Episode 76: ETHICAL AI Platform with Narrativ.ai Co-Founder Ben Gottdiener
Ben Gottdiener is CEO of Narrativ.ai, graduate of Columbia University and previous deal team Associate with Bain Capital’s Partnership Strategies Fund. Narrativ’s mission is to be the “marketplace for advertisers to license talent audio AI likenesses.” Narrativ just entered into a major agreement with SAG-AFTRA as part of its commitment to using only AI that has been “ethically trained.”
**In the podcast episode, we talk about: **
* What IS Narrativ.ai + How Voice Actors Can Use it for Passive Income
* Ethically Trained AI
* Details of the SAG Agreement with Narrativ
* Can Non-Union Voice Actors Join?
* How to Make Narrativ.ai work for you
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Episode 75: VOICE123 – Algorithm, Authenticity and more with CEO Rolf Veldman
Rolf Veldman is CEO of Voice123, the world’s first and largest online marketplace for professional voice actors. At Voice123, Rolf spearheads a widely diverse and fully remote team that has set itself the task of crafting the future of the voiceover industry.
**In this podcast, we talk about**
– The Voice Authenticity Initiative (FAQs (https://voice123.com/thebooth/about-voice123s-voice-authenticity-initiative/#:~:text=Voice123’s%20Voice%20Authenticity%20Initiative,their%20datasets%20and%20audio%20files.))
– Low paying TTS/synthetic voice opportunities on V123
– How the V123 algorithm works and why
– Current buyer challenges
– What sets apart people booking more on V123
– Waitlist for V123 premium
– What makes V123 better than other online casting platforms
Learn more about Voice123’s Voice Authenticity Initiative (https://voice123.com/thebooth/voice-credentials-audio-security/)
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Episode 74: COMMERCIALS with Chief Creative Officer Brandon Rochon
Brandon Rochon is the Chief Creative Officer (CCO) at HZ Ad Agency. He moved to Atlanta a couple years back from Los Angeles where he was CEO and chief creative officer at Kastner & Partners, heading up creative for the shop’s longtime partner Red Bull. He joined independent Atlanta agency Hothouse as its executive vice president, head of creative and is now at HZ. He has worked with some of the biggest brands, including leading the Samsung account for Leo Burnett, Coca-Cola for Ogilvy Paris and working with Absolut Vodka, McDonalds, PlayStation, Heineken and Nissan at TBWAParis.
**In the podcast episode, we talk about: **
* The 5 P’s in Advertising and how knowing them can help in your script analysis
* Ad Agency’s view of AI and using it in voice over
* What role the VO plays in commercials
* What a “natural, authentic voice” means, from an agency perspective
* The life cycle of an ad and where VO fits
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Episode 73: ANIMATION and VIDEO GAMES with Arianna Ratner
Arianna Ratner is a voice actress known for video games, animation, promo, TV affiliate and creature sounds. Growing up in LA with a voice acting and art-centric family, Arianna grew up acting and performing. You can hear her on video games like World of Warcraft, Fallout 76, as Mimic Octopus in Baby Shark as well as on the Jumpin Jellyfish and Avatar Flight of Passage rides at California Adventures and Disney World. Arianna also leads a (https://atlantavoiceoverstudio.com/what-we-offer-classes-acting-for-animation-and-video-games/)
**In this episode, we talk about: **
* What it was like growing up in an artistic, and voice over focused family
* What it takes to “make it” these days in animation and video games
* How the ability to do creature and baby sounds can help your VO career
* Where Arianna sees video games and animation going in the next 5-10 years
* What people get wrong about an animation/video game career
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Episode 72: VO LEGAL QUESTIONS ANSWERED with Robert Sciglimpaglia
Robert Sciglimpaglia is a voice actor, actor, producer, lawyer, author of Voice Over Legal and won the case for Bev Standing when she went against Tiktok for using her voice.
**In this episode, we talk about: **
– The case against Tiktok by Bev Standing
– What to do if you think your voice has been cloned
– Red flags to look out for in AI/Synthetic Voice contracts
– Is the NAVA AI rider enforceable?
– When interviewing with a synthetic voice company, what questions should you ask?
– Do email agreements stand as contracts?
– Should voice talent copyright and/or trademark their VO business name and/or slogan?
– The one thing you should be doing when signing contracts and NDAs
– Is there a way to avoid getting audited?
– Biggest legal career suicides for voice actors
– What are the copyright laws for demos?
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To read about Paul Lehrman whose voice was cloned without consent that we mention in the episode: https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/17/tech/voice-actors-ai-lawsuit-lovo
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Episode 71: AGENT Questions + Answers with Jeffery Umberger
This is the audio version of our email newsletter entitled, “Agent Questions and Answers,” for Monday June 24th. Click (https://bit.ly/AVSemail) to subscribe to the newsletter.
Thanks so much to Danielle for her questions and to Jeffrey Umberger for answering them! If you have a voice over question, email: Heidi@AtlantaVoiceoverStudio.com
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Episode 70: VO Lesson from Sea Sponges
This is the audio version of our email newsletter entitled, “What Sea Sponges have to do with Voice Over?,” for Monday June 17th. Click (https://bit.ly/AVSemail) to subscribe to the newsletter.
Adam Grant, in his book Hidden Potential, talks about what we can learn from Sea Sponges. How they are able to survive and thrive in the worst circumstances. I share how those lessons can help us in voice over.
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Episode 69: VO BUSINESS with Anne Ganguzza (Part 2)
Anne Ganguzza has been a leader in the VO industry for almost 2 decades. She is an award winning demo producer, coach, talent, host of the VO Boss podcast and created a monthly group called VO Peeps.
**In this episode, we talk about **
– What makes a great teacher
– The biggest challenge Anne sees with VO students
– What we can learn from American Idol
– Did Anne ever think of quitting?
– How do we lean into growth
To listen to PART 1, where we focus on E-Learning, check out Ep 69 – https://atlantavoiceoverstudio.fireside.fm/68
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Episode 68: E-LEARNING with Anne Ganguzza
Anne Ganguzza has been a leader in the VO industry for almost 2 decades. She is an award winning demo producer, coach, talent, host of the VO Boss podcast and created a monthly group called VO Peeps.
In this episode, we talk about:
– The evolution of E-Learning
– Where most of the E-Learning opportunities are
– A misconception people have about E-Learning
– What makes a great E-Learning Voice Talent
– How AI will impact E-Learning
– The Standard for E-Learning Demos
Check out EP #69 for Part 2 of my interview with Anne where we touch on more of the business aspects of VO.
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Episode 67: Dropped from your VO Agent! Now What?
This is the audio version of our email newsletter entitled, “Dropped from your VO Agent! Now What?,” for Monday May 27th. Click (https://bit.ly/AVSemail) to subscribe to the newsletter.
A VO talent just emailed me and said she was dropped from her VO agent after 10 years! What do you do in this situation? I share three things to do + some of my biggest moments of rejection in my career.
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