LOTS TO GIVE THANKS FOR AMONG all the members of MVO: The Voiceover Guys, especially in their professional voiceover careers, as you’ll see in ALL the November 2024 updates below…
DAN HURST
When you absolutely, positively need the best announcer voice, call Dan…
• FedEx called Dan Hurst to serve as the announcer on all the spots for their most recent national TV campaign series entitled “Tall Tales of True Deliveries”
• Dan’s has also been busy recording over 100 commercials as the English and Spanish voiceover talent for the Ford Dealerships across Texas
• Dan just finished a year-long series of phone messaging projects for Centerwell Senior Primary Care centers covering nearly 300 centers across 15 states
PETER K. O’CONNELL
Cruise ship narrations and live announcing….
• Disney Cruise Line (ranked #2 most popular of all large cruise ships by Conde Nast readers) and Triple A featured Peter as narrator of their latest informational video
• O’Connell, who has been performing as a live announcer for events since the early 80’s, recently updated his voice of God – live announcer demo for event producers
• Finally, Peter recently emceed / hosted the international gathering of professional voice actors in Chicago during the WoVOCon Voiceover Unconference
BRANDON POLLOCK
Brandon is your grocery store, college and audiobook voiceover talent…
• Brandon Pollock was recently signed as the voice talent for a series of new radio commercials for Harris Teeter, a 261 store grocery chain with stores from Delaware to Florida
• St. Bonaventure University hired Brandon as their voice talent for a series of radio, TV and social media commercials.
• Brandon has recently narrated these audiobooks : Why I Am Roman Catholic (Christian Audio); Malört: The Redemption of a Reverted and Reviled Spirit (Tantor Audio) and A New Age of Reason (Ascent Audio)
DUSTIN EBAUGH
The In-Show Narrator for Weird Crime Shows & Announcer for Political Spots
• Dustin recently wrapped recording as the in-show narrator for the crime show “Exposed: Naked Crimes” for the Investigation Discovery network
• Coming off the latest election cycle, Ebaugh recorded several political spots for the AFL-CIO in swing state U.S. House & Senate races
• He was also the voice of UMC Children’s Hospital/Vegas Golden Knights TV commercial for Las Vegas and Southern Nevada
STEVE HENDERSON
Your voice for all thing GEICO, Dollywood and NASCAR
• Steve was the national voice for an extensive GEICO radio campaign
• In the southeast and Midwest U.S., you can hear Steve currently on a radio campaign for Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Christmas
• In late November, Steve will be live announcing the 2024 NASCAR Cup Awards Ceremony on Peacock
• Steve is also the regional TV campaign voice in several states for Shipley Donuts but he advised he does not get free samples
DAN FRIEDMAN
Studio back up and running after being hit by Hurricane Helene
• Western North Carolina was among many areas devastated by rains and winds of Hurricane Helene, including the home & studio of MVO’s Dan Friedman
• He and his family are safe and his voiceover studio is up a running again
• In addition to booking Dan for voiceover jobs please feel free to support his family’s rebuilding efforts in these ways:
• BOOK DAN FOR VOICEOVER COACHING: After getting coaching from Dan, his voiceover students say the difference is “night and day.” Book a VO coaching session with Dan HERE.
• BOOK DAN AS YOUR VOICEOVER DEMO PRODUCER: Dan produces voice demos for voiceover pros in all genres of voiceover. Book a VO demo production session with Dan HERE.
• BUY ONE (OR BOTH) OF DAN’S TWO BOOKS…
* SOUND ADVICE – VOICEOVER FROM AN AUDIO ENGINEER’S PERSPECTIVE Buy HERE.
* ZEN AND THE ART OF VOICEOVER HERE.
ROWELL GORMON
What a character….like a Farmer….and Santa
• Honoring his impressive career and respected body of work as a voice actor, stage actor and puppeteer, Rowell Gorman received a Lifetime Achievement award from the Carolina Arts and Media Professionals
• Our man Rowell and his assortment of character voices was called on to play a farmer in a national spot for Sunrise Flour Mill, based in Minnesota, which specializes in organic heritage wheat & other grain products
• Rowell also played Santa on a holiday recording Amsted Rail Company, a leading global provider of systems and components for freight and transit railcars and locomotives
JOE PASSARO
Voiceovers from the US to the UK
• With almost 500 grocery stores across the UK, Coors Beer wanted to make sure their in-store announcements for Morrisons made the best impression, which is why Coors called on Joe Passaro for their latest Morrisons in-store promo announcement
• Moen, North America’s leading manufacturer of single hand faucets, signed Joe as the narrator for their Smart Water Shut-off “How-To” video
MEMO SAUCEDA
Everything Spanish from Karol G and Telemundo to Chevrolet
• When Telemundo needed a promo voice for their hit program on Grammy and Billboard award winning singer and songwriter Karol G, the American Spanish-language TV network sought out Memo Sauceda as the promo’s voice.
