Voice acting can be a struggle. Training, investment, hours and hours of auditioning and marketing. It’s tough. Eventually, though, it can start to pay off. Before you know it, there you are, face-to-face with paying clients from major...

The voiceover industry isn’t perfect. It’s filled with the same little professional hassles and internal squabbles that any field faces. Some of these challenges are more important than others, and they don’t necessarily deserve to be dismissed.

Nevertheless,...

Today I turn the blog over to United States Marine Corps veteran Paul Matthews, to talk about how his service prepared him for his voiceover career.

I was elated to be asked to contribute to J. Michael Collins’...

Twice in the past week I’ve seen the power of bold, even edgy, performance choices on the part of voice actors validated by industry gatekeepers. In one case, a demo client who has signature snark was signed by...

“Don’t be a dick.”  Simple, right? What does it really mean though, “Don’t be a puppy-kicking baby hater?” In broad strokes, sure, that one is simple enough; but is there a gradient? While, “Don’t be a dick,”...

Today I turn the blog over to one of our industry’s rising stars: Brad Hyland. Brad’s an award-winning, professionally-trained VO with hundreds of high-profile credits under his belt, including as the voice of Santa from Elf of...

Talent. It’s defined as, “A special, often athletic, creative, or artistic aptitude.” This word frequently gets conflated with another word, ability, which is, “Possession of the means or skill to do something.” Cue the debate among...

Rates are a very common discussion among voice actors. Whether it is a talent just starting out, or experienced professionals encountering a new type of project they’re being asked to quote that they’ve not done before, or...

If you follow VO discussion groups on social media, it’s hard to miss the urgent and sometimes panicked tone among VOs when it comes to the subject of AI, or Artificial Intelligence voice overs.

There seems to...

Call me old school, but I like Facebook. While I’m active on many social media platforms, for me, Facebook is where I find a thriving community of colleagues and friends in voice over. And with the advent...