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VOICEOVER – The Parallel Career for Actors
June 14, 2019Home Studio Advice for Voiceover
October 17, 2018Home Studio Advice for Voiceover. The Voiceover Kickstart programme covers a very wide variety of key skills for the modern-day Voiceover Artist. In some modules, we focus on the technical side. This short video is a snippet of the practical Home Studio Advice for Voiceover given. So often, VOs working in a home environment overlook what at first glance are…
Vocal Care for Voiceover Artists
August 22, 2018ONE 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 ?
May 31, 2018What 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’…
It’s not acting, it’s not voiceover…it’s reading a book.
May 31, 2018Experienced 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…
Starting a Voice Over Career
May 31, 2018As 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 Actors Centre in…
Working as a Foreign Voiceover in the UK
May 18, 2018Working as a Foreign Voiceover in the UK, 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…
Rodney Saulsberry U.S. Voiceover Talent on the VO career
May 18, 2018Rodney 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…
Branding for one
May 4, 2018A brand? But it’s just me! Branding for Voiceover Artists I am not a branding expert. Like many of you who are voiceover artists or actors, although I do have admin assistance, I run a business with a staff of one. Me. I do pretty much everything. Because of this I used to really struggle to engage with the idea…
We've put together an extensive collection of tongue-twisters for your daily voiceover workout and for use when warming up for voiceover auditions.
Guy Michaels' new podcast launches in 2021 and will feature interviews with voiceover industry experts and more.
You can will also be able to stream on Apple and Spotify