The Genetic Make-Up of a Great Voice Over Demo
Casting directors and agents weigh in on demo length, file order, format and slating your name. Your first 30 seconds do the work.
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Pros and Cons to Using a USB Microphone for Voiceover Work
USB mics are easy and everywhere, but they’ll cap your career fast. A guest post weighs USB against XLR setups for new voice actors.
In Choosing An Agent
What a voice over agent actually does, when you’re experienced enough to need one, and the red flags that mark a scam, like pay to audition setups.
Voice Over Dilemma – How to Deal with Losing a Client
A long-time client says they’re going in a different direction. What to ask them, how to re-evaluate your offering, and why you shouldn’t burn the bridge.
Top Five Things Other Voice Over Actors Do
The five things every voice actor does daily, and the one thing that actually sets you apart. Plus how to size up your competition on the site.
Voice Over Dilemma – Why Don’t I Get Hired?
Four things voice actors miss in auditions, from ignoring the client’s directions to recording levels so low nobody can hear you.
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.
The Pros and Cons Of Having Your Own Professional Home Studio
Building a home studio costs time and money up front, but it pays off later. A look at the tradeoffs for voice actors weighing the setup.
The Voice Over Approach
Five basics for sounding convincing in commercial reads: articulation, tone, tempo, volume, and actually listening back to your own recordings.
The Long Term Impact On Ad Appeal
A brain scan study of 200 TV ad viewers found stories and emotion stick, hard sells don’t. That’s why so many scripts ask for a natural, light read.
