I once shook hands with the famous boxer George Forman and have a picture in my office to prove it. He was as cute and nice as he was in those commercials for the Forman Grill. Over 100 million of those grills were sold and George was paid $138 million for the right to use…
Garrison Keillor (former host of NPR’s Prairie Home Companion) wasn’t happy. He stepped out of my voice booth and gave me a look that could curdle milk. The year was 1996 and a producer friend of mine had booked him for a session at my brand new studio on Houston Street in New York City….
It’s hard for me to wrap my head around this but as the telephone voice of Citibank, millions of people hear my voice every month. I guess you could say I am one of the most listened to voices in America. Nobody sets out to become a famous telephone voice, at least I didn’t. It’s…
Wanna’know the one thing that will kill any voice over performance? In fact, if you do this I can almost guarantee agents and producers listening to your performance will turn up their nose in disgust and hit delete. The evil of which I speak is the dreaded announcer voice, a voice that sounds as if…
Ah, commercials. When my boyfriend hits the mute button I grab the remote and crank up the volume. Annoying, I know. But it’s my bread and butter. He’ll get over it. As a voice over artist, you’ll (hopefully) be doing a lot of commercial auditions and when you book one, it can be quite lucrative,…