Voice Over Coaching articles and tips
Neither Brady Hales nor his wife, Elizbeth, are known to me. Both are featured in their ubiquitous and engaging online video ads extolling the virtues of voice acting. Their demeanor makes me think they must be nice people...which is a plus if you're selling something. The ads must be...
…to an online conversation you need to see.
Apparently, a lot of people want to coach voice acting these days. But why?…and who? When does a voice talent become a voice coach…and where are the rules & regs? A few observations within…
The estimate that only 5% of voice actors are truly supporting themselves and their families with strictly voiceover work is probably close to correct. (remember, 47.93% of all numbers quoted online are made-up). Whatever the number (almost impossible to discern), it’s disappointingly low. The...
...like you really needed one, right? Well, September 10th-11th is apparently a very popular VO weekend in Las Vegas. Two coveted voice acting coaches will be here for weekend workshops. #1. Pat Fraley Pat is hands-down one of the top VO coaches...he could do this on his own, but he is relying on...
Seasoned VO pros have just as much responsibility to protect our profession as do the newcomers.
Here’s why.
The estimate that only 5% of voice actors are truly supporting themselves and their families with strictly voiceover work is probably correct. (remember, 47.93% of all numbers quoted online are made-up).Whatever the number (almost impossible to discern), it's disappointingly low. The "haves" are...
What's the old saying? "Fool me once, shame on you...fool me twice, shame on me".This has been a week of discovery, admonition, and contrition. Tuesday, I came down hard on what I believed to be a certain sector of the coaching marketplace that takes unfair advantage of voiceover neophytes....
The email came from Malden, Missouri. Deep in the "bootheel" of the Show-Me state.A budding voice actor had just finished reading my book, and was taking seriously my admonition to get good coaching before going much further down the road to VO success.Not that it's backwater, but Malden is 150...
Yin/Yang Right there are two incendiary terms. They don't always go hand in hand, but they rarely tell a positive story. Oddly enough, not everyone agrees on who is or who is NOT a predatory coach. Nor do some coaches SEE themselves as "predatory"...so there is plenty of gray on this issue. A...
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