Released on: February 14, 2008, 12:23 pm

Press Release Author: Voices.com

Industry: Entertainment

Press Release Summary: Pat Fraley shares advice about how to sound like a celebrity
actor by selectively choosing to mimic actors whose voices are close to a voice
actor\'s genetic vocal print focusing on six elements of voice matching.

Press Release Body: Toronto, Canada (Express Press Release) February 15 - Pat
Fraley, voice teacher, voice actor and author, is this week\'s expert on the podcast
Voice Over Experts, the most popular and subscribed to voice over podcast for
beginner and professional voice actors. Pat will be teaching a two-day event on
Voice Matching / Replacement, and Group ADR Technique in Los Angeles in a month, so
this podcast is timely as well as informative.

In Pat Fraley's lecture entitled, \"Voice Matching and Imitating Voices\", Pat shares
his knowledge on how to match voices with famous celebrities. Examples referenced
are actors Tim Allen and Jon Voight. A demonstration of a successful voice match
with Jon Voight is presented in the lecture, giving students a step-by-step formula
for matching the celebrity voice.

Pat Fraley has done voice matching and ADR for Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear in \"Toy
Story II\" and a wealth of other films including \"Wild Hogs\". Fraley has made
$500,000.00 over the past 12 years mimicking Tim Allen\'s Buzz Lightyear character
for movies, toys, rides and the like.

As a contributor to the Voice Over Experts Podcast, Pat Fraley lectures on a regular
basis, helping aspiring talent to understand, develop and succeed in the business of
voice acting and voice overs. The lectures are available in the form of podcasts and
are available for free subscription through the Apple iTunes Podcast Directory, to
be enjoyed at any time.

The Voice Over Experts Podcast can be found and subscribed to for free in the iTunes
Podcast Directory and online at the Voices.com Podcast Center.

To learn more about Pat Fraley, go to:

http://www.patfraley.com

To learn more about the Voice Over Experts Podcast, visit:

http://podcasts.voices.com/voiceoverexperts/


About Pat Fraley

Patrick Fraley has created voices for over 4,000 characters, placing him among the
top ten performers of all time to be cast in animation. He has produced dozens of
award-winning audiobooks, such as, Adventures of Tom Sawyer, A Very Easy Death, and
The Light in The Piazza. Pat produced and performed all 100 voices on the award
winning audiobook, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which People Magazine hailed
as, "The best yet of this evergreen." Patrick teaches events, workshops, and
seminars on various aspects of voice over across the country, and has created a
variety of instructional books and CDs, all available at PatFraley.com. He is a
member of The Voice and Speech Trainers of America, and holds a Master of Fine Arts
degree in Professional Acting from Cornell University.


About Voices.com

Based in London, Canada, Voices.com provides an online marketplace, facilitating
transactions between business clients and voice-over professionals employing a
comprehensive suite of web-based services. Clients that have worked at Voices.com
include NBC, ESPN, PBS, The History Channel, Reader\'s Digest, Comcast, Nortel
Networks, Bell Canada, Microsoft, Cisco Systems, ING, Western Union, Ford, GM,
Jaguar, US Army, the US Government and more.



Web Site: http://www.voices.com

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