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,…
We all get hoarse from time to time. Maybe you had a cold or yelled too much at a sporting event. It happens. (By the way, please see your Doctor if hoarseness or sore throat persists.) But there’s another surprising (and often invisible) cause for hoarseness that can do some real damage if you don’t…
There are lots of moving parts to recording voiceovers from home and it can feel a little overwhelming to the newcomer. But hang in there because this week I’ve got some great tips and tricks to make home recording easy for you, 10 in all. Tip #5 will help you overcome a common home recording…
One of the most common complaints guys have about the sound of their voice is that it’s not as deep as they would like it to be. And some women complain about this too. They feel their voice lacks authority and they sound too young and childlike Whether your voice is naturally deep or not,…