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MJ Lallo - “Alien Angels”

By Michelle Blenker, Staff Writer OOOOOOOooooooOOOOOOOooooo! There’s something SPOOOOKY COMING TO OUR OCTOOOOOOBER PEEP EVENT AND YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS IT! “But ANNE, I don’t want to be a scaredy cat and worried about coming to the Peeps….should I be AFRAID???” Well, only if you are afraid of one of the most talented and recognized VO Actors in the Business! THAT'S RIGHT, WE ARE ONCE AGAIN WELCOMING THE ONE AND ONLY (and not AT ALL SCARY) MJ LALLO to the house!

About MJ

MJ Lallo established MJ Productions in 1983 in San Francisco. She expanded into VO in 1991 and moved to LA in 1998, eventually opening her own recording facility and VO school in 2000. MJ has 24 years of experience in audio, music production and voice over for the advertising, entertainment and corporate market as well as voice development for private and group coaching for business clients’ presentations. MJ Lallo does it all at MJ Productions Recording Studio’s in Burbank – She is a ONE STOP SHOP for all of your VO needs from training to talent to demos and experience! She’s n award winning VO artist, VO casting director and she’s directed hundreds of VO projects: commercials, animation feature films, episodic animation, games, infomercials, audio books, and medical videos. She has also contributed audio tracks to James Alburgers last 3 editions of The Art of Voice Acting”well and as the 12 track CD included in “ Voice Over for Animation” by Jean Ann Wright and MJ Lallo, published by Focal Press in 2009. She produced the DVD “Marketing Yourself in Voice Over”, video “Fun Voice Over Techniques & Exercises, and Animation Audition techniques”! Some of her clients are: Disney Imagineering’s, Universal Interactive, DreamWorks, Cartoon Network, PBS Kids , Houghton –Mifflin Books, Penguin Books, Simon & Schuster, Miramax, Columbia Pictures, Johnson & Johnson. MJ Lallo has done voice looping for feature films and her unique vocalizing with digital processors won her three Addy Awards and 10 Popular Panel Award from ASACP. Her Vocalese album is “Voices from the Night Sky”. She has done VO for: Disney, Miramax,Universal Pictures, Fox Kids, Didgimon, Johnson & Johnson, IBM, GNC, Intel, Harcout Brace, The Vatican…yada yada! And as if THAT wasn’t enough to be AFRAID of, MJ is currently directing an episodic animation program called “Clay Kids” which your welcome to check out at www.claykids.com. MJ plays the part of Albert and it is a HOOT to hear her character. Please JOIN ME on the 25th of October to welcome the AWESOME (and once again not at all scary) MJLallo!  

Not one, but TWO generous donations!

Scholarship #1 - One on One Coaching with MJ Lallo Raffle Scholarship

Anyone Can Enter!

As if just meeting MJ isn’t enough, by supporting the VO Peeps Career Education Scholarship Fund, one lucky winner (in house or from our worldwide streaming audience) will receive a ONE HOUR IN PERSON (or Skype) SESSION  WITH THE ONE AND ONLY MJ LALLO to be raffled off at the event!

How To Enter ...

Simply Donate Today - and be entered in the raffle to win!  For each $10.00 you donate to the cause,  you'll get one chance to win!  And for every $50 you donate, we'll give you SIX (6) raffle ticket chances to win!   So the more you donate - the better your chances of winning this fabulous prize!  Anyone can enter – You do not need to be present to win!     If you prefer, you may also email me at [email protected] or call me with your order at 949-630-3208!    But hurry!  You don't have much time to get in on this awesome prize package!

Scholarship #2 - MJ Lallo Class Scholarship - Call for Applicants

Please Read Eligibility Requirements Below:

ADDITIONALLY we are SCARING UP APPLICANTS for ANOTHER GENEROUS DONATION BY MJ FOR HER Beginning VO Commercial & Animation Combo Class (Valued at $465!!!)

About the class:

You’ll learn how to interpret and read all types of commercial, narration, games and animation copy – singles, duos and groups. Classes will cover:

Breathing, Physicalization, Voice stretching, Voice Placement

Commercials, Promos, Narrations, Corp reads, Games, Animation

Developing your signature voice as well variations of your signature voice

  How To Enter ...

You must Apply by OCTOBER 20 

One (1) Grand prize Scholarships to be awarded! Our Winner will be announced at the Peep Meetup IN Irvine on October 25th!

Eligibility Requirements:

Scholarship(s) must be available in order to apply. When available, Scholarship(s) and corresponding Call for Applicants will be posted prominently on this site, as well as advertised through various Social Media channels .

