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Maintaining a successful career in VO requires that you stay physically
and emotionally healthy. Herein are a number of tips culled from personal experience that can help you maintain an upbeat outlook and a constructive relationship with your career and an industry that is always tough, and becoming more competitive every day.
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"Integration--Huh?"
thoughts on the concept of mind-body integration
Debórah Eliezer
When our mind and body are in sync with each other, amazing things can happen. Our voice can reveal our authentic selves and be quite powerful in its expression. But when mind and body are separated, as they are in so many people's lives today, there can be a terrible price to pay. Here's what you can do to unify your being in everyday life (and work!) . . .
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Trusting Your Talent
Mary Windishar
What if you're studying, but not improving? What if you can't move to the next level? How can you get out of your own way? Do what pro athletes do: learn to trust your stuff. In an interview with Coach Mary, radio news Anchor Janice Wright shares what she did to move forward in commercial v/o. Find out how you can do the same, no matter how difficult it may seem. . . .
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Making Auditions Win-Win by Helping Others
Mary Windishar
What if auditions weren't opportunities to add to your earnings, but an opportunity to make the world a better place? Even better, what if they were both? The following Windishar War Story shows a way to get out of your own head that can help overcome fear, anxiety, and an audition in a swimsuit! . . .
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Feet First! Breath Awareness From The Ground Up
Deborah Eliezer
Debórah Eliezer brings a holistic approach to her work as a voice actor. She specializes in an integrative Mind-Body Health approach. Debórah is also a Certified Sound Therapist and, we are happy to announce, will be sharing her expertise here with you on a regular basis. Here's her first article on creating breath awareness and why it's so important to us as voiceover artists. . . .
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Putting Emotion Into Your Voiceover Reads
Elaine Clark
Use brain power to bring scripts alive! Elaine is excellent at using logic to get you emoting with the best of them. She explains how your brain works, which side to use in voice over, and then invites it out to play. The end result? You get past your fear of failure and convince your listeners to feel something themselves, and take action. . . .
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5 Warm-ups for Your Voice
Kathy Garver
Relaxed, creative and energized performances don't just happen! They are crafted by voice actors who take their profession and their instrument seriously. Find out how to get ready for any rehearsal, audition, or job with exercises designed to bring your best performance front and center! . . .
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Voice-over Vacation: Give Me A Break!
Paul Strikwerda
As a voice-over pro you're expected to always be accessible and available. Heaven forbid that you'd miss that audition you've been waiting for forever! Can you afford to do what Europeans do, and take time off to recharge your batteries? Or do you choose the American way of all work and no play? . . .
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Warming Up To Warm-Ups
Paul Strikwerda
There's an active thread on this topic in our Forum, but Paul Strikwerda, one of our regular contributors over in the All Things International Department has written such a great article on warming up before an audition or gig that...well, here it is! . . .
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All Work and No Play? (Makes For a Cranky Voice Over Actor)
Elaine Clark
If acting is all about sharing yourself, then you must get "a life" to have something to share! Elaine Clark, author of "There's Money Where Your Mouth Is," knows that being good to yourself with a vacation free of voiceover is to your best advantage. She shares her recent epiphany, and its benefits. . . .
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Voice Over Health Pt 1
David Rosenthal
Your voice is your instrument. Treat it well. In the same way that a violinist doesn't throw her violin into the corner of the room after she's finished playing it, and a pianist doesn't take up boxing as a hobby, you should be using common sense when it comes to taking care of your voice. Are you doing everything you can to keep your voice in top condition? Just to be sure, take a listen. . . .
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Voice Over Health Pt. 2
David Rosenthal
Here's Part. 2 of Voiceover Health: Things That Are Really Bad For Your Voice. Sounds like fun, doesn't it? Cough, cough, hack, hack, guzzle, guzzle... . . .
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Separating Yourself From Your Work (a Voice Actor's Necessity)
David Rosenthal
You are not your work, nor should you be defined solely by your work. Yet so many people do exactly this to themselves. I did. Early on, my career was a roller coaster ride of exciting ups and stomach-clenching downs. It was awful. I had no perspective at all. And I did it to myself, because my self-worth was attached to every high and low my career went through. Thank God I got off that ride. It's a no win situation. Don't you go that route. Instead, listen to this... . . .
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Rejection (in the Voice Over Business)
David Rosenthal
Welcome to the audition business. That's right, you'll be auditioning a heck of a lot more than you'll actually be booking jobs. That's just the way it is in the world of VO. How you respond emotionally to this reality will make all the difference, as far as your success and longevity in this competitive business goes. Some friendly advice follows. . . .
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Defining Success In The Voice Over Business
Bob Wood
Success in the voice industry is a very individual thing and can be defined in multiple ways. Some of the best ways to achieve success are to...wait for it...not focus on the money! Confused yet? You shouldn't be. Listen to what Bob Wood has to say about it. . . .
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