Welcome to the Voice Over Coach

Our new voice over training site is up and all of our posts from the old site will eventually lead here. This is a good day for us – an does not signify the end of the MineWurx Studio site – it just means that MineWurx Studio is headed in a different direction and all of our voice over coaching and training specific stuff will be listed here from now on.

So if you came to this page expecting the MineWurx Studio banner to pop up – we’re sorry. The banner has changed – but we haven’t – we’re still the same old crusty, grouchy voice over training site we’ve always been. We’re just flying under a different, more appropriately titled flag than before..

Welcome. Please enjoy your time here… and if you Can tell us about any broken links we haven’t found we’d be very grateful..
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So you want to know MORE about your voice over coach?

Want to learn more about me than I may have ever shared before on the internet. Voice Over Talent Dave Courvoisier ( can’t believe I spelled that correctly on the first pass without looking) conducted a very lengthy interview with me for his blog. I wanted to say thank you to him for doing such a bang-up job on it.  With as much as I tried to make myself look like a putz, he wouldn’t allow it.
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Ethnicity and regionalism in voice over, is your race or culture a burden?

We all know how quickly an article about race, color or culture can spin out of control, so allow me to make a preemptive strike and announce right here that this is not an article about righting wrongs or correcting the world’s problems. If you suffer from hypersensitivity to racial issues, you may not want to read any further. Just understand that this article was derived from a collection of observations of race and ethnicity as they apply to the business of commercial voice over and nothing more. After 10 years performing voice over and coaching talent from all walks of life, these are some of the things I have seen and my opinions about how they effect multicultural actors attempting to succeed in this cross-pollinated society we call America.
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The Definition of a Complete Voice Talent

I have used this term (complete voice over talent) in the past figuring it would be pretty self explanatory, though for those who choose not to read into the words for what they are, I figured a definition was in order. When I use the term I am referring to a voice talent who when they enter the market place, is equipped and outfitted with all of the necessary tools this business requires.
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