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 beginners still find themselves gasping for air, unable…

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 out pretty well, but then the client asks…

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 (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…