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The Voice-Over Roadmap is an educational platform for Voice-Over Talent of all experience levels to start, grow, and sustain a profitable business as a professional VO Talent. It is the creation of Michael Langsner, Professional VO talent with over 12 years of experience voicing projects for brands like Adidas, Google, Dell, Levi's and many others.
Using your Demo Hey Reader, When you're pitching for a specific gig or a client asks for a sample, do not automatically drop the link to your full, compilation demo reel. Instead, take a second to tailor your response using an appropriate clip. Read the Client's Brief: Analyze the job posting or script. What is the core tone? (e.g., Sincere corporate, high-energy retail, warm e-learning). Match the Track: Go into your demo files and find the one sample clip you have that perfectly matches...
Underplay the Read Hey Reader, A tendency that I find a lot of VO talent have, especially newer ones, is the instinct to "perform" and sort of "put on" a voice or style when reading a script. While there are cases when this could be called for, generally it is going to result in a performance that is too "forced" or dare I say "cheesy". Sometimes the best read is the one that sounds like you’re doing the least. Don't Act It Out, Just Be It In voice-over, we often have the impulse to "sell" a...
Quick Story Hey Reader, I just wanted to share a quick story in this week's tip, and hopefully you can glean something from it. I have a client I've been working with for probably about 5 or so years at this point, doing various commercials - TV, Radio, CTV, Web, etc... The sessions always go super smooth, the jobs pay very well, the producers are great to deal with, everything is great - except....they almost always pay late. We have a net 30 agreement meaning they pay within 30 days of...