James Arnold Taylor-Day in My Life as a Voice-Actor Part 3

[adequateautocrat]

just how many times can they change their minds on how to do this promo?

[eileenluvsdod]

YOURE THE ONE WHO DOES THE NARRATOR FOR ANIMATION DOMAINTION COMMERCIALS ON FOX!

[krap247]

@9:01 holy moly LOL you are my hero #JAT

[karebare89]

Loved the vid!! Love your work, James!! Keep up the amazing work!! <3

[bobo577]

It's like an echo. LOL.

[danianrulz]

i love how you just hear laughing when they switch back on after his epic voice

[217animelover]

hi i love your obi wan voice on the clone wars =).and i can do some weird voices and i dont know if i want to make a vid of it. can you help.help me james.your my only guy.

[IMChrisThom]

Why on this video did you switch to the Sennheiser? Was it requested? Also, how far in advance will you get a script to look over?

Thx.

[Spalooley]

I like the fact that you actually look like Obi-Wan :3

[TomTomSATNAV3000]

I love Tidus's voice so much from Final Fantasy X. I know you are the actor of that but was that your normal voice? Or was you acting the voice when you did Tidus?

[acsherm3]

this is VO crack for people that are finding their way towards building a VO business. Thanks for the look see James!

[TheMuppetBabiesfan]

Love your work , Mr James Arnold Tayler . Keep it up !!! BTW , Love your Ratchet and Leo voice . Awesome !!!!!

[transformersloverjon]

I love this guy

[keezykabeezy]

dude this is so sweet watching a master at work. i'm not really a voice actor, but as a musician with a fair amount of long and tedious studio work under my belt, i think i admire your patience between takes almost as much as your acting skills. hope you don't mind that i'm stealing your swimming in the fish tank gag next time i'm doing a vocal session in the studio. keep on rockin james!

[AnotherExperience37]

This is awesome.

[October151711]

You are so talented! I love you as Ratchet and Leo :) You are my idol!

[b3rtalanman]

It was so nice to hear your voice. :) i'll always remember to your voice as Tidus's, because in FFX was the first time i heard you. And your voice stuck inside me for eternity. :) You just can't beleive how much is this means to me. :) Thanks for everything.

[XBubblesXPPG]

I LOVE your voice(es) You're AMAZING!!! Hey, I have a question for you... I really, really, REALLY want to be a voice acterss... how did you get started??? Where should I start, plus (this is extremelly nerdy I know) but I've done some fandubs of characters in final fantasy X and I would really appreciate it if you checked them out. :)

[vash121086]

you also sound just like tidus from ff10:)

[cartoonx1]

LOL the Ratchet's voice

[kilte90]

I dont care what you are selling, i want it!

[OwlheartXx]

all i can hear is. TIDUS. TIDUS. TIDUS!

[finnmeister]

Soooo....

How much are the yellow onions?

[adamman333]

You should of done the obi wan voice=) "obi wan kenobi here with fresh and easy"

[MrAussiemorozzie]

the most youthful voice in the wood of holly. Ratchet and Peter Parker come to mind. alongside Dee, two of the best since i can remember. loved the Captain Quark voice. my friends and i want to make some comedy sketches and any advice would be appreciated. P.s group of friends i share are quiet versatile with voices, accents and dept of tone.

[TheShockMaster]

Out of curiosity, Mr. Taylor, how do you decide to use which microphone? I'm an audiophile and a (relatively) new voice actor myself, so I'm very interested in this kind of stuff. Why did you decide to swap your Neumann TLM103 for the Sennheiser MKH416?

[TheShockMaster]

@TheShockMaster

For this particular spot, anyway.

[RockoMyler]

@TheShockMaster Kind of late and I'm not James Taylor, but I've read that sound engineers often request the Sennheiser 416 because it helps cut down on mixing time due to its extremely directional pick-up pattern.

[TheShockMaster]

@RockoMyler

Well, since asking that question, I did some research myself, and you're absolutely right. The 416 helps cut down on mixing time due to its extremely directional pick-up pattern (it was designed as a mic for TV and movies to zoom in on the actor's words above all the background noise), and because it creates a huge "in your face" sound that is good for promos. However, as James pointed out in a previous video, engineers like it more than voice actors--Corey Burton LOAHTES the 416.

