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

continued learning on Self-Direction for Voiceover Artists #stolenvoice

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

voiceover training #iian

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

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

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

asked for references of British and US voiceover so I have a reference on what to aim for with my VO deliveries #stolenvoice

finished the advanced VO course (doing post-production, working with directors, client-work remotely, physical and vocal health) #stolenvoice

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

another voiceover practice session (tomorrow I'll dive into more theoretic work again to improve my practicing practice) #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

practiced commercial TV and radio scripts #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

watched explainer on how to use Adobe Audition as a voiceover #stolenvoice

attended the OneVoice voiceover conference in the last 4 days #stolenvoice

learned how to make a commercial and dramatic demo reel (each under 2 minutes) #stolenvoice

digitally connected with people I met at the voiceover conference #stolenvoice

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