Erica Rosales

The Voice Realm • 4th October 2019

Positioning Guide For Recording Voice Overs

The way you position yourself when you record scripts seems to be a no brainer task and something you would not bother complicating. We aim to inculcate to every voice actor that though you should be really just enjoying doing voice overs, no step should be undervalued. And so shouldn’t be recording positions. The position you record your voice over, particularly ones that are long like audiobooks affects the tone, clarity and consistency. If you are recording for long periods of time, you’ll

The Voice Realm • 1st October 2019

Guide To Different Mic Stands For Voice Actors

Even if your microphone is worth a king’s ransom, if you are going to literally do your recording by holding it the entire time or do not know the right position fit for your microphone, you will not be able to produce a stellar voiceover. Some amateur voice talents skip the painless step of setting up their mic stand and experimenting with the microphone position and distance from their mouth. You want the right mic stand for your studio setup as it keeps the recordings consistent, even-soundi

Voice Over Talent Industry News • 26th September 2019

Voice Actor Tip: Collecting Overdue Payments

Collecting money from those clients we all know and love who just don’t seem to get the concept that they owe you for the work you’ve provided can actually cause stress more than joy. Nothing compares to the frustration brought by having completed a voice over job and still have to do the job of chasing a client for an overdue invoice which was not supposed to be there in the first place. Some of you, for sure, have done the squeaky wheel thing with your client — you followed up by email, you’

Voice Over Talent Industry News • 26th September 2019

Voice Actor Problem: Chasing Up Clients for Payment

Not just particularly voice actors, but perhaps it’s every freelance worker’s dilemma — the pain of having to work on the unpaid administrative jobs such as tracking down late-paying clients. Majority of voice over talents complain about this, because the time they waste chasing clients for the payment could’ve been spent on auditioning for more jobs. Good rule of the thumb though is that clients come in all shapes and sizes and you sometimes have to make the call if the excuse they’re giving y

The Voice Realm • 20th September 2019

Unpopular Opinion: Why You Should Not Worship Your Work (Including Voice Over)

“Love your work.”, they say. You’ve also been being told to make money out of your passion or things you are highly skilled at. Couldn’t agree more, because nothing feels more mentally and financially fulfilling than being able to make a living out of doing something you enjoy. However, we felt the need to scrutinize this overrated perspective and unravel the underrated areas of reality for some discrepancy. Exploring this opposite side of the coin is especially important to the career of a voi

The Voice Realm • 20th September 2019

Achieving Work-Life Balance in Voice Over Industry

Freelance jobs like voice over often promise the advantage of having a flexible work environments that makes you achieve a balance between your profession and private life. This is why many full-time freelance voice actors claim that being able to work from their home studios works the best for them. This is true to a great extent — as you no longer need to slip out of your yoga pants or pajamas to start recording that 3000-word audiobook voice over. However, it’s not always easy to balance lif

Voice Over Talent Industry News • 20th September 2019

Interview with Award-winning Actress and British Voice Over Talent Katherine Kennard

Katherine is an award winning actress and ONE VOICE AWARDS 2019 Nominee who has spent 20 years in the Industry. Featuring in numerous local and International film and television productions, theatre, voice-overs and commercials, she has been popular for her soft, neutral British English accentand also her International accent. Katherine also worked as a model in the Far East countries of Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong, as well as acting in television commercials in Australia before going to

Voice Over Talent Industry News • 7th September 2019

Ultimate Guide In Choosing Your Voiceover Recording Software

Editing your voice over recordings is the final stop of the process before you publish or deliver it to your client. It involves the polishing of the raw files, adding up music effects, and engineering the overall quality of the sound. Hence, recording software is an important consideration if you want to produce a superb voice over. We crafted a guide for you in selecting which voice over software you plump for. What is the perfect voice over recording software for me? There are scores of cla

The Voice Realm • 27th August 2019

A Deep Authoritative Voice With a Smile You Can Hear – Australian Voice Actor Andrew MacRae

He was young and innocent when he started doing things that signal a bright future in voice acting. Andrew and his siblings used to impersonate TV and movie characters when they were young. Although it took some time with a different career before he finally married voice acting, his impersonation of movie characters is his stepping stone in this career. Truly, hearing on how someone become a voice actor by doing silly things as a kid is one of the most incredible and inspiring voice over stori

Voice Over Talent Industry News • 27th August 2019

To This Canadian Voice Actor, Working in Other’s Studio Is Fun

Some voice actors used to have a notion that recording on someone else’s studio can sometimes be uncomfortable. This is true to the extent that home recording studios have been a thing in this era. We came across this Canadian male voice actor, Michael Giunta, known as Mike Giunta, who shares his fun experience in completing a big project in someone else’s studio. To him, it was rather an adventure in disguise than a challenge. “Here’s one that anyone who has done V/O in someone else’s studio

