This is the story of getting started in voice over — the session that first showed me what it could be, and why I ignored it for a decade. A salesman set it up. I had no idea what I was doing. It was a real studio. A producer in a booth giving direction through
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What to Expect When You Start Hiring a Voice Over Artist Hiring a voice over artist for the first time can feel murkier than it should. You know you need a voice. You’re not totally sure how the process works, what you’re supposed to send, how long it takes, or what a reasonable rate looks
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Voice Over for Corporate Training Videos: What Works and What Doesn’t Corporate training videos have one job: get information from the screen into the person watching it. That sounds simple. The failure rate is not simple. Most training video narration fails quietly. Nobody says anything because the content is required viewing and people sit through
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Voice Over for Explainer Videos: What Actually Works Voice over for explainer videos either makes the concept land or loses the viewer in ten seconds. Explainer videos live or die in the first ten seconds. Not because of the animation. Not because of the music. Because of the voice. The voice is the first thing
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How to Write a Voice Over Script That Works Knowing how to write a voice over script that actually works is something most clients figure out the hard way. Knowing how to write a voice over script well separates the clients who get a great read from the ones who get a competent one. I’ve
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The question of AI voice over vs human voice over comes up constantly now, so let me give you my honest take as someone whose livelihood depends on the answer. I do. It’s just not the opinion you’d expect. AI voice has gotten technically impressive. If you handed me a blind listening test three years
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When clients ask what does voice over cost, most voice over artists still don’t give a straight answer. I understand why. It’s complicated. The range is wide. And there’s always a fear that putting a number on the page will scare someone off before you get to explain the value. But here’s what that approach
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Bill Stage spent 30 years in radio before going all-in on voice over. Here’s what broadcast gave him – and the one habit he had to break before any of it was useful.
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