How Important is a Voiceover Demo?
When a professionally produced demo actually matters, and when it doesn’t. A look at the agent route versus going the home studio way.
Author: Marcus Bell
Emmy Award Winning Producer and Voice Over Actor Paul Nixon
Paul, an Austin voice actor and producer, on the Emmy he won in Albuquerque, building character voices as a kid, and nailing explainer reads.
Chicago Voice Over Actor, Adam Lofbomm
Adam, a Chicago voice actor, got his start in Seoul after an offhand dinner comment. He talks training, audiobook favorites and booth setup.
An Artist’s Muse
The nine Greek Muses and what each one presides over, plus why a voice actor alone in a booth doing retakes might want one of their own.
Soundproofing Your Studio: A New Material For Soundproofing
Swiss researchers used quantum physics and an array of 270 pendulums to build a material that blocks sound entirely, and can even steer it.
Which Social Media To Promote With?
Global social media rankings put QQ, WeChat and QZone near the top, and that’s worth knowing if you’re marketing your voice work to Asian clients.
Dubbing Voice Over Actors Experiences
Four dubbing actors, from Mexico to China, on matching lip movements, working to brutal deadlines, and why their names rarely hit the credits.
Voice Over Actors Then and Now
A 2002 Guardian column by a working actor gets a second look, and aside from home studios, surprisingly little about voice over has changed.
Christina Ho Celebrates 2016!
Christina, a busy Canadian voice actor, talks repeat clients, long e-learning narrations, and the client communication that keeps work coming back.
The Vocal Cords and Dysfunction
How your vocal cords make sound, what vocal cord dysfunction feels like, what causes it, and why speech therapy, not medicine, is the usual treatment.
