Susan Palyo

 Susan Palyo has been working for Voicetrax West since 1990, and has been the
resident demo producer since 1996.  Susan grew up in Springfield, Illinois.
Her passion for music led her to believe that pursuing a degree in
Commercial Music from Millikin University in Decatur, IL would be a great
idea since she wanted a job where she didn't have to wear a dress.  Shortly
after graduating, Susan packed up her car and drove to Los Angeles to pursue
a career in recording.
  After a few really crummy jobs (one where she even had to wear a skirt
every day!), Susan landed at the famed Cherokee music studios as an
assistant engineer. She got to meet lots of cool celebrities, and she didn't
have to wear a dress. But, the pay stunk. So, she looked around and landed
as the head engineer at Voicetrax West.  After engineering loads of
commercial sessions and assisting in demo production under Thom Pinto and
Cindy Akers, Susan became the full time demo producer in 1996. Since then
she has produced hundreds of demos for many aspiring and successful VO
actors including Grey Delisle, Debi Derryberry, Robert Clotworthy, and Stew
Herrera. Her demos are respected by all of the top VO agencies in town for
their quality and contemporary style.
  Susan also has a great reputation as an instructor and director, and
teaches workshops and private studies in commercial and animation styles.
  Susan lives in the San Fernando Valley with her husband and daughter and
3 dogs, 3 cats and 2 hamsters.  She even wears a skirt once in awhile now.

Mary Lynn Wissner

     Mary Lynn Wissner, owner and casting director of Voices Voicecasting has 
been a fixture in the Los Angeles voice over community for over twenty years.  
Casting thousands of tv, radio, animation, film, audio books and games, Mary Lynn 
brings her years of expertise to the class.  Getting a casting director's 
perspective, the voice actor will learn all of the necessary tricks of the 
trade to get their audtions noticed.

Please visit, www.voicesvoicecasting.com for more information.......

Tommy Smeltzer

     Tommy Smeltzer has experience in voiceover from just about every 
conceivable perspective. A college background in acting and radio 
production, he spent the first seven years of his career as a recording 
engineer at Atlanta’s renowned Doppler Studios. There he learned from 
watching many great v/o performers at work but he also studied the 
relationship between actor and director; director and client. He then 
launched his own voiceover career in 1993, and has worked steadily since 
that first booking. In 1997 he founded the radio creative boutique, 
Sixty Second Airborne, with fellow writers Brian Sack and Fred Leo. 
wrote and produced hundreds of radio spots for clients ranging from 
UPS and Chiquita, to small local retailers and upstart dot coms. After 
relocating to Los Angeles in 2001, Tommy joined the exceptional 
talent roster of ICM (now Danis Panaro Nist) and has continued to 
work in commercial, promo and animation. He also continues to 
write, cast and produce radio projects several times a year.

Artt Butler

     Voice-Over Director with over 10 years of experience as Talent Agency 
Booth Director recording and directing hundreds of actors, of all skill 
levels from beginners to celebrities, covering a wide variety of projects 
ranging from television and radio commercials to animation to 
CDROM/interactive titles, with an in-depth awareness of the subtlety 
and nuance required for each medium. Remarkably skilled with Animation 
and Advertising, with a specialty for voice matching and Sound-a-likes.