"Live with Squacky"

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/941260/open_sms] Happy 4th!! I hope you all have a wonderful and fun day with friends and family!! In this episode, I talk about the importance of monologues and how they fit into the VO world. I recently talk a class about this called, "Exploring Character Depth" and it was a really great one!! Don't let the idea of monologues intimidate you. With enough practice, they will help you to improve your acting skills and auditioning skills.  I also give a fast update on MAVO2025 because it's only about 4 months away now and it's getting pretty exciting! The schedule is a work in progress - as it always is at this point in the planning process. But my goal is to have it done and released by the end of July or very beginning of August so you guys can start planning out your weekend of sessions!!! But you've gotta have a ticket to be there, so stop procrastinating and just go buy it! You know you don't want to miss it! It's our 10 year anniversary event!! What could be more epic than that!!!? GO!!! DO IT NOW!!!!! Thanks for tuning in!! I appreciate it!! Have a wonderful holiday!!! Until next time... :)  Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/941260/support] For more info about Val Kelly ("Squackyvoice" visit her website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com or [https://www.midatlanticvo.com/] https://www.valkellyvoiceover.com [https://www.valkellyvoiceover.com/] Or follow her on Instagram @Midatlanticvo or @livewithsquacky To become a MAVO Member and receive monthly discounts - as well as many other benefits, please click HERE!!! [https://www.midatlanticvo.com/pricing-plans/list] "Live with Squacky" is sponsored in part by Mid-Atlantic Voiceover, LLC, [https://www.midatlanticvo.com/]Antland Productions [https://www.antlandproductions.com/] and Lorenzotti coffee. [https://lorenzotti.coffee/collections/coffee-beans] "Live with Squacky" is mixed and mastered by everybody's favorite VO tech, Uncle Roy Yokelson of "Antland Productions." [https://www.antlandproductions.com/] To find out more and to register for MAVO2025 today, visit our website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com [https://www.midatlanticvo.com]30 Best Voice Over Podcasts You Must Follow in 2025 [https://podcast.feedspot.com/voice_over_podcasts/] - "Live with Squacky" was honored on this list of the "30 Best Voice Over Podcast You Must Follow in 2025"!!! I'd love it if you could check it out!! https://www.midatlanticvo.com

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/941260/open_sms] I don't know about where you all live - but it's Hot AF in Virginia right now!!! So, it's finally summer and we're all just trying to stay cool!!! LOL! In this episode, I talk weather, MAVO2025 news and updates and webinar news! We have a webinar on Thursday, June 26 from 7-8:30pm ET hosted by "Uncle" Roy Yokelson! The session is called, "VO Audio Terminology: Simplified & Demonstrated!" In this crazy world of home studio auditions, self-directing and auditioning daily, everyone needs to make sure they're in the loop on audio terminology. Uncle Roy will explain what everything means, as well as demonstrate how to apply this all to your editing process! There will be Q & A and it's really going to be a great session!! Click HERE [https://www.midatlanticvo.com/event-details/vo-audio-terminology-simplified-demonstrated] to register now!!  "Uncle" Roy also talks about the upcoming radio dramas that will take place at MAVO2025 on November 7-9 and if you'd like to see a past one you can click HERE!! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5weGH1GRJ8] Thanks for tuning in!! I Hope to see you all at MAVO2025 in November and at all of our webinars before then!!! For more info on all MAVO events visit https://www.midatlanticvo.com  Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/941260/support] For more info about Val Kelly ("Squackyvoice" visit her website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com or [https://www.midatlanticvo.com/] https://www.valkellyvoiceover.com [https://www.valkellyvoiceover.com/] Or follow her on Instagram @Midatlanticvo or @livewithsquacky To become a MAVO Member and receive monthly discounts - as well as many other benefits, please click HERE!!! [https://www.midatlanticvo.com/pricing-plans/list] "Live with Squacky" is sponsored in part by Mid-Atlantic Voiceover, LLC, [https://www.midatlanticvo.com/]Antland Productions [https://www.antlandproductions.com/] and Lorenzotti coffee. [https://lorenzotti.coffee/collections/coffee-beans] "Live with Squacky" is mixed and mastered by everybody's favorite VO tech, Uncle Roy Yokelson of "Antland Productions." [https://www.antlandproductions.com/] To find out more and to register for MAVO2025 today, visit our website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com [https://www.midatlanticvo.com]30 Best Voice Over Podcasts You Must Follow in 2025 [https://podcast.feedspot.com/voice_over_podcasts/] - "Live with Squacky" was honored on this list of the "30 Best Voice Over Podcast You Must Follow in 2025"!!! I'd love it if you could check it out!! https://www.midatlanticvo.com

