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Monday, November 30, 2009

How To Become Better At Radio Voice-Over Work

By Lauren Hulbert

You may not have considered becoming a voiceover artist before, but you will be surprised at how quickly you can improve your skills in this area. It is an area that you can find steady work that will make a meaningful impact on your monthly household budget. I want to share with you some of the ways in which you can generate and improve your skills to embark on a new career to generate a new income stream for you and your family.

One way to improve your voice is to practice. Speak aloud to yourself in front of the mirror. Speak into a microphone and listen to yourself on play back. You will learn a lot using this technique. Then take any opportunity you can find to have a go at public speaking.

Now, public speaking is often thought to be the most scariest thing in the world for some people. Yet others seem to thrive on the experience. It comes down to drive and practice. Harness the skill of public speaking by talking at parties or work affairs or joining toastmaster clubs in your area.

You need to take the first step - as that really is the hardest. Once you generate momentum, you will notice that maintaining momentum is much easier (not easy - just easier). You need to ensure that you notice how well you control your sound, your diction and your breadth of voiceover options. This step will be the one that allows you to apply for a greater range of voiceover jobs.

So, to improve your sound, you should start off just talking in your natural tone. Don't try too hard at the start. Listen back to your self on tape and try to work out what you could do to improve your tonality, your dicition and your pace. Controlling your breathing is the key skill.

You then need to keep sounding clear, but try to change more unusual aspects of your speech and workout what you need to do in order to create a given result. What do you need to do to sound happy or sad? What about creating a voiceover from somebody from the North or South?

Become one of the top 1% of voiceover artists in your area and you will find a lot of work coming your way. Simply work on your voice-over talent for 30 minutes every day for the next 3 months. By focussing on this skill consistently, you will develop the muscle needed to succeed. Just keep a notice what you do to create certain results and then improve because of every finding that you make. Before long, you will be able to get a significant amount of work coming your way.

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