After several weeks of working with Lesley, I know that the time is rapidly approaching when I will want to start recording demos and (hopefully) commercial work. One option is to rent out some time in a professional studio. Right now in Portland, it costs about $40 per hour to rent studio time for voiceovers. This is absolutely a reasonable option. But...
Week 2: “Commercials capture your attention, that's all.” ~ Calvin Klein The previous week, Lesley and I discussed the many and various ways in which voice actors can apply their voice acting skill professionally. This week, she suggested that I narrow my focus down to one. Despite the fact that my passion lies in voicing audio books, I have decided to...
So you want to be a voiceover professional? Me too! Hi I'm Jason. I'm a client of Lesley's, and I'm going to be filling in for a while writing this blog. I'm here to tell you all about my experience working with Lesley, and what it's like to get into the voice over industry from day one. Since I was a kid, I've always done funny voices. Usually when...
The tools we use for voiceover success all come from what we ALREADY DO. That’s right; you already have what it takes to book more voice over jobs! This is because getting voice over work mostly comes from being BELIEVABLE. There are of course many nuances that also win you jobs on top of this, such as sounding confident, engaged, empathetic, personal,...
There is no hard formula for gleaning keywords from voiceover copy. There are too many writers in the world with too many creative ideas (hallelujah!) about how to present the information and so the presentation style will always be varied. This leaves us scratching our heads each time we get to a script to try and understand what is being said, what is...