The voice talent often sets up what will soon come (visually or otherwise), or subtly comment on what has come before. In these cases, we may need to use our "introducing...!" delivery, our our "ta-da!" voice.

Trying Thumbtack today, thanks to my pal CourVO - will keep you posted! Always good to have your services listed.

Voiceover jobs come from all sorts of leads, in person, on the phone, online. Keep your skills sharp, your marketing constant, your desire to help others create a "sound first impression" in front.

Big thanks to Dave DeAndrea, fabulous voice talent and demo producer as well. We met at faffcon last year, and I called on him to help me with my latest demo for voiceover work: radio imaging.

One of the things I really love about the Voice Over business is that no day is exactly like the next. One day, travel to the city to record a medical narration; the next, walk up a flight of stairs to my studio to voice a phone system for plumbers.

Just finished a corporate/technical narration at home, so that means editing as well as voicing. Final product almost 15 minutes. After the first listen, I corrected a few obvious things (self-direction has its flaws, so then it’s time to take off the narrator hat and put on the director/engineer persona, adding even more confusion to my multiple personalities, but that’s the actor’s story, right?)

So, as promised, here is Part 2: more techniques to practice!

Then there's the left side of the brain, where thinking is more linear. Here's where conscious control of the elements like tempo, pitch, phrasing and volume can also help you find ways to vary your reads: