Category Archives: Auditioning

Dialing in the skills and tricks to help you book more jobs from auditions

6 Skills You Need for ACX Audiobook Voice Over

Posted on January 2, 2021 by William Williams

Wondering if YOU should perform audiobooks as a voice over talent? Here are 6 skills that make audiobook production more fun and efficient. You don’t need them all but the more you have the better your chances in the audiobook … Continue reading →

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ACX Audiobook Narration Voice Over – Yes or No?

Posted on December 22, 2020 by William Williams

Audiobook voice over is the longest form of voice over narration work. As a voice actor should you consider performing audiobooks? Here are the pros and cons of audiobook voice over. This is part of a series of video tips … Continue reading →

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Eliminate Room Echo from Your Voice Over Recording

Posted on February 3, 2020 by William Williams

It’s very important to realize it when you do a voiceover audition for job that the client wants to hear broadcast quality audio. This is because the client is going to assume that the job will be the same quality … Continue reading →

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Speed Up Your Voice Over Editing Using Keyboard Shortcuts

Posted on September 16, 2019 by William Williams

Using the mouse for voice over recording apps is both inaccurate and slow. I’ll show you how to speed up your audio recording and editing using Keyboard Shortcuts or Hot Keys. And check out my complete recording course “Secrets Voice … Continue reading →

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Reading in Voiceover: Improve Your Speed and Accuracy

Posted on July 28, 2019 by William Williams

If you want to turn in faster and better voiceover auditions and jobs then you need to improve your reading skills. If you find yourself halting, stumbling on words, or mis-reading the copy here’s why that happens–and how to fix … Continue reading →

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Should You Edit Out Breaths in Voice Over? Yes… and No!

Posted on February 12, 2019 by William Williams

I am a firm believer that speeding up auditions equals more auditions equals more jobs. And this efficiency means mo’ money per hour of auditioning. When I read an audition there is often a sentence or two that I “pick … Continue reading →

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Breathing in Voice Over: Do It Right!

Posted on January 25, 2019 by William Williams

If your body has to choose between staying alive and talking… it’s going to gasp for air and choose staying alive. People say to me, “hey, I know how to breath. I’ve been doing it my entire life!” But there … Continue reading →

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Voice Over: Be Conversational not Announcy

Posted on January 13, 2019 by William Williams

You only need to read through a handful of audition descriptions before you run into the word “conversational”. Or you may find the direction more negative such as “no disc jockey or announcer”. As voice over styles evolve, there is … Continue reading →

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Voice Over Job? Watch the Word Count

Posted on December 23, 2018 by William Williams

Your on voices.com or voice123.com and you check out a new job that has been posted. And it has a budget of $1000! Not bad Then you read the job description and find out that this job is an audiobook. … Continue reading →

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Pickups Hints for Voice Over Editing

Posted on August 5, 2018 by William Williams

You’ve just finished a 4000 word e-learning voice over project and you send it to the client. They love the interpretation but they tell you that the name that you read is not pronounced Smith but Smyth. Oh no, do … Continue reading →

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