The Voice Realm • 20th August 2019

Using WordPress for your Voice Over Websites

After being able to pump out a superb voice over demo, the next thing that we all know is placing that demo in a place that will promote us. There are many voice over marketing strategies to promote our presence and creating a website is one of the most powerful ones. Asking yourself whether or not you should build a website for your voice over business should be a no brainer — no ifs ands or buts about it, the answer is YES. Acting as your digital resume, your voice over website is what sets

Voice Over Talent Industry News • 19th August 2019

Qualities Every Voice Actor Should Possess to be Successful

The question has always been, “How do I become a voice actor?” However perfectly tailored to aspiring voice talents, one should know when to step up and target higher goals. Why not ask, How to become a successful voice actor? After all, who does not want to be successful? More than just the skills that you must collect in your voice over stack, this article focuses on the must-have attitude and practices for you to be a successful voice actor. It’s more than just talking behind the microphon

Voice Over Talent Industry News • 18th August 2019

Online Coaching for Voice Actors

Voice over, in its nature, is a business where face does not matter. It pretty much seems to be perfectly compatible with the internet revolution. That is why, nowadays, majority of the voice over trade is happening virtually across the world. If voice acting services per se can take place without the need of physical presence, why can voice over coaching not? With the availability to connect with nearly anyone virtually wherever they are, voice actors need not have to consider a voice over co

The Voice Realm • 15th August 2019

Voice Over Full BuyOut VS Residuals: Which is better?

This debate will essentially boil down to whether a voice actor opt to belong to a union or prefer to be an independent voice over worker. And the answer to which the better option is, is often opposing to the clients and vice versa. Generally, full buyout applies to non-union voice-over work, while residuals are granted to unionized voice actors. Residuals are additional compensation for a commercial, above and beyond the initial payment, based on the number of times a spot is run. They are o

Voice Over Talent Industry News • 15th August 2019

Union VS Non-Union Voice Over

The controversy on which the better status is to go for as a voice actor has been persisting since the beginning of the business and has intensified in the emergence of online voice acting marketplace. First off, there is no clear-cut answer to this because both union and non-union voice over present their own advantages and disadvantages. The decision upon which path to take can be influenced by many facets but is ultimately on the voice actor’s hands, taking into anticipation the downside eac

Voice Over Talent Industry News • 8th August 2019

Voice Actors Not Recognizing Their Own Voices: Truth Revealed

Why do I cringe at my own voice? Have you ever tried to record your own voice in a voice mail message and jolt out of surprise and disgust, and tell yourself, “Is that how I really sound?”? You are absolutely not the only one. In fact, even us, voice actors, whose best friend should be our own voice happen to cringe at it when heard from the speaker. Ironic, isn’t it? We hear ourselves literally talk all the time, yet we find these recordings of our own voices so strange and uncomfortably to l

The Voice Realm • 2nd August 2019

Voice Actress Christina Ho Shares Her Journey In Freelance Voice Acting

Without a doubt, it’s already pretty awe-inspiring how Christina Ho, a female Canadian voice actor manages to be a mother of two while talking to a microphone at home. But you know what’s the real deal? Christina Ho extending her hands to help others advance their welfare makes her extra inspirational. 10% of her voice over earnings are being donated to literacy and youth-oriented charities to help them find their own voice. With her time already devoted to those commitments, she manages to s

Voice Over Talent Industry News • 30th July 2019

Behind The Scenes: 10 Voice Actor Problems We Probably Didn’t Know

Many articles online depict the life of voice acting as if actors are basking in their recording studio throne, living life in shangri-la. It can be true to some extent — such as when a voice actor’s name is on the map. And mostly it is false, as no business is dead cushy. Sure, voice over job is a lot of fun. But it also requires voice actors an ability to deliver a performance using only your vocal cords, a mastery of craft that requires a huge arsenal of talents, and a readiness and willingn

The Voice Realm • 26th July 2019

Interview With An Australian Voice Actor — Graeme Stone

Seeing how most voice actors shift from their career in the radio station to the lucrative job in a recording studio is incredibly amazing. Although they already have a foundation about the nature of work, radio announcers have a lot of habits that are hard to break. One of these voice actors whose career has boomed from the transition is Graeme Stone, a prestigious Australian Voice Actor who has almost 25 years of experience in the industry, 6 years from those are with The Voice Realm. Origin

Voice Over Talent Industry News • 26th July 2019

Pop Filters: Why Voice Actors Need Them

To most voice actors, pop filters are one of the most essential tool in their studio arsenal that they would nearly never work without one. It pretty much speaks about why most photographs of a voice over talent at a microphone in a studio session have that big black circle that stands between the mic and the talent. But what is a pop filter and why does it demand to be used? A pop filter, also known as a pop shield or pop screen, is a circle of nylon mesh or a thin metal that you attach to yo