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You’re aging – and so, likely, is your voice. Some of your voice acting genres are slipping away. But don’t despair! Long-time voice actor/casting director/coach Deb Munro shares how she’s embracing the changes in her voice, and suggests how to make vocal change work for your continuing career …
Your listeners can choose to stay with you or tune out. What grabs and keeps their attention? It’s “sound and connection,” advises top voice actor/coach/sound engineer Dan Friedman, in this excerpt from his new book, “Zen And The Art Of Voiceover” …
Voice actor Tina Wilson recounts how she couldn’t sleep one night recently – wondering about the last audition she’d sent to her agent, thinking, ‘If only I’d read that line THIS WAY instead of THAT WAY. Well, that was her first mistake …
“As voice actors, we deal with sound waves daily. Emotional ones though, are tricky,” says voice actor Lisa Rice. “In a healthy way, we can draw upon this reservoir to identify with a script because we’ve ‘been there.’ Yet in real life, being tossed to and fro by toxic ones can be risky.” Lisa shares her dangerous emotional wave – and recovery …
“Poetry allowed me to understand the complexities of human emotions,” says voice actor and poet Kabir Singh. And “Voice acting is all about human emotions.” We all have poetry in us, he notes, and in this article shares how to find it in yourself to “dance the line of imagination and performance …
Want to be more competitive in voice over? VO coach Kathleen Puls Andrade says “Hold up your hand. Assign each finger a performance discipline like theater, on-camera, improv, voice over and movement” – and keep exercising all those muscles …
What’s the recipe for winning voice over auditions? There’s no single magic ingredient. Rather, there are many to consider. And the VO who “gets it” gets the job. Top voice actor/coach Deb Munro shares auditioning tips here from her years of experience – and as she and coaching partner Elley Ray Hennessy prepare to review hundreds – maybe thousands – of auditions in Take 3 of their popular Ultimate VO Survivor competition. (Note: Audition entries close Oct. 1) …
Whether you’re a voice over newcomer or experienced pro, there’s no getting around pangs of anxiety over something. Longtime VO talent and coach Tom Dheere admits it still hits him – but he’s found how to harness and channel that anxiety-driven energy to good use for his career. Here’s how Tom does it …
If you don’t believe in YOU … i.e, your voiceover script character … neither will your listeners. Your auditions will fall flat. Top voice actor/coach Anne Ganguzza has 6 tips to get you in character – and book the job(s) …
Do your voice over characters sometimes sound too one-dimensional or stereotyped? Top voice actor/trainer Pat Fraley tells how to elevate your performance by giving your characters conditions and agendas …