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Home Studio Advice for Voiceover.  The Voiceover Kickstart programme covers a very wide variety of key skills for the modern-day Voiceover Artist. In WEEK THREE, we focus on the technical side.  This short video from that week, is a snippet of the practical advice given.  So often, VOs working in a home environment overlook what at first glance are such…

ONE VOICE You’ve only got one voice.  Imagine losing your voice……permanently.  A terrible thought.   This beautiful and delicate instrument enables communication, expression and in the case of a Voiceover Artist it is the number one tool.  It must be treated with care and respect at all times.   Have you been told that you have a ‘lovely voice’ or…

What Makes A Good Voiceover Demo? Great question and one that actually needs re-writing to… what makes good voiceover demos? Don’t forget the ’s’. Or… what makes great showreels? These are actually audio ‘reels’ that ‘show’ people what you do. For years and years voiceover artists have had around 3 demos. A ‘straight’ voiceover demo, a ‘character’ demo and ‘narration’…

 Experienced actor and director, Matthew Lloyd Davies writes about his first couple of years as an Audiobook Narrator Guy has asked that I write a piece about recording audiobooks and how it differs from other VO work. Well I suppose the fact that I have been taking part in the Voiceover Kickstart course over the last few weeks, despite being…

Break into voiceover As an actress, I had always wanted to break into Voiceover for many years but was a bit daunted by the prospect of "how to get started". It seemed to me like such a closed industry. The time is now Finally, after much procrastination, I decided to get pro-active. I attended a few Voice-Over sessions at the…

Lara Parmiani provides expert coaching for those wanting to start a voiceover career: www.laraparmiani.com London, as the European headquarters of big multinational corporations and TV channels, produces a lot of work in foreign languages. So if you're an actor and your native language isn't English, there's potentially quite a bit of work to grab. Lots of big agencies have a…

Rodney Saulsberry has a VO career to envy. Rodney's voice has been heard on ABC, CBS and FOX.  From announcing to movie trailers, audiobooks and more, Rodney is also a gifted singer and busy actor. 1. What has been the biggest change in the Voiceover world since you first started? The biggest change in the voiceover world since I started…