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 book more voiceover jobs
  • How to WOW (not repel) Casting Directors
  • What to avoid during Auditions
  • The counter-intuitive “Secret” to voiceovers
  • … and more! 
RESULTS: VoiceOver tips

Best Voiceover Tips 2022

After casting, coaching, and directing demos for almost thirty years, the awareness around the nuances surrounding a great VoiceOver performance start to add up.  While there are so many techniques in voice acting - that’s the one element right there that counts the most…the acting. So let’s start there.  What is acting?  It’s make-believe. Yes,...

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Voice Acting Inflection tips

Voice Acting Inflection tips

Tips for using inflection in voiceover Inflection in voiceover, and therefore in everyday speech, happens all day long. Our speech patterns sound like a rollercoaster, and if you’re a sound engineer staring at that screen filled with wavy lines all day, it looks like one too. We almost can’t speak in monotone as it’s not our inclination. The vocal chords...

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When you mess up

When you mess up

Even voice-over pros flub their words! Do yourself a favor when you make a mistake in the middle of reading your voiceover script - take a nice slow breath. Think of your breath as a palate cleanser. You don’t want to jump right back in to your audition in “mess-up mistake mode.” Breathe, and reset your gears. You will now go back in to your performance...

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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 book more 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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