For a long time I have discussed the idea of voice over positioning with a lot of non-industry related people when I would get caught up in explaining to them the intricacies of what I do every day, and how most of my daily, monthly and yearly attempts at self improvement in the industry were [...]

The first part of that question, “What is voice over training?” has come up for me from time to time in the past. I know I’ve tried to explain many of the aspects of training, or the methods used while coaching voice over, but I don’t know if I, or anyone else for that matter, [...]

Often times I’m asked by my students, which voices are out there that I like. It’s a hard question for me to answer because there are so many I like - and most of them for very different reasons. I don’t like telling people to go out and copy someone’s style but when it comes [...]

Yeah, yeah.. I know.. Flying donkeys.. Sure, that’s something you see everyday… I just wanted to get your attention so that you would sit up straight in class. Audio proficiency is what’s at hand here and the use of the phrase “ready to fly” means ready to move your can in the event you have [...]

One of the hardest things for new voice talent to overcome when they have little to no experience with sound isolation, acoustics or audio recording, is how to get the audio they do record up to standards that would be acceptable for professional production. Many times beginners will pout and cry about how they never [...]

Some of you are going to have to excuse my methods of explaining some things in this article because it was meant to help newbies understand some of the basic principals of digital audio recording and effects processing. In an effort to foster this understanding I have used references and terms or words that don’t [...]

The other day, talking to one of my students about how he had the right attitude for success, reminded me of just how far I have come from my not so humble beginnings in this business. When I first started, my ego wasn’t in check, I thought I was much better than I actually was, [...]