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Dave Courvoisier, Voice Actor (CourVO)

The Daniels/Courvoisier "Social Media" presentation at VOICE2010 is taking shape. Don't miss it! @Tdaniels39 #VO #VoiceOver Apr 25

HERE'S WHAT VOICE ACTORS ARE DOING AROUND THE WORLD!

Dave Courvoisier commented on Diane Merritt's blog post 'Life after VOICE 2010'

Bless you Diane!... that comment makes my day... and urges me to keep after it for all the gaps I have in my plan, too... Have a great week! Dave C

August 23

Ed Cowden joined Dave Courvoisier's group

Ask an Anchor

On-Camera presentation skills -- for the occasional job that requires you to be on camera. How to use the Tele-Promp-ter. Where to look? How to look? Memorizing. Interviewing skills. Dress. Make-up. Dealing with HD. Preparing for your session.

August 2

The Daniels/Courvoisier "Social Media" presentation at VOICE2010 is taking shape. Don't miss it! @Tdaniels39 #VO #VoiceOver

April 25

Veeeeery nice new upgrade to the site, Zurek!

December 9, 2009

I just posted a brand new website that offers quick, simple tips for improving your on-cam personal videos. Visit http://www.OnCamTips.com

November 10, 2009

Hate head colds!...makes my voice deeper, but when it's gone, I can't replicate for "do-overs".

October 5, 2009

Profile Information

I WORK IN THE VOICE OVER INDUSTRY AS A(N)

Voice Actor

HERE'S A LITTLE ABOUT ME AND MY VOICE OVER EXPERIENCE

I anchor 3 half-hour newscasts daily as the main weeknight news anchor at the CBS-affiliated station in Las Vegas, NV KLAS-TV.

I'm an Emmy-award-winning broadcaster, writer, producer.

I've worked with my voice all my life. I'm a singer, and have years of voice-over expertise, on-camera presentation, live-reporting, public-speaking, hosting, Emcee-ing, producing, writing, and editing.

I'm a blogger of all things voice-over. Come see me at: http://www.courvo.biz

I grew up on a crop farm in the middle of South Central Illinois. Pigs, cows, chickens, horses...wheat, beans, corn...I know the value of hard work and persistence.

University of Illinois, BS, MS 1977...that's my alma mater, and where my oldest daughter now attends as a Dance Major.

Graduate: School of hard knocks in Radio, TV News...all over the country. My first job was at KCCC, The Golden Country sound of Carlsbad, NM.

Interests: Racquetball, God, Computers, reading, 3 daughters, all things internet.

I'm proud to be part of the greatest online community of performers, marrying today's hottest medium (internet) with the world's best artists (Voice-actors)!

LANGUAGES

good ole unaffected Midwestern American English

VOICE DESCRIPTION

rich, malleable baritone
conversational, yet concise

DIALECTS, Character voices and vocal impressions

Slovak or Russian, German, French, Italian, Boston, Tex-Arkana, Hindi

VOICES I AM ABLE TO PERFORM

Senior Male, Middle Age Male, Young Adult Male

AUDIO DELIVERY METHOD

ISDN, Source Connect, Audio TX, FTP, AIF, MP3, WAV

EQUIPMENT

Sennheiser MKH416 P48, Alesis Multi-Mix8 USB, dbx 266, Pre-Sonus Tube Pre, Pro-Tools 7.4, Adobe Audition 3.0

WEBSITE

http://www.courvo.com

VOICE 2008 Was Amazing...!!!

Dave Courvoisier's Blog

Anybody coming...?

...to InfoComm next week in Vegas? Here's the website: http://www.infocomm.org/cps/rde/xchg/infocomm/hs.xsl/events_5105.htm

InfoComm 2008 claims to be: "...the leading business-to-business marketplace for display, projection, audio, conferencing, lighting and staging, digital signage, Internet streaming and networked presentation and communications systems..."

