Fluently Speaking Your Script s Language in English and French.
For those of us in the U.S., this time of year is the time we are all very conscious of Tax Prep (Our filing deadline is April 15th). When I was growing up, it was an AWFUL time. My dad was self employed and my mom HATED paperwork and the whole process was a true [ ]
I ve been in the voiceover industry for over two decades. I m in my 14th year of being a full-time voiceover talent. I love what I do. And I am lucky enough to have built a business that has allowed me to keep a fine roof over my head, in a place I love to live, [ ]
You never get a second chance to make a first impression. In my work as a full-time voiceover talent, I record in many different genres: eLearning, explainer videos, commercials and yes Telephony. To many voiceover talent, it s not even on their radar or, honestly, it s looked down upon as not worth their time. For those not in [ ]
I’d like to chat about something I’ve been thinking about a lot these days. It’s about doing the footwork. We all take steps every day to advance our careers, enhance our relationships and make a better life for ourselves and our loved ones. Here’s the thing though….you don’t really know how it’s all going to [ ]
OK, let me get this out of the way right now, so that it cannot be said that I did not “admit” this from the start: I am not a teacher. I am not a parent either. There, I said it. But I AM a person who speaks more than one language due to parents [ ]
When I became a full time voice talent (or actor, or “-over” or artist, or faffer…whatever you want to call it these days! ;-), one of the statements that I heard over over again was “Oh forget it, it’s always the same 10 people that get booked for those jobs.” Really? So how have [ ]
There’s a lot of talk these days about voiceover coaching and education. Voiceover Coaching has become a veritable industry unto itself with some good coaches and – as always – some charlatans. I’m not going to get into that here. I have been lucky enough to be coached by some of the best, and I’m [ ]
In today’s day and age of social network-meetup-hi-look-at-me-ing you never really know who’s out there peeking in your website-blog-twitter-facebook-window. That’s not a bad thing, in fact it can be pretty cool! I had a wonderful experience at the NYC Voiceover Mixer hosted by Voice Talent Productions last month: a fellow voice talent, who I had [ ]
OK! So it s that time of year again Resolution-time! What interesting about the concept of resolutions is that they usually involve some sort of major sacrifice or herculean effort .losing weight, quitting smoking, getting to the gym more often Resolutions, frankly have a bad rap because they usually DON T involve efforts we really want to make but rather [ ]
When you’re a voice talent, as you progress in your chosen profession, you will probably find yourself doing more of one type of work than another: Commercials, Narrations, Promos ….and for those of us that choose to: Telephony. First things first: How do you to SAY “Telephony Click on the little flash player below to [ ]