As actors, we have three important tools at our disposal: voice, body and imagination. I’ve been an actor, voice actor, theater educator and coach for a combined 40+ years and I start every class and every session with a warm-up. …
Having a high quality home studio has always been important as a voice actor. But these days, home studios are no longer just for auditioning or for certain types of work. Home studios are absolutely essential if you want to …
Our neighbors are taking a stand, and making it clear that the rampant racism that has proliferated throughout our country must come to an end, and that our elected officials and law enforcement must address the systemic pitfalls that ignore …
Successful auditions are the bread and butter of the modern voice actor. While it’s true that you can book a project solely off of your demo, you’re much more likely to have to go to bat against a number of …
There has never been a better or more exciting time to get into voice acting. From commercials, corporate narrations and video games, to ADR work in films and TV, there are so many opportunities for budding voice actors that it’s …
In today’s rapidly changing voice-over industry, slating will always remain the way to vocally identify yourself to the casting team or whoever is going to be listening to your audition. When asked to go to a studio for an audition, …
Improv is an acting technique where the actors react spontaneously to circumstances, scenarios, and each other, developing the characters and the scene as they go. Using improv in your voice-over practice will allow you to make strong choices and break …
How can you, as a voice-over artist, be the most creatively productive in a world of “Do! Do! Do!”, when to perform, you need to connect to just being? If you find yourself “doing” too much and you make no …
Improvisation skills and being able to think fast on your feet (or voice) when given direction is a necessity when recording most voice over projects in the studio. Our job as a voice actor is to give voice and emotion …
Click here to hear Bonnie read this article! “Nothing…I’m feeling nothing…” this sentiment from that song in “A Chorus Line” is not what you want to be thinking when you read through a script as a voice-over artist, nor what …
You’ve gotten the training and now you’re ready to build that home studio so you can get your voice-over career off the ground. Prepare for liftoff by avoiding these mistakes that everyone starting out makes in their home studios. Mistake …
Unlike a lot of freelance entrepreneurs living that #LaptopLifestyle, as voice-over artists, we need more than just a hot cup of coffee and a laptop to create a nomadic work life. However, it’s not a total impossibility, just because we …