[DesolateDespair]

James Arnold Taylor is the man :D TIDUS! looking forward to Duodecim. And it should be 98 gil proto packs :P

[puckutubeass101]

it's pretty interesting and cool to see you in action and because your genuinely funny

[akirakimura2088]

59.9, dang James, you're good.

[kynes333]

Let's say I have voice control and can imitate anything - how easy is it to go directly to animation w/out commercial experience? If I have a demo of voices (ie my 60 seconds) Is it enough to get an audition or do I need a really good agent (how much does it depend on the agent?) Thanks master Obiwan!

[tevezfan11]

will you return as Ratchet in Playstation move heroes?? :)

[plastichasmemory]

tiiiidduuuusssss!!

[StoicLion]

Those were great, I enjoyed seeing how actors go about their craft. Thank you, James.

[Workmanfilms]

How much would it cost to get you to do a cameo voice in an independent film?

[jbirch15]

Cool video! You're a very talented voice actor. How do you get a voice acting gig? It looks really interesting. Thanks for sharing the video.

[MegaIchimonji]

Please upload Part 4!

[JCHIV1989]

So James, out of curiousity, what is your most FAVORITE character you've ever played?

[BlobCorpStudios]

Nice to see a bit of comedy in the process xD Keep up the awesome work as always :D

[Ohitsuji12]

First I just wanna say you are amazing and this is very informative. But I have a question. I saw one of your demos and it showed you voiced Jack Sparrow in Kingdom Hearts II. Wikipedia says you also voiced Timon as well; is that true? If not do you know who did? And also who did you voice in Birth by Sleep?

[JamesArnoldTaylor]

@Ohitsuji12 I'm told by all sources that it was indeed me that voiced Timon in the game but to tell you the truth I don't remember voicing him. If I heard a clip I'd know if it was me. As far as your other question, I don't know of "Birth by Sleep" so I don't believe I voiced anyone in that. Thanks for the kind words!

JAT

[Ohitsuji12]

@JamesArnoldTaylor Oh never mind I checked. It sounds like you but you didn't do it. Also, I meant to type Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep before, sorry.

[Sora575]

@Ohitsuji12 To answer that, yes, he did voice the 'Prince' who was not ever named in the Snow White world of Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep. It was a VERY short role, probably why he doesn't remember ^^

[cloudstrife345]

in this video you look more like obi-wan with you beard , you look so awesome

and hey how was it voicing Tidus your were perfect as him

[StarWarsGeek05]

God, I love voice acting. :) I would love to meet Andrea Romano. :) Awesome video, James. :)

[ZombieDude323]

I love these videos. It's really interesting to see how a voice actor works.

[EllynoreMoonwood]

@ 11:38 You did hand puppets! :D

[JamesArnoldTaylor]

@EllynoreMoonwood Thanks for noticing! JAT

[EllynoreMoonwood]

"Sexy, sexy tomatoes" That part nearly got my head drawing away form the screen, hehe!

[EllynoreMoonwood]

"Sexy, sex tomatoes" That part almost got my head drawing back from the screen!

[Beo101]

Gah, James. You have some incredible patience.

[DarthComrade]

12:00 I want a James Arnold Taylor screen saver now!!! XD

But I love seeing this Day in the Job stuff. And I'd love to see more, if anything just because - I mean, if I ever could pick a dream job, it would certainly be yours!

Thanks again for sharing!

[KittyCaterpillar]

Who knew voice acting required so much patience? o.O

[2398785368]

dude you are really good at your job

[SoaringPikachu]

your normal voice sounds just like Ratchet^^

[JamesArnoldTaylor]

@SoaringPikachu That's because my normal voice is Ratchet : ) It's probably why I love voicing him, it's great to actually do a voice that is just me. JAT

[SoaringPikachu]

@JamesArnoldTaylor Yeah that is nice^^

What I can't believe is that your the voice of Johny Test (he's so high pitched) :)

[Klunk234]

@JamesArnoldTaylor You rock as Ratchet, I get all tingly just from hearing you speak. =P

[PadawanTano]

I'm kind of voice acting a little right now for some people on YouTube, and I find it very thrilling and fun to hear my voice in videos with many other people. Do you enjoy voice acting a lot? Also, were you Leonardo in TMNT 2007?

