Why? Navigating Motivation in VO
Do you ever get that itch? You know, the one when it’s mid-week, your inbox is empty, no casting calls you fit are up, and you feel like you’re Left On Read with agents? And, to top it off, your …
Times Are a-Changing – and So Are Commercials
The landscape of voice acting is changing rapidly in this AI-influenced world. It’s gone from basically two platforms where your commercial skills can be heard – radio and tv – to countless digital advertising platforms, like Google, Meta, Amazon, YouTube, …
Talent Spotlight: Aimee Thibert
Aimee Thibert did her voice-over training with Such A Voice in late 2017, and since then has been active doing radio spots, character work, and building her client list. She’s also a mother AND an Air Force Veteran. What can’t she do?! Let’s …
Talent Spotlight: Sheli Baez
Sheli Baez finished our voice-over training program earlier this year and she’s already booking radio spots, educational materials, and a super-secret animation project that is set to come out in 2019. Oh, and did we mention she’s bilingual? Let’s check …
The Most Important Thing to Consider When Building Your Audiobook Portfolio
When you’re starting out as a new narrator, you need to build an audiobook portfolio of titles to show any prospective publishers or authors how much experience you have. The best way to do that is to do ANY titles …
Working Wednesday: The Voice Acting Skills Involved in Dubbing
With the massive growth of streaming and digital networks, companies like Netflix are bringing tons of international movies out of the vaults to be dubbed into English and other key languages. Although it looks easy, dubbing is an art form …
5 Ways For Audiobook Narrators to Use A Pseudonym
In a previous blog post, I wrote about 4 Reasons To Use a Pseudonym. The reasons are personal and varied and no one reason is right for every narrator. Just as varied is how you put that pseudonym to use. …
Working Wednesday: Second City Improvisation Training
For years, we have booked voice-over jobs together. So much of that is because we possess a genuine chemistry. However, it’s also our ability to commit to our characters and have the moxie to jump off the page, to do …
The Most Important Thing You Should Consider When Choosing to do a Royalty Share Audiobook
In the typical professional world of audiobooks, most voice talents get paid per finished hour with no royalties. This is the way the industry has been run and continues to be run. In-demand audiobook narrators can make a perfectly …
Talent Spotlight: Monica Polite
Monica Polite finished our voice-over training program earlier this year and she’s already onto voicing her fourth audiobook! We were happy that we were able to talk with her more about her upcoming audiobook project and get to know more …
Working Wednesday: Voicing Video Games
One of my favorite genres in voice-over is video games. Voicing video games is an opportunity for you to create a 3D character that lives in an alternate universe. Whether the universe created is imaginary or real, the playing environment …
Break The Ice And Be G.R.E.A.T at Emailing Voice-Over Clients
This month on the Such A Voice blog, we’ve been talking about accountability partners and social media. Both topics have to do with communication. Nowadays, there are many ways in which you can converse with others. I’d like to …