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Voice actor/audiobook narrator Barry Abrams has another exciting career – as a 20+ year veteran producer at ESPN, where he created the “In The Gate” thoroughbred video podcast for ESPN.com’s racing page. A recent episode (see it here) covered a seminar by race calling legend Tom Durkin – leading to lessons for narrators and Barry’s debut at race calling …
Voice Over Fatigue: “A psycho/physiological syndrome exhibited by the accumulative stress and exhaustion resulting from the endless pursuit of freelance voice over success.” OK, the definition is made up, but the problem is real. And VO veteran Dave Courvoisier offers 12 ways to avoid it …
Political media campaigns are costly! Yet this can be a bonanza for voice actors who voice the radio and TV ads, telephone messaging, videos and more. Having voiced political campaigns for many years, Bettye Zoller notes info from recent “Fortune” articles about campaign startup costs and what campaigns can be like for voice actors …
Casting director Hugh Klitzke often closes his eyes when listening to an audition – attempting to hear the voice actor’s body in motion. “The body informs the read,” he says, “and you must master how much motion you need to make the read happen without getting in the way of the recording itself” …
It’s a Sunday afternoon with the Kansas City Royals on TV, and VO pro Dan Hurst recalls a career-changing incident during his stint as PA announcer for the Royals. After the game, a little girl asked for his autograph …
Question: How do you determine proper inflection when the script asks listeners a question? Casting director Hugh Klitzke says consider the context …
Bringing your voice over client’s vision to life at the microphone can be a challenge – as voice over pro Debbie Irwin notes, and shares in an entertaining audio of examples from VO colleagues …
Are you stumbling over words at the mic? Harming your voice by not warming up? Voice over star and coach Rodney Saulsberry helps you out of those jams with his new book, “Tongue Twisters and Vocal Warm-Ups” – and shares some Bipidy Bumpidy challenges for you to try right now. Talk about Silly Sibilance Sentences …
“If anything can offer us a unique insight into someones soul, it’s the human voice,” notes veteran voice actor Paul Strikwerda, backing this notion with many examples. And would you believe, there’s an app for that? Meet ‘Moodies’ …
Do you find yourself meticulously removing every breath in recorded audio like a chimpanzee nit-picking fellow chimps? You may be afflicted with Spritus Aveho. But VO pro J. Christopher Dunn has the cure (hint: relax, breathe, and …)