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/941260/open_sms] I know I’m a little late to the game here – but Happy New Year!!! 2025 is off to a weird start! There’s not really any other way to put it! It’s been busy and crazy as usual, but I just feel like the world is in a strange place right now. I don’t know about you guys, but I have weeks where I get like 50 auditions and then the next week only 4!! It seems to be tougher to get a call back lately too! Time to up my skills I guess!! I really felt like if I was going to get myself out of this kind of funk I’ve been in lately, I needed to get advice from industry people that know what’s really happening!! My special guest today is Kelly Moscinski! Kelly is the Owner and Head of Casting at "The Voicecaster" [https://voicecaster.com/] – the oldest voiceover casting house in the country, established in 1975! With about 20 years of experience in VO and even more in entertainment, Kelly casts and directs all things voiceover… PLUS she’s a demo producer and coach. Kelly has owned "The Voicecaster" since 2013 and took over as the company’s 3 rd  owner. She has a bachelor’s degree in Theatre with a Focus in Directing and a master’s degree in English with a Focus in Creative Writing.  When Kelly is not busy at the studio, she’s enjoying adventures with her husband and their two kids, listening to audiobooks, or re-organizing the house! I hope you enjoy the episode!  Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/941260/support] For more info about Val Kelly ("Squackyvoice" visit her website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com or [https://www.midatlanticvo.com/] https://www.valkellyvoiceover.com [https://www.valkellyvoiceover.com/] Or follow her on Instagram @Midatlanticvo or @livewithsquacky To become a MAVO Member and receive monthly discounts - as well as many other benefits, please click HERE!!! [https://www.midatlanticvo.com/pricing-plans/list] "Live with Squacky" is sponsored in part by Mid-Atlantic Voiceover, LLC, [https://www.midatlanticvo.com/]Antland Productions [https://www.antlandproductions.com/] and Lorenzotti coffee. [https://lorenzotti.coffee/collections/coffee-beans] "Live with Squacky" is mixed and mastered by everybody's favorite VO tech, Uncle Roy Yokelson of "Antland Productions." [https://www.antlandproductions.com/] To find out more and to register for MAVO2025 today, visit our website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com [https://www.midatlanticvo.com]30 Best Voice Over Podcasts You Must Follow in 2025 [https://podcast.feedspot.com/voice_over_podcasts/] - "Live with Squacky" was honored on this list of the "30 Best Voice Over Podcast You Must Follow in 2025"!!! I'd love it if you could check it out!! https://www.midatlanticvo.com

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/941260/open_sms] Who else is obsessed with the movie "Wicked" right now?! I'm positive I'm not the only one!! LOL! In this episode of "Live with Squacky", I chat about the movie "Wicked", how much I love it, how I'm obsessed with the soundtrack and how you absolutely MUST go see it!! BUT, I ALSO chat about how this relates to the VO world and how the song "Defying Gravity" changed my whole way of thinking about the MAVO conference and about many things in my life. It's a very powerful song with a powerful message. This is a fun, short episode to wrap up 2024!!  More episodes of Season 5 are coming in January 2025!! Stay tuned!!! Thanks to everyone who supports the show by listening regularly! #vo #actorslife  Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/941260/support] For more info about Val Kelly ("Squackyvoice" visit her website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com or [https://www.midatlanticvo.com/] https://www.valkellyvoiceover.com [https://www.valkellyvoiceover.com/] Or follow her on Instagram @Midatlanticvo or @livewithsquacky To become a MAVO Member and receive monthly discounts - as well as many other benefits, please click HERE!!! [https://www.midatlanticvo.com/pricing-plans/list] "Live with Squacky" is sponsored in part by Mid-Atlantic Voiceover, LLC, [https://www.midatlanticvo.com/]Antland Productions [https://www.antlandproductions.com/] and Lorenzotti coffee. [https://lorenzotti.coffee/collections/coffee-beans] "Live with Squacky" is mixed and mastered by everybody's favorite VO tech, Uncle Roy Yokelson of "Antland Productions." [https://www.antlandproductions.com/] To find out more and to register for MAVO2025 today, visit our website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com [https://www.midatlanticvo.com]30 Best Voice Over Podcasts You Must Follow in 2025 [https://podcast.feedspot.com/voice_over_podcasts/] - "Live with Squacky" was honored on this list of the "30 Best Voice Over Podcast You Must Follow in 2025"!!! I'd love it if you could check it out!! https://www.midatlanticvo.com

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/941260/open_sms] MAVO2024 was a wonderful event!! If you missed it, this is a great way to find out what you missed! If you were there, I think you'll enjoy reliving the memories!   One very important thing I forgot to mention in my recap is that Tim Friedlander's Keynote was absolutely EPIC!!! He is such an inspiring guy! He talked about how many failures he's had to go through to get to where he is today. It was motivating, so well done and he absolutely accomplished the goal of inspiring everyone at the event. He was by far one of the best Keynotes we've ever had! If you guys aren't members of NAVA [https://navavoices.org/] yet, please go join today!!!  I also didn't talk about this in the episode, but Everett Oliver hosted our first ever MAVO Teen program on Saturday of the event and it went really well! My daughter Chloe attended and she said it was really fun and she learned a lot!! I don't know if we will do it in 2025, but it was a good experience for those who attended this year!  To go into great detail about every session at the event would've taken hours, so I just tried to hit some of the highlights in this episode. My opening remarks are in here too, so if you missed those, I hope you'll feel inspired when you listen!! We have one more episode coming up in another week or so that will wrap up our shows for 2024. Then we will resume in January 2025, but it will still be Season 5!! Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/941260/support] For more info about Val Kelly ("Squackyvoice" visit her website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com or [https://www.midatlanticvo.com/] https://www.valkellyvoiceover.com [https://www.valkellyvoiceover.com/] Or follow her on Instagram @Midatlanticvo or @livewithsquacky To become a MAVO Member and receive monthly discounts - as well as many other benefits, please click HERE!!! [https://www.midatlanticvo.com/pricing-plans/list] "Live with Squacky" is sponsored in part by Mid-Atlantic Voiceover, LLC, [https://www.midatlanticvo.com/]Antland Productions [https://www.antlandproductions.com/] and Lorenzotti coffee. [https://lorenzotti.coffee/collections/coffee-beans] "Live with Squacky" is mixed and mastered by everybody's favorite VO tech, Uncle Roy Yokelson of "Antland Productions." [https://www.antlandproductions.com/] To find out more and to register for MAVO2025 today, visit our website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com [https://www.midatlanticvo.com]30 Best Voice Over Podcasts You Must Follow in 2025 [https://podcast.feedspot.com/voice_over_podcasts/] - "Live with Squacky" was honored on this list of the "30 Best Voice Over Podcast You Must Follow in 2025"!!! I'd love it if you could check it out!! https://www.midatlanticvo.com