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Use your body and emotion – not your analytical brain – to find and voice the truth of your message, advises leading voice talent, coach and author Elaine Clark. Here’s her method …
When you stumble over words and phrases, break the mental block with this method from casting director / coach Hugh Klitzke. Make those words your own – as if you say them every day …
If your throat is hoarse in the morning, the cause might be gastric reflux, notes voice specialist Ann Utterback. Here’s what causes that condition and some simple cures. But long periods of hoarseness should also prompt your trip to an ear-nose-throat specialist …
“The best voice over coach is your ears,” observes Dan Friedman – voice actors, engineer and producer. “But in order for your ears to guide you properly, you must train them.” Here’s what to ask yourself when you listen …
Summer’s heat and humidity can do a “job” on your vocal health – so don’t make things worse with bad habits! Voice specialist Ann Utterback offers these tips for healthy voicing …
Voice actor Paul Strikwerda confides, “For most of my life, I have been running away from my emotions.” But no more! Here’s how he opened up to feelings and now taps emotions for voice acting …
When the voice over client’s specs seek a smorgasbord of voice types, they likely don’t know what they want, figures voice talent Dave Courvoisier. Maybe they’re really searching for YOU …
With the exception of thin, young-sounding voices, nasality is the most common resonance problem that voice specialist Ann Utterback hears from clients. Is there a cure? Yes. Understand this key part of your vocal anatomy …
Thanks to today’s fast-paced and widespread communication needs, corporations and institutions are providing voice over opportunities on an unprecedented scale, report voice talents and trainers Jim Conlan and Bettye Zoller. Here are many examples – and how to obtain this lucrative work …
Moneen Daley Harte – voice talent, coach and popular radio personality in the Boston area – was ‘on air’ shortly after the Boston Bomber capture last week. “To simplify and sort out my emotions, I had to dig deep into what I was feeling so that my delivery would be natural and my word choice appropriate,” she writes, and shares how she met this challenge …