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Everything is Recorded

All on-mic coaching sessions are recorded, and you’ll get a copy of everyone’s recordings – not just yours! Use the direction we give others to rapidly build your own performing skills.

Get the training you need in the niche of your choice.

P.I.E. isn’t just for those getting started in voiceover! If you’ve got a specific niche you’d like to focus on, just bring some challenging scripts with you to P.I.E. (or let us know the niche), and James will work with you to hone your specific performing skills in that niche.

Get Your Piece of the Voiceover PIE

Performing for voiceover can be some of the best… and most profitable… fun you’ll have! Ever!

But “doing voiceover” professionally as a full-time voice artist can be challenging, frustrating, and expensive… especially if you don’t know what you’re doing! In other words, voiceover, in many ways, is exactly like any other business you might start. And, rest assured, voiceover is a business!

But there are also many things that make voiceover very different from other business ventures… and voiceover is not for everyone!

To learn how to “do the business” correctly, you need to study with someone who’s done it… and continues to do it. We’ve been working in voiceover, both on mic and as producers, directors, copy writers, coaches, and production engineers for more than 40 years.

Need more credibility? How about 11 Emmys for audio production and sound design, the author of “The Art of Voice Acting,” considered by most professionals to be the “bible” of the industry, and co-producer of the VOICE conventions, the world’s original International voiceover convention.

Do some research before you sign up for any voiceover workshop! And consider, very carefully, any coach who tells you that “you’ve got a great voice,” or recommends that you produce an expensive demo after taking only a few classes. Chances are you may not be ready.

There are literally thousands of people who want to break into voiceover, and those who succeed will be the people who are well trained and know what they’re doing. We’ll make sure you have the basic performing and business skills locked in to get your voiceover work on the right path.

Is voiceover Right for You?

Maybe . . . maybe not!

Voiceover isn’t for everyone. Only you can be the judge as to whether or not pursuing a career in voiceover is right for you.

But we can say that many of our students never intend to become voiceover talent. The performing and communication skills we teach are often more important than “breaking into voiceover.”

We’ve taught professional speakers, sales people, clergy, television news reporters and anchors, actors, tele-marketers, and even theme park employees how to be more effective communicators through the use of voiceover and acting skills.

Voiceover is a specialized area of “show-business” that requires dedication, acting ability, specialized performing skills, excellent reading skills, and passion.

To be truly successful, you must want to do voiceover because you can’t live without it! If you don’t know yet if VO is something you might want to pursue, then our recommendation is to read The Art of Voice Acting book before you take any voiceover class. Just because people tell you “you’ve got a great voice — you should be doing commercials,” doesn’t mean you should drop everything and start taking voiceover classes.

“Breaking into voiceover” is a serious decision that can literally change your life . . . and you should at least learn the basics about the craft and business of voiceover before you spend your hard-earned money on more classes, books, and workshops.

PIE is Different

Our goal is to give you the best training and education in acting for voiceover that you will find anywhere. Our primary training is our Weekend Performance Intensive, which includes nearly 6 hours of webinars and 2 very full days of hands-on, fast-paced, personalized coaching for the in-person workshop and two consecutive weekends of 3 hours each day for our online workshop. We also offer a 2-day condensed online version from time to time that we call “PIE in the Sky” which also includes the webinars.

The VoiceActing Academy Performance Intensive Event is NOT a seminar or webinar where you passively listen to lectures or simply watch your computer screen! Oh, no… PIE is a totally interactive workshop. When you attend either our San Diego Performance Intensive in person, or our online PIE workshop, you’ll be interacting with James throughout the event.

After you’ve got some basic training under your belt, we offer very affordable on-going support and coaching through our Conductor’s Club membership site. Visit www.ConductorsClub.com for details. Personalized private coaching is also available.

The VoiceActing Academy P.I.E. Workshop is all about using acting, voiceover, and performing techniques for more effective communication – and these skills can be used in every area of your life.

Because this workshop is all about your performance, you will – of course – get lots of time on mic! But, unlike most other VO workshops, we don’t put you in front of a microphone before you know what you’re doing. The first section of our workshop consists of a series of comprehensive webinars designed to help you fully understand the performing concepts you’ll be working with when you are on mic. We encourage you to study the webinars before attending the workshop. By the way… after the workshop, you’ll continue to have access to the webinars, so you can review them whenever you like.

During the VoiceActing Academy Performance Intensive Event Workshop:

• You’ll get first-hand experience learning how to apply voice acting and performance techniques.
• You’ll receive intensive, personalized one-on-one coaching throughout the workshop.
• You’ll get the information you need to know to be successful as a voice actor and communicator.
• You’ll learn “tricks of the trade” and other tools you can use to immediately improve the way you communicate with others.
• You’ll learn acting and performing “tricks” and techniques that you won’t find in any other voiceover or acting workshop… anywhere.
• You’ll receive the recordings of everyone in your workshop – not just your recordings. Every coaching session is different, and we’ll often give a direction note or tip to someone else in your workshop that you can use to improve your performance. You’ll have access to everything recorded.

