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WELCOME! TO SEASON 3 OF THIS INDIE VOICE ACTING HOW-TO PODCAST with me Sarah Golding!
VERY excited to be back into MADIVA mode and OH WOW have I got a groovy season of how-to interviews on VOICE ACTING for youuuu! We start with one of my biggest influences in creating in the indie audio fiction world -THE BRILLYANT Mariele Runacre-Temple...of Wireless Theatre Company and Audible Uk. Mariele is the founder of Wireless annnnddd is now doing amazing things as the Casting Director for Audible UK. (And yes she did just cast SANDMAN OMG)
We talk all things Mariele's ways in-to what she does now from her indie acting roots, and our main focus was on how to make THE GROOVIEST REELS? We look at three sample reels from folks Mariele has cast (Thanks to them and their agents!) and showcase what MARIELE feels are shining examples and bastions of audio awesome content types/ranges to showcase on your reels....so do listen, and...learn!
We also look at the Audible casting process - how it currently works and how YOU can get cast by being proactive, innovative and simply showcase the audio awesome of ....you!

If you have already listened, the EMAIL to send things to re your interest in being cast isss....[email protected] - DO email them - IF you want to....and remember, some folks will be invited in for casting calls as a result of that reading, and THAT COULD BE YOUUUU....

Other top tips are things like:

• GET ON SPOTLIGHT! (It costs)
• Separate out your reels..Scottish, Lancashire, Cockney etc
• USE YOUR PHONE If you haven't got anything else
• GET YOU OUT THERE NO MATTER WHAT!
• JOIN COMMUNITIES LIKE -Audio Drama Hub/Join FB Forums/Join Communities
• Be proactive -email people -find production companies and send them your reels
• CONTACTS -Browse that and hustle!
• Don’t send your MP3/WAV file but do send a link to it in your email....

THE REELS WE SHOWCASE ARE FROM:

Jessica Dennis - Voice reel 1 > Husky, Emotional range

Will Howard - Voice Reel 2 > Hugely Versatile, Young,

Pippa Bennet- Warner Voice Reel 3 > Accent - Audio Drama reel specific US / UKRP accent - Classic, Flawless

Have to say, we do praise Fred Greenhalgh and yes he is HUGELY AMAZING and running audio fiction creating courses worth your time -LINK HERE if you are starting out in making audio and want to not just act, but direct, produce and everything...

LINKS TO MARIELE:
Mariele Twitter
Wireless Theatre Twitter
Wireless theatre website
Audible Website

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Enjoy! And IF YOU are just starting out, I am running a foundation in voice acting course in September - Earlybird price £100 if place taken before 31/08/2020 - we will practice and do auditions, write blogs, look at voice reels and create character voices, and fathom how to organise yourself as a voice actor, and practice excell

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HAPPY CREATING!

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Woah
EPISODE 302 - Directing voice actors in groups / individually, in situe, online,
and in theatres live for PODUK 2019....
EP 302 ALREADY? How has a week gone by already?
IF you need the lowdown on directing remote recording voice actors or to be honest in any emergency situation of a harsh deadline THEN DO NOT MISS THIS EPISODE!
Firstly, Zach is one of the loveliest and warmest talented velvety voiced Canadian English folks (I think that's right) I know working in Audio Fiction. I mean I don't think there's anyone with a Canada connection that isn't a friendly warm gem of a talented person tbh.
Find out on MADIVA Podcast how Zach works with his actors, those who are very very new to audio, and those seasoned pro's. There's some fantastic top tips here for voice actors AND producer directors, so...please feel free to pass it on....
We talk about the difference between having one-to-one director actor sessions, and big group recordings in the same space....we talk the importance of adding reaction sounds to the record, showing presence in the scenes, and how actors being prepared is hugely important - your opinions and thoughts about the character are key to a fantastic productive recording session. Zachary also talk of directors 'bringing it' - feeding the lines with energy your actors...'otherwise they might as well just self direct', and why he likes to SEE his actors in a remote record session over available means, how different actors need different directing modes, doing live audio drama ON A STAGE AND SO MUCH MORE!
(...and to be honest, there's a lot of Beth Eyre love in here too...)
The Orphans mini season of comp winning authors works has very recently aired so do not delay and jump on and enjoy some original new writing encouraged by Zach and the team...
Thanks so much to Zachary for all of this wondrous and helpful advice and, GO BINGE THE ORPHANS - All of it! Do it now. Don't make me go all Orsham on ya!
Links to his works below:>>>
AND IF YOU want to voice act but aren't sure how to start, I am running a Course. Yes! In Sept. Online. A few places left for the SUNDAY EVE AND TUES 11AM sesh. Jump in here on my Quirky Voices Website do!
LINKS TO ZACHARY'S WORKS
The Orphans Podcast
Quid Pro Euro
Zachary twitter
The Orphans Twitter
Quid Pro Euro Twitter
Thank you so much for listening!
Next up...the fabulous Evan Tess *(and guest star parrot!) talk all things inclusive language and casting calls for Non Binary folks and mooooore...
Join us next week for some mellow fun
Please feel free to ping me any thoughts about this show, or reviews would be AMAZINGGG. It's down to my guests how quality the show is and I hope you'll agree, I am lucky to speak to some of the very best in the biz right now.
Feel free to become a patreon of my works below orrrrr I humbly appreciate any donations to my ko-fi which helps to fuel me to make more groovy content like this - fanks all.