Must be 18 years of age or older

Clearly display a passion for voiceovers, voiceover acting & voiceover performance, and demonstrate a financial need for this Scholarship in order to be eligible.

Students, veterans & disabled persons strongly encouraged to apply

Aspiring & Part Time talent also eligible.

Applicants agree to allow their story and all associated files and/or photographs to be published in all media forms

Winning Applicant must accept or decline Award with 3 days

If Winning Recipient declines, another applicant will be chosen

All products and/or services Awarded hold no cash value, and may not be exchanged

To Apply:

A written essay (no more than 2 pages) detailing current voiceover work experience and planned objectives and desire for growing your business, as well as established need OR For aspiring and part time talent, a written essay (no more than 2 pages) detailing your desire to enter the voiceover field and established need.

A recorded version of the essay, spoken by the applicant, attached to application in mp3 format. Video formats also accepted.

Recorded Audition for VO PEEP Scholarship Promo Spot in mp3 format – Select (one) piece of copy only! DOWNLOAD COPY HERE

Contact/Personal Info: Name, address, Daytime & evening phone numbers, E-Mail address

Submit applications OCTOBER 20, 2014 to [email protected] with the Subject Line: MJ Lallo Scholarship

All applications will be reviewed by a panel of industry professionals. Scholarship winners are chosen by a board of industry professionals on the basis of financial need, personal circumstances and achievements, educational goals, and the likely impact of the scholarship on their lives. Winners will be announced October 25th at the VO PEEP MEETUP in IRVINE!  

Join Us!

By Michelle Blenker, Staff Writer

VO Peeps presents 2 special Scholarship Opportunities!

Scholarship #1

One on One Coaching with MJ Lallo

Raffle Donation Scholarship!

Anyone can Enter!

As if just meeting MJ at our October 25 meetup isn’t enough, by supporting the VO Peeps Career Education Scholarship Fund, one lucky winner (in house or from our worldwide streaming audience) will receive a ONE HOUR IN PERSON (or Skype) SESSION ($130.00 Value) WITH THE ONE AND ONLY MJ LALLO to be raffled off at our October 25 Meetup with MJ Lallo!

How To Enter ...

Simply Donate Today - and be entered in the raffle to win!  For each $10.00 you donate to the cause,  you'll get one chance to win!  And for every $50 you donate, we'll give you SIX (6) raffle ticket chances to win!   So the more you donate - the better your chances of winning this fabulous prize!  Anyone can enter – You do not need to be present to win!     If you prefer, you may also email me at [email protected] or call me with your order at 949-630-3208!    But hurry!  You don't have much time to get in on this awesome prize package!

Scholarship #2

MJ Lallo Class Scholarship

Call For Applicants - Apply By October 20, 2014!

Please Read Eligibility Requirements Below:

There’s a crisp fall air (well we can dream can’t we) bringing in some new BLOOD to the VO business each and every day! As many of us know, the demand for classes in the beginning of any solid VO career takes a lot of dough! But because of the GENEROUS donation given to the VO PEEP Scholarship Education Fund from our dear friend MJ Lallo,   we are pleased to announce this Scholarship. We are looking for a Beginning VO talent who is SERIOUS about their craft and has a financial hardship which has kept them from attending one of MJ’s fabulous courses!  THANK YOU MJ!  VO Peeps Love you!

THIS GRAND PRIZE INCLUDES:

One Full registration for  MJ Lallo's Beginning VO Commercial & Animation Combo Class: ($465 Retail Value) You’ll learn how to interpret and read all types of commercial, narration, games and animation copy – singles, duos and groups. Classes will cover:

Breathing, Physicalization, Voice stretching, Voice Placement

Commercials, Promos, Narrations, Corp reads, Games, Animation

Developing your signature voice as well variations of your signature voice

One (1) Grand prize Scholarships to be awarded! Our Winner will be announced at the Peep Meetup IN Irvine on October 25th!

You must Apply by OCTOBER 20, 2014!

Eligibility Requirements:

Scholarship(s) must be available in order to apply. When available, Scholarship(s) and corresponding Call for Applicants will be posted prominently on this site, as well as advertised through various Social Media channels .

Must be 18 years of age or older

Clearly display a passion for voiceovers, voiceover acting & voiceover performance, and demonstrate a financial need for this Scholarship in order to be eligible.

Students, veterans & disabled persons strongly encouraged to apply

Aspiring & Part Time talent also eligible.

