• Another radio announcer test – Voice Actor's Notebook

    Another radio announcer test – Voice Actor's Notebook

    If you’ve already mastered the NBC radio announcer test that I posted earlier, then here’s a new one for you to wrap your tongue around: Penelope Cholmondely raised her azure eyes from the crabbed scenario. She meandered among the congeries of her memoirs. There was the Kinetic Algernon, a choleric artificer of icons and…

  • A few voice over tips… – Voice Actor's Notebook

    A few voice over tips… – Voice Actor's Notebook

    Here are a few quick tips from voice over legend Bob Bergen (the amazing voice of Porky Pig plus many many more.) Don’t do a demo until you are ready! When it comes to cartoons, every character has a voice but not all voices have character. If you physically play the character the voice…

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  • Mic placement for voice overs (kinda) – Voice Actor's Notebook

    Mic placement for voice overs (kinda) – Voice Actor's Notebook

    While doing a little YouTube surfing the other day I came across two short but informative videos about mic placement for vocals. These videos are meant for singers, but I found that they’re also quite relatable to recording voice overs as well. Click the Read more link below to check out the videos. Enjoy!…

  • This guy gets it! Professionalism isn’t dead. – Voice Actor's Notebook

    This guy gets it! Professionalism isn’t dead. – Voice Actor's Notebook

    If you’ve ever sent in an audition, then you know it’s a rare thing to get a real “Thank you for auditioning” email. If you’re lucky, you might get an automated email from the website saying that the job you auditioned for isn’t available anymore. But more often than not, you don’t get any…

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  • Careers in voice over – Voice Actor's Notebook

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  • The making of an audiobook – part 4 – Voice Actor's Notebook

    The making of an audiobook – part 4 – Voice Actor's Notebook

    In this installment in The making of an audiobook series, I’m going to point out some very important little things you may not have thought about. You see, before you hit that record button, you’d better make sure everything is set up and ready to go (including yourself). Because if you don’t, it’s only…