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HELLOOOO VOICE ACTORS AND AUDIO FICTION LOVERS!
It is ALWAYS a joy talking about the amazing everything of other women in the podcasting space cos -well, to be honest - WE NEED MORE! More Producers, Directors, Writers, Sound Designers, Artists, Composers, Critics and Marketing folks of audio joy - so, ya know, have a listen and get inspired.
And
There's an offer of a free drink in the merry month of march
and
Ella speaks beautifully about SOOO MANY INSPIRING PEOPLESSSS, and I was hugely humbled that she revealed her newest and most exciting self penned audio adventures announcement on THIS SHOW! Cammlann - follow it, and...enjoyyyy here.
Follow Ella on twitter here
Follow CAMLANN on twitter here
So
Jump in, and enjoy
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING! Happy #InternationalWomensDay - please do share this podcast wherever you think it is useful, and feel free to rate and review - I would LOVE some more reviews....and - ya know...ANY help with that....visibility thing - just to be useful on the Audio Fiction Landscape...
If you were missed from here, ping @quirky voices your show and name and we'll happily retweet your groovy shows....or work...or event - and send it all to FICTION PODCAST WEEKLY NEWSLETTER HERE! AH GWAN.
These are the twitter accounts for as many of the women mentioned I could find (AND AS MANY AS THIS SHOWNOTES PAGE ALLOWS)
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FOLLOW THEM! BIG THEM UP! LISTEN TO AND SUPPORT THEIR WORK! AH GWAN
Sarah Golding - [email protected] @madivap @audioauditions @quirkyvoices
Lauren Shippen
Jordan Cobb
Beth Eyre
Emily C Snyder
Dany Ellet
Ann C Sloan
Shenee Howard
Fiona Thraille
Karin Heimdahl
Kirsty Woolven
Beth Crane
Lucy Valentine
Eddie Louise
Shannon Perry
Liz Campbell
Lory Martinez
Julia C Thorne
Lizzie Liz Lizbet
Gemma Arrowsmith
Ellie Dickens
Saucy Mincks
Nerys Howell
Meg Fistzmartin
Audio Harlem
@Annar1288
Faith McQuinn
Scrapnik
Ele Matelan
Volly Londa
Sasquatch Comics
Lindsay Harris-Friel
Mariele Runacare-Temple
Carla Quelch
Tanja Milojevic
Julia Morizawa
Charlotte Ryder
Shliessmans
Nic Redman
Kirsty Gillmore
Kirstin DeMercurio
Julie Hoverson
Erika Sanderson
Erin B Lillis
Cheyenne Bramwell
Madison Upton
Sara Mae Tuson
Maya Peace
Layla Katib
Jen Sugden
Melissa Sheldon
@powerwordroll
@pbtplayers
Death Carpets
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WELL GOODNESS
How are you doing folks? Seriously? I do hope you are faring well in this time of crazy - and you have a good number of folks to zoom and chat and message and talk to - and if not, have a browse of the quirky links on our website...doooo reach out to other folks, if you want to...or find networks via the links on our Quirky Voices website links here...personally I get lost in a bit of tiktok these days...but that aside, I hope you are finding these eps useful, informative and real. I so appreciate every. single. listen xx
This is the third ep of three telling Diane's story / Flo's story....and looks at why she feels how she does, and finds some ways of helping cope with the worst of times. Diane has been simply amazing to be courageous and brave enough to share her story - and I would love to hear from anyone who has found her sharing useful or resonant with your story too. That goes for any of the ladies stories - they are real people, they talk frankly about their real lives, and this...is why....I love em...
I must make clear that the traumatic event affecting characters and people in this show was a sexual assault, so please be aware of that before you listen if this will in any way affect you. Thank you.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MY CAST OF AUDIO JOY
Lucy Shirley as Rachel
Lara Parker as Gabby
Kirstin Stansfield as Freya
I play Charlie
and the amazing Diane Alexander as Flo, and herself in the interview.
The wonderful Kylie Salholm is our medical professional who is a practicing Psychological Therapist, (BABCP Accredited CBT Therapist, IPT Therapist, RMN and works for an NHS Trust in secondary care =More than qualified to help us fathom in this episode how folks can recognise they need to find help...
Please do email us to [email protected] to let us know what you think of this podcast, to contact any of the participants or to share any of your own story!
Thanks to Matt Hutt and Zak Lemon for groovy music
Thanks to James Hudson for Ave Maria played so beautifully
Aaaaand thanks to my executive producer Fiona Thraille who shines up my rough cuts! Please check out all her work on Dashing Onions Audio here.
Thank all Of you for listening - if you have the time and inclination, we would truly love a review or rating on any podcast platform! Ah gwan! Thanks muchly
Thanks to the PULSE award funding from the WELLCOME TRUST and Britpod awards....v exciting to have had that support.....
The three brilliant fun podcasts - and I have been lucky enough to be in these - that I'd love you to check out and enjoy are:
Escape! - Robert Tinseley's space adventure using REAL AI voices from Amazon
Limbo - Antoni Olivieri is one of MY FAVE audiofiction folks and YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT ALLLL OF THEIR WORKS
The Descendents - Graz is one of the most supportive and brilliant of new audiofiction chums that makes groovy audio stories - was made up to be in this cave based all f c

