Voice Over Experts

Ever had to track down non-paying customers? Non-union voice talent agent, Roger King, knows your pain. Join Roger as he discusses practical strategies he has used to collect on overdue invoices and pick up a few tips along the way that will save you stress and keep the cash flowing. Tags: Roger King, PN Agency, […]

What does it take to offer phone patch services and make it profitable for your business? How do you set the limits and parameters of a phone patch session? Anthony Reece shares many pros and cons of offering phone patch and also addresses whether or not to charge a fee for providing the service. Tags: […]

Ever wondered what it takes to really craft a character? In this educational podcast, Pat Fraley shows you how to adjust the sound of a character voice with the thinking and feeling of a character for the most evocative effect.25 years ago Pat’s audio set, “Creating Character Voices,” was published. His system of creating characters, […]

How does one find voice over jobs? How much work is out there and how do you get it? Ken Theriot shares his perspective and tips for auditioning as a working voice actor who uses the voice over marketplace to promote himself and do business online. Links from today’s show: HomeBrewAudio.com Your Instructor this week: […]

Is your voice over career built strongly and with care? Marc Cashman shares insight on how to go about building your voiceover “house” to get the best results. Building a sound voiceover house is essential to being competitive, consistent, professional and sought after. Learn how to build yours now! Links from today’s show: The Cashman […]

How can social networking benefit your business? The entertaining Terry Daniel and Dave Courvoisier discuss how social media and the use of online social networking tools can promote your voice over services and help you to get work. They also go into detail on how to best present yourself through social networking profiles, utilizing groups […]

Do you ever take your eyes off the copy? You’re invited to be a fly on the wall during one of Nancy Wolfson’s private voice over coaching sessions that leads to a great discovery. Find out what happens when you drop the copy and also learn more about what you can do to prevent vocal […]

Want to learn how to be an audiobook narrator? Find out what it takes from the Johnny Appleseed of Audiobook Narrators, Pat Fraley. Pat shares his formula for getting audiobook narration work and focuses in on four elements that will get you there including Skills, Personal Style, The Demo and Marketing. Links from today’s show: […]

Are you ready for the new year? Bobbin Beam shares ideas for making plans and preparations that will jump start your new year in a big way while everyone else is spending the last two weeks of the year relaxing. Learn tips for communicating with current and past clients, relationship building, saving time, creating value […]

Marc Cashman reveals three things that underlay all convincing voice acting: sincerity, smile and physicality. Learn more about how being sincere (truly!), smiling and movement can work together to create an amazing voice over performance. Links from today’s show: Cashman CommercialsThe Cashman Cache of Voice-Acting TechniquesAsk The Voice Cat BlogMarc Cashman Voices.com Website Your Instruc...

Ever wondered what kind of a role improv plays in voice acting? Being able to think on your feet will be required of you often, especially when working in animation voice over. Marc Graue shares ways you can experiment with your voice and visualize exactly where you are going to help you book a role. […]

Your demo is your primary promotional tool and is included in your submission for work to an audio publisher. Pat Fraley and Hillary Huber’s experience and relationships with audio publishers have led them to suggest that the performer produce their demo as directed in this podcast. Links from today’s show: Pat FraleyPat Fraley Free LessonsHillary […]

Ever heard of “Vocal shape-shifting”? Pat Fraley shares some tips on how to bring the uniqueness of you out in a variety of reads including storytelling methods for commercials, narration, and audiobooks. Links from today’s show: Pat FraleyPat Fraley Free Lessons Pat teaches across the US. As he mentioned, a masters class was held in […]

Voice over instructor and performer Marc Cashman identifies “12 Voice Over Skill Sets” that will help you to refine your current skills and develop new ones. From clarity to consistency to cold reading and more, you’ll find new ways that you can leverage your talent and make it shine brightly for all to hear. Listen […]

Need some help marketing your talent? Dave DeAndrea invites you to consider your voice work as a product. Similar to how a grocery store is stocked with food items, you could be stocking your shelves with voice over products such as commercials, telephone messaging and more. Once you’ve figured out what your products are, Dave […]

Do you notice caution signs in your copy? Lisa Rice gives you guidance on how to identify caution signs and ideas for how you can adapt your read to finish a project within its specific timing parameters. When hired to voice a script with more words than allotted time, you can apply the same strategies […]

What does it take to get an awesome demo? Voice Over Expert Terry Daniel shares his perspective on the purpose of a demo, what a successful one ought to do for you and how training and professional audio production affects the overall quality of a voice over demo. Your demo speaks for you… what is […]

As a voice over performer, is it possible to consider yourself an overpaid, glorified sound effect? Join voice over expert Pat Fraley and learn more about how your voice serves as the foundation and how sound effects bring your performance to another level in conjunction with music, giving your read even greater environmental and emotional […]

Professional voice talent JC Haze shares “10 Voice Over Tips for 2010” that he learned from Maura Tighe, a casting agent and teacher based in Boston, MA. Make your 2010 even better by listening to these tips, absorbing them and applying them to your own voice over career. Tags: Maura Tighe Casting, Voiceovers, voice acting, […]

Did you now that 20% of voice talent get 80% of the work? Is it possible to predict who might book or have greater success than their peers by voice alone? Gary Terzza explains how working voice over people make up that top 20% and shares some personal experiences revealing the one essential ingredient that […]

Sunday Muse shares information with parents of aspiring voice talent to prepare them to help their children get into cartoon voice acting in her podcast, “How to Introduce Your Child to Voice Acting.” Following the success of her recently published book “You Can Do Cartoon Voices, Too!,” Sunday’s podcast is full of industry knowledge, casting […]

Join Voice Over Expert Roger King in his lecture, “Tips on Getting Representation.” Roger shares a number of immediately applicable tips that will keep you in a voice over talent agent’s good books. Hear some quick bullet points from a talent agent’s perspective on what they expect of you, the qualities they look for, and […]

Join Voice Over Expert Anthony Reece in his lecture, “Mirror Mirror – Being True to Yourself as a Voice Talent.” As a voice over talent you have to be honest and recognize that you are not right for every part. When you’re in a position to cast consider whether or not you fit the part […]

Join Voice Over Expert Pat Fraley in his podcast, “Accuracy VS Authenticity.” There is a marked and important difference between an accent that is accurate and one that is authentic. Being accurate means that something is free from error, especially due to care, and conforming exactly to truth or to a standard. Accuracy, with dialect, […]