Makati City, Philippines – May 18, 2011 –VoiceWorx, a voice acting and dubbing workshop produced by CreatiVoices Productions, takes pride in being the perfect venue for making wonders in speaking and performing. The workshop is designed to make newbies and enthusiasts learn the craft and later on, jumpstart a career in voice acting and dubbing.

With the aim of producing and developing more successful and in-demand voice artists, VoiceWorx provides students thorough training exercises and learning materials; hires the best professional voice actors as teachers, and; reveals techniques on self-marketing and talent promotion. Students are also given lessons on script writing, translating, voice directing, radio broadcasting, and advertisement recording.

The workshop is open to all individuals who aspire for a voice acting career. VoiceWorx guarantees to bring out creativity in every applicant.

For more details, contact CreatiVoices at (632)239-6468/970-0971 or e-mail [email protected] / [email protected].

CreatiVoices Productions, commonly known as CreatiVoices, is a Philippine-based voice-over company that provides professional voice artists for various clients like ABS-CBN/HeroTV,GMA, The Philippine Star, SM SuperMalls, and many others. It was established on October25, 2005 by Pocholo “The Voicemaster” Gonzales, the CEO/managing director, producer, andat the same time, one of the voice artists of the company.

OPERATIONS

CreatiVoices Productions creates different types of audio requirement such as corporate videos,narration, commercials, audio books, websites, multi-media, messages on hold, looping ordubbing, animation, instructional videos and broadcast quality podcasts.

Among its voice-over services are multimedia presentations, E-learning modules, dubbingand voice-overs for animation, telenovelas, industrial films and documentaries, audio books,GPS navigation systems, museum audio guides, customized Interactive Voice Response (IVR)systems, voice mail messages, animated series for kids, computer games which include musicand sound effects, on-line demos, in-house training and presentations, radio and TV advertising,and many more.

CreatiVoices Productions has a goal of setting voice-over industry standards, providing exposurefor new, young, professional voice talents and voice-over artists seeking voice over jobs, andalso, providing easy access to producers and agencies that require voice-overs. The productionteam is composed of technical staff, writers, directors, crew and producers. It lives in themotto “Voice acting is an art and way of life.” It also dreams of being the center of voice-overexcellence in Asia.

CLIENTS

CreatiVoices had rendered services to various clienteles such as ABS-CBN/HEROTV, GMA-7, Smart Telecommunications, Globe Telecoms, Inquirer.Net, DDB Philippines, HolycowAnimation, Cutting Edge Studios, Voice of the Youth Network, Universal Motors Corporation,Nestle Philippines, Unilever Philippines, Radio Mindanao Network, Procter and GambleAsia, LRT – Light Rail Transit Authority, Department of Education, Pru Life UK, EquitablePCI Bank, Sun Cellular, Bank of the Philippine Islands, Metrobank, BDO Philippines, ThePhilippine Star, PLDT, SM Supermalls, Yahoo SouthEast Asia, Diwa Publishing, BigTop MediaProductions, et cetera.

COMPANY MEMBERSHIP

CreatiVoices Productions is a corporate member of the Philippine Marketing Association(PMA), board member of the Advertising Suppliers Association of the Philippines (ASAP),Animation Council of the Philippines (ACPI), Business Processing Association of thePhilippines (BPAP). The company’s talents and officers are also accredited with the Kapisanan
ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP).

TIMELINE

Pocholo “The Voicemaster” Gonzales believed that voice acting is an art that needs to be heard,to be recognized and to be further developed. This led to the establishment of his own voicetalent agency. On October 2005, Gonzales put up Creativoices Productions: The Voice ofCreativity. In just a year, CreatiVoices already made a name in the industry.

In 2006, CreatiVoices rendered services to GMA Channel 7. It produced voice-overs and audiosfor the first Filipino 3D game published abroad. It worked with Mike Enriquez, Vicky Morales,and Brian Ligsay, a director, producer, writer, and voice performer.

