This is not a meditation blog, but i will ruminate for a bit about a meditative state of mind that is very helpful for us Voice actors. I'm talking about being in the moment, or to experience the now. It’s the approach to voice acting that I’m studying with my coach and is the essence of all acting. … [Read more...] about Experience the Now
Voice Over
To Coach or not to Coach
Voice Over Coaches are like roaches. I don’t mean that in a negative way, it’s just that there are so many of them and they kind of freak me out. Let me explain…I never trained to be an actor, or had any business training for that matter, yet my Dad was an accountant and I was in Radio before I got … [Read more...] about To Coach or not to Coach
Voice Acting Doesn’t Pay…For Most
A talented and very attractive young man, who is already successful in another creative field, asked me recently how to get into Voice Over. I scratched my head and thought "Why would he want to give up what he does now - WHAT HE WAS BORN TO DO - to go into Voice Acting?" Someone must have told him … [Read more...] about Voice Acting Doesn’t Pay…For Most
In a booking slump? Hire yourself.
It happens out of nowhere; one day you’re hot and the next day its crickets. You’re in a booking slump. No emails, no calls and no checks arriving in the mail. As voice actors, we all have times when there is no paying work on the horizon; especially in this time of constant business-model … [Read more...] about In a booking slump? Hire yourself.
Get quality auditions on Twitter
I’ve written before about how us voice actors should use social media. And I want to drive this point home again and expand on the idea a little. Why should Voice Actors be on social media? Because It can advance our careers by increasing our visibility to potential buyers. But it gets better: You … [Read more...] about Get quality auditions on Twitter
AI voice over. A threat or an opportunity?
From it’s birth at Bell Labs in 1938, the Voder (an offspring of the Vocoder) sounded the alarm for voice actors far into the future. (check out a cool video that shows it in action) It wasn’t much of a threat then, but flash forward almost one hundred years and we voice actors are right to be … [Read more...] about AI voice over. A threat or an opportunity?