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How to be the voice talent clients love

Here’s what my life in voice over looked like today: 1. A re-record of a line in a script where, despite our best efforts, I mispronounced the name of the client company. (Hey, it happens.) 2. Two explainer video voice overs for a paint company. For some unknown...

How to do voice overs when you have a day job

They joke that in LA everyone is a hyphen. Uber driver hyphen actor. Waiter hyphen actor. Task Rabbit hyphen actor. They call it the gig economy-that side hustle people do while waiting to be discovered so they can live the life of their dreams. Back in the day I did...

Your home studio headaches are over

True story. The production division of my company hired a voice talent to do some voice over work for us. She sounded great on her demo but when we got the sound files we hired her to record, they sounded odd – kind of muffled. The audio engineer called her up...

Voice Over On Your Summer Vacation

Thinking about summer? Barbeques, the beach, the mountains or maybe just your own backyard, it’s that time of year again. And if your summer plans include time on the road you might be wondering what to do if you get an audition or even a voice over job while...

5 Surprising Secrets of Voice Over Success

They say success leaves tracks. That’s why I love reading biographies of luminaries in business and the arts. (Just finished the biography of Dale Carnegie- “Self-help Messiah” and recommend it) Rock guitarists spend hours learning the famous licks...