Voice Acting: A Step-by-Step Guide on How to Be an Excellent Voice Actor
Practical steps for new voice actors: researching your character, warming up your voice, finding a mentor, taking classes, and practicing at home.
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Voice Acting Courses: Their Importance to a Voice Actor
Why training beats teaching yourself, from literacy and consistency to breath control and fluency. For students weighing a voice acting career.
Top 6 Reasons Students Should Consider Getting Voice Acting
Six reasons voice acting suits students, from working at home to networking, plus the acting, tech and business skills you’ll need first.
7 Qualities to Cultivate in College for an Aspiring Voice Actor
Seven traits college students can build while they study, from focus and clear enunciation to emotional range, confidence and plain consistency.
Voice Overs Can Help You Get Many Followers on Social Media
Why adding your own voice to social media videos makes them stick, plus a look at how one Australian YouTuber built a following on voiceover.
Voice Artists – Paying it Forward
Steve, a voice artist from Illinois, shares how he’s donating narration to local businesses and emergency services, and why it might pay off later.
The Journey of a Female Voice Over Artist
Inga, a Melbourne voice artist, on falling into voice overs via a chance chat on a boat cruise, six years in radio, and nearly quitting.
Is Directing a Remote Voice over Session Possible?
A rundown of the tools that let clients direct a voice actor in real time, from Skype, Mikogo and Source Connect to ISDN and a plain phone patch.
Making Your VO Website Mobile Friendly is a MUST
Why your voice over site needs to work on phones, plus practical fixes: responsive design, bigger buttons and fonts, no Flash, and how to test it.
Things to Look for in a Good Voice Acting Website
A rundown of the main types of voice casting sites, from pay-to-play to agency rosters, plus what design, support and feedback tell you before you commit.
