In a just about a month from now. I'll be packing up for my semi-annual Christmas trip to Brazil. In my carry-on will be my laptop, my Apogee mic, an inexpensive folding mic stand, a pop screen and some headphones. It's all I need to record from the road. I love the...

Some voice over guys I know do all their recording before noon when they have that ooooh baby Barry White thing going on. Others wait until later in the day when their voice is nice and warmed up. Your voice tends to sound lower or deeper when you first wake up for...

The other day I was talking to a friend who is on one of the on-line casting sites. Like many people he is doing lots of auditions but barely getting any jobs. So he did some research, listened to the work of the talents who were booking a lot and had a BIG scary...

When I was first starting my voice over career I had a recurring nightmare: a harsh, accusing voice on the other end of the phone asking over and over: "What's your experience? What have you done before? What's your experience? What have you done before? What's your...

Flubs. Goofs. Breakdowns. They say even saints make 6 mistakes a day. If you're just starting out, you might not realize you don't have to get through an entire script without making a mistake. Don't be embarrassed. It's a common misconception. With digital editing...

Recently I went to Birdland, a top NY jazz club, to watch a show by a friend of mine, the singer Alexis Cole. (www.alexiscole.com) She and her trio knocked it out of the park and as she sang and scatted her heart out, I was struck by how hard musicians work to perfect...

This week, a secret to voice over success you may never have thought about before. I call it weird because it has nothing to do with your voice or performance. It has nothing to do with your demo, your website or home studio. It might seem a little "woo-woo" but...

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...

There are two kinds of voice over artists. Those who audition and those who don't Those who don't are deeply embedded in the non-broadcast niches like medical narrations, telephony and e-learning, to name a few. Why don't they audition? The reason is they've built...

We see the commercials on television all the time…former sufferers of terrible diseases, now symptom free and frolicking in the park with loved ones. We cringe at the long list of side effects and wonder about the voice talents who dare to speak them. Pharma has deep...