Should You Change Your Name?

Should You Change Your Name?

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As a coach and casting director I’m often asked, “Do you think I should change my name?” almost as often as I’m asked, “What do you think of my voice?” Listen, I get it. We don’t become actors because we want to “be ourselves.” Never mind that the first thing you hear...
How To Know You’re a Pro VO

How To Know You’re a Pro VO

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  To be considered among the best of the best should be the goal of every voiceover and actor. Yet, there’s no real litmus test to determine when, and if, you’re a pro, but there are factors that determine your professional fitness. Frankly, there are a great...
How Less is More When Establishing Your VO Branding

How Less is More When Establishing Your VO Branding

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Let’s assume you’re well trained. You’ve invested in proper coaching and creating competitive voiceover demos. And now you’re attempting to complete your branding with an appealing, memorable logo to present yourself as the professional you truly are, because… let’s...
How to Find a GREAT Coach for Acting & Voiceover

How to Find a GREAT Coach for Acting & Voiceover

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Every talent worth their weight wants to improve themselves. However, investing in coaching can be a crapshoot, especially if you don’t know what you’re looking for. The worry is, “What if I don’t learn anything new?” Or, “What could I possibly learn that I don’t know...
The Ultimate Voiceover Challenge

The Ultimate Voiceover Challenge

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Over the past decade, I’ve watched the rates for voiceover, and frankly for all professional actors, take a massive dive well below anywhere they should be for this or any profession.“The Great Repression” certainly had an averse influence on pay in every sector, and...