• This past summer, when Chevrolet launched its El Verano Más Chevy TV Spot, they again called on Memo as the commercial voice talent for this national commercial
TOM TEST
From winning the Lottery to winning Elections
• As they have for many years, the “Dream Big” folks at the Kansas Lottery called on Tom to serve as their voice talent on recent radio and TV spots for the Kansas Lottery XX Cash Blitz Instant Tickets
• As a long-time and popular political voice talent, Tom was very busy in this most recent with election cycle with local, regional and state spots including for two key U.S. Senate races in Montana and Ohio; many political commercials Tom voices are in the “attack” genre but Tom also did unifying, non-partisan spots during this past election as well
SCOTT BURNS
From national car spots to model train conductor voices
• American automotive company, Lucid Motors, signed Scott for his character voice work as he provided a voice likeness of an “Ed Sullivan” type in a classy, stylized commercial
• Los Angeles-based production company B17 Entertainment cast Scott for two voice characters in an upcoming social media project
• Lionel Trains brought in Scott Burns to voice 9 individual passenger car “Railroad Conductor” announcements for 115 year old model train company
• Scott also voiced commercials for a candidate in Nevada U.S. Senate race
ROBERT “BO” BARKER
From Iowa State Football to Hard Mountain Dew nationwide
• Hard Mountain Dew selected Bo to record several national radio and digital radio spots for their expanding product launch across the U.S.
• Bo Barker is celebrating his 10th consecutive year heard throughout Iowa State University’s Jack Trice Stadium, introducing the ISU Cyclone football players at each home game, with annual home game attendance topping 350,000 each of the last several years.
• For the 2nd consecutive year, Bo has been nominated in two categories at the forthcoming Voice Arts Awards; named again in the category of Outstanding Spoken Word or Storytelling – Best Performance, and recognized as category winner last year. Bo has also been nominated in the category of Outstanding Narration Demo – TV or Film – Best Voiceover,
• Out of some 1800 entries, Bo has once again been listed as among the Top 40 in the CBS Audition Spotlight competition and will compete with others in Los Angeles during the That’s Voiceover Career Expo next month. Bo advanced to the Top 6 “Live” round last year. This is the 5th consecutive year that Bo has made the Top 40 cut.
DARRELL BROWN
The versatility to go from Netflix’s Santa Kitty to the promo voice of Apple TV
• Now it’s second season on Apple TV, the series Pachinko – an intergenerational saga of love, loss, sacrifice, and joy – hired Darrell Brown as their promo voice
• Darrell also narrated a video tour of Walt Disney World for Southwest Airlines in-flight entertainment
• Finally, in the spirit of the holidays, Darrell played Santa Kitty on the Netflix series Gabby’s Dollhouse
JAMES CLAMP
Explainer video and corporate training narrations
• When you ask Amazon’s Alexa device about the Nissan Qashqai, you are taken to a presentation featuring James Clamp explaining and promoting the car on screened devices
• Independent CPA firm Grant Thornton asked James to narrate a recent explainer video for their YouTube channel
• James also narrated a corporate staff training video for L’Oreal
ANDY BARNETT
Stanley Cup Champion Florida Panther Draft Andy….for Promos
• Andy Barnett is the voice of several characters on the new VeeFriends animated shorts on YouTube including Gracious Grizzly, Headstrong Honey Badger and more
• Andy is also the promo voice for the NHL Stanley Champion Florida Panthers show entitled Primetime Panthers
• He is also the national TV commercial announcer for the 60th anniversary Hess Fire Truck
CHADD PIERCE
Radio Imaging For One of the Nation’s Top Country Stations
• WKDF-FM Nashville (1033 Country) enhanced its personality-based radio imaging by signing Chadd Pierce as the station’s imaging voice
• Chadd continues to provide industrial narration services for Dupixent, a prescription medication that treats inflammatory conditions like moderate-to-severe eczema and asthma
ADAM LOFBOMM
From Seattle to Italy with narrations and commercial VO along the way
• Adam was the narrator on a large Microsoft training program on machine learning that will be hosted on Coursera.
• Another training program for senior management at Guggenheim Investments signed Adam Lofbomm as the narrator on a training program for senior management on Environmental and Social Governance at Guggenheim Investments
• Ace is the place for an Ace Hardware training video for store managers on a new initiatives for the hardware store chain – the video was narrated by Adam
• Italian tuna brand, Rio Mare, signed Adam as the voice of their latest commercial campaign running in all of their English markets
GEORGE WASHINGTON III
Video games, political spots and live announcing
• George served as Voice of God (live announcer or pre-recorded) for Toyota, Pepsi & First Citizens Bank
• He recorded 10 different commercials for political campaigns coming out of this most recent election cycle
• George was signed as the primary antagonist in the MMORPG Black Desert Online videogame being produced in South Korea
SEAN CALDWELL
U.S. voice talent serving clients across the globe