by Susan | Jul 25, 2019 | Voice Over Articles
Back when “Daydream Believer” was playing on every scratchy-sounding car radio, my parents gave me the songbook of The Monkees Greatest Hits and an upright piano to go along with it. They also hired a piano teacher with bad breath and a penchant for... by Susan | Jun 7, 2019 | Voice Over Articles
It’s kind of a Catch-22. To get that rich, warm voice over voice everybody wants you have to stay relaxed… letting the tension flow from your body, your jaw like gauze, the muscles of your face like soft, malleable clay. But how can you stay relaxed if your new... by Susan | May 30, 2019 | Voice Over Articles
Ever hear the phrase “made by the loving hands of home?” People say it with a sarcastic twinge to refer to homemade items that are less than professional -like those ever-so-slightly lopsided business cards that are so easy to design on your home computer.... by Susan | May 17, 2019 | Voice Over Articles
This week we’re going to talk about warming up your voice. And it’s something you have got to do for voiceovers. I mean, your voice is your instrument. So if you haven’t been trained as an actor, if you’re not used to this, this is something... by Susan | May 3, 2019 | Voice Over Articles
In my voice over career I’ve auditioned for some pretty strange stuff. A candy bar commercial where the only words in the script were Ooooo, Ahhh. A suburban Mom where they had me read from the murder tale “In Cold Blood” by Truman Capote just to get...