How to Maintain the “Morning Voice” By Susan Berkley A VoiceCoach subscriber asks: “What is the reason for the deeper/nicer morning voice and how could I maintain it?” Susan Berkley: This man likes the deeper sound quality of his morning voice because he is a voice-over artist. But for many people who wake up sounding…
Great Voice Over Business Gifts: My Favorite Ways To Show Appreciation By Susan Berkley The season of giving is now officially in full swing. If you’re a voice over beginner, keep this email. It’ll come in handy as your business grows. I’ve got some great ideas for showing appreciation to your clients and success partners…
Help for a Tight Throat By Susan Berkley Subscriber writes: I do many full-day trainings and it seems that quite often somewhere between 11am-12pm my throat tightens up – never in the 9am-11am slot and never in the afternoon. I drink plenty of warm water when I’m teaching. Sometimes the room is cold, sometimes the…
Your #1 Voice Acting Skill By Susan Berkley There are a lot of moving parts to a great voice over performance (I’ve identified 15 in all) but if you do nothing else, you must get the first one right. It’s job one. What is it? The #1 voice acting skill is relationship. When performing a…
Shaky Voice? Here’s Help By Susan Berkley Subscriber writes: “How do you calm a shaky voice if it creeps up on you mid-speech?” SUSAN: Funny you should ask. When we are ambushed by a shaky voice mid-speech it is because there is something going on in our inner life, something undermining our confidence at that…