ask voiceover actor for British English sample for #rebase video

attended voiceover mentoring especially with regard to auditioning #stolenvoice

buy english voice over #pasfoto

learned about the casting process and getting work as a VO, the preferance for custom demos or custom clips for the casting, and that success as a VO means to practice a lot (!) and learn tons. Did a light refreshment of a sound theory: e.g. difference of dynamic mics and condenser mics, sample rate, bit rate #stolenvoice

wrote how I chose my voiceover software for recording and editing my voice - draft for #stolenvoice blog

practiced 3 English commercial (TV) scripts #stolenvoice

recorded 10 scripts (commercial, character, corporate, narration) for practing purpose and feedback #stolenvoice

learned how caricature/animation/kids demo reels are made and what role an accent does play #stolenvoice

continued learning on Self-Direction for Voiceover Artists #stolenvoice

learned (as an overview) how to use Reaper and Pro Tools as voiceover artist. Also learned: how to interpret briefs and casting instructions, editing my submission to a casting, how to get on casting lists, doing alternate takes, what it means to go over the top (OTT), the different types of agents and what rates/fee should be charged #stolenvoice

Thursday confession what I got done in my voiceover biz #stolenvoice

began editing the video+audio of the last 4 days at the voiceover conference in London #stolenvoice

continued voiceover course (cabling, audio interfaces, hardware, recordings software) #stolenvoice

reviewed the last 7 days in my voiceover biz and shared it #stolenvoice

got an overview of the postproduction process (bit of a repition like - EQ - Compression - Normalisation - De-Essing - Limiting - Insert Effects - Send & Return Effects but that's ok); started the advanced voiceover course to get from my intermediate level to a pro level which included today: to warm up nicely and full-body, going to extremes (ultra low pitch, ultra high pitch, mixture of both and going over the top with a caricature performance) - my voice felt like the strings of a guitar today when I practiced #stolenvoice

send voiceover sample to potential client/partner #naii

attended a mentoring session on voiceover - helpful for my next biz steps and goal-setting #stolenvoice

watched webinar with Scottish actor Lewis Macleod on character acting for voiceovers (super cool and funny guy!) #stolenvoice

edited a part of a novella which I'll be voicing as a pro-bono assignment and gave feedback #stolenvoice

learned about more advanced humanisation techniques (non-scripted humane sounds), breathing techniques (e.g. staccato breathe) and de-breathing methods, handling commercial copy, the challenges when self-directing and self-analysis, controlling the mic (e.g. bass proximity effect) #stolenvoice