Are your voice over clients always “right”? This much I do know. The client has the right to ask you to voice the project any way they want. It is their baby, their vision. And then? Trust leads to more teamwork.
Voiceover, Voice Talent, Voice Acting
Voice Over Marketing: Front Burner, Back Burner?
Contrary to what some of my friends think, I do not live, breathe and think Voice-overs 24 hours a day.? In fact, one of my favorite things about this business (and I’ve been making a living at it for over 2 decades…yeah, I’m that old…) is that it has given me the flexibility to work […]
The Five-Second Voice-Over Billboard: How Hard Can it Be?
My first billboard for NBC! What a pleasure to be directed and produced by the fabulous Bill Rock, who has been one of the voices of NBC for years and is one of the voice-over greats. I pinned his studio on Pinterest on my “Great Places to Record Audio” Board. Source: bargainnews.com via Randye on […]
Best Ever Voice Talent, Actor, Creative, You!
Voice acting, creative journeys, and how insatiable curiosity and love of communication add to your value as a voice talent and more! Interview with Best Ever You Network. – also got around to my book Ben Behind His Voices!
Voiceovers: That's What I Like About You
So you wanna be in voice overs? Yes. Well, read up, person with that lovely voice. Just check the archives at voiceoverXtra, Edge Studio, or any of the number of fab VO blogs out there, and you’ll get the truth: becoming a professional voice over talent takes lots of training,? hard work, marketing,creating business goals, […]
That "Second Best" Voice-Over Audition: Still a Win
a good audition is never a loss. While placing second doesn’t pay the mortgage or add to your resume, it’s still its own kind of good acting karma
The Ta-Da! Voice: Not Always Conversational
The voice talent often sets up what will soon come (visually or otherwise), or subtly comment on what has come before. In these cases, we may need to use our “introducing…!” delivery, our our “ta-da!” voice.
Sharing Voiceover Secrets: Why We Give Back
Wow! Just got named to voice123’s Survey of Top 5 Most Influential Voice-Over Writers in?2011 ! There are more than 5 of us on the list, in no particular order, so I guess there were lots of answers! At any rate, what an honor – especially since I just write about voice-over on the following […]
Relaxing into Real Life Radio Fun
Voice Over Talents almost always have a background that includes music, improv, broadcast, and/or stage/TV/film acting.? In my case…well, I guess it’s all of the above! After 15 years in full-time radio, I left to focus on voiceovers (well, there were other reasons, but let’s just leave it at that for now) and when I […]
Radio to VO: Not the Kiss of Death!
Hide your radio background to be a Voice Talent! It ain’t necessarily so! Seven things we learn from years in radio that actually make us better voice talents.
