How To Calm Your Nerves Behind the Mic: It’s Not What You Think By Susan Berkley Does the microphone make you nervous? Many people tell me it does. They say they’ve been dreaming about a voice over career and want it more than anything else. Yet when they actually start to perform they are…
How Special Are You? By Susan Berkley Today my mission is to save you from an innocent beginner’s mistake that could cost you years in your path to voice over success. It’s a common, but near fatal error many people make before they even start their training and do their voice over demo. But actually,…
3 Things I Know Now That I Wish I’d Known Then By Susan Berkley This year I celebrate a milestone-25 years in business! At the risk of sounding like an old fogey, its seems like just yesterday when I quit my job in radio as a traffic reporter on The Howard Stern Show to go…
How Do I know If I Really Need A Voice Over Coach? By Susan Berkely America is a nation of do-it-yourself’ers. Most homes have a peg board in the basement or garage hung with tools. Some people like to sketch around their tools like crime scene chalk marks to make sure that hammer is…
The 10 Commandments of Voice Over By Susan Berkley Is there a list of rules to follow to improve your chances of voice over success? I think so! After many years of experience, here are mine. I respect and care for my instrument (and my body). I get enough sleep, and enough exercise, eat healthily…