[JamesArnoldTaylor]

@PadawanTano I love Voice-Acting, it is been my career for almost 20 years and I am blessed to do it. Yes, I was Leonardo in TMNT and hope to be in the next film as well. Fingers crossed JAT

[xkenzie2x]

You're starting to look like Obi-Wan! :)

[furonguy42]

"whether you're a fan of apples, tomatoes or onions" instead of the same with "carrots" because they don't think carrots are right. I know more people that like carrots than who like onions. 

[46LCG]

Woaah...I began craving the carrots and they're dropped!!! Nice voice quality...neutral but engaging to beguile(?) the consumer to patronize the store. I loved the "dramatic" reading! *lol* Did the client use that reading? I also enjoyed the scuba swimming! Bring on Part 4!

[revanstarkiller555]

awsome i want to become a voice actor too ps ima big fan of your work and some people have allready asked me to do some voice acts for them

[StressW]

Awesome. I knew this kind of stuff took awhile. Since I do voices for Machinima, unprofesionally, I understand a minimum of the life as a voice actor. But it's fun and I wouldn't ever complain about it.

[jonmabec]

Do you have like a behind the scenes from when you did Ratchet's voice?

[BalticFin]

I want tomatoes now :o

[NeoTStyle]

This is really interesting. Don't know if I could take 2 hours of recording for a 60 second spot.

[LadyVader66]

1 lb of Classic Baja Tomatoes for 98 cents?!?!--what a deal!!!

[NintenBeau]

This is a fantastic video. You can always read about what a session is like but rarely do you get to see it for real like this. This was really cool, liked and added to favourites!

[darthluna001]

I see why this takes at least an hour... I admire your patience. I would probably get a TV or something installed.

As always, thank you for being so entertaining!

[JamesArnoldTaylor]

@MusicalMeme I like the "Snowball Mic" from "Blue" you can get it at the Apple store or Best Buy, etc. for about 99 bucks. It's a USB and can work with any computer . I use it when I'm on the road and need to do auditions, etc.

[0BatGirl0]

Were you in Batman Brave and the Bold? I could have sworn I heard your voice, but on several characters.

[JamesArnoldTaylor]

@0BatGirl0 I am the voice of Green Arrow and Guy Gardner on Brave and the Bold but do other voices on the show as well. : )

[0BatGirl0]

@JamesArnoldTaylor Oh cool, so you've met Andrea Romano then?

[JamesArnoldTaylor]

@0BatGirl0 Andrea is truly one of my favorite people in the world. I've known and worked with her for many years. She is the best in the biz! JAT

[0BatGirl0]

@JamesArnoldTaylor She is the best, if she's involved with a cartoon I just know the voice acting is going to be top-notch.

I grew up with Batman: The Animated Series and even now when I read a comic I'll hear those voices in my mind as I read it.

[myndwave]

I need to shop there now....

[xkenzie2x]

you're starting to look like Obi-Wan :)

[xkenzie2x]

you're starting to look like Obi-Wan :)

[xkenzie2x]

you're starting to look like Obi-Wan :)

[xkenzie2x]

you're starting to look like Obi-Wan :)

[xkenzie2x]

you're starting to look like Obi-Wan :)

[MasterKenobi14]

Wow, I never knew that grocery store commercials were so important in dialogue and such. It is reasonable if they are showing certain items on screen.

Is there an explanation behind the echo everytime on their end when you spoke? It just sounded weird to hear the lag between the two.

I thoroughly enjoyed watching this Mr. Taylor!

As always, keep up the wonderful work. ;-)

[Robotfan987]

Thanks a lot! That was a real treat to see, makes you appreciate how much work goes into those radio commercials we all complain about.

[jagjenterprise]

I did enjoy this. I learned alot!

[J0hnny0hm]

Keep them coming, James! =D I love watching you work. I'm thinking of going into this profession myself, and it sounds like a cool experience.

[GoopLoopScoop]

god! 2 hours for a 1 60 second comersial? thats LOOOONNNGGG!!!

[1poptart36]

first! woo....*reflects on life