Having a good voice is not enough to become a voice artist.
We have outlined 6 easy steps to become a voice artist, that is getting substantial income from voiceover recordings
So what’s the best way to monitor your voice-overs and audios, can you use hi-fi speakers or should you only use studio monitors? This is a question that surfaces from time to time in the VO industry and if you’re a newbie to the business it can be difficult to get some hard and fast …
It still seems odd in today’s digital age that we still do our voice over recordings in mono. When stereo sounds so much better, mono seems archaic and a throw-back to old 78 records and gramophones. However, there is a good reason why we record our vocal tracks in mono. Here’s why… The whole purpose …
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Are E-bay or Fiverr marketing outlets to offer your voice-over services? It might sound outlandish, but some people do use this network. As voice over artists we are always looking for new ways to market ourselves. Most of us will have websites and probably promote our work through pay 2 play sites, social media, YouTube …
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Nous avions vu dans le post précédent “Comment améliorer un enregistrement voix off ” l’intérêt de bien régler son préamplificateur, quelques astuces pour comprendre et atténuer les bruits parasites, puis les moyens de limiter les “pops”. Voyons dès à présent quelques autres astuces afin d’améliorer une prise de son en home studio. Une contribution de l’ingénieur son …
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You may be surprised to hear that Google+ is now the second biggest social network in the world. Facebook is still the clear leader (at the moment!) but Google+ is definitely gaining some ground and with over 343 million users you can see why it’s getting some traction. As VO artists I think that most …
La compression audio est un moyen pratique et efficace de relever un peu la sauce d’un son. Par contre cet outil est à utiliser avec beaucoup de precaution et avec une extreme moderation, si nous voulons éviter la degradation de l’audio source et bien entendu respecter le travail final en post-prod et mix. Voici les …
Oscars for voice talents are non existant so far, as they get minor parts of a film if they’re lucky. Main roles are likely to go to mainstream actors.
P2P Voice-Over Sites, are not the darling of artists, but you can’t do you career without them, they have the muscle to be better positioned on the web
We all have to do them. It can be both annoying and time consuming but it’s an inevitable part of being a voice over artist. What are we talking about? …Retakes, pick-ups, add-ons…! When a script change happens or a client/director has an after thought about how they want the project to be voiced …
So, what are you going to do when you retire? For many VO artists the prospect of retiring doesn’t even occur to them. After all, if voice over is your passion then why on earth would you want to retire!? As the old saying goes…if you are doing something you love then you never have …