Here’s a hot voice over tip straight from your own mouth:  pay attention to your own phone conversations and when possible, record them.   We are most natural, most authentic, the most “real” that we can be when we are engaged in conversation and simply “being.”  The best voice over artists can perform and make us believe that it is not a performance.  For...

A great voice over resource is right there in your house already.  Your mirror.  Look into the mirror while you are reading voiceover copy and see a universe of reaction and emotion.  You want to make sure that you are conveying your intentions with purpose, clarity, and conviction, and this is where the mirror comes in handy.  In the beginning, voice over...

  So many voice over tips to go around and many of them are quite sophisticated.  There are nuances to the voice over performance that any good coach will explain to their student and ultimately see the shock on their faces, or the confusion.  These techniques are complex and essential, things that no one has thought about doing in their ordinary...

Voice over technique for radio commercials is simpler than you would think.  You must remember here the biggest thing that differentiates this performance from others is that you are not accompanying a picture of any kind.  You are IT, baby.  The beginning and end of the line.  You are all we (the listener) have that stands between us “getting” the message...

There are way too many examples of voice over animation mastery to mention here, but if I was forced to pick just one, I think I will go with something a little less obvious, a little more rebellious.  I am referring to the person know less as an actor and more as a singer/musician – Will.I.Am.  Will’s performance in the 2011 animated feature “Rio” was...