Archive for the ‘Getting Started’ Category
A Voice Over Class to Consider
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 fortune doing fulltime voiceovers, please [...]
April 6, 2010
Posted in: Getting Started, Techniques, Training, Workshops 
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Luck and The Voice Actor
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 can [...]
September 16, 2009
Posted in: General, Getting Started, Training No Comments
Creative Slating
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 in fact [...]
August 5, 2009
Posted in: Auditions, General, Getting Started, Techniques One Comment
Finding a Voice Over Coach
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 a voice [...]
July 1, 2009
Posted in: Coaching, Getting Started, Training, Workshops 3 Comments
Picture This. Or Not.
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 photo [...]
May 8, 2009
Posted in: General, Getting Started, Marketing, Self Promotion 2 Comments
Turning Strangers Into Customers
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 [...]
April 8, 2009
Posted in: General, Getting Started, ISDN No Comments
Health Tips for the Voice Actor
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.
April 8, 2009
Posted in: General, Getting Started, Vocal Health No Comments
We’re Liking the MicPort Pro
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 walls, [...]
March 17, 2009
Posted in: Getting Started, ISDN, Studio Gear 4 Comments
Pssst… Over Here… Need a Voice over?
I like to tell people that the “work” part of the voice over business is getting the work. Doing the work is play time. Unless the script is horrible and the director odious, but that’s not very often.
So how much of our time should we spend marketing ourselves as voice actors? Business author and consultant [...]
March 11, 2009
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Physical Movement in Voice Acting-Just do What Works
During my time in the voiceover business I’ve been witness to many different styles of acting before the microphone. I’ve seen actors silently but not so subtley move their entire bodies while doing the read. And I’ve seen the flat dry monotone read done while the actor stands stiff as a statue with hands crammed [...]
September 25, 2008
Tags: voice acting, voice over coaching, voiceover training Posted in: Coaching, Getting Started, Techniques, Training No Comments
