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New to voice over? Start here. Training, demos, coaching, and the first steps that actually lead to paid work — drawn from nineteen years of advice from working voice actors, coaches, and casting professionals.
The voice-over demo is your calling card to agents, producers and all potential clients. So why blow it? Get it professionally produced (no selfies!) – and only AFTER you’ve tightened up your voice-over skills and can replicate your demo performances on your own, in your home studio. VO veteran Rob Marley tells what to know before you record …
Issa Deas considers himself a “pragmatic dreamer” – a daytime voice actor who juggles a night job while building credits and experience to go full time. “There are no secrets or shortcuts in this game,” he says – but the following advice could very well save newcomers time and money …
Roger King – president the Performance Network (PN) Agency – hears hundreds of voice over demos and shares these five TOP things you should remove from (or never put on) your VO demos …
Voice talent David Winograd shares how to properly prepare and start a voice over career – things he wished he knew when starting in voice over three years ago (Part 2 of a series).
Starting or thinking about a voice over career? It’s not as easy as you might think. Voice actor David Winograd shares the “Dark Side” – what you don’t want to hear. But stay tuned for the “Light Side” of this business, in Part 2.
When it comes to recording voice over demos, the use of big company brand names inevitably crops up. Read a few blogs and dive into those forums and you will see this issue sharply divides opinion. UK voice actor coach thinks you should NOT use them – and offers five reasons why …
“Ninety percent of voice over animation/character demos are pretty much flat out terrible,” says talent agent Roger King. Why? Characters are out of context with what the listener can comprehend, he says – and more. Here’s what to do …
Voice overs can be frustrating – work can seem tantalizingly close, but for some unfathomable reason, you keep failing to win the jobs. Right? UK voice talent / coach Gary Terzza shares five mistakes you could be making that will dampen your potential income …
Did you just resolve to begin a voice over career this year? Congratulations – but with cautions. VO pro Anthony Getting advises asking yourself – and honestly answering – these 10 questions …
“The relationship between a voice over and music is an intimate one,”says veteran VO demo producer Peter Cutler. ” Ideally, they should dance together like a couple in love.” But Peter does NOT love demos in which music is inappropriate to the voice message, or poorly edited. “The style, rhythm, tempo, instrumentation, texture and mix are all of critical importance,” he says. And if not done right, your demo suffers. For instance …