A question came up in a recent audiobook class about pseudonyms, and whether you need them in other areas of voiceover.
The short answer is no. You generally don’t need a pseudonym for elearning or commercials.
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A Guided Meditation for the Voice Actor
I’m just a gal on a journey of her own. I love every minute of voicing, mentoring and sharing. Another thing I love to do is write. I have something special I created, blending all of my passions together. I wrote and narrated a guided meditation specifically for the voice over actor. It’s meant to inspire.
I believe in the power of visualization. I’ve applied it to all areas of my life, and feel that it’s been instrumental in my success as a voice over actor. As a mentor to many, and your friend in the voice over industry, I wrote this guided meditation out of love. I hope to help you see what you’re asking for more clearly. The more detailed and focused we are with our goals the better. I hope you find this to be a relaxing, thoughtful resource, and a helpful tool on your unique voice over journey. Wishing you much success. Namaste!
Jacked Up: Deliver on Your Promises by Communicating
When my two sons were in high school, I had a rule: Tell me where you’re going and when you’ll be back. Call me BEFORE you’re late.
In any business, clients can’t read the minds of those they hire. But they do judge behavior. If you’re friendly, easy to work with, knowledgeable, and reliable, then repeat business is in the cards. [Read more…]
TVAS – Community Love!
Last month we took some time out for some camaraderie and VO social-ness! We ate, we laughed, and enjoyed some live music out on our patio. This was our very first social at TVAS 2.0, and it did not disappoint! Many of you brought loved ones along to share your home-away-from-home, and had a chance show em what you’ve been doing. It’s so nice to share your playground with those closest to you. Between studio tours and getting to know your VO pals better, it was a beautiful day! Thank you all who could make it! [Read more…]
Marketing Moats-ivation
I hope you know I think of you often. As your mentor, as I go through my day as a full-time voice actor I often catch myself thinking… This would be a great thing to share with my students! And ‘marketing – aka self promotion’ – is at the top of that list!
The most challenging part about the voice over industry, aside from being exceptional at your craft, which is a MUST, is letting people know you exist. Everyone loves the idea of becoming a voice over actor, but few are willing to put in the real hard work. We can love the idea of ‘anything,’ but if we don’t dedicate the time, energy, focus and consistency toward our goal, in this case becoming a pro talent, it’s just a daydream. I’m here to help you make this happen! [Read more…]
Jacked up: Talk and Tips
Mistakes
Most of us can’t remember what it was like when as babies, we learned to walk. In fact, research has found we can’t remember much about life before age 3. That’s probably a good thing.
There’s a lot of hard-knocks learning going on in those years. Wobble a step or two and crash. Reach for something shiny. Crash. Oops, my pants! Reboot. Nap. Ouch, my new teeth! I want to eat NOW!!!
So, welcome to the baby-step time for your VO career. Read two lines, muff a word, crash. Grab the mic, ooops, sorry. Cough into the mic, deafen the engineer and sicken your colleagues—oops, sorry. [Read more…]
Joy’s Talent Spotlight: Dustin Ebaugh
Hi my fellow voicers! In this issue I want to tell you about the amazing conversation I had with our talented coach, Dustin Ebaugh. Dustin hails from Kansas and in Kansas is where he began his voiceover career. For 14 years Dustin was a radio DJ and station program manager. Dustin began booking voiceover jobs on the side for an ad agency. His first VO job was voicing a Block Buster Video commercial. In addition, he began his eLearning company, TVandRadioVoices.com. In the early days Dustin cast himself and his friends to voice the jobs. [Read more…]
Listen Up
Blog Love from Mama VO
I’d like to introduce you to a part of your body that’s as equally as important as your voice. What on earth could be equally important!? I am a voice actor! Clearly, it’s all about my voice! Mmm-hmm.
I’d like to introduce you to your ears. Those two unassuming little guys hanging out on either side of your head. Did anyone ever tell ya as a kid, “You have two ears and one mouth, so you should listen twice as much as you speak.” That’s a tall order for a voice actor, but there’s a lot of truth in that statement.
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Joy’s Talent Spotlight: McKenna Roberts
Hello, my awesomely amazing fellow voicers!! Yes, I may seem to be extra happy this episode and I have good reason to be so…. I just feel very fortunate to have found TVAS. Knowing Mama VO, all our coaches and all of you has brought such joy to my life! And now I’m about to bring an adorable bundle of delight into your lives. It is my pleasure to introduce you to McKenna Roberts – model, voice over talent, star of television and movies, future executive producer. She is one of our youngest class mates to attend TVAS. McKenna attended TVAS when she was 8 years old and took courses for two summers. Her favorite classes were commercial and animation. She enjoys anything that has do with drama. Doing commercials are fun for McKenna and she loved voicing the national TV Fitbit commercial. [Read more…]
Jacked Up: Jack’s Tips for Organizing and Archiving
At some point in your voiceover journey, you’re going to start auditioning and booking jobs. You’ll be producing audio files—remember to record, edit, and process in .wav or .aiff formats—not in mp3—you may deliver an mp3 to the client, but your work is in one of the two high quality formats.
And so what do you do with those audio files after you hit “submit”? Well, what would you do if a client replies to an audition by saying, “We loved it! We’ll use your audition. Just send it to us in a FLAC format.” Or what if in two years a client comes back and says, “Hey, we want to change the phone number in that commercial you did for us, but keep the rest the same.”
What if you just want to listen to yourself in 3 years to see how you’ve changed? [Read more…]
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