Treat Every Voice-over Opportunity as a Job Interview
Let’s face it, we have one of the best jobs in the world. As a voice-over artist, we get to work from home, make our own schedules, be creative, and have fun while we do it. It’s a dream job! …
What is a Voice-Over Agent?
First of all, securing voice-over agent representation is not the turn-key solution to success in voice-over; it’s a combination of various skills and tools cultivated through hard work and gratitude over time. You can ask a hundred people how they …
Voice-Over Agents
Voice-over agents can become an integral part of a voice actor’s career. When you reach a certain level, voice-over agents can be an entree to exciting, high-earning gigs. Most major national commercial campaigns, high-profile documentaries, film trailers and the like get …
Owning Your Niche
So, you’ve picked your niche, you’ve found your signature voice, and you’ve realized that there is money where your mouth is. So how do you dig deeper? Where do you find even more empowerment, community, and opportunities so that you …
My Own Voice-Over Demo Session
I have been coaching students toward making their career-launching voice-over demos for over five years now, but the last time I recorded one myself was fifteen years ago, when I officially launched my own VO career. Since recording those initial …
Voice-Over Marketing
Voice-over marketing is really the poor stepchild of voice-over. I don’t know anyone who enjoys the process. Yet, if you have two people in the industry – and one is super talented but does very little marketing of themselves …
Sounding Natural
Sounding natural is by far the most desired style in voice-over today. Yet, surprisingly, it can be the most challenging delivery to achieve, especially in front of a microphone. I still chuckle sometimes, listening to a recording of myself, after …
Constructive and Unconstructive Criticism: How to handle and benefit from both
Let’s face it – for most of us, criticism is very hard to hear, especially if the person delivering the criticism isn’t exactly subtle about it. Whether it comes in a constructive or unconstructive form, as a voice-over artist, you’re …
Opportunities in Voice-Over: Mobile Apps
New developments in technology seem to pop-up almost daily nowadays, especially in the way of apps for smartphones, and with so many people working to improve upon the human experience, a whole spectrum of practical and entertainment apps continues to …
Getting Noticed in Voice-Over
With technology today, it is easier than ever for someone with a computer and a microphone to get into voice-over. Heck! There’s even an app that makes it possible for us to audition straight from our smartphones! It can get …
Talent Spotlight: Ra Palacio
It’s been just over a year since we did our first Talent Spotlight, Ra Palacio. He showed so much promise as a budding voice-actor, and has certainly exceeded expectations with his success! Ra has spent his time working for Twitter, …
The VO Professional: Why Improv Voice-Over?
In my coaching practice there are two extremes in which I insist students become immersed. In my opinion these two extremes are absolutely critical to success as a voice-over professional. The first of these extremes is not the subject of this …