Happy new financial year 🎉
Now we’re half way through the one to the nine, it’s a good time to talk voice over trends. Here are the most in-demand styles for this year so far.
2019 voice over trends
Tag: voice actor
now voicing: tv commercial
Client: Swarovski
Project: Goddess Collection TV commercial
Style: warm, classy, soft-sell
how to speak Straylan
January 26 is Australia Day 🇦🇺
What better time to get schooled on how to speak Straylan?
Get your ears around this A-Z of Aussie-speak.
do these 7 easy things for a killer voicemail
Does your voicemail message make you cringe?
It’s often the first impression folks have of you and / or your business.
And first impressions count.
If you’re having trouble getting folks to leave their name (uh) and their number, use these 7 simple voice over techniques. I promise folks won’t go AWOL and you’ll know when they call…
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podcasting: how to be less crap
Podcasting. Everyone’s doing it. Not everyone is doing it well—especially when it comes to podcast audio.
Nothing will make me hit those two vertical lines quicker than dodgy audio. Shit mics, hiss, hum, echoey guests, generally sounding like it was recorded in a bucket.
The cheap as chips Ikea finds every studio needs
Studio equipment is hella expensive. Mics, preamps, acoustic treatments, headphones. You don’t want to take shortcuts with that stuff.
So it’s a feel-good time when you stumble across some nice-to-haves that cost next to nothing but will make #studiolife a bit more comfortable and productive.
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10 studio commandments: know your shalt and shalt nots
All the buttons. All the gear. All the tech. All the more reason to mind your manners when entering the studio.
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new demo alert: how you’ll know if my voice fits
I remember my first voice over demo. It was Y2K, astonishingly the world hadn’t ended, Justin and Britney were a thing, the shouty, over-excited announcer was the ‘it’ voice and being a radio announcer meant, by default, I was a qualified voice actor.
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now voicing: explainer
Holy scam-watch Batman! It’s a biff, pow, bam, zlonk to the face of old fashioned trickery in this explainer on how to avoid a scam.
feat. yours truly.
Celebrate World Voice Day with some vocal love
World Voice Day is happening April 16, so I’ve done what any vocally sensible voice user would do. I’ve gone and built a nifty infographic of bossy handy tips for keeping your voice in tip top, ship shape, hip hop condition.
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