The company was also involved in a number of projects in 2007. It produced acting and dubbingworkshops to develop more voice artists in the Philippines. On May, it launched Voiceworx,an acting and dubbing workshop that was held in September of the same year. In addition,CreatiVoices sponsored the Toy Convention held on June 16-17, 2007 at the Megatrade Hall B,5th level of SM Megamall from 9 A.M. to 10 P.M. The event featured anime works, enthusiasts,hobbies and collectibles for everyone.

On August 2007, CreatiVoices worked with ARIVA Events Management for the first HRPhilippines Convention 2007. The event featured HR managers and personnel who shared thenewest trend and development in finding the right people for a dream job. The event was held atthe CSB Hotel International Conference Center, De la Salle College of Saint Benilde.

On the same month, CreatiVoices sponsored the GO-NEGOSYO series of events. Thecompany was also featured in the FUDGE Magazine August Edition (Bamboo Cover) wherePocholo Gonzales and Brian Ligsay talked about dubbing and voice performance, trends anddevelopments.

On September 2007, CreatiVoices Productions and Voice of the Youth (VOTY) Networkintroduced the VOTY Radio Version 6.0, the sixth season of the successful youth orientedprogram, Voice of the Youth. The program aired over DZME 1530 KHz – Radio Uno! everySunday, 10-11 A.M.

Voiceworx voice acting workshop started on September 8, 2007. The said workshop wasdesigned to make the newbies and enthusiasts learn the craft and later on, jumpstart their careerin voice acting and dubbing. Likewise, Creativoices Productions, together with big corporationsBayad Center, San Miguel Beer, Inquirer.net, sponsored the most awaited event in the PhilippineMarketing Association, with its theme – “Bringing back the 70′s.” It also hosted the monthlyPhilippine Marketing Association-General Membership Meeting (PMA-GMM).

CreatiVoices Productions celebrated its 2nd anniversary on October 25, 2007. An event entitled OkDubbers Fest was held on October 30, 2007 at Access Point, Sct. Borromeo St., near ABSCBN.

Once again, CreatiVoices together with ARIVA Events hosted PMA-GMM and board election.

The company got involved with Animahenasyon 2007, the first Philippine animation festival onNovember 2007. The event was held at the Robinsons Movieworld, Robinsons Galleria fromNovember 21-27, 2007. This week-long event featured original Filipino animation content.

On December 2007, HERO TV, the premiere all-Filipino anime cable channel (Ch 44 overSkycable/Homecable), celebrated its 3rd year of success with bands, singers, games, cosplay, anddubbing competition for anime enthusiasts and fans. Hataw, Hanep, Hero 3 (H3) was held onDecember 1-2 at the SMX, SM Mall of Asia, Pasay City. CreatiVoices sponsored the event byspearheading the 2nd National Dubbing Competition.

Voiceworx 3 was held on January 5 2008. Voiceworx has been successful in producingcandidates for new voice-over projects and preparing talents on how to handle voice-over workand present themselves to producers and directors. Creativoices was also featured on ANC’sShoptalk during this month.

On March 2008, the company began promoting its 4th voice acting workshop. This time, it wasa more comprehensive 8-week long seminar which focused more on voice acting and dubbingfor telenovelas and anime. The workshop started on April 12, 2008.

Due to the successful series of Voiceworx workshop, voice acting seminars became a trend andgrew to be the targeted program of commercial, corporate, and live voice over jobs.

On July 2008, The VoiceMaster talked about the art of voice acting and Creativoices on GoNegosyo Big Time. It was aired over QTV Channel 11 on July 12, 2008.

Pocholo THE VOICEMASTER Gonzales is a veteran in the art of Filipino voice acting. He is the voice behind a thousand characters in anime, hundreds of local commercials in radio and television, and various children’s programs, films, foreign telenovelas, drama, and other TV shows.

As a voice director of HERO TV, a voice artist and coach, an event organizer of voice acting workshops and seminars, the Father of Philippine Podcasting, a voice talent producer and a talent agency (Creativoices Productions) owner, Gonzales was able to establish a standout career. He is currently a board member of Advertising Suppliers Association of the Philippines and Animation Council of the Philippines, Inc. and an active member of the Philippine Marketing Association.

Aside from his professional career, he is a passionate advocate of the youth and is one of the founders of an organization, Tinig Kabataan or Voice of the Youth.


PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Motivated to live his dream, Gonzales started his career at the age of 16 after winning a voice acting competition in DZMM’s drama and singing contest Radyo, Radyo where he later became its anchor (together with Joey Galvez and May Valle), scriptwriter, and co-director. Eventually, he worked for ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation as a dubber and translator for various cartoons and telenovelas.

At the same time, he was a first year student taking up BA Speech Communication in UP Diliman.

On May 1998, Gonzales was chosen by the legendary Rene O. Villanueva, creative director of Philippine Children’s Television Foundation Inc., to be a voice-over talent for various voice-over characters, puppets and mascots for the programs Batang Batibot, Batibot and Koko Kwik Kwik. He was also the voice director for the special programs of UNICEF.

In 2001, while harnessing his talent to become one of the best and most experienced in the field of voice acting, he managed to take his M.A. for Broadcast Communication in the University of the Philippines Diliman. In that year, he entered Manila Broadcasting Company as a radio drama talent for drama programs such as Text Love, Kandila, Mr. Romantiko, May Pangako ang Bukas and Radio Balintataw, and Sey Mo, Sey Ko.

Gonzales even became part of the dubbing team of the highly-rated Taiwanese drama Meteor Garden in 2003 where he dubbed Shan Cai’s father.

He also won the Best Voice Actor title at the AdCongress 2003 in Baguio City through the radio commercial “Wikang Bansa” where he imitated the voice of Mike Enriquez.

In 2004, at DZME 1530 Khz, he became the host of Voice of the Youth, the only youth oriented radio program which aired for more than four years which later on, would turn into a big organization. Furthermore, he founded and became the managing director of the Univoicesal Productions, the only voice talent institute and voice talent agency.

In the same year, he became the judge in the Cartoon Network Awards of Excellence.

Gonzales believed that voice acting is an art that needs to be heard, to be recognized and to be further developed. This led to the establishment of his own voice talent agency in 2005. Furthermore, he was invited as a guest speaker on seminars about voice, dubbing, career talks, and the like.

His excellence was further recognized when he was nominated in the Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM), a widely recognized award giving body for young men and women. He also became a board member of Animation Council of the Philippines, Inc. during this year.

He was one of the exhibitors at the Hongkong International Film and TV Market (FILMART) in 2006. He also imparted insights on different events such as Art of Voice Acting, Putting Your Business Online, et cetera.

He was hired by the Creative Programs Inc. as a voice dubbing director for Cinema One and HERO TV in 2006. He wrote and translated anime shows like “8 Man After”, “Demon Lord Dante”, “Offside”, “Bokura Ga Ita”, “Shura No Toki”, “Ursula’s Kiss”, “Negima 2″, “Negima Movies”, “Black Jack”, “The Grudge”, “My Brother’s Wife”, “Nishi no Yoki Majo” and “Black Jack”.

Gonzales has dubbed voices for thousands of hours of animation including Gundam Seed Destiny, Wedding Peach, Soul Hunter, Negima, Cromartie High, Super Doll Licca, MegaMan, The Twins at St. Clare’s, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Digimon, Jumanji, Detective Conan, Wing Commander, and Cyborg Kuro-Chan, among others. He has also dubbed voices for Latin and Taiwanese soap operas translated into Tagalog, such as Meteor Garden and Chabelita.

He has also voiced hundreds of local commercials for varied and high-profile clients like PLDT, Globe Telecom, Smart Telecom, Level Up, Pepsi, National Bookstore, Coffeemate, Wendy’s, Insular Life, Oral B, Petron, RCBC Savings, Wow Magic Sing, Coca-Cola, Colt 45, Western Union Money Transfer, Milo, Xenical, Purefoods, Mr. Clean, McDonalds, Head & Shoulders, Bibo Hotdog, Touch Mobile, and Rebisco Crackers, among others.

