Voice-Over: Creating a Brand
A brand is the identity you use to present yourself and your voice to the world. It’s honing in on the unique sounds of your voice, your personality, and the way you interpret meaning in the words. It’s like your …
Six Voice-over Niches You Haven’t Heard Of
When you think of voice-over your first thought may be the voices overlaying commercials, maybe you think about cartoons you watched as a kid, or maybe you’re enjoying the voice on the current audiobook you’re listening to. But there’s much …
What Type of VO is Right for Me?
One of the hardest things about being a voice actor is figuring out our “type.” This is important because it helps us decide which roles to audition for and helps agents and casting folks decide where to place us in …
Creating Voice-over Within Your Current Job World
We’ve all heard the expression, “The more mud you throw at the wall, the more it will stick.” It does make sense: the more we put out there, the better our chances are for success, and the more our skills …
It’s a Marathon, Not a Sprint
Having patience while waiting for your “big break” as a voice actor is something I like to talk a lot about, because like most people, I want things right away. The fact is, one of the most important attributes you …
Four Ways to Avoid Burnout
Creatives are constantly battling burnout. We’re in a world that lets us make a living as an artist…but the capitalist system by its very nature will try to bleed us dry. UNLESS, we take active steps to set boundaries, enjoy …
How to Maintain Industry Relationships
Listen to the narration here. So you’re off to the races! You’ve got your home studio setup, been consistently sending in auditions and have booked your first few voice-over jobs – congratulations, that’s no small benchmark! But from here, how …
Avoiding Burnout in Voice-Over
Like most any other career, burnout can come for even the most enthusiastic of voice-over artists. Feeling overworked and exhausted, apathetic towards parts of your day that used to excite you, or even like you’ve hit a wall in terms …
First I’m a Voice Actor, Now I’m an Audio Engineer?!
I’m just learning how to become a professional voice actor – do I need to become a professional sound engineer, too?! Learning how all of this high-tech equipment and recording software works is daunting, especially when you’re early on in …
Mouth Noise: Friend or Foe?
As voice-over artists, it’s easy to think of mouth noise as an enemy. A challenge to be vanquished before we deliver brilliant performances behind the microphone. But what if–stay with me–we saw mouth noise as a friend, rather than a …
To Breathe or Not to Breathe
To breathe or not to breathe? That is the question – in voice-over work, that is. Our breath can make a lot of difference in what we’re recording. Sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse, and sometimes it may …
Five Things to Avoid When Recording
You prepare your space. You’ve cleared your schedule. You hit record, hop in the booth, and…uh oh, what’s that sound? Whether through your monitor while recording or listening back later, you’ve found an unidentified noise that means – quelle horreur! …