Category Archives: Auditioning

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

Conversational vs Announcer Voice Over Styles

Posted on August 27, 2017 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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Sound: Voice Over’s Friend and Foe

Posted on July 2, 2017 by William Williams

Voice Over is unique artistic performance because it is entirely produced with sound. There are other performances of sound–a live rock concert for example– that depend on sound but they have other aspects that contribute to the experience: costuming, lighting, … Continue reading →

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Voice Over Audition: I Care! I Don’t Care! Cure Audition Separation Anxiety

Posted on June 27, 2017 by William Williams

So you raise your voice over audition up properly, give it the finest preparation, a positive attitude and an engaging personality. You sigh and you heart beats faster as you send your mature baby out into the world.  You have … Continue reading →

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Why WHY Is the Most Important Word in Voice Over

Posted on January 19, 2017 by William Williams

The first WHY is inside you This is the first WHY you need to answer. Why do YOU want to do voice over? Do you like to communicate? Do you enjoy it when your listeners “get it”? Are there ideas that you … Continue reading →

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Why I like Voice123.com for Voice Over Jobs

Posted on October 4, 2016 by William Williams

I’ve talked about my Three Legged Milking Stool voice over marketing strategy. One leg of that strategy is using Online Casting to begin marketing your talents. The two biggies in this “pay to play” universe are Voices.com and Voice123.com. You’ll … Continue reading →

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Normalizing Voice Over – The Last Thing You Want to Do

Posted on February 25, 2016 by William Williams

When you’re recording voice over you want to use my “Goldilocks” theory of recording: Not to Hot or the sound will clip and distort.  And not too Cold or your voice will compete with the noise floor of the recording. … Continue reading →

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Fluent Reading For Better Voice Over

Posted on February 12, 2016 by William Williams

I’ve been teaching voice overs for twenty years and every student begins with the same declaration: “I can talk and I can read, so I can do this”. One of the first things we discover is that half of these … Continue reading →

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Does Singing Help with Voiceover?

Posted on January 11, 2016 by William Williams

People come to voice over from a variety of different backgrounds. Some come from the broadcasting world. They bring clear enunciation and solid reading skills. Others come out of on-camera or stage acting. They have and edge when it comes … Continue reading →

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Here’s Why You Don’t Want Voice Over Jobs

Posted on November 3, 2015 by William Williams

What? Are you crazy? Of course I want jobs! Whaddayatalkinabout? Well, in most voice over jobs you work as a private contractor. So unlike in a job job, you may have several different employers each week.  And several different bosses. … Continue reading →

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Create Winning Voice Overs with Your “Non-Verbal Toolkit”

Posted on August 16, 2015 by William Williams

There’s a myth about speech that has been around since the Egyptians invented hieroglyphics. And that myth is that somehow you can take all of speech and condense it down to written words on a piece of paper. Actually I … Continue reading →

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