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Anxieties may abound before your first in-person voice over job audition. Being prepared will tame the butterflies. Voice talent / coach William Williams offers five crucial tips …
Occasionally one has to stretch the imagination to produce a client’s script, notes British voice actor David Seys. Like the time a woman was to have a conversation with a lobster …
Sometimes your voice over clients want a voice actor – and sometimes they want a voice model, observes veteran voice talent Dan Hurst. As a voice talent, you need to know the difference. Here’s why and how …
“Former radio person, hold your head high. We have nothing to be ashamed of,” says voice talent / coach Randye Kaye, who shares seven things she learned from years as a radio personality that have helped her success in the VO world …
Do you receive audition requests for “the right voice” – but without guidance as to what voice that would be? It’s frustrating, says veteran voice actor Dan Hurst, who has guidance for voice SEEKERS on how to obtain the voice they want …
If you truly love your voice over clients, give them a KISS when delivering your product, says veteran voice actor Derek Chappell. What? Keep It Simple Stupid …
If you’re a newcomer to voice overs, you’re concerned about obtaining the right equipment. But you already have the most important piece – your voice! And voice specialist Ann S. Utterback, Ph.D. shares these 10 tips for protecting that asset …
When voicing, it’s easy to fall into automated speech patterns that make us sound like text-to-speech apps, observes voice talent / coach Susannah Kenton. So if you’re starting to sound like a bad GPS system, see Susannah’s 7 tips for becoming a real person again …
Character voices aren’t just for cartoons. You do them all day in different ways, says voice talent Rick Gordon (also owner of Commercial Voices.com and e-Learning Voices.com). Try these 10 character voice ideas and apply some to future projects …
Think you know “intuitively” how to pronounce an unfamiliar word in the voice over script? Hmmm … Voice actor Andy Bowyer cautions that the brain isn’t always right. And finds YouTube is a great research tool …