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Voice Over Tips – Marc Cashman Part 2

By on Friday, February 25th, 2011 | 2 Comments

Voice-over teacher Marc Cashman talks about copy, demos and agents in part two of his interview with Back Stage Magazine.

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Voiceover – The Importance of Training

By on Friday, February 25th, 2011 | 2 Comments

Voice over teacher, coach and performer Marc Cashman talks about getting the required training you need to succeed.

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A Voice Over Class to Consider

By on Tuesday, April 6th, 2010 | 2 Comments

From yesterday’s email: We did it once in 2009 and now once again in 2010 — an exciting new voiceover teleseminar series with Harlan Hogan: STARTING YOUR VOICEOVER BUSINESS: Everything You Need To Know To Turn Your Dream Or Your Sideline Into A Business. All the details are here: http://TheVoiceoverClass.com (If you’re already making a [...]

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Luck and The Voice Actor

By on Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 | No Comments

I’m reading James A. Michener’s autobiography The World Is My Home.  In it he offers tips to would be writers and speaks of how simple luck played a huge role in his success.  Just change a few of the skills mentioned and you’ve got great advice for the voice over performer: The only generalization I [...]

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Creative Slating

By on Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 | 1 Comment

My agents have a rule about slating which is short and sweet. Name only. Not even the role. Put that in the file name. The intent is to curb the behavior of some actors who think that rude noises, mini-biographies, or lame attempts at being funny during the slate will make them more memorable when [...]

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Finding a Voice Over Coach

By on Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 | 3 Comments

I’ve secured my place at the table for the Marice Tobias commercial and narration  intensive workshop in Dallas next month.  Marice is one of the premier voice-over coaches working today and has been instrumental in moving my career forward. You can see other cities where  she’ll be holding workshops here. If you are looking for [...]

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Picture This. Or Not.

By on Friday, May 8th, 2009 | 2 Comments

There has been a debate over on the Yahoo! Voice-over forum on whether or not the voice actor should include a headshot with or on the demo packaging or other voiceover marketing materials. Let’s be clear. Most actors have headshots and video demos for their on-camera careers.  The question at hand is about including a [...]

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Turning Strangers Into Customers

By on Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 | No Comments

I can’t remember a time in my voice over career when I’ve worked with so many new people in the span of a few weeks. Faceless folks to me since I’m meeting them via ISDN or phone-patch in the home studio.  Names and voices in my headphones from studios in Los Angeles, Austin, Detroit, and [...]

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Health Tips for the Voice Actor

By on Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 | No Comments

These can be stressful times especially if you are trying to launch a voice over career.  Creative Cow is an on-line community of media producers and Mike Cohen has written a very useful piece about managing stress.

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We’re Liking the MicPort Pro

By on Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 | 8 Comments

When working out of your private studio, you want noise in your session files like you want geese in your jet engines.  Delivering consistently noisy voice over tracks can bring down a career. The acoustics of my room are pretty good.  Room within a room with thick walls, dead space between them, double doors, non-parallel [...]

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