dan is that most unique of producer/directors; he understands actors. He can coax an incredible performance from you. He can help you navigate the business. TAKE THIS CLASS!!! </span></i></b><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b class="">- </b>Lynette Brown, actor and educator<b class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></b></span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-left: 0.25in;" class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></body></html>