Sometimes a Little PIE Just Isn’t Enough!

Register today for the VAA Performance Intensive Event

Full advance early-bird registration tuition is $697.

Or you can get access to the Webinars only for a $200 deposit. Your deposit gives you $200 off the current tuition of any future PIE workshop.

If you register with a “Webinars Only/Deposit” payment option, you will only have access to the PIE webinars. Registration details and bonuses will only be sent upon receipt of full payment or balance due and selection of workshop month.

, * Things You Should Know about our PIE Terms and Conditions:

After registering you’ll have the opportunity to add additional items or go directly to Check Out.

*Full walk-in tuition is $897 – Full advance tuition is $697. An Early-Bird tuition at a lower price may or may not be offerred for any of our events.

Senior, Military and Graduate discounts available.

Minimum Attendance: A minimum of two full-paid attendees is required for any San Diego in-person PIE workshop and a minimum of 3 full-paid attendees is required for the online PIE In the Sky workshop to take place as scheduled. If the minimum number of attendees is not reached within two weeks of the scheduled workshop start, the event may be rescheduled. Workshops are capped at a maximum of 10 participants.

Auditing the P.I.E. Workshop: The P.I.E. workshop is a small group event with very personalized coaching that is customized for each attendee. Also, the bulk of lecture material is included in the webinars that accompany registration. For these and other reasons, we do not permit auditing.

Discounts: Graduates of past VoiceActing Academy Performance Workshops (either the original AOVA 8-week workshop, the P.I.E. workshop, or the VAA Mastering the Business of Voiceover) may attend any P.I.E. workshop at a discounted tuition of $100.00 (That’s a total of $100 to re-take the workshop, not a discount of the full tuition). The discounted tuition for other workshops will be noted in the “Discount” disclaimer on that event information page. A maximum of two graduates (in addition to the minimum number of attendees) may be admitted per workshop, depending on the number of full-paid attendees registered. Graduates are admitted on a first-come basis about a week prior to workshop start.

Seniors over 65 and Military receive a $50 discount off all regular workshop tuition. Senior/Military discount does not apply for graduate registration. Only one discount may be applied for any event registration.

Deposit: A non-refundable deposit of $200 (or $200 of your full tuition payment) gives you immediate lifetime access to the PIE webinars. This deposit may be applied to the current regular, early-bird or advanced registration tuition for any future PIE workshop training event.

Cancellation: You may cancel your registration for this event if notice of cancellation is delivered in writing by email or US Postal Service within 30 days from your original registration date (addresses below). Upon cancellation, your registration tuition will be refunded less the $200 non-refundable deposit fee for lifetime access to the webinars. After cancellation, you will continue to have access to the webinars.

Refunds: Refund or cancellation requests after 30 days from the date of registration, or a “no-show” without written notification, will not be honored.

Rescheduling: Your registration and paid tuition or deposit can be applied to a future workshop under the following conditions: 1) In the event of cancellation or rescheduling by VoiceActing Academy, 2) You notify us in writing no less than 10 days prior to the start date of a workshop you have registered for, and you do not attend. 3) A situation arises in which you are able to attend only a portion of the full event, or 4) If you registered with a $200 deposit, with the intention of attending a P.I.E. workshop, but fail to attend, your deposit can be applied to any future PIE workshop. A “no-show” (you fail to attend and have not notified us by phone or email) will result in a forfeiture of your tuition. We cannot refund or reschedule you if you do not attend and have not notified us.

Location: Workshop location and other event details for in-person workshops, or online access information will be sent via email upon completion of registration or deposit. If you do not receive your confirmation email with links, or if links are not working, please call 858.484.0220 for assistance.

Travel: Travel and accommodations are not included in tuition. We recommend holding off on making hotel and travel arrangements until we confirm the event. The online PIE workshop is held via Zoom video conference and requires no travel.

Tuition: Full regular walk-in tuition for PIE is $897. Advance payment of $697 in full at time of registration will earn a discount of $200 off the full tuition. A non-refundable deposit of $200 gives you unlimited access to the webinars and guarantees your seat at a future workshop with a balance of $497 due prior to the event.

Demo Production: The PIE workshop does NOT include a demo, and we do not recommend using your workshop recordings for a demo. 98% of those attending a first-time voiceover workshop are nowhere near ready for their demo. The 2% of exceptions are usually those who already have a strong stage or on-camera acting background or an individual who has natural acting abilities (a rarity). Your voiceover demo is a completely separate marketing tool that should only be considered after mastering your performing skills and developing a business plan. See the section on this website for Your Demo for more about demos and our demo production services.

Business Hours: For the purpose of this notice, business days are Monday through Friday, not including holidays, 10am to 5pm. Send your refund, cancellation or rescheduling request to: info@voiceacting.com, by mail to VoiceActing Academy at the address on the “Contact Us” page of this website, or call 858.484.0220 M-F between 10am and 5pm PT. These terms and conditions are subject to change or revision at any time without notice.