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This area contains our archive of articles from our Art of Voice Acting Newsletter and other information for the voice actor. If there is a subject you don’t see here, or would like us to write about, please contact us.
MEDIA & PRESS:
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THE ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
TO GET STARTED IN VOICEOVER:
Getting Started in Voiceover - James Alburger
MUST-READ ARTICLES BY MARK EVANIER:
If you’re in a hurry to break into voiceover—especially for cartoons—you absolutely MUST read the following two articles by Mark Evanier before you do anything else. You’ll also find tons of other valuable information on Mark’s website at www.povonline.com.
Voice Work—Frequently Asked Questions
POV (Point of View) - Starting in voiceover
ARTICLES FROM “THE ART OF VOICE ACTING” NEWSLETTER:
1. Voice acting tips and warm-up exercises
2. The Brilliant Backstory
3. How to deal with a booking that conflicts with your personal values
4. Setting Voiceover Talent Rates
5. Your Best Guess
6. Studio “Lingo”
7. Overcoming the Demon Called “Nervousness” (Penny Abshire)
8. Vocal Variety - “I know what I meant... Why don’t you?” (Frank Shapiro)
9. On producing your first voice-over demo
10. Dealing with excessive copy and grammatical errors
11. Tips from Nancy Wolfson
12. From the Mail Bag
13. Setting up an Internet VO Business
14. The difference between “voice-over” and “voice acting”
15. Questions on Demos
16. Cold Killer Tea (a homeopathic cold and flu remedy)
17. Accents in Voice-over (Susan Berkley - used by permission)
18. Bob Jump on auditions
19. What if?
20. Classified Ads—Beware of Scams
21. Voice Acting is NOT a Competitive Sport!
22. Cold and Flu remedies
23. Breaking In To The Business of Voice-over
24. Practicing to Become Excellent
25. Contracts
26. Your Unique Selling Proposition & Copyright/Trademark issues
27. Thought Pacing
28. Accent Reduction
29. Are Your Words Working For you... Or Against You?
30. How NOT to get an agent! - Chad Gracia used by permission
31. Dropping Ends of Words—The Cork Exercise
32. Warm-up Exercises to Help Create a Believable “Reality”
33. Justify Your Choices!
34. The Voice is a Terrible Thing to Waste (or Lose!) (Joni Wilson)
35. Living With Your Voice (Gigi Mitchell-Velasco)
36. Setting Your VO Talent Fees as Someone Just Starting Out
37. Tell Me, Don’t Sell Me (Penny Abshire)
38. From 20+ Years of Voiceover (Bruce Hayward)
39. Multiple voices in an Internet dialog audition
40. What about my accent? And, should I join the union?
41. Radio as a path to voice acting
42. On-line Talent Listing Sites
43. The Bigger Pie
44. Questions about Demos
45. VO Coaches and Unions
46. Promoting Your Business On-Line (Peter Drew) August 2004)
47. Music in Demos
48. The Fear of Failing (Penny Abshire)
49. Starting Your Own At-home Voice-over Business (Peter Drew)
50. Getting Started in Narration Voiceover (Penny Abshire)
51. Setting Your Voiceover Rate Card
52. Is it Too Late to Start in Voice Acting?
53. Basic Voiceover Marketing Questions
54. The Importance of a “Pre-sentence” (Debbie Munro)
55. The “Identity Way:” How to Feel Great After an Audition (Roger DeWitt)
56. A Question Regarding Demos
57. Audition Etiquette (Penny Abshire)
58. How Much is that Studio in My Bedroom? (James Alburger)
59. Directing Terms—Pt. 1 (Marc Cashman)
60. Directing Terms—Pt. 2 (Marc Cashman)
61. Directing Terms—Pt. 3 (Marc Cashman)
62. What am I doing wrong?
63. Acting is Acting is Acting . . .
64. Four Ways to Capture Your Audience (Penny Abshire)
65. A Question About VO Jobs - “I’m no spring chicken…”
66. Interrupt, Engage, Educate, Offer—a follow-up article to #64
67. What do you put in the envelope as a follow-up letter?
68. Holidays aren’t just for relatives! (Danielle Seadia)
69. You, Your Voice Acting Business & The Web (part 1) (Chris Wagner)
70. You, Your Voice Acting Business & The Web (part 2) (Chris Wagner)
71. Keep the Day Job
72. You, Your Voice Acting Business & The Web (part 3) (Chris Wagner)
73. Living Your Dream (Sherri Berger)
74. I Want Success… And I Want it NOW! (CW Powers)
75. What to Put on Your Demo (Penny Abshire)
76. The Voiceover Financial Limbo Dance (Chris Wagner)
77. What is “Focused Core?” (Penny Abshire)
78. Voice Acting: Living the Life (Chris Wagner)
79. Dealing with shyness
80. The Characters in My Pocket (Penny Abshire)
81. Controlling Loud Screams and Yells
82. Rehearsing with an Audience
83. Prima Donna or Professional?
84. Does What Other People Think Really Matter?
85. CD Demo Packaging
86. Facing Fear
87. Avoiding Colds and Flu
88. Should I Voice That Political Ad?
89. The True Art of Voice Acting - Stefan Chinell (Sweden)
90. Voiceover or Voice Acting? The Importance of Proper Training
91. A System to Unlock the Door - Raleigh Pinskey
OTHER ARTICLES AND RESOURCES FOR VOICEOVER:
For more articles on voiceover, click here for our Freestuff Links area.
The VoiceActing.com Guide to Professional Home Recording
The Actor’s Checklist—The Actor’s Vocal Gift and the Voiceover Industry
Additional articles and reference material by other authors can be found in the DMOZ Open Directory by clicking here.
Home Recording and How to set up a Home Studio
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