FREE “Voiceover Success Mini Course” By Email

What you’ll learn:

  • How to avoid the top 10 mistakes new actors make when getting started
  • How to get into the writer’s mind and book voiceover jobs
  • How to WOW (not repel) Casting Directors
  • What to avoid during Auditions
  • The counter-intuitive “Secret” to voiceovers
  • … and more! 

The YOU in Voiceover Technique

I'm going to get a little redundant here with a voiceover technique. I'm going to show you many examples of the same concept. If I'm preaching to the converted I apologize, and/or stop reading after the next sentence.  If you think the word YOU is important in a voiceover script, you're mistaken. It's the least important word. Really. Really really. I'll...

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Pitch-Perfect Voiceover Psychology

I've been all things voiceover lately, except on my computer.  That's what happens when....your computer breaks.  I'm on a temporary one now, and the most i can manage is some simple typing.  A fancy link to some other fancy voice over site?  Forget it.  Sorry.  Today i'm going to talk about a lot and link to nothing.  There's a lot going on in the brain...

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Voiceover Integrity

There are two common definitions for INTEGRITY, and both play a role in your voiceover success.  The first one is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles.  The second is the state of being whole, undivided, complete.  Both definitions do play a critical role in the successful voiceover audition, but especially the latter.  Let’s...

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Voiceover Authenticity

Voiceover acting contains the challenge of finding authenticity where there is seemingly very little. I pose to you the possibility that the way you approach a voiceover is not that different from the way you approach.  You’re projecting!! I skipped a line to let that sink in.  For those of you who skipped an English class or two (I skipped the math...

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Voiceover “Being”

I’m your voiceover Chinese water torturer.  I’ve got a one-track mind.  I’m a broken record. . . . YOU MUST KNOW WHAT YOUR INTENTION IS.  YOU MUST GET IN THE WRITER’S HEAD VIA VERY FOCUSED SCRIPT ANALYSIS.  YOU MUST BE, NOT READ. We’ve been doing this work for the last bunch of blogs, allowing you to really SEE a script for what it is in the hopes it will...

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Lesley Bailey - Voiceover Coach & ConsultantHi! I'm Lesley Bailey. I’m an award-winning Casting Director, Voiceover Coach, Demo Producer, and Consultant with over 30 years "in the trenches". I love helping voice actors bring scripts to life with authenticity and confidence.
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FREE “Voiceover Success Mini Course” By Email

What you’ll learn:

  • How to avoid the top 10 mistakes new actors make when getting started
  • How to get into the writer’s mind and book voiceover jobs
  • How to WOW (not repel) Casting Directors
  • What to avoid during Auditions
  • The counter-intuitive “Secret” to voiceovers
  • … and more! 

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