Ever answer the phone without thinking? Do you answer the phone when you’re annoyed or angry without taking a moment to compose yourself? A voice over client or prospect can call when you least expect it and if they inadvertently hear a tired, unpleasant tone of voice, you can do some serious damage to your…
Not too long ago, the typical voice talent got only a few auditions every month. You’d have to get in the car, schlep (that’s a NY word that means “drag your butt “…) to the casting director or talent agent’s office and sit nervously in the waiting area until it was your turn to read….
Do your eyes get ahead of your mouth? Good voice-over looks deceptively simple to people on the outside. After all, it’s just talking into a microphone, right? But those of us on the inside know it takes much more than that. There are several core competencies the professional voice artist must master and being an…
So, you finally start getting auditions. It’s fun! It’s exciting! But now what? How do you follow up? The answer is, it depends. Here’s the protocol for different situations… ON LINE AUDITIONS: do nothing. They will find you if they need you. Make sure your MP3’s are labeled with your name and that you slate…
Have you ever felt frustrated about getting started in voice overs because you’ve heard the same people get all the work? That’s the word on a lot of the voice over bulletin boards and social media and I want to put a stop to this right now because it simply is not true. It’s a…