VAM 166 | Interview with Jon Bailey, Part 1

Voice Acting Mastery: Become a Master Voice Actor in the World of Voice Over

Crispin Freeman | Voice Actor

Tv & Film

4.9 • 555 Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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0:00.0	You're listening to Voice Acting Mastery, episode number 166.
0:05.5	Welcome to the Voice Acting Mastery podcast with Crispin Freeman.
0:10.1	Voiceactingmastery.com is your place to learn both the skills and the mindset you need to become a professional voice actor, even if you're just getting started.
0:19.2	In each episode of this podcast, you'll discover valuable tips, tricks, and insider information to help you're just getting started. In each episode of this podcast, you'll discover valuable tips, tricks and insider information
0:24.5	to help you portray characters in animation, video games and beyond.
0:29.3	And now here's your host, voice actor Crispin Freeman.
0:36.9	Hi there, my name is Crispin Freeman, and I'll be your guide through the world of voice acting.
0:42.8	If you'd like to know more about me, feel free to check out my personal website at www.crispinfreeman.com.
0:50.3	Welcome to the first part of my interview with the epic voice guy himself, John Bailey.
0:56.2	Since 2009, John has worked in a number of different fields in voiceover,
1:00.0	from commercials to trailers, from games to animation, as well as loop groups and celebrity voice matching.
1:07.7	John's resume is long and varied.
1:13.8	You may be familiar with his work, as the council spokesman in the Xcom game series franchise, as Optimus Prime in Transformers Combiner Wars, and as both
1:19.9	shockwave and sound wave in the Transformers movie Bumblebee. What you may not be familiar with
1:26.6	is the fact that John voice matches many celebrities
1:29.5	when producers need either scratch tracks or replacement dialogue for trailers or even for the
1:35.4	final movie. He's voice matched Ryan Reynolds, Chris Hemsworth, and many other performers. In addition,
1:42.3	John is famous for being the epic trailer voice guy in the hit
1:45.9	YouTube series, Honest Trailers. John and I begin our discussion by talking about how he broke
1:52.0	into voiceover. It turns out that this involved quite a bit of serendipity. John was born and raised
1:58.2	in the Memphis, Tennessee area. Even though he enjoyed experimenting with his voice and mimicking other voice actors,
2:04.6	there weren't a lot of opportunities for professional acting work around Memphis.
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