Catch a double header of Roller Derby action tonight in Allison.

The first bout is a junior league face off. It’ll be my first time calling for kids and I’m looking forward to seeing the future of derby taking shape.

Then it’s the Striking Vikings vs Ottawa Valley’ Byward Bs.

$10 at the door. Kids are free. Check renegadederbydames.com for more.

Next weekend, I’m going to #VONorth, a conference for professional voice actors in Toronto.

While I’m most excited about the Commercial workshop and Social Media seminar, it will also be great to meet other people in the city who are working in the industry and to continue developing my skills and business plan.

Let’s be honest – working in #VO can be pretty solitary.   Next Saturday I get a chance to connect with the best of the best in Canada’s VO community.

There will be a lot more updates to come!

 

Thanks – TODD

#toddsvoice

 

I’m thrilled to present my new Character/Animation Demo to the world, along with the story behind its creation!  Give it a listen right here…

It has also been updated on the Voice Acting page at ToddsVoice.ca.

I’ve been speaking in funny voices for as long as I can remember. It’s something that grew out of my appreciation for Saturday Morning cartoons as a kid, but has continued to develop over the years.  When my kids were younger, I treated story time like a showcase or training session for what I hoped would be a feature in my voice over career.

Even with this passion for characters, my focus as a voice actor has always gravitated to commercials and narrations.

After booking a role as a kung fu master in a video game, I met with my agent, Elaine Hamat at OAZ.  When I mentioned how I wanted to do more character and animation work, she admitted that she had never though of me as a ‘character guy’.  I was crushed, but I understood why she felt that way, since I had never really focused on this part of my voice career.

With this, I resolved to develop my skills as a character actor and started working with a coach – Sunday Muse at Great Big Voices – in January.  We met weekly over the next few months, working on scripts with existing character descriptions, as well as characters and voices I developed on my own.

Sunday helped me tap into these characters and to break free of some of the hang ups and habits I carried over from my commercial work.  It was a gigantic amount of fun – hard work to be sure, but fun, rewarding and fulfilling.

When I was ready, we hit Davidson Recording Studio and cut this demo.

After so much time recording at home on my own, it feels great to have a professionally produced demo to help me put my best foot forward.  Thanks Sunday Muse, sound technician Jim Davidson and Elaine Hamat for working with me to put this together.

Aside from the specific lessons in character and animation voice work, the experience reminded me of the value in working with coaches and mentors to help develop in any pursuit.  Being open to investing the time, money and effort is the lesson I’ll carry with me as I look at my commercial voice work, my day job  and other pursuits.

I hope you like the demo.  Listen often!

2 in studio auditions, 2 auditions recorded at home and best of all – a gig booked through ToddsVoice.ca!

All that was topped off with announcing a Roller Derby bout last night. 

Fantastic!

Want to help me keep it going?  Send a message letting me know how I can put my voice to work for you! 

TODD

Hey Friends!  Come on out tomorrow night for some roller derby action emceed by me – Trouble Tee!

Ted Reeve Arena @ Main & Gerrard. 

Doors at 6. Bout at 7. 

$10 (kids 12 and under are free)

Hey Everyone!

I’ve got a spot at Amateur Night this Tuesday at Yuk Yuk’s (Richmond & University).  The show starts at  9:30 and tickets cost $4.

And here’s a change – my set has zero poop jokes.

Unless things don’t go well, because poop jokes kill.