Six Figure Voice, The Voice Actors Podcast - SFV #011: The Voice-Over Industry and The Biz

SFV #011: The Voice-Over Industry and The Biz

08/26/15 • 25 min

Six Figure Voice, The Voice Actors Podcast

Our hosts Tyrone Jackson and Alyson Steel surprise each other with some interview questions about the voice-over "biz" and their industry secrets.

Back by popular demand, here's another episode where Tyrone and Alyson ask each other questions they have never heard before, making for honest and organic answers. Listen to hear tools that are helpful for making it in the industry, trends that Tyrone has seen throughout his career, how Alyson deals with being a woman in the industry and much much more!

To learn more about the voice-over industry visit www.sixfigurevoice.com!

Our hosts Tyrone Jackson and Alyson Steel surprise each other with some interview questions about the voice-over "biz" and their industry secrets.

To learn more about the voice-over industry visit www.sixfigurevoice.com!

Previous Episode

SFV #010: An American Idol Star's Journey to Voice Over

American Idol's Blake Lewis opened up to our hosts Tyrone Jackson and Alyson Steel. Blake was always a fan of voice over as a kid. Growing up in Bothell, Washington, he was always mimicking people-- he had a knack for impressions and sound effects. When he got into high school Blake found out that beat boxing was a legitimate skill and he dove in head first. Blake believes that beat boxing, voice over, sound effects and singing all bleed together because they are all ways of using the same instrument - the human voice! Right out of high school Blake started touring with bands and it wasn't until a friend at a video game company asked him to come in to record some voices that he started to think about voice over as a career. Just as that was happening, he got on American Idol. After all his musical success, Blake is now expanding into voice over once again. He has a huge range and no filter, which makes him uberly fun to be around, but he needs his coach to reel him in for commercial voice over. Alyson Steel coaches him in setting the boundaries and playing within those boundaries. He is learning how to use the attitutudes from his characters in his normal speaking voice to help color his commercial reads. Blake Lewis is launching his voice over career and so can you. Visit SixFigureVoice.com to learn how. Download Blake's latest album Portrait of a Chameleon from his website here: BlakeLewisOfficial.com

Next Episode

SFV #012: Voice-Over Coaching and Training

Tyrone Jackson and Alyson Steel discuss voice-over coaching. Alyson reveals that she prefers to coach students who are gung-ho about the industry. She says that it can be a very psychological industry and as actors, voice over artists have to access their emotions as tools, and if they have any emotional blocks its something they have to deal with.

To give our audience a taste of voice-over coaching, Alyson guides our producer, Lexi, through a piece of ad-copy. Alyson gives some great advice for beginners:

1) Stand up when reading copy. Either wear flats or take off your shoes in the booth to feel grounded.

2) Start by anchoring, which means reading each word in the copy without inflection.

3) Figure out who you are in this situation and who are you talking to.

4) Know where you are in the commercial. A coffee shop? A bar? Inside a car?

5) When working on the mic it's not about volume, it's about intimacy.

For more great advice like this visit SixFigureVoice.com! Take your career to the next level!