EWABS Episode 71 November 11, 2012

Published on Nov 11, 2012 Tom Kenny, voice of Spongebob Squarepants, is our very special studio guest this week! WOW, we've made the big time of podcasting, folks! ________________________________________­______________________________ This week's special guest is Tom Kenny voice of SpongeBob SquarePants. Also a surprise guest appearance. George's tech of the week: The Reflexion Filter. How useful is it aside from it's basic purpose ? Dan gives a brief demonstration of the affect the filter has on his acoustics. Don't forget to get your gear ! shop.ewabs.com Visit Dan at homevoiceoverstudio.com/ Announcements November is Movember ! A mustache growing contest for men's cancer issues. http://us.movember.com/?home EWABS announces new e-support membership pricing. Sign up for the remainder of 2012 for just $39.95 per month. Go to ewabs.com and click on E- support. John Florian, and Voice Over Xtra. The daily resource for voice over success. http://www.voiceoverxtra.com/index.htmhttp://www.voiceoverxtra.com/index.htm Dan's tip of the week: Soundproofing vs Sound Dampening What is sound isolation ? How does it relate to this ? Watch for Dan's new concept the "studio suit" acoustical treatment. George shares video footage of how he met Tom Kenny at a fundraiser, with special guest appearance by Ella. Visit George at vostudiotech.com Welcome this week's special guest: Tom Kenny.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0444786/ - Tom discusses the huge popularity of SpongeBob SquarePants. - Tom got his start doing stand up comedy in Syracuse, New York. - Tom describes how difficult it was to transition to full time voice over, compared to his start in comedy. - Tom and the guys discuss the false rumors of Tom's demise. (aka twitter-death) - Tom discusses how SpongeBob SquarePants is related to his beginnings with Rocko's Modern Life. - Tom shares a bit about the production of the new sponge bob Christmas movie. - George and Dan ask Tom about the music for SpongeBob. - Tom reveals there is a new downloadable SpongeBob Christmas album. - "It's a SpongBob Christmas" album is available on iTunes And at Amazon. - Tom and the guys discuss the other cast members of Spongebob. - Tom gets down to the nitty gritty of how Sponge bobs Character voice was created. - Tom shares how his typical day goes. - Tom shares a bit about his other voice acting roles. (see IMBD link above) - Dan's son Jacob has a fun moment with Tom. - Tom relates a bit about the newer style sponge bob, and a bit about patchy the pirate. - Tom ends by performing a live drop for the podcast. Thanks to Harlan Hogan and Voiceover Essentials. voiceoveressentials.com Harlan is the exclusive supplier of portable studio booths for TED. Please welcome our surprise extra guests: Mara Junot, and her husband Steve. A brief conversational interview about how Mara came to be in LA, and met up with Tom Kenny at George's. The topic turns to this year's NYC mixer, a V0 travel tip, Then a bit about Steve's music career. Next week's guest will be Chris fries. Join the EWABS Correspondent Contest. Make a VO or home studio related video, and send it to ewabshop@gmail.comewabshop@gmail.com The best way to keep track of the shows activities is to sign up for the EWABS Facebook group. http://www.facebook.com/groups/EWABS/... Thanks again to our sponsors. Harlan Hogan's Voice over Essentials. voiceoveressentials.com Voice Over Xtra http://www.voiceoverxtra.com/index.htm Special thanks to the shows producer, Katherine Curriden. Also, thanks to Jason Lawson for providing our weekly show notes. Send us questions, and be on our show where Dan and George will solve your home studio problems live! Call 818-47EWABS, that's 818 473-9227, and leave us your question in the voice mail box. Go to ewabs.com for details. Contributions are also welcome at shop.ewabs.com