Today’s blog installment comes directly from one of the questions fielded from my Biweekly Live Training session this past Sunday, “What’s the best way to do voice overs from home?” This is definitely the #1 voice over question for the …
Now that I am of a “well-seasoned” age, I like to reflect back upon the “good old days”. The days when a recording studio covered a city block that sold for millions. An audio mixing board was 8 feet long …
Years ago, while meeting with a soon-to-be-new talent agent, I was told something that I had long come to know but never actually considered so clearly: “The job is auditioning,” he offered, matter-of-factly. It was not a surprising statement – …
As the voice-over industry has changed over the last decade plus, the epicenter of casting calls has changed with it. In the ‘old days’, most auditioning took place in person at the offices of casting directors and in recording studios. …
One of the things I find amazing about the voice-over industry is how many different genres there are. It can be a bit overwhelming when examining them, and deciding what area you would like to focus on. One particular …
As much as possible, I really like to keep in contact with students who have come through the SuchAVoice.com voice over training program. I encourage students to reach out with their success stories so we can feature them in our …
The following is from the Such A Voice archive, written by Catherine Marshall. The lifestyle of a voice over artist is fabulous. You get to be your own boss, you can grow into a niche of your choosing, and you never …
At the conclusion of a recent recording session I received one the best compliments you can get from the producer. He said, “I KNOW this stuff and wrote the script and I wasn’t able to communicate it like that to …
When I was a kid, my mom would say to me, “Why do you always overreact to everything?” I couldn’t understand what she was talking about, and to be honest it made me mad. I would walk around frustrated, trying …
You picked up your local community college catalog looking for something a bit creative and you saw it! VOICE OVERS… NOW IS YOUR TIME! A business that you can handle on your own terms, on your own turf, in your own …
The following is from the Such A Voice archive, written by Catherine Marshall. For years I trained in classical flute. Anyone who has ever played a musical instrument knows how frustrating it can be when you hear how something should be …
The following is from the Such A Voice archive, written by Catherine Marshall. Preparing for a voice-over job is a funny thing. You have to first network to get the job, utilize your voice-over technique while sounding as natural as …