Hollywood Dialect Coach

Introduction: Actors (Business Professionals section below): Learn how to turn your accent "on" or "off" as needed, and book the role! Sound like a Boston cop for tomorrow's audition or a Russian diplomat or an Aussie rocker, or whatever you need! No matter what the dialect is, Rob can teach you to sound authentic and intelligible. If you have an audition that needs you to use a dialect, Rob can work with you fast to attain it with accuracy. He’ll not only teach you the required consonant and vowel substitutions but also the rhythm, melody, pitch, tone, resonance and idioms of the dialect. He will work with you on particular sounds, sentences, words, and ultimately on your sides so that you may fully transition into the role. Rob has coached hundreds of actors in more than 50 stage productions. From Shakespeare to Mamet, Rob has coached over twenty-five dialects from British to Yiddish to West African. Rob has also offered coaching for film and TV, like British coaching for Sleeper Cell, Omid Abtahi in the Showtime series, and Dominic Bowden (host of New Zealand Idol). Recently, he was asked to provide dialect coaching for the spokesperson of the new Orbit Gum. His style covers not just the technical elements of grasping a dialect, but Rob also works with the unique skills of actors so that he/she remains organically connected to the role. Business Professionals Learn how to be more confident and better understood when you speak. Learn how to get rid of your accent. Many business professionals have come to Rob because they’re tired of having to repeat themselves numerous times in the office, when out with friends, or even at Starbucks. Prior to working with Rob, a lot have complained that they were passed over for extra assignments or promotions on account of their unpolished English or accent. No matter what the accent is, Rob can eliminate or reduce anyone's native sounds. His encouraging style would make you clear in your speech and feel at home with sounding American. His thorough and quick approach utilizes not only how the American accent sounds to the ear, as well as how it feels in the mouth. You will not only be listening to the accent and then trying to repeat it. Also, you will learn how to feel the accent in your mouth, so when you speak in an American accent, you will have the confidence of knowing that it would sound right to whoever hears it.