Voice: Acting

As the COVID pandemic grinds on, we’re all getting tired and unmotivated. That’s just where we are right now. But you don’t want to let your vocal delivery reflect that. Speech specialist Dr. Ann Utterback shares tips for once again sounding like you’re as involved and interested as you’ve ever been …

Does the sound of your voice trigger emotion in listeners? The science of it is called Sound Emotional Quotient, or SEQ, and VO pro/coach Kim Handysides explains how knowing how to vocalize a script can have as much – or more – impact than words themselves can convey …

Feeling lonely in your voice over home studio? Let the characters in – or, rather, “out” – with improv, says VO pro/coach Kim Handysides. Join an improv group – online or in person – to tap your imagination to find new, fresh ways of delivering scripts authentically, and to work better with directors and creatives in a session …

Your unique voice has become even more powerful in these times of physical distancing. Voice over industry pros Tim Keenan and Mike Laponis explain how the emotion in your voice is the human connection that businesses are using to create a bond with customers and employees – and demand for it will grow …

Athletes warm up their muscles before performing – and so should you. Warming up your voice before recording not only improves your performance and articulation, but helps prevent injury to your vocal cords. VO pro Rick Lance guides us through proper breathing, stretches, tongue twisters and more …

If you’re not connecting with the voice-over copy, your performance sounds forced, contrived, weak. Want to do better? VO pro Tom Dheere charts the process to sounding engaged, sincere, bold!

Surprised? Voice actors of all ages can appeal to millennial ears. But what they want to hear is an authentic friend, advises millennial VO pro Maria Pendolini, who shares ways to sound like that friend – and win auditions. Hint: It’s not fry and upspeak …

The elusive “Millennial voice-over read.” How many times have you been asked to do it? Yet have you figured it out? VO pro Ian Fishman knows that style well – and shares where you can find it, too …

Congratulations for landing the voice-over job! And now you learn that you’ll be recording in a directed session, with the clients listening in. Whether you’ll be in your home studio or another professional studio for that session, there are do’s and don’ts to follow – as VO pro Daree Allen Nieves explains …

“Sometimes all you need is to reconnect to your breath to create a state of calm and mindfulness in your body,” notes voice talent/coach Jean-Marc Berne – and that’s the state you want to be in for voice-over auditions. Jean-Marc shares how to achieve it …