Working Wednesday: Artist-in-Residence
Peter Cameron has said of his writers’ residencies that, “One of the greatest luxuries an artist can have is a day in which nothing has to be done. No one to see, nowhere to go, just the gorgeousness of all …
Thanks For The Memories: Auditions That Stick
As you ascend the ranks of the voice-over world and find yourself auditioning for increasingly prestigious opportunities, the qualifications and skill differences between you and everyone else auditioning for the same work begins to narrow. At each new rung of …
VO Audition Basics
Aspiring actors must remember: auditions don’t judge acting ability. , they don’t define your career, and they don’t measure your potential. Auditions only answer one question: who will be trusted with the part? We all know most great actors have …
Working Wednesday: A Good Slate
In today’s rapidly changing voice-over industry, slating will always remain the way to vocally identify yourself to the casting team or whoever is going to be listening to your audition. When asked to go to a studio for an audition, …
Having Fun is Serious Business
When was the last time you had fun? In light of recent events, it may have been a while! Fun has been overlooked, downplayed as frivolous, and even been the source of guilt trips for many adults. Most of us …
Talent Spotlight: Jared McKiernan
Jared McKiernan recorded his demos back in 2017, and since then has been rocking out on the radio. Read about his journey from someone who was new to VO to becoming the “voice of the station”! What were you …
Improv Games to Help Your Voice-Over Practice
Improv is an acting technique where the actors react spontaneously to circumstances, scenarios, and each other, developing the characters and the scene as they go. Using improv in your voice-over practice will allow you to make strong choices and break …
Working Wednesday: Travel While You Work
Hey y’all! Last month I wrote a blog post outlining and unpacking a few tips I’ve learned from working as I travel, and this week I’m excited to take you along for the ride! Last fall, my local artists’ community …
Fun, Focus, Ease, and Breathe
How can you, as a voice-over artist, be the most creatively productive in a world of “Do! Do! Do!”, when to perform, you need to connect to just being? If you find yourself “doing” too much and you make no …
Working Wednesday: Feeling Emotion in Your Voice with the Emotion Wheel
Improvisation skills and being able to think fast on your feet (or voice) when given direction is a necessity when recording most voice over projects in the studio. Our job as a voice actor is to give voice and emotion …
How to Make Emotional Connections to a Voice-Over Script
Click here to hear Bonnie read this article! “Nothing…I’m feeling nothing…” this sentiment from that song in “A Chorus Line” is not what you want to be thinking when you read through a script as a voice-over artist, nor what …
How to Quiet a Critical Mind in VO (and in life!)
Depending on where you are on your Such A Voice journey, (and this will vary depending on if you are doing 30- or 60-minute sessions, but let’s go with 30-minutes for the sake of example), you may recognize this familiar …