How to Achieve a Hall of Fame Career
Summer is here and baseball season is in full swing. If you’re dreaming of a Hall of Fame career in the voice-over business, you may want to take a look at our National Pastime for some tips and advice on …
Build Yourself into a Brand
You’ve invested a significant amount of time, effort and money into developing your acting chops and producing your demos. Next, to give yourself the best chance for success, you’ve got to develop your marketing and promotional chops as well: you’ve …
How to Acquire and Audition with Voice-Over Agents
Voice-over agents are a great way to build and help supplement your voice-over career. They are there to help find you auditions for prospective jobs and offer you support. They research trends in the industry, negotiate client contracts, and act …
Announcing Our New Partnership with Learning Ally!
Such A Voice CEO Ben Werlin here! I’m thrilled to announce our new partnership with Learning Ally. Learning Ally is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating solutions for struggling learners. Their main solution is a library of human-read audiobooks (that …
Audition Breakdowns: What Are They Asking For?
Upon completion of your voice-over training and the recording of your demo, you will begin the next leg of your voice-over journey: auditioning and securing voice-over work. Whether it’s through an agent, a production house, or a pay-to-play site, …
The Importance of Taking Direction as a Voice Actor
In order to be a successful voice actor, we’ve got to be outstanding at a lot of different things, including script analysis, marketing, and recording. It’s a life-long journey that’s always challenging and never boring! Naturally, the ultimate goal …
Working Wednesday: Finding Your VO Niche
I was drawn to voice-over acting through my love of listening to audiobooks. I had an Audible membership and had listened to audiobooks on my way to and from work every day for years. As I listened, I found that …
Best Practices For Acquiring an Agent
If you feel the time is right to get your first agent, but are uncertain of where to start, this blog was written for you! Below, you’ll find some very specific information to help you get started: Do your research …
How to be Your Own Agent
One of the biggest questions I get from new actors is related to obtaining representation: “How do I get an agent or manager?” Unfortunately, there are no direct answers. Some people are lucky and meet the right people at the …
What is an Agent’s Job?
Talent agents are an integral part of many voice actors’ careers and can be an entrée to exciting, high-earning gigs. Most major national commercial campaigns, high-profile documentaries, film trailers and the like get cast through talent agencies. So, it’s important …
How to Know When You’re Ready For An Agent
You know the saying, “You only get one chance to make a first impression”? Along these lines, it is important to approach agents for representation when we are truly ready and can shine. But how do we know when we’re …
Avoiding the Trap of “Needing” an Agent
One of my absolute favorite TV shows to watch, crass and immature as it may be, is “South Park.” Admittedly it may not be quite as good now as some earlier seasons, but I still find it to be …