by Melissa Moats | Nov 18, 2019 | Melissa Moats - Mama VO!
Do you overthink things? Me, too. (I’m a little weird about locking doors. I’m a double/triple door-lock checker!) Thinking about overthinking makes me think of (bear with me here) voicers I see struggling to make their reads ‘perfect.’ I’m here to...
by Melissa Moats | Nov 5, 2019 | Melissa Moats - Mama VO!
I often say that no two voiceover journeys look the same. This is because we all define success differently! To you, success might be booking your first voice over gig, or finally getting your home studio tuned in just the way you imagined. To others, success might...
by Melissa Moats | Oct 1, 2019 | Melissa Moats - Mama VO!
Building your VO expertise shouldn’t stop when you leave class. Here are three tips for practicing your VO performance! 1. Learn the art of paraphrasing. Being an excellent voice actor means you know how to get to the heart of the copy writer’s message. We turn...
by Melissa Moats | Aug 19, 2019 | Melissa Moats - Mama VO!
I say it all the time, but our VO journey is a marathon, not a sprint, with many starts and stops along the way. Sort of like a VO cha-cha! For a while, you might feel some major momentum with your VO training, but then, something pulls you away. Life happens, work...
by Melissa Moats | Jul 29, 2019 | Melissa Moats - Mama VO!
Everyone’s voice over journey is different. It may take some people a few months to cut their demo and other people a few years. Some people want to go after voice acting full time, while others like it as a side gig. Some folks are animation and character wizards,...