Commercial Voiceover is taught by Dave Bisson, A Chicago-based full-time voice artist who’s lent his voice to hundreds of TV, radio, & digital commercials, as well as industrial narrations, video games, toys, IVR, & just about every other form of VO except audiobooks.

Commercial VO auditions are near-universally asking for a read that’s “Conversational”, “Authentic”, “Genuine”, “Guy/Girl-next-door”, “A real person, not an actor” which has left a lot of aspiring (or even established) voiceover talent wondering how they can be any of these things for a script saying that power saws are on sale at the local hardware store.

In this course, you will learn how to approach any Commercial script and, by answering a few simple questions, find a voice that is authentic, conversational, friendly, & confident – without having to do any research on power saws.

Additionally, this course will deal with all the traps and pitfalls scripts can contain that are sabotaging your authentic voice without you even realizing it.

In-Depth Script Analysis is a hands-on, 4-week course blending imaginative prompts with practical scene work, with a particular focus on Character-Driven Narratives.

Students will learn to dissect scripts for subtext, adapt to multiple genres, bring emotional truth to heightened moments, and deliver performances ready for casting.

Each week builds toward a final showcase where actors perform, adjust on the fly, and connect their artistry directly to industry expectations

Being able to do a variety of unique voices can be a huge plus in your career and make you a must-keep for clients and studios.The ability to portray different characters and make them sound different enough that you can have them in the same scene and not sound like they are the same person is a skill that few have, but not something that can't be learned.If you are interested, this may just be the course for you.

Esta edición en Español Latino de VA101 está diseñada para enseñarte a conocer tu instrumento vocal y aprender a dominarlo. Comenzaremos desde lo más básico y profundizaremos en la comprensión de sus diferentes partes, cómo controlarlas y cómo entrenarlas para garantizar su durabilidad.

Aprenderás sobre tu caja de voz, tus articuladores, postura, técnicas de calentamiento y respiración, consonantes, popeos, sibilancia, articulación natural, cómo manejar el ceceo, técnicas de microfoneo, ¡y mucho más!

A 4-week program that will change the way you work. Instead of fighting A.I., we learn to use it like a power tool for your voiceover career — while protecting your craft, your rights, and your future.

Game Mode is a dynamic VO program taught by Chris Okawa based on his monthly workout series Cricket Fam VO Jam curriculum he's taught at Cricket Sound for the past 4 years.Week over week it folds-in vocal disciplines specific to the video game genre, a genre unique for the opportunity to play the entire lifecycle of a character, it's epic theatrical scenework, and a branching, complex narrative structure.

Learn how to bring fights to life, spur the Player on, and access new and under-utilized corners of your voice. 

Game Mode 2.0 is a recommended companion program to Game Mode, and a comprehensive VO program taught by Chris Okawa based on his experience working week-in and week-out as a video game actor for the past 11 years.

As classes progress, you are thrown into video game recording-session simulations, working off grid-scripts, simulating physical states, finding those unique and viable NPC reads, and varying your takes. 

As an instructor, Chris has a workshop, one-on-one emphasis, and strives to lead actors to discover new depths to their characters and reimagine themselves as voice actors.

Make sure to check out FAQs down below!

Authentic Narration Voiceover is taught by Dave Bisson, A Chicago-based full-time voice artist who’s lent his voice to hundreds of TV, radio, & digital commercials, as well as industrial narrations, video games, toys, IVR, & just about every other form of VO except audiobooks (aside from his own).

Narration VO auditions typically demand a voice that is “friendly” & “welcoming”, as well as being “an authority” or “an expert.” This can be difficult when your script calls for you to discuss “the formation of malondialdehyde and conjugated diene compounds, which are cytotoxic and mutagenic.” Don’t forget to sound like an expert!

In this course, you will learn how to approach any Narration script and, by answering a few questions, find a voice that is authentic, conversational, friendly, & confident.

Additionally, this course will deal with all the traps and pitfalls Narration scripts can contain that are sabotaging your authentic voice without you even realizing it.

As with any profession or trade, it takes time for people to master their craft; voice acting included. A weekend seminar at a famous studio or a weeklong boot camp with a voice coach may be cool, but it probably won't increase your abilities to the point of landing loads of voice gigs. That's why we designed this course with the goal of making sure students see tangible improvements in not just acting, but speaking as a whole.

VA101 is designed to teach students about their vocal instrument and how to play it. Starting out from the basics and diving deep into understanding the different parts, how to control them, and how to train them to ensure its longevity. You will learn about your Voicebox, your articulators, posture, warmup and breathing techniques, consonants, plosives, sibilance, natural articulation, handling a lisp, mic techniques, and so much more!