Now, I know that's not exactly everything a voice-artist would buy a plane ticket to see, esp. at today's fuel prices... but if you're… Continue

Posted on June 11, 2008 at 3:48am —

Rate Sheet Returns

Well, it took longer than I expected (a funeral and TV ratings kinda got in the way), but my little survey on what voice-actors charge for their talents is now done, and you can download your own copy of this MS Word.doc HERE

Names have been deleted to protect the innocent. You'll find a little bit of everything here...but overall, something for everybody to learn.

Thanks for of you who helped with the cause!

CourVO

Posted on May 29, 2008 at 9:20pm — 1 Comment

Rate Sheets

I'm hoping to get responses from voice-actors everywhere on their formulas for quoting clients.

I promise to collate, assimilate and disseminate the results to everyone.

I'd write up my proposal again here, but it's already on my blog at:

http://www.courvo.biz/2008/05/friends-country.html

Your input appreciated. Feedback by commenting at the bottom of the blog or e-mailing me personally. courvo@courvo.com.

Thanks!

CourVO

Posted on May 9, 2008 at 7:07pm —

Livin' the Life -- Voice Acting in Vegas

Hey everybody!

Dave Courvoisier here in Las Vegas. Nice! Very nice place on the web here. I'll be visiting often.

In the meantime, please come and see what's happnin' on my blog Voice-Acting in Vegas @
http://www.courvo.biz

Dave Courvoisier
702-610-6288
http://www.courvo.com

Posted on May 6, 2008 at 3:05am —

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At 2:15am on January 14, 2010, Alton (Al) Hoover said…: Dave: Thought it would be interesting to collect the top recommended Pro Tools plug-ins used by voiceover home studio users. My list would include: BNR, Normalize, and EQ 3. When you are putting your money where your mouth is, what plug-ins add real value? Share and enjoy! Al

http://www.voiceoveruniverse.com/profiles/blogs/top-10-plugins-for-vo-work-in

At 10:20pm on December 21, 2009, Dan (Daniel Eduardo) Hurst said…: Hi Dave!

I know you’ve been a member of Voiceover Universe for some time, but I wanted to introduce one of our groups to you.

I hope you'll check out and join a group called MARKETING FOR FUN AND PROFIT. It's a group dedicated to discussing ways we can market ourselves - what works; what doesn't. You’ll find some very interesting ideas and concepts there! And we would appreciate your input. Click here for the link: MARKETING FOR FUN AND PROFIT!

Thanks for your time! I trust our paths will cross soon!

Best to ya!

dan (daniel eduardo) hurst
www.danhurst.com

At 10:07am on November 16, 2009, Maurice Tyson said…: Hi, Dave! I dug into the local library and found Alice Whitfield's Take It From The Top, which although it's circ.1992, still has asome nuggets of wisdom.

At 7:27am on November 9, 2009, Bob Souer said…: Happy Birthday, Dave!

Be well,
Bob Souer

At 4:29am on August 6, 2009, Dave Courvoisier said…: Andy, The pleasure was all mine, believe me! Let me know how I can help you!

Dave C

At 2:59am on August 6, 2009, Andy Boyns said…: Hi!

Thanks for including me on your blog. For a few minutes I'll remain speechless (generally not good for a VO, but this is an exception) and proud to have been supported in this way.

best regards
andy

At 6:20pm on April 22, 2009, Louie Benson said…: Hey, caught you on the Mike Shain send-off. Haven't told you until now because I haven't been on here until now.

At 1:49pm on November 2, 2008, Alex Myers said…: Hello Dave,
I saw your quote on Nancy Wolfson's site, she does seem pretty impressive. Would you recommend her coaching? Are they any other coaches that you've worked with that you've found helpful?
Alex

At 9:06pm on October 13, 2008, DAVID ALDEN said…: Hiya Dave,

Pardon the generic email, however, I just want to touch base with those of you on VOU & Voices.com to THANK YOU for commenting on the my recent podcast re TV Promos on Voices.com. In my world everyone is a winner... so if I can be of any assistance and answer a breif question or two, please feel free to contact me.

Best regards,

David

p.s. btw you were an awesome MC for VO2008