So you want to become a professional voice over actor. Maybe everyone says you have a great voice, or you have a talent for imitating foreign accents or famous stars. Whatever your reason for heading down this path, here are some things to know before launching your career as a commercial voice … [Read more...] about 3 Tips on How to Do Commercial Voice Overs for Beginners
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Inside Scoop: What Ad People Want in a Retail Voiceover
Voice actors dream of scoring the elusive national TV voiceover ad…all markets, double scale, with buyout. While that may be the Powerball of VO, give me a solid faithful weekly retail client any day and I’ll be a happy voice over actor. In fact, my happy meter has been set fairly high … [Read more...] about Inside Scoop: What Ad People Want in a Retail Voiceover
My Guest Spot on vobs.tv with the Jimmy Kimmels of VO: Dan & George
I had a particularly stellar Monday last week as the guest on the LA vlog show, Voice Over Body Shop on Mar 27th, hosted by Dan Lenard and George Whittam. We jawed on about a lot of things voice over talent chat about. How did I get started? My early days wove back and forth between … [Read more...] about My Guest Spot on vobs.tv with the Jimmy Kimmels of VO: Dan & George
18 Months with My VO Peer Mentoring & Accountability
I can’t wait for every Wednesday at 8 p.m. I marinate and soak in a total a love fest, complete with slobbery cyber kisses and virtual hugs and goofy grins, chatting with 5 other voiceover artists for an hour. Our mentoring and accountability (M&A) group is our regular check in to revel in each … [Read more...] about 18 Months with My VO Peer Mentoring & Accountability
Narrating Off-the-Shelf
When I was contracted to do an eLearning voice over for an off-the-shelf Online course by content development company Taimma Communications (now known as Ebix), I didn’t quite get all the hullabaloo. Off the shelf—that’s like off-the-rack, right? Yes! It was right at the point when … [Read more...] about Narrating Off-the-Shelf