Doriane teaches private lessons as needed on a per student basis, free from the limitations or commitments required through package deals. Experience has shown that while some students are already established in the voice-over industry and simply need professional tweaking in one area, a beginning student may need extended lessons before cutting his or her reel. To further illustrate, Doriane has successfully coached new students who had already been heard on scores of Promos but needed help in booking commercially, while other commercially successful new students required Doriane's instruction in booking Promos. For the beginning students, Doriane realizes the importance of the initial meeting with an agent or casting director, and for this reason she works with each student until fully prepared. Too often Doriane has acquired students from package deal teachers and has had to re-teach everything they "learned", while helping to salvage their reels. Private lessons are 50 minutes of intense work. Cost: $90

Several times a year Doriane offers six-week workshops which are exclusive to either beginners or to her current advanced students only. Advanced students who already have their reels get the benefit of having agents come in while being "held hostage", to listen to the actors both behind the mic, and all of their reels as well. Beginning student workshops cover the essential ins and outs, do's and don'ts that only an experienced professional can teach. Classes are kept small for more mic time. Next workshop TBA

"That class at Phantom was AWESOME. Although I wish I hadn't gone first, because I learned SO much from listening to the others afterwards. I swear to god you are the best teacher I have ever had. Seriously. Even better than my 10th grade chemistry teacher, and he was pretty amazing, because not only was he a great teacher, but he wore Springsteen t-shirts underneath his dress shirts. I had to high-tail it out of there tonite to meet a friend for dinner, but I didn't get a chance to REALLY say how great it was. Thank you!!!!" Carla Capretto

Your "reel", or "minute" as they like to refer to it in the voice over world, is your calling card. This is something you don't want to do in your basement studio. Don't try and produce it yourself, and for Pete's sake don't go to Joe Schmo's sound studio, who doesn't know a thing about producing a commercial, let alone five – which is about how many spots you'll need for your reel, all of course edited down to about a minute in total. A complete reel produced by Doriane in a state-of-the-art studio Phantom Audio, with SFX, music, and an awesome engineer who literally records and builds National commercials everyday should take anywhere between 3 - 4 hours from start to finish.
Cost: $800/reel - Reel Touch-Up/Updates, $200/Hour

PLEASE NOTE: Doriane does not produce reels for anyone she feels is not ready, for the following reasons: It'll cost you more money in studio time to do more takes… which will require more edits… which could lead to an amazing reel… that you don't have the chops to back up… then you blow an audition with an agent! As a hopeful voice over actor, you've just lost your chance with that agent. Patience! When you're ready, Doriane will put her time and experience in on your reel, and you will sound as good as what's been recorded.

" I can't tell you how many students I've gotten who didn't do their research when taking on a coach, and/or a studio to produce their (unusable) reels. I always tell folks to shop around, ask questions, and ask to hear reels that these people have produced. Everyone and their uncle has a recording studio, or can hire one. But do they record commercials for a living? Anyone can teach, but are they a WORKING actor? Casting Director? Agent? Or, is this a means to an end for them? Ask questions like, "if you're an actor, do you have anything on the air?" or if you're a casting director, what was the last thing you cast? Etc. This is your precious time, and your money.