Posts by Abbe Holmes

Breathing!
Yes, it’s true, you do have to breathe…or you’ll die. But in voice over the use of breath is either ‘extremely important’ or ‘completely dispensable’. Read on for the low down on breath technique for voice over.

Voiceover is all about creating brilliant reads that sound completely natural and real. If you’re going to connect with a listening audience, there are some things you’ll need to perfect. Let’s begin with transparency.

In voice over, you get work from your demo. That’s why it has to be so perfect. If your demo isn’t up to standard, it’ll just get tossed in the bin. Here are some tips to make sure you create one that will get you work.

Being a successful voiceover artist isn’t just down to being a great voice performer with a top class voiceover demo. One of the most important factors governing your success is how well you understand the business of voiceover. So here are three simple ways of making sure you’re ready to do business.

You don’t have to be a trained actor…but you still need to perform!

Many voiceover artists are not trained actors and many have never performed at all. There is absolutely no need to be professionally trained. Voiceover relies more on a set of natural abilities that are well informed, than intensive performance training.

If the thought of ‘marketing’ your voice over talents causes you to break into a sweat, relax. Help is at had! But the truth is, voice over marketing isn’t really that hard. You just need a good demo, a list of local studios and a really good understanding of what you do best.

It’s true that being a great ‘sight reader’ is one of the most important skills a voiceover artist can have, but how many of you, when faced with something you’ve never read before, struggle to have it make sense on the first reading? Read on for some simple techniques that’ll help you perfect your sight reads.

Is this you? You’ve sent your demo to everyone you can think of, studios, radio stations and producers…and you’ve had little or no response. What now!

As a voice artist, you will have been faced with your share of both. Understanding the process the script goes through before you see it will help you turn a bad ad into a good ad and a good ad into a great ad.

Philip Webster is one of our most respected voice over producers. Find out what he looks for in a voice over artist, how he likes to work, and why he’s considered a Legend by so many!