In VA201 'The Emotional Roller Coaster', you will learn how important emotions are in the world of acting. Without feelings and emotions it is very difficult to bring words to life in a way that will engage the listener. Over the next 8 classes we will take you on the ride of a lifetime as we put you in the front seat of your emotional rollercoaster. You will work on techniques that will help you face your fears and get rid of any nerves you face that can get in the way of a great performance. You will discover how to bring hidden intentions into everything you read.

Explore an emotional journey and break down common basic emotions and get in touch with how you express emotions for different situations and how you can bring this into everything you do. You will uncover effective ways for your characters to express their emotions and hidden intentions that will differ from your own. Learn the different elements that contribute to creating emotion in your script from an acting perspective as well as production. Master the tools and techniques that will help you bring your scripts to life. You will learn how listening and reacting will completely change the way you perform. There will be plenty of scripts to read in this course, so grab your box of Kleenex, get your chops ready and hang on for an emotional ride into the world of emotional performance.

A solid foundation in audio as a voice talent in this modern remote-working world is imperative, especially when working with studios and engineers, and while it takes time to master the craft, we want to give you a fast and effective path towards a professional standard of work in your own home studio.

Over the course of 8 weeks we will introduce to you definitions & terms used when working with sound, as well as such necessary tools & techniques as gain staging, equalization (EQ), and compression, as well as real world uses of the skills needed to be successful.

You will be given audio examples and practical projects that relate closely to real-world professional practice. This is a hands on course designed to guide you, step-by-step, along the path to possessing a strong skillset in audio engineering your voiceovers.

Note: While we use REAPER as the main software to demonstrate our concepts and methods, what we teach is not only applicable to REAPER - everything we teach can be done in almost any program, from Audacity to Pro Tools.

If you use a different program and are worried about whether you'll still be able to follow along, reach out to Laneth to ask them about setting up some extra time to show you how to do it in your preferred program - and who knows, maybe a group session will be set up if a number of people use the same program!

Now that you’ve discovered how to use your instrument properly and how to bring emotional context into your words, it’s time to learn how to put it all together and learn how to act.

You will hear many terms used to describe someone who uses his or her voice to make a living. Voice Over, Voice Talent, Announcer etc., but one of the most important terms that most won’t debate is Voice Actor. After all, this is what we are doing, acting with our voice.

As we’ve described in previous workshops, Voice Acting is the combination of Theatre, Film and Broadcasting. It’s very helpful to have experience in all three in order to truly master the variety of skills needed for each individual project. No two projects are the same, so there is always a need for a variety of skills. In this course we will do our best to teach you all three.

It's time to get down to the nitty gritty!

As with any profession or trade, it takes time for people to master their craft; voice acting included. A weekend seminar at a famous studio or a weeklong boot camp with a voice coach may be cool, but it probably won't increase your abilities to the point of landing loads of voice gigs. That's why we designed this course with the goal of making sure students see tangible improvements in not just acting, but speaking as a whole.

Game Mode 2.0 is a recommended companion program to Game Mode, and a comprehensive VO program taught by Chris Okawa based on his experience working week-in and week-out as a video game actor for the past 11 years.

As classes progress, you are thrown into video game recording-session simulations, working off grid-scripts, simulating physical states, finding those unique and viable NPC reads, and varying your takes. 

As an instructor, Chris has a workshop, one-on-one emphasis, and strives to lead actors to discover new depths to their characters and reimagine themselves as voice actors.

Make sure to check out FAQs down below!

Commercial Voiceover is taught by Dave Bisson, A Chicago-based full-time voice artist who’s lent his voice to hundreds of TV, radio, & digital commercials, as well as industrial narrations, video games, toys, IVR, & just about every other form of VO except audiobooks.

Commercial VO auditions are near-universally asking for a read that’s “Conversational”, “Authentic”, “Genuine”, “Guy/Girl-next-door”, “A real person, not an actor” which has left a lot of aspiring (or even established) voiceover talent wondering how they can be any of these things for a script saying that power saws are on sale at the local hardware store. Even with characters in commercials, it's essential always to be authentic. 

In this course, you will learn how to approach any Commercial character script and, by answering a few simple questions, find a voice that is authentic, conversational, friendly, & confident – while still being a version of you.

Think of this class as an advanced version of our already authentic commercial VO class. You'll apply everything you've learned in those classes here.  

Game Mode is a dynamic VO program taught by Chris Okawa based on his monthly workout series Cricket Fam VO Jam curriculum he's taught at Cricket Sound for the past 4 years.Week over week it folds-in vocal disciplines specific to the video game genre, a genre unique for the opportunity to play the entire lifecycle of a character, it's epic theatrical scenework, and a branching, complex narrative structure.

Learn how to bring fights to life, spur the Player on, and access new and under-utilized corners of your voice.