GTT Client Profile: Marc Graue, Voice Over Legend

What does it take to survive (and thrive) through every era of voiceover?
Studio engineer, producer, and VO talent Mark Graue joins George Whittam to share stories from radio hustle to Hollywood studios, working with legends, and building a career that adapted from analog tape to today’s digital world.
From a near-disastrous timecode session to landing VO work at Hanna-Barbera, this episode is packed with hard-earned lessons on engineering by ear, storytelling in demos, and knowing when to step away.

Timeline
00:00 – Audio service promo

00:22 – Cold-call spec spots: the original hustle

03:12 – Breaking into Cherokee Recording Studios

03:36 – The Van Halen spec spot gamble

04:39 – Building a Warner interviews archive

06:10 – The open audition that led to Hanna-Barbera

07:39 – Buying Studio 5 and going independent

10:26 – Moving to Burbank and evolving the business

12:47 – Surviving the analog → digital shift

15:09 – The timecode session disaster 

15:54 – Handling pressure when everything’s on the line

16:17 – Why great engineers use their ears, not just meters

17:13 – Storytelling secrets in voiceover demos

18:01 – Memories of Don LaFontaine

20:10 – The “voiceover gypsy” era

21:46 – Life beyond LA

23:45 – Travel, boundaries, and no mobile rig

24:37 – Coaching talent and modern home studios

25:32 – Gear graveyard stories

27:16 – Where to find Mark 
 

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