Mic’s Blog
How I Record On the Go
Recently, my husband, Troy, and I went on a cruise to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary. We had a blast, and I was still able to take care of my clients while traveling. Believe me, we had all kinds of time to eat and play and get our vacation vibes on, but...
Gratitude is Everything by Melissa Moats
Curl up with a cozy blanket and a mug of tea, because I’ve got a story for you: About 18 years ago, I was sitting in the lobby of a local studio waiting for my recording session to begin. I was hired to voice some commercials for a Las Vegas casino client. I arrived...
Jacked Up: GEAR: The Final Frontier
I recently took the second biggest financial leap of my VO career. The first was the first year or two of lessons and classes, before I’d submitted a single word for an audition. The current leap was buying a pre-made booth, for— let’s just say— four figures. But I...
Are You A VO Perfectionist?
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 tell you that a...
A Take-Action Plan for Every Voice Actor
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...
Jacked Up: Posting on Social Media and Your VO Career
Everybody has opinions. Social media lets you express them, but only YOU can control them. If you’re getting into business as a voice actor (or any other form of self-employment), you need to add a new filter: How would expressing myself on social media affect...
Tips for Practicing Your VO Performance
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...
Jacked Up: How Much Should You Know About Audio Editing?
WHAT? I have to be an audio editor, too? I recently listened to an online webinar where a well-accomplished audio editor gave a class on Twisted Wave, an audio recording app. It runs in the cloud as well as on Mac computers, iPhones, and iPads. It’s my go-to editing...
5 Things I Learned as a New Full-Time Voice Actor
Back in February of this year, I finally said, “To heck with it.” (I actually said something else to that effect, but it wasn’t G-rated, and this is a G-rated blog). I’d had enough with only tip-toeing around my lifelong dream of being a voice actor; I wanted to go...
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