When you get a voiceover script for a character voice, there could be several things going through your head about that character.  That’s great.  The more you try and understand this character, picture it, imagine its likes and dislikes, its appearance, its quirks, the more it comes to “life.”                                          ·          You get a...

I have a voice over tip for you that will turn the most ordinary voice into something else:  try something new.  That’s right, it is that simple.  How else will you find a new angle on your very human sound unless you try to do something different with it?  There are many ways to develop your “character” of course, and we are going to focus on a technical...

Voice technique, in the end, does all boil down to your “acting” performance and whether it was believable or not.  There is absolutely a fine line between the techniques you can execute to “sound” more believable and basic intuitive acting itself, but again, in the end – were you authentic?  That is the bottom line.  There has long been a debate as to...

Albert Einstein may have understood voice over technique himself when he defined Insanity as “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”  Peter Pamela Rose of Acting Business Boot Camp, however, recently reminded me of this genius quote.  Thanks PPR.  So – are you insane?  If you feel like you might be in a voiceover rut and...

Sometimes voice over technique is not about your acting skills, as important as they are.  It’s about your grasp on timing, pacing, the sense of natural flow that comes when you speak conversationally in your own life.  If you can stay PRESENT during your performance, you can and will notice whether your pacing is forced or natural.  If you are...