He has done work for various TV and radio stations, both major and minor, as a reporter, broadcaster, host, voice over, radio drama talent and voice director. His programs included Lakas Kabataan, Voice of the Youth Radio, Awit-Tawanan, Radyo Radyo, Sey Mo, Sey Ko (with Tiya Dely Magpayo and Eloisa Cruz Canlas), Text Love, Mr. Romantico, Ito ang Palad Ko, Hagupit ng Pagkakataon, Batibot, Batang Batibot, Koko Kwik Kwak, Tatak Pinoy and Sineskwela. He was mentored by no other than Bernard Factor Canaberal and Salvador M. Royales during his stay in Manila Broadcasting Company DZRH.

He worked as a freelance voice talent for local audio production houses such as Hit Productions, Sound Design Productions, Liquid Post, Digitrax, Ignite Media, Ad Farm, Noisy Neighbors, Audio Media, RoadRunner Audio Post, Cutting Edge Productions, SoundWeavers and 101 Beat.

Gonzales’ career was not only wedged in voice acting. He became a member of the Philippine Marketing Association, Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP) and a board member of the Philippine Association for Volunteer Effort in 2007. During this year, he was given the title “Father of the Philippine Podcast” for his involvement in ELEKSYON 2007 PODCAST where he podcasted all the senatoriables. Among his podcast works are Digital Filipino Podcast, Titik Pilipino Podcast, Hackenslash the Podcast, E Telecare Podcast, Ang Gara ng Buhay Podcast, Tek Tok Podcast and many others.

Furthermore, in this year, he organized the only Christmas Party of Voice Talents entitled Pasko ng mga Pinoy Super Hero.

He produced the Voice of the Youth TV in 2008.  He also joined the Advertising Board of the Philippines and became a member of the research committee.

In the same year, he dubbed the characters of Toti and Hal An for his first digital full length animation movie entitled Dayo The Movie. He was the only professional voice artist among other TV personalities who did voice-overs for Dayo.

By organizing the SYVAP Award, an award-giving body by the Society of Young Voice Artists of the Philippines, Gonzales aspired to recognize people who helped develop the dubbing industry of the Philippines.

In 2009, he became the speaker in the Philippine Youth Congress in Information Technology held at UP Diliman. Gonzales was acknowledged by the President of the Republic of the Philippines, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Joey Concepcion of the Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship and GO NEGOSYO, Hon. Enrique Garcia Jr., governor of the province of Bataan, Congressman Abet Garcia of Bataan and Mayor Joey Garcia of Balanga City when he was awarded as one of the Most Inspiring Bataenio MicroEntrepreneur. He was recognized for establishing CreatiVoices Productions as a venue that provides inspiration and opportunities to other voice talents and cultivates the voice acting industry in the country. This business was the result of his commitment to his profession and his voice-acting craft.

Moreover, he co-organized the Metro Comic Con. He was also the youngest board member of Advertising Suppliers Association of the Philippines in 2009.



In January of 2010, Gonzales, together with the bloggers from Blogwatch.ph, interviewed the nominees for Presidents for the 2010 Philippine National Election. He partnered with the Inquirer.net to podcast and videocast the interviews with the Presidentiables, Vice Presidentiables and Senatoriables in March 2010.

The premiere of his independent animation film was shown at Cinema 1 of SM Megamall on December 1, 2010. He directed and supervised the voice acting of this animation and did the voice-overs for Lolo Apang and Nuno 1.

YOUTH ADVOCACY

Early in his career, Gonzales helped in founding Voice of the Youth (VOTY). This radio program aired for two hours each Sunday for more than four years.  Voice of the Youth opened opportunities for young people to voice their ideas and opinions on an array of issues affecting their lives.  VOTY turned into an organization after some time and even expanded into a collaboration of youth organizations in nearly all provinces of the country, guided by its vision of providing networks, tools, resources, and recognition of the youth as harbingers of upbeat changes in their communities.

Gonzales saw a great promise in the utilization of communication technology to strengthen youth participation, networking, collaboration and leadership. Moreover, he believed that media (which includes the radio, TV, newspapers, mobile phones and the Internet ) is a powerful tool in inspiring, informing, involving and empowering the youth.

In 1998, Gonzales became an active youth coordinator and the youngest participant in the 2nd National Parliament (NYP), an organization composed of young representatives from different groupings nationwide that aspires in the expansion of a legislative-executive agenda for youth development.

