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Dave Courvoisier is a TV journalist and a voice talent based in Las Vegas. Voice-Over Plaza explores with Dave the challenges of informing the VO community through his blog Voice Acting in Vegas.
Tips & Tools
Basic Voice Acting Technique
You have surely heard it before : it takes more than a pleasant sounding voice to become a voice talent. You need many hours practicing voice acting technique. When I started back in the early 80s as an aspiring radio journalist, most stations in Europe had decided to cut off « superfluous » spending. One …
Your Voiceover Samples – Are they worth listening to?
Are your voiceover samples worth listening to? We keep on writing on this aspect because is so important to optimize chances of getting hired. Well to help put you in perspective, here is a short story: A turkey was chatting with a bull. “I would love to be able to get to the top of …
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Spring, allergies and your voice!
Spring is upon us if you happen to be in the Northern hemisphere. There’s a hint of warmth in the sunshine and there’s the promise of warmer days to come. All is good in the world. Or is it? I hate to put a downer on this but spring can be the harbinger of misfortune …
Branding Your Voiceover Services: How to Market Yourself in the Industry
“Oh no! Not that word again, I thought I escaped all of that when I finished school!” Ah, but yes! It’s back, and you may find that your 3rd hour marketing classes were, in fact, useful! Marketing is the only element that BRINGS MONEY to you! All of those other investments required spending money…. Do …
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The website, still a must for voice talents
The industry of voiceovers has become so competitive these days that as a matter of course any voice actor needs to build and enhance his online presence. This means for voice talents deploying an active role on social media of course, but also having website which is both functional and trendy in design as well …
Secrets of Voice Acting: Properly Formatting Audio Files
In an industry requiring even basic IT knowledge, you must be able to know how to format audio files in the proper manner. This step is essential if you’re still a budding voice actor and want to become an independent talent with or without your home studio. So you can’t ignore the technical sides of audio …
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How To Sound Convincing And Engaging In Your Recording
Have you ever caught yourself listening to an ad over the radio and you realize you were listening intently to a laundry detergent commercial without even meaning to? Since you have no interest in laundry detergents whatsoever you ask yourself what caught your attention. It’d be a long time before you even consider that you …
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What you need to know to start your voiceover business
After all the ups and downs he experienced, Jacques Belissant has definitely become one of the industry’s best voice artists. He has worked on a couple of well-known brands for commercial ads and a few famous video games, animation flicks, and TV shows. A lot of his colleagues suggested that he should start a company …
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Voiceover Home Studio: what you need to know to build one
Having a voiceover home studio is becoming a question of survival for any voice artist, really. The days when you had to drive downtown to the studio for each and every recording are gone maybe for ever. Today just the great, well-paid gigs, spots and the like do still require your presence in that fancy …
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