If more people like speaking to you over the phone but are rather curt and disinterested when you engage them in an in person conversation, it’s possible that you have a terrific voice, or bad breath. Here’s to hoping to have the voice.
Sadly, it takes time, correct technique and a little bit of skill to produce some really great voice overs for video and the majority of us don’t have those high-ends.
Heaps of individuals have actually told you that you have an excellent voice. “You ‘d do so much better than that lady announcing the Tony Awards”, they said. And you’ve heard it numerous times, that you start thinking it yourself. Could this be a new career; the golden key to popularity and fortune?
Friends have said that you do a mean Morgan Freeman impression. In reality, they like it so much that you’re asked to perform your little technique at parties and high school reunions. It got you thinking: “Mr. Freeman should make lots of cash reading a couple of words off a page. If he can do it, why can’t I? The world loves impersonators, right?” Here’s the thing: we currently have one Morgan Freeman. We do not require a clone. Your impression may be dead-on, but if you’re intending to ride on the back of his success, you’ll always be someone you’re not. Earning money impersonating a celeb might get you in all kinds of legal problem too. More notably, you’re betraying yourself by misshaping what makes you genuinely unique: your really own noise.
Also, next time you are viewing television flick through the channels and simply count the variety of well-known voices you hear on adverts, programs, continuity announcements and so on. The number of can you name? Sure there will be the celebs whose voices leap out at you, however what about the rest? Do you understand who they are? Most likely not, but I DO know they are jobbing voice over artists. So change the word ‘popular’ with the word ‘working’ – they are working voice over individuals. And they comprise part of that top 20%.
COUNTRY folk, your most significant challenge now is to get clients. Focus on getting your website seen (pay-per-click with Google and Yahoo) and sending your link to all the regional companies in your town. They’ll more than happy to understand they don’t have to go far to get an expert voice over for their business or internal narration.
You need to end up with the best voiceover tape-recording possible with any given microphone if you do those 5 things. The very best part is that it will not cost you anything to use these 5 house taping ideas. If your audio doesn’t sound much better later, provide it a shot and see. For more house recording suggestions, go to the Home Brew Audio site. Take a look at our video tutorials, short articles, free downloads, and more. See you there.