Gonzales became a delegate for the Medium-Term Youth Development Plan the following year and became a member of the National Youth Commission (NYC). He also became the coordinator of NYC for the province of Bataan.

His yearning for youth development was evident. Gonzales joined the 27th Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Program in 2000. In 2001, he was chosen by other youth leaders to represent his region for the 1st National Youth Summit or Pambansang Ugong Ng Kabataan (PUNK), a project of the National Youth Commission and Department of Social Welfare and Development. The topics and problems discussed were then documented and presented to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

Gonzales spread his advocacies for the youth through talks and seminars. In fact, he became a speaker in the ASEAN Student Leaders’ Summit 2002: Strengthening Youth Leadership for Community Development. Likewise, he was one of the speakers and organizers of the 3rd International Youth Conference held in the Philippine Normal Univeristy sponsored by the UNESCO ASPnet, UNAP, and PNU.

In addition, Gonzales helped in organizing the Philippine Celebration of Global Youth Service Day in Balara, Quezon City on April 11-15, 2003. He was also the main reactor and discussant for the Fifth National Social Science Congress (NSSC V) held on May 15–17. Moreover, he became one of the top participants for the Young Leaders Program of the National Defense College of the Philippines Institute for Extramural and Continuing Studies. He was an awardee and the youngest delegate during the 8th Open Conference on Cooperation for the Responsible Citizenship and Corporate Governance as well.  On June 12, 2003, he received the Youth Action Net Award sponsored by the International Youth Foundation.

He became one of the speakers and facilitators during the 3rd International Youth Conference held at the Philippine Normal University and Malacanang Palace. This conference was led by the United Nations Association of the Philippines (UNAP), the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization-Associated Schools Project (UNESCO ASPNet), and Philippine Normal University (PNU).

Gonzales also took part on events outside the country concerning youth development. In 2004, he was a participant in the World Youth Peace Summit in Bangkok, International Conference on Youth Empowerment in Hong Kong, and in the 2nd International Youth Parliament held in Sydney, Australia.

His advocacy for the youth was even recognized abroad where he won the Youth in Action Award from the Global Youth Action Network in New York. In the same year, he was asked by the Office of the President to work with the Youth Affairs Office under Marc Catrodes. After the 2004 election, he became part of the Commission on Higher Education.

In 2005, he was one of the trainers in the 1st Sangguaniang Kabataan City Congress in Boracay, Aklan. Moreover, he organized and became one of the speakers in the Youth Power 2005 Conference and Expo.  Gonzales also established the Society of Young Voice Artists of the Philippines, an organization that aims to promote the art of voice acting. During this year, he was appointed as one of the ten representatives of the Philippines for the Young Global Citizens of the British Council held in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Moreover, he was the speaker in the Youth Leadership Congress and Teambuilding in Cagayan in 2009. In Ocober 10, 2010, he became the representative of the country to the ASEAN Young Leaders Training Program in Beijing and Nanning, China under the Guangxi International Youth Exchange Institute together with All-China Youth Federation.

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Makati, Philippines—April 27, 2011—CreatiVoices Productions, the country’s leading audio production house and voice over studio, announced earlier this week its partnership with SpeechCommCenter, the newest speech communication training center in the country.

With its aim to be the center of quality, effective, and affordable speech communication training in the Philippines, SpeechCommCenter offers a wide variety of courses ranging from General E-ducation Courses including Easy Speak, Express Speak, and Elite Speak, to Specialized Courses such as Business Entrepreneur Speak, OFW Speak, and Public Speak, to Super Specialized Courses includingiSpeak for one-on-one sessions and weSpeak for group sessions.

SpeechCommCenter also aims to design, develop, and market instructional products in speech communication for corporate, educational, and government purposes.

With a staff of experienced broadcast communication professionals, teachers, and voice actors, SpeechCommCenter ensures its students a unique, innovative, and enjoyable experience that will help develop their communication skills and confidence essential for business and personal success.

For more info, contact CreatiVoices at (632) 239-6468/970-0971 or e-mail  [email protected] / [email protected].