Its always important for people offering classes, workshops, or
private sessions to help build confidence for prospective clients by
providing actual testimonials from previous clients. There are a lot of
shady people promising the world and in the end they just want your
money. I can only plug my own legitimacy so much. I think it means more
coming from those who have now worked with me. I copy/pasted their
emails, unedited. The only prompting I asked for was an honest
evaluation of my sessions.....
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I've been interested in voice acting for over a year now, my first real
introduction to the way the industry worked was from a small workshop
at Mikomicon 2008- which was lead by Kyle. As soon as I found out he
was offering private sessions at an affordable price, I had to sign up
right away! After taking Voice Acting lessons from Kyle Hebert, I've
gained a great deal of knowledge and insight. He was charming and
polite but more importantly - HONEST and helpful. He will let you know
when something just doesn't work and then give you helpful advice to
help you improve.
There's no pressure to continue with the lessons, but I've already
decided to schedule another one- I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS for anyone who
is interested in Voice Acting. I was kind of stuck in a middle spot
where I wasn't a complete beginner, but I also wasn't ready for the big
leagues (and big money voice coaches!)- This was just what I needed.
I've now been given the opportunity to meet with a professional studio-
this chance has nothing to do with these lessons, but Kyle Hebert's
advice has definitely helped me prepare for it and know what to expect!
-Anthony Cara / Los Angeles, CA
The consultation with Kyle was invaluable. Not only did I learn about
the essential steps needed to break into voiceover, but I learned
exactly where the industry is right now and in what direction it's
heading. Kyle is not only a seasoned professional voice actor, but he's
honest and frank: you can expect a professional evaluation of your
vocal range, where you need to be in sustaining a believable
performance, and what you need to do to achieve that. Kyle worked with
me on analyzing the script to gage what the client wants from my
delivery. He had me adjust my performance in keeping with the clients'
needs and/or the director's expectations. He worked with me intensively
on several commercial scripts, both cold reading and prepared scripts.
I learned what the trends in commercial voiceover are right now and
just as importantly, what directors and clients are NOT looking for in
a performance.
One thing that really sticks out in my mind is that Kyle went out
of his way to help me get off the ground by googling acting and improv
workshops that are offered in my town--there aren't any, but from this
there's no doubt that Kyle wants you to succeed in breaking in and
breaking even. So whether you live in No Voice-land, USA where there
are no classes whatsoever or LA where you've taken workshops and
classes by the fistful, take a session with Kyle. Your career and your
wallet will thank you that you did.
-Melanie Quintos / Gainesville, FL
I live outside of the area where I can get work for right now, but my
first time in front of a microphone inspired me to want to become part
of the voice over industry, over the past few years I've always asked
advice of Kyle on what I should do to properly learn what I need to do
to work up to it.
I took a few acting classes, but I've always wanted Kyle to teach us
what he knows, because just asking his advice always helped me. I like
to read for things,but there never seemed to be anyone who could listen
to my work and give me an honest, professional opinion. So I jumped at
working with Kyle when he began this and was in fact his very first
student I guess you could say, listening to his opinion and just
reading for him so I could find out where I'm at in learning this meant
a lot to me.
He's not someone who will ever promise you things he can't deliver on.
In fact asking him when should I put together a demo, he honestly said
"you are not ready yet." and I honor that. I know that I won't do
anything until I know and feel that I am absolutely ready to do so. If
any of you out there are questioning doing this, please book something
with him and do it, you'll enjoy hearing his honest opinion, I know I
did! as soon as I'm able to afford doing it again, I absolutely will!
--CJ Marie, Fargo, ND
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The cost is $75 for an hour. The session is held online via Skype, so
you can be anywhere in the world to get a professional critique of your
demos and cold reading skills with various script workouts. This is
specifically for beginners or those who want to see what voice acting
is like. There is no specific structure. The session is very laid back
and questions are encouraged. In the future there will be discount
specials, coupon codes, a referral program and more. If this sounds
like something you'd be interested in, shoot me an email.....
kylevox@gmail.com