Kids are awesome. Let’s get that right out in front. But they can be very distracting if you have to work and they are around. Unless you train them otherwise. A few shifts in how you see things, a few boundaries laid and gently, but firmly enforced and you can set up an environment where you can … [Read more...] about How to Get Your Work Done With Kids in the House
Adding Video To Your Marketing Strategy
As a voiceover artist, I supply audio narrations for videos every day for multiple companies. Whether the project format is explainers, ads, corporate or training videos, creating the audio component for videos gives me a unique perspective. Vital to that perspective is the understanding that the … [Read more...] about Adding Video To Your Marketing Strategy
Finding and Using your Authentic Voice
There’s been a seismic shift in all voiceover genres. Roughly eighty percent of current casting specs whether for commercials, corporate narrations, eLearning, or explainers reference a “real person” as the sound of the character they’re looking for. They want the voice over to sound as natural as … [Read more...] about Finding and Using your Authentic Voice
How to Write Narration or Anything That Will Be Spoken Out Loud
As a voiceover artist I narrate words that other people have written everyday. Some of the narration scripts I’m hired to read are excellent and translate very well to being spoken out loud. Others? Not not much. Sometimes the grammar is too precise or formal for speech. Sometimes the phrasing isn’t … [Read more...] about How to Write Narration or Anything That Will Be Spoken Out Loud
Spotlight on Voiceover for Localization
Living in a bilingual city (as I do), dubbing and localization are a big part of the work that’s available for voiceover artists. With the growing number of global streaming services, limits on production because of the pandemic and the begrudging acceptance of dubbed-language programming by … [Read more...] about Spotlight on Voiceover for Localization
Cold Prevention and Other Vocal Care for Actors
If the global pandemic has taught us anything it’s the importance of health. The old adage if you don’t have your health you ain’t got nothin’ has taken on a darker sense this past year. Taking care of your health is important to anyone, but to voiceover actors, singers, theatre, and on-camera … [Read more...] about Cold Prevention and Other Vocal Care for Actors