Hi everyone. We updated our lighting in the studio for more creative fun. Thanks for the inquiries about our recording equipment. We are on ProTools 2021 with Universal Audio Apollo Twin Duo, iZotope RX 9 Advanced, Waves Filters, Manley Core Channel strip, Neumann U87ai mic, and Mogami XLR cables.
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This Wednesday Aug 31st Larry Sonderling who was a violinist with the LA Philharmonic for 37 years and who has multiple audio books on Audible, will be playing a half hour concert with his string trio before our voiceover class 7pm to 7:30. Larry has been in our VO class for years and we’re excited to start a VO class with a concert from his string trio. Snacks are provided for this fun event. Attend either in person or on Zoom. Pease email for the Zoom link if you’d like to watch
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We have added 3 cameras to stream our live class Wednesdays 7:30 to 10pm PDT for people who are out of state or can’t attend in person for medical reasons. There is a camera for the person at the mic, a camera on the entire room and a camera on myself. We hope this will help everyone feel included and look forward to having you all connected either in person or through the live stream in this new world we all live in. See you soon.
The Power to Persuade can create unlimited success. Our voice is the engine of that success. We can use it to create empires or a simple successful life or to complain and explain why we are victims. Our tone of voice is very often a reflection of how we view the world. If we’re nervous and up tight the voice often has an edge and puts people off. Whether a person wants to be a voice over artist or more successful in their own profession it is extremely important to look for the good or opportunity in all situations and be patient. The things we say to ourselves control our mood and tone of voice. It is useless to do voice exercises to improve how we sound if we are saying negative things to ourselves because the voice will reflect the sound of mistrust that is in our minds.
We want to be optimistic, but not delusional of course. It’s important to use our voice to bring a positive experience to other people; To work at being pleasant. Then we notice that we have positive experiences ourselves. We really do attract and create the situations we are in. All of this is a process and takes time.
It is perfectly natural to say things like, “why can’t I do that,” “I wonder how to do that”, oh I could never do that.”
Learning to allow for process is one of the most important things that we can practice in in our lives. Process is how the earth was made. Process is how math, science and art achieve all their great accomplishments and inspirations.
If we don’t allow process because of impatience we are literally making the choice to NOT understand because we have interrupted the process of building up familiarity, understanding and skill. Voiceover artists, teachers, sales people and everyone can become more persuasive and successful as we improve how we speak to others and the things we say to ourselves.
I hear a lot of reads that are very well spoken that really don't sound convincing. They don't really sound conversational at all. They are articulate but not "idea driven". I've heard casting agents on large project auditions describe it like this. "Nice voice, but doesn't mean it"
Advertisers and casting agents tend to pick voiceover artists who can meet all the stylistic demands of the copy and still sound like they're just talking to one of their best friends. This ability to "personalize" copy isn't magic, it has certain musical characteristics. It very important to study the phrasing that you and other people use during the day. Make notes about different styles of speech that you are drawn to that connect with you and figure out how to use those elements.
Think of all the stuff that we have bought from sales people that we didn’t actually need. They have connected with us by being personal and not pushy. It sort of triggers Stockholm’s Syndrome… we start wanting to not disappoint them so we buy what they are selling. Hah!
When we are talking to people in our "Day Voice" we naturally use a lot of vocal change ups, "beat Changes" and deceptive cadences. It's part of the harmonic geography of how we communicate in daily life. When we read copy these characteristics are often left out, making the copy sound merely like a person just reading copy. It's important to study and retain these variations in our best natural speech and not loose that spontaneous expression when we are doing voiceover work
