Feeding your imagination is constant, necessary homework as a voice actor, especially when it comes to the most current popular documentaries and shows. After all most direction we’re offered as talent tends to lead with a variety of pop culture references...
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As an actor and voiceover you need to give yourself plenty of room to play. You need to allow yourself room to create and discover, often under great time constraints and the pressure to deliver your very best on the fly. Here at Actors’ SOUND ADVICE, we...
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Do bigger mouths make better voiceovers? Scientific studies have recently confirmed the greater the gob, the greater the vocal prowess! So, if your mouth isn’t all that monstrous, fear not… excessive gum chewing has been linked to a more measurable mouth....
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Spring offers a fresh approach, renewal and hope for the future. Sounds good! Which gives me an opportunity to suggest a few remarkable options you may never had the pleasure to enjoy, especially to best FEED YOUR VOICEOVER PERFORMANCE READ! So, without...
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There are a variety of elements that go into creating a truly competitive, successful voiceover demo. And there are a few flat out deal killers as well. The following are the top 10 you definitely want to avoid. 1. Writing your own copy. Talent notoriously...
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You practiced, practiced, practiced… but still, no Carnegie Hall! So, what happened? Well, a number of things could be in play, or entirely absent from your auditions, as the case may be. Here are 5 reasons you probably didn’t book that last audition:...
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Probably the single-most challenging and most sought-after vocal quality today is what is best known as the ‘conversational’ read. The problem is, once you read the very dry, unimaginative script you might discover you have little, if anything, to draw upon...
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They say the Irish brogue is the most melodic, enticing accent heard across the globe! Well, I don’t if that’s true, sounds like a tale any one from my family might have passed on, frankly. I only bring it up because it’s nearly St. Paddy’s, and the...
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One of the many benefits of being a voiceover today over any other time in history is the fact that every session is as near as a simple ‘patch’. Regardless of whether you’re recording (or being recorded) from your humble, bedroom closet (that doubles for a...
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There’s so much great viewing to be had that will not only entertain, it will most importantly assist in feeding your imagination as a voice actor. After all most direction we’re offered as talent tends to lead with a variety of pop culture references that...
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