Don't Shelve Your Dreams | Brad Hyland
Bring on the milk & cookies...because Santa has arrived! Brad Hyland, who is not only the voice of Santa for the Elf on the Shelf series, he is also a coach, mentor, voice actor, husband, father, grandfather and friend. He says he didn't really start living until 2016, which is when he returned to voice over, a career that Brad says was 40 years in the making! Before voice over came back into his life, he enjoyed being involved with stand up comedy, extra work for on-camera projects, was a frontman for a rock & blues band & had a long career in the sales & corporate world. As a voice actor Brad has had the pleasure to work on many amazing projects, like Elf on the Shelf, but also is the voice of Charlie the Tuna for Starkist, has narrated films for National Parks, multiple characters on video games, and currently can be heard on the Titanic Experience tour.
We chat about trusting yourself, how to be natural in your reads, being trained, having confidence, get good at auditioning, using an audition tracker...Plus all the usually creative chaos, like what is the strangest thing any of us bought online & what are a few things Brad collects ???
Brad's website - https://www.americanvoicepower.com/
This is a shareable podcast, with a group of creatives, documenting their creative voice over & on-camera journeys to inspire all of us as we navigate our own paths! This pod may bring golden nuggets of wisdom, yet is not an education based show.
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Brad Hyland
Voice Actor, Coach, Mentor
Brad Hyland was born on April 1st, 2016. Or rather, that's the day he started really living. Because that's the day Brad returned to voiceover as a full-time voice actor. You see, Brad's been studying and working in VO since before the internet. His first training, demos (recorded on a DAT file), and initial jobs were almost 40 years ago. But a new family and the "day job" kept him from being able to fully commit to VO as a career, so he worked another career for 35 years before deciding it was time to pursue his passion.
He also spent two decades dabbling in standup comedy and movie extra work, as well as honing his pipes as front man for a rock & blues band for eight years.
But Brad's love of performing never went away and is now satisfied daily as an actively booking voiceover talent, coach, and mentor. Brad works from his home studio near Washington DC, serving customers all over the world. He can tackle any assignment with his versatile voice and ability to take direction. The core of his business includes commercial, corporate & film narration, as well as explainers and voice messaging of all kinds. Some of his favorite work includes being the voice of Santa for the Elf on the Shelf, Voice of Charlie Tuna for Starkist and Narrating films for National Parks, like the Crazy Horse Monument in South Dakoda and the Craters Of The Moon National Park in Idaho. Brad also loves booking multiple character voices for video games. He was a multiple OneVoice award winner in 2023 and a nominee for Best Male voice actor for… Read More
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S 4 | Trailer - Keeping Up With Chaos - From the Booth & Beyond
We have evolved again! Into Creative Chaos! There's 5 of us, voice over & on-camera actors, sharing out journeys from the very beginning. You'll hear about all our ups & downs through shared experiences, adventures and maybe a few guest …