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Hellooo and welcome to our final one of our episodes on Epilepsy, funded by the lovely folks at the Wellcome Trust and Pulse awards.
Hattie Hodgson-Crome - Media Officer at Epilepsy Action joins us to give further resources on where to find help and information....and we talk about what Epilepsy Action does! Do Call their helpline on 0808-800-5050 to speak to a person who can help too - yes = a real live amazing person...!
In the audiofiction Rachel and Charlie chat about what Charlie remembers of the seizure so Rachel can fathom what happened as she doesn’t remember Anything. and are joined by Gabby and Freya showing their concern...they both comment on Charlie and Rachel’s matching black eyes and Rachel shares how she feels in the aftermath.
Lucy and me kept talking beyond where I’d thanked her for her awesome in the interview session and we covered her own mental health and thoughts about how epilepsy has changed her.
Good luck to Hattie Hodgson-Crome and team with their new groovy podcast - please do have a listen to their show after you e binged all the AFC eps too! You can catch that here!
I do hope you’re having a good week. Next week will be a surprise and I am so so excited to share the next season of. 3 eps on.....well....tune in and subscribe so you don’t miss next week’s awesome. it’s a HUGELY impactful few eps.....
All links we could find of a useful nature are on the shownotes which are here on the Quirky Voices website.
Thanks to Professor Matthew Walker for his awesome help on previous eps! And! His book - understanding epilepsy can be found everywhere and here!
If you would like to help Sarah make more for other conditions or look at a different angle of these ones feel free to become a patreon or pop any pennies in the KO-FI! All is HUGELY appreciated. fANKS! Love. My. Patreons!
Please can you help me out and fill in this survey to feedback what you think of the show, so that hopefully if enough people feedback, they consider doing this again! CLICK HERE to Please fill in this survey to be in with he chance to win a £50 amazon voucher and help more podcasts get funding from THE PULSE AWARDS!
Massive thanks to my cast Diane Alexander as Flo, Lara Parker as Gabby, Kirstin Stansfield as Freya, and of course the wonderful Lucy Shirley as Rachel and I play Charlie....it’s quite fun playing a more...grounded person than some of my usual audio fiction characters....do jump on and try these brilliant fun fiction shows for more entertainment and audio joy.
The Amelia Project
SCP Archives
The Orphans
As ever huge gratitude 2 the amazing Fiona Thraille who has Executive Produced this show. Find her works of Dashing Onions Audio awesome here!
All soun

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Ping Sarah on @QUIRKYVOICES or send a message to [email protected]
Feel free to review and of the shows herein, and if you want to support Quirky Voices works, become a Patreon! You get early works and earlybird eps and discounts for any courses.....
HAPPY CREATING!