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! 

Rules for natural voice over performances

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,...

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More strategy for understanding Voice Over Scripts

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...

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Voiceover success from ANALYSIS

It’s time for another round of voice over script analysis.  To book voiceover jobs, you MUST know what you are talking about, and more importantly, HOW they want you to talk about it.  As usual, we will cover both these areas….the BIG picture being the tone they want you to evoke, and the LITTLE picture being all the keywords on each line that support the...

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More Mastery of Keywords for Voiceover Success

If you want to book voice over jobs, you need more than just a pretty voice.  Way more.  Acting chops.  Good timing.  Articulation (but not too much).  And an understanding of the voiceover script.  This tells the writer or producer that you GET IT.  How exactly will they “hear” that you “get” the script?  You tell them in each and every sentence by...

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Shake up your voiceover techniques

Today’s top voiceover tips for honing your technique come first from Anton Chekhov.  There are so many to choose from that we will only dissect a few here, but the lessons from each are each a gold mine of treasure  The shortest and simplest is one I was recently reminded of while re-reading Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way.  If you haven’t read this book...

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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.
Ready to jumpstart your voiceover career?

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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