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! 
RESULTS: voiceover

Bust your limiting beliefs about VO

Forget voiceover, bust your limiting beliefs period, right? Ok, but one thing at a time. Our thoughts become the results in our lives, so it’s important to look at what your thoughts are. Almost as important, if not more so, than your skill. Let’s look at some of the limiting beliefs i have heard from voiceover students, whose very goal is to succeed in...

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Newest creative voiceover tips

It’s been a long time since I’ve written on the subject of voiceover technique.  If you feel like skipping this moment while I muse on how I came to write this particular set of voiceover tips, you can go to the next paragraph and you’re forgiven.  What has happened to me over the years of voiceover coaching is that I have learned so much more...

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Perseverance in Voiceover

"It's always darkest before the dawn."  I'd like to take a break this week from what has become our usual format of discussing equipment and construction to talk about perseverance.It's easy to get discouraged when undertaking a new project. This can apply to something as simple as hobby, or as complex as starting a career in Voice work.The key is to...

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Voiceover Home Studio Part 4

In a previous post, we covered ways of soundproofing your studio to protect it from external noises. But what about noise being generated inside your recording space? After I had successfully set up my own home recording studio and began practicing with my equipment, I was surprised to find that there was a persistent hum in the background of all my vocal...

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Voiceover home studio Part 1

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...

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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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