You're listening to Voice Acting Mastery, episode number 124.

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This is the second part of my interview with my good friend Richard Tatum.

Richard is not only an accomplished voice actor and voiceover teacher, but also an amazing

producer of voiceover demos. You may know him as Rex Goodman in Fallout 4, the voice of

Theodore Roosevelt in Civilization 6, and Omar Harmosi from the animated series Static Shock.

I first came across Richard's work as a demo producer when one of my students played me her demos,

and I was blown away by how well they represented her abilities as an actress.

Not only was her character demo very compelling, but her commercial demo was impressive as well.

When I asked her who had produced them, she introduced me to Richard, and he and I have been friends

ever since.

In our previous interview segment, we discussed the beginning of Richard's acting journey

and how his strong theatrical acting background helped him pursue a voiceover career.

Amazingly, Richard broke into voice acting not just once,

but twice. The first time was around 1996, when he got his first agent and started booking

voiceover work in Los Angeles. Unfortunately, when the actors' union strike against commercials in

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