FREE Voice Over Tips & Insights – From a 25+ year Pro
That's Not How You Play Guitar.
I've been deep in a YouTube rabbit hole lately. Jimi Hendrix. Stevie Ray Vaughan. Jeff Healey. Watching young people discover these legends for the first time and completely LOSE THEIR MINDS over it. And all I keep thinking is: every single one of these men was told — implicitly or explicitly — that they were doing it wrong. Every. Single. One.
Replace Fear With Curiosity: The Voice Actor's Most Powerful Mindset Shift
Steven Spielberg said it. I've been saying it in coaching sessions. "Replace fear with curiosity." Four words that change everything about how you approach a cold read, an audition, a character, a genre you've never tried before. Here's what that actually looks and sounds like behind the mic.
Half Empty or Half Full? How You Measure Your Progress Changes Everything
Even the most successful actors at the top of their game can feel like complete failures — while everyone around them looks up to them as role models. How is that possible? It comes down to one thing: how they're measuring their progress. Half Empty or Half Full. And here's the wild part — we can HEAR which one you're in. Every time.
You Are Not Who You Think You're Not.
"It's not who you are that holds you back. It's who you think you're not." That one hit me differently when I first read it. Because the box most voice actors are trapped in? They built it themselves. And they can dismantle it the same way.
Confidence Is Silent. Insecurities Are Loud. (Your Mic Hears Both.)
Mae West didn't become one of Hollywood's golden age icons because she had the most conventional talent in the room. She became iconic because she walked into every room completely, unapologetically certain of her own worth. Confidence IS the draw. Always has been. And behind the microphone? It books jobs. Here's how to find yours.
You Are More Powerful Than You Know: Owning Your Authority as a Voice Actor
Alice Walker wrote: "The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." As actors, we do this constantly — and it shows up in our reads in ways we don't even realize. Here's what owning your power actually looks like behind the mic, and why the listener is already on your side before you say a single word.
Get In the Zone: How Voice Actors Find Their Creative Flow State
"Get in the Zone!" — AutoZone (I sincerely apologize for the jingle now living in your head. Sort of.) Have you ever been performing and completely lost track of time? Forgot to eat? Didn't hear anyone talking to you? That's not an accident — that's your creative flow state. And for voice actors, learning to access it on demand changes everything.