Helpful Vocal Care Tips
Taking care of your health can mean different things to different people, as can taking care of your voice. But the two are also integrally related. Now, I come at this from the point of view of someone who has …
VO Pricing – How to quote smart and maximize your earnings
When your phone rings or email dings with the tantalizing opportunity for a booking, there are some key things to know and implement to ensure you’re not taken advantage of and can maximize your fee for that job. You won’t …
Talent Spotlight: Sue McElvogue
Here at Such A Voice, we don’t just prepare students for their demos. We get them ready for their career in voice overs. And in many ways, their success is our success. That’s why we want to share the success …
Recording Voice Overs from Home
Today’s blog installment comes directly from one of the questions fielded from my Biweekly Live Training session this past Sunday, “What’s the best way to do voice overs from home?” This is definitely the #1 voice over question for the …
Setting Up Your Home Recording Studio
Now that I am of a “well-seasoned” age, I like to reflect back upon the “good old days”. The days when a recording studio covered a city block that sold for millions. An audio mixing board was 8 feet long …
Nailing VO Auditions Online or In-Person
Years ago, while meeting with a soon-to-be-new talent agent, I was told something that I had long come to know but never actually considered so clearly: “The job is auditioning,” he offered, matter-of-factly. It was not a surprising statement – …
Using Pay to Play VO Websites
If you are just starting out in voice acting, you may have heard the term Pay to Play websites, and are wondering what that means. Pay to Play sites, like Voices.com and Voice123.com, charge voice actors a yearly fee …
VO Billing: How to Get Paid Every Time
There are many things to love about the voice over life. Collecting money from your clients is not one of them. It’s such a pain, right? First, they email you out of the blue, say they love your audition and …
Voice Over Technique: Breathing, Posture, and Alignment
Good posture is so important for our well-being, but it is essential in voice over. Many of us roll our shoulders inward, let our head and neck jut forward or fall back and let our abdominal muscles slack. This is …
Mastering the Live In-Person VO Audition
As the voice-over industry has changed over the last decade plus, the epicenter of casting calls has changed with it. In the ‘old days’, most auditioning took place in person at the offices of casting directors and in recording studios. …
VO Audition Tip: It’s All About Choices
A casting director recently tweeted, “It’s your job to shake things up.” I take it she was talking to all actors – including voice. It got me thinking. Does that mean, generally speaking, we are not shaking things up? …
Career in Voice Overs: Is it for you?
Recently I had an engaging conversation with someone who had scheduled himself into my call calendar for a courtesy voice over evaluation. This is a complimentary service we offer here at suchavoice.com for people who are exploring the profession of …