This week we’re going to take a hard look at a mindset issue that could be affecting your voice over success. I’m going to be a little blunt here so I hope you don’t mind. So here’s the question: When you approach potential voice buyers are you acting like a peer or (inadvertently) like a…
Many people say voice over is so much fun they’d do it for free. And yes, it is fun. But unless you’ve taken a vow of poverty or are independently wealthy, why would you give away your valuable talent without being fairly compensated? Yet that’s what many people do. They either bid (and accept) fees…
Ever listen back to a recording of your voice and hear a hissing sound whenever you say a word with the letter ‘s’ in it? That’s plenty of words and it doesn’t sound very good, does it? In fact, if a hissing S is not controlled it will stop your promising voice over career dead…
There are a lot of moving parts to a voice over performance: your character, the product, the microphone. But there’s other key piece that’s often overlooked: your sense of timing timing. Beginners often get so carried away with their performance that they forgot the commercial needs to fit within :60 seconds or less. You’ve got…
Aaargh! Mouth noise. It’s the curse of every voice talent. You record your best takes, listen to the playback and there they are-crackles, slurps and clicks. Don’t think your potential clients won’t notice. They do. Bad mouth noise can completely blow an audition. Voice buyers know it takes valuable time for the recording engineer to…