You probably know that it takes more than a good voice to do well as a voice actor. You need to be a good business person. You need to have acting skills. You have to know enough about recording to set up a professional sounding home studio and produce high quality audio. But there is […]
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I sent out a poll last month asking what would be the most helpful thing for you to read about on the blog next. I was surprised to hear that what you most want to hear about is how to do voiceover part-time. So let’s talk about that. How do you become a chef part-time? […]
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Your mindset as a voice actor may be the most important thing to keep in check as you start and run your business. From making the decision to start your business in the first place, to how you handle rejection, to how you allocate your time, to how much you invest in yourself, your mindset […]
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So, voice actors get paid — to talk, right? Okay, cool. You want in ASAP. But how can you tell if you have the right kind of voice for voiceovers? The last thing you want is to invest a bunch of money in your new career only to find out your voice just isn’t right […]
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A lot of actors turn to voiceover as a way to make some extra cash while waiting on their next on-camera or theater role. And for good reason — voice acting is acting, after all. But while this strategy positions voice acting as a kind of crutch until the real work gets more steady, a […]
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If you’re anything like me, you were shocked to discover that voice over is a full-fledged industry, with people making a full-time living simply talking into microphones. But after being in the business for over a year and full time for ten months, I know that isn’t just possible to make a living doing freelance voice work; […]
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What if there was a button you could push that would instantly transport you to a dinner table surrounded by your best friends in the world? What if that same button could help you be a better cook and learn a new language? And what if that button could help you stay in shape and save […]
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If you’re familiar at all with my story, you know that my voiceover coach, Alyson Steel, was instrumental in my advancing so quickly in the voiceover world. So I always recommend that aspiring voice actors work with a coach. That said, there are so many resources available now, that it is possible to start booking work […]
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If you go to atlastalent.com, you’ll see my name listed among the other signed voiceover talents there. Click my demo, and you’ll hear the sixty or so seconds that prompted one of the most well-known voiceover agents in the country to pick up his phone and call me to ask me to join his roster. The […]
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I’ll be honest. I haven’t booked the right kind of work for me to need join the union yet. I’m totally open to it, and I kind of hoped I would have gotten some crazy huge jobs that necessitated my joining by now, but that hasn’t happened. I’m still doing great in my career, though. […]
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