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Are You Willing to Do What It Takes to Succeed at Voice Over? – Part 3
The idea of a voice over career can be alluring indeed, especially when many people think it automatically delivers easy money, fun work and maybe even a chance to voice famous characters or worldwide campaigns.
For starters, it doesn’t always deliver those perks. True, a small percentage of voice over artists get to voice famous characters and worldwide campaigns » Continue Reading.

Points to Ponder before Zooming into a Voiceover Career – Part 2
So, you want to be a voiceover actor. Cool.
Often people may (mistakenly) regard voiceover work as a career that delivers fast and easy money, and maybe even with a bit of glamour too. Who doesn’t want to hear their voice on TV and radio, or even a video game, or wow – an animated movie!?
Unfortunately, the truth » Continue Reading.

What You Need to Think about Before Even Entertaining the Idea of a Voice Over Career – Part 1
Lately, I’ve received much more communication than usual from people interested in knowing what it takes to get started in the voice over industry. The disruption in stage, TV and film production due to the COVID-19 pandemic has financially impacted a lot of working actors (and plenty of others), and many are looking for alternate or additional forms of » Continue Reading.

10 Things Every Home Studio MUST Have to Create High-Quality Voice Over Audio
Even with the best voice, the best script and the best editing and direction, your voice over project is not likely to make the cut without one other key ingredient: a well-equipped home studio. The overall quality of your recordings is only going to be as good as the methods and equipment you use to capture and control the » Continue Reading.

Obstacles that Can Get in the Way of Following Your Dreams
Following your dreams takes a lot of faith and courage. But it also requires persistence – the ability to keep on keeping on regardless of the obstacles that may crop up. And there can be many. While you may think obstacles only come from outside forces, the opposite is also true. In fact, the greatest obstacles tend to be » Continue Reading.

To Follow Your Dreams (or Not) – Confessions of a Working Voice Over Actor
The very phrase “follow your dreams” can fill us with bliss. It’s something society, pop culture and Disney movies reinforce at every turn. While following your dreams may sound like the only course of action you would want to consider taking, is it really the best road to success in our competitive and ever-changing » Continue Reading.

How to Stay Positive and Feel Good in a Negatively Focused World
The average person has 46 thoughts per minute, which calculates to about 70,000 thoughts per day. With the current Coronavirus disruption and polarized political upheaval, there’s a good chance that a high percentage of those thoughts may be driven by fear, anxiety, anger, or a slew of other uncomfortable emotions.
When our » Continue Reading.

How Our Voice Over Business is Taking a Positive Approach to COVID-19
Today we are talking about COVID-19, voice over and how your business can deal with the current uncertainty in the world. With all the craziness going on due to the coronavirus, it may be easy to fall into the trap of negative thinking, even for those who usually dwell in a fairly resilient mind set. Our lives are shifting » Continue Reading.

Top Tips for Effective E-Learning Videos
From PowerPoint presentations to spreadsheets and online quizzes, e-learning can use a variety of different content types. Yet one of the most popular and engaging continues to be the e-learning video.
As a voice over artist with more than 22 years in the industry, e-learning video narration has come to make up a good portion of the consistent work » Continue Reading.

What to Look for on a Voice Over Talent’s Website Before Hiring
When you’re searching online for a voice over artist, your first impression is likely to come from their website. A polished and professional site gives you a sense of a polished and professional voice actor. But the decision to hire shouldn’t stop there. There are several elements every serious voice over actor’s website needs to truly make the cut.