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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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A Check List For Traveling Voice Actors

By on Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 | No Comments

Like many voice over folks, I have my “traveling voice-over rig.”  Besides the Sennheiser 416,  MicPort Pro, cables, collapsible booth and all,  I have the Source Connect software on the laptop. Source Connect allows you to connect to another studio that also has the software or to a bridging service that facilitates a hookup to [...]

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Voice Acting and Script Context

By on Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 | No Comments

The last time I worked on an animation project the director stood just a few feet away from me in the booth.  Unusual, I thought.  But as we moved from scene to scene he continually filled me in on the setting and the back-story,  making  sure I understood the context of the lines I was [...]

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Ancient of Days Directs

By on Thursday, May 6th, 2010 | No Comments

Dianne and I were touring the Kennedy Space Center a couple weekends ago and these two stepped in front of us. It got me to thinking that twins are God’s way of saying “We have the one we need but let’s get one more for safety.”

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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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What is the Context?

By on Monday, September 14th, 2009 | No Comments

Been thinking about the word “context” this morning. It’s one of the lenses through which we should see the script as we prepare for the job or an audition. It helps us determine choices. I think language scholar Oscar E. Nybakken has a very useful take on the word “context” for the voice actor: Context [...]

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Great Weekend with the Voice Over Whisperer

By on Monday, August 24th, 2009 | 2 Comments

The Marice Tobias commercial and narration workshop in Dallas wrapped up yesterday.  What a wonderful seminar. I learned some great techniques for self direction which is so important these days in that we work so much from our own spaces. Had fun with fellow voice actors. And it’s always amazing to watch a director like [...]

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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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Physical Movement in Voice Acting-Just do What Works

By on Thursday, September 25th, 2008 | No Comments

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 [...]

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