This week I've got answers to one of the most common questions I get: what's the best way to breathe for voice over? Actually because voice over is more like speaking than singing, you don't need a lot of breath support or complicated breathing techniques. But many...

So you book your first professional voice over. Congratulations! You're so excited you tell everyone you know. You've got the script, your home studio is all ready to go and your client will be calling in to direct you over the phone. The session begins, things start...

It's not a matter of if. It's a matter of when. It's a sure bet that one day one of your voice over clients will send you a script with too many words and expect you to read it in too little time. In commercial voice over the spot you are reading (or auditioning for)...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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....

Imagining leprechauns and pots of gold? Then you're perfectly in synch with today's Inside Voice Over video lesson, which is all about imagination, the third tenet of voice acting. To do good voice over, win auditions and get lots of work, you really need an active...

Do you have a hard time staying focused? Does your mind wander or jump from one thing to the next? If so, you're not alone. In this age of information overload almost everyone feels like they can barely keep their thoughts straight. Yet being able to really...