November 28, 2009
Top Tips On Improving Your Voiceover Talent
You may not have considered becoming a voiceover artist before, but you will be surprised at how quickly you can improve your skills in this area. It is an area that you can find steady work that will make a meaningful impact on your monthly household budget. I want to share with you some of the ways in which you can generate and improve your skills to embark on a new career to generate a new income stream for you and your family.
One way to improve your voice is to practice. Speak aloud to yourself in front of the mirror. Speak into a microphone and listen to yourself on play back. You will learn a lot using this technique. Then take any opportunity you can find to have a go at public speaking.
Most people want to vomit when they are asked to speak out aloud in front of a crowd. It can be highly daunting. But often, you will surprise yourself at how good you are and people are often vary gracious when listening to you. Join a toastmaster club in your local town to commit yourself to talking and getting objective feedback. Take the chance to make impromptu speeches at parties or office functions. It will be worth the effort.
You need to take the first step – as that really is the hardest. Once you generate momentum, you will notice that maintaining momentum is much easier (not easy – just easier). You need to ensure that you notice how well you control your sound, your diction and your breadth of voiceover options. This step will be the one that allows you to apply for a greater range of voiceover jobs.
Just start slowly and gradually improve your skills. At the start just start talking and get used to hearing your voice being projected out loud. Then slowly vary aspects of your work and notice the effect it has on how your voice-overs sound. Mess around with how quickly your talk, how loudly you speak and the tone of your voice. Control the depth and rate of your breathing during this time.
You should also then try to vary your pace, but keep your diction good. Also change your tonality. Try to sound more gruff or smoother. Try to sound as if you come from a different part of the country. Mess around with intonations. Just try to vary your range of voiceover work and still maintain control.
Remember to judge your recordings on the basis of believablity and comprehensibility. Keep a diary or some ability to record your findings and experiments so that you learn and improve your voiceover talent more rapidly. Remember to practice consistently is the key to enhancing your voice-over talent. Try to set aside 30 minutes a day for 3 months, note your findings and strive to improve. You will be one of the top 1% of voice over providers by the end of the next season if you do this.
Keep improving on your voice-over talent and you will find yourself improving your income stream in a mere few months
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