For twenty years or so, countless of our family dinner conversations revolved around the intersection of acting skills (my profession as a voiceover artist) and sales (my husband’s profession), especially looking at the Venn diagram of voice acting skills and audio-only (a.k.a phone) sales. Often … [Read more...] about How Authentic Acting Skills Can Improve Your Sales
37 More Ways to Really Help you Crush it as a Voice Over Actor
In part one of this post, I outlined 35 ways you can light up your career as a voice over actor. In this part two, I give you 37 more ways to keep your voice over acting career on track. These tips and tricks are just a few of what I teach in my private and group sessions as a voice over coach and … [Read more...] about 37 More Ways to Really Help you Crush it as a Voice Over Actor
5 Famous Screen Actors Who Also Do Voice Over
Morgan Freeman Sometimes it’s hard to tell if Morgan Freeman is more of a voice actor or film actor. We love him in both. His soothing baritone has become as iconic as his position as the king of voice over. He has provided his authoritative and calm narration to animations like The Lego Movie and … [Read more...] about 5 Famous Screen Actors Who Also Do Voice Over
35 Ways to Really Help You Crush it as a Voice Over Actor
As a successful voice artist, people often ask me for advice on how to succeed as a voice over actor. As voiceover coach, I daily hand out tips, tricks, insight, and exercises I've picked up over my 30+ years of crushing it in the industry. Here's a list of some of the things I advise people to … [Read more...] about 35 Ways to Really Help You Crush it as a Voice Over Actor
What Kind of Audiobook Narrations Get Your Heart Pumping?
Reading is a pretty all-encompassing activity, maybe you can listen to music while you do it, but not much else. You can’t do the grocery shopping or drive a car while holding a book in one hand, but you can listen to them. Whatever stigma may have been associated with audiobooks in the past (i.e. … [Read more...] about What Kind of Audiobook Narrations Get Your Heart Pumping?
Which Came First? Voice Acting or Voice Over
All voice over has some element of acting but the level ranges from performance to performance and genre to genre. The goal of voice acting is to authentically capture a story and character through vocals only and to hint at physicality and movement through tone, pitch, and delivery. Imbuing the … [Read more...] about Which Came First? Voice Acting or Voice Over