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Who knew that shouting realistically when doing voice over work was a thing? It is. And how you handle both the execution and recording of that part…

I just got back from both an on-camera audition, and a very rare in-studio audition. Like...there's a sun and stuff. In both cases, I was going in f…

I've been teaching Getting Started In Voice Over for over a decade, and some 7,000 people have taken it either online or in person. Wow. I had to loo…

You've heard of stopping on a dime. You've heard of getting off that dime. I'm here to tell you that getting off the dime, moving over to the quarte…

A question was recently asked in the private discussion group for the ACX Master Class, and the answer didn't precisely match the question. Someone a…

It struck me that in the fight to avoid announcer-iness, the single-A version of voicing copy, you might do well to remember the three other A's. The…

It's been about a year or so that I've been hinting at a rebranding of VO2GoGo - for so many reasons. The team and I have been working hard on it, an…

Seems like every month or two, some new startup comes along that is going to reinvent the casting game with a new site that promises to be the coolest…

Just a quick show of hands...do you alter the playback speed on the Audible app when you're listening to audiobooks? Are you as against it as I am? …

Hey there! So, I'm just sittin' there...minding my own business... ...when one of you sent me a lovely gift, and it arrived in the mail. Problem is…

Hey there! Several people made me aware of a Twitter thread discussing voice over training curriculums, in which my name came up. Melissa opined tha…

Hey there! I was just put in my place by a stranger, after she asked for some advice. Now, I need your advice to tell me if I need remedial training…

Hey there! I just got finished doing a walkthrough of the new Project X site with the coaches and staff here at the Palatial HQ. (Well, they were at…

Hey there! I was talking with a performer at a voice over meetup, and he confided in me that he absolutely hated the type of event we were at. "I ha…

Hey there! I want to talk to you today about agility, and what advantages you get from being agile. My schedule recently has been packed with gettin…

Hey there! There's one thing I'm asked to do that I simply can't. It's not a matter of my time, it's a matter of expectations. And I hope people wh…

Hey there! There's an often quoted statistic that says that the average role receives over 1500 submissions, and that, on average, it takes a union a…

Hey there! A proud union member for nearly 30 years, it pains me to hear the misinformation from both union and non-union talent about how both camps…

Hey there! In today's workout, one of the students did something that we all do, and we should be careful of. It's a noise we make when we're doing …

Hey there! If I've heard it once, I've heard it a thousand times... ...a complaint, made by a performer, that bemoans the fact that they always get …