Applicants agree to allow their story and all associated files and/or photographs to be published in all media forms

Winning Applicant must accept or decline Award with 10 days

If Winning Recipient declines, another applicant will be chosen

All products and/or services Awarded hold no cash value, and may not be exchanged

  To Apply:

A written essay (no more than 2 pages) detailing current voiceover work experience and planned objectives and desire for growing your business, as well as established need OR For aspiring and part time talent, a written essay (no more than 2 pages) detailing your desire to enter the voiceover field and established need.

A recorded version of the essay, spoken by the applicant, attached to application in mp3 format. Video formats also accepted.

Recorded Audition for MCAI/VO PEEP Promo Spot in mp3 format – Select (one) piece of copy only! DOWNLOAD COPY HERE

Contact/Personal Info: Name, address, Daytime & evening phone numbers, E-Mail address

Submit applications OCTOBER 20, 2014 to [email protected] with the Subject Line: MJ Lallo Scholarship

  All applications will be reviewed by a panel of industry professionals. Scholarship winners are chosen by a board of industry professionals on the basis of financial need, personal circumstances and achievements, educational goals, and the likely impact of the scholarship on their lives. Winners will be announced October 25th at the VO PEEP MEETUP in IRVINE!  

About The Scholarship Fund

MJ Lallo - Take Me With You (80s compilation on Seance Centre)

Take Me With You is a revelatory voyage through the captivating universe of voice artist and poet MJ Lallo. The works on this 2LP compilation were all recorded in her home studio between 1982 and 1997, primarily using drum computer, synth and her own voice processed through a Yamaha SPX 90 digital effects unit. They range from wordless harmonizer mantras and primitive drum computer meditations, to psychedelic latin dance-floor anthems and synth-drenched end-of-the-nighters.

Lallo has created her own inimitable galaxy of sound where the human voice, liberated from the constraints of language and abstracted using digital technology, is able to explore the outer realms of human expression, like Joan La Barbara with an Eventide and a new-age sensibility. Although Lallo’s flight path is distinctly her own, her journey converges with other travellers as diverse as Jon Hassell, Laraaji, Stereolab, William Aura, Laurie Anderson, Meredith Monk, Gertrude Stein and even Terry Gilliam (whose film Brazil was a big influence on Lallo). Like something beamed in from another planet, Lallo’s work is both fascinatingly strange and strangely familiar, and will leave a lasting impression for lightyears to come. Double gatefold LP, remastered DMM pressing.

So... yeah, things are pretty terrible right now, as far as my productivity goes.  Not only am I falling increasingly farther behind with the new character posts for @terasterrace, but I haven’t done the comic for d24 that was supposed to be up a week and a half ago (heck, I haven’t even finished putting up the previous comic, which was, alas, not by any stretch of definition done in 24 hours).  I haven’t made any significant progress lately on the storyboards I was hoping to submit to @cartoonhangover‘s GO! Cartoons (and I have no idea how much longer submissions will be open... if indeed they still are).  I am behind on everything, and I am getting pretty much nothing done.

There is, of course, a light at the end of the tunnel, but the end of the tunnel is presently about two and a half months away.  Still... come June, I will be so much happier.  I mean, I’m not going to be any less busy than I am now, but I’m going to be busy with creative projects I want to work on, rather than with grading papers and preparing lessons that nobody pays attention to anyway (I am awful at classroom management).

In the meantime... I’ve still got some things going on toward my creative goals, I guess.  Last Saturday I attended a workshop on selling an animated series, presented by Rita Street of @radarcartoons, executive producer of Ruby Gloom, among other projects (and former publisher of Animation Magazine).  To be honest, I’d been a little hesitant about going, thinking I’d be in over my head (as much as I would like to someday sell an animated series, yeah, I am nowhere near at that level right now), but I do think I got a lot out of it, and I’m glad I went.  I thought I’d be too intimidated to say anything or ask any questions, but I ended up... er, probably talking rather more than my share.

(One thing Rita Street recommended at the workshop: Have more than one concept ready to pitch!  In fact, as many as possible, so if one is too similar to a project a studio already has, or for some other reason isn’t what they’re looking for right now, you have other concepts to present.  Huh.  I’d have thought it was better to focus on one or two things, but I guess not... right now I have what I think is one solid concept for a kids’ series and one for an adult animated comedy series, but... you know, I’m going to come up with some more.  Though maybe not till June.)

Also at the workshop, I met and spoke briefly with voiceover artist, producer, and casting director MJ Lallo, who mentioned that she was starting new beginner classes soon.  So last night I attended her Introduction to Voiceover class, and I’m seriously considering taking her Beginning Voiceover Commercial & Animation class starting in April... though this would mean missing out for five weeks on a Thursday night filmmaker’s group meeting I like to attend.