The VOHeroes Podcast
Voice over is a heroes' journey. Make it your journey. Actor, voice talent and storytelling coach David H. Lawrence XVII takes you on a journey each episode into the art, commerce, science and mindset of voice over as a performing art, and as a profession and business. Presented by VOHeroes.com.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 7 minutes
- Episodes
- 241
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
13209: How Legendary Authors Deal With The Rejection We Never Hear About
Hey there, hero!
We're all on a pursuit. A pursuit of the performance arts career we want: acting, VO, writing and more.
And we often look to those who have "made it" for guidance.
How did they get succ…
13208: Your Personal Order Of Execution
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As we look at things we need to get done, we get an idea WHEN we need to get those things done, what we need to prepare...
...and when we aren't ready yet to do anything just yet.
And a…
13207: "Every Thing Is Everything." Wait, Wait...What?
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Sometimes, words come together to describe things that you don't expect.
In a recent session with a coaching peer, she declared:
"Every thing is everything."
I tried to process that, and…
13206: What's The Right Size For Your [Show] Business?
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Do you get the number of auditions you want? On-camera, VO, whatever.
You good?
Or do you constantly pursue more? Is growing your audition stream an endless pursuit? The highest priorit…
13205: Is It Ever Too Late To Promote Something You've Created In The Past?
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We work really hard to create stuff. Really great stuff.
And after a while, we tend to forget just how valuable that stuff is.
And...in addition...how valuable our superpower, creating …
13204: Scary Versus Exciting
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When you get ready to do something new, what wells up inside you emotionally?
Is there fear? Being scared?
Or is there electricity? Being excited?
And how does that affect how you approa…
13203: "Listen" Is "Silent" Spelled Sideways
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I'm well aware of at least one thing: I talk too much.
Believe me, it's a challenge I've faced all my life.
And I actively want to listen better. Listen actively. Not just wait for othe…
13202: Don't Let Your Theories Become "Facts"
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When things don't pan out for us, we want to know why. And sometimes, we simply tell ourselves stories...when we usually shouldn't.
We want to have things make sense, and so if we don'…
13201: You Don't Yell At A Bud Because It Isn't A Flower...Yet
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Ever get frustrated when you first start learning something and it's touch to get the hang of it? You know, you want to gain a skill and it's just not coming and you start to lose pat…
13200: What Jung Actually Said
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Famous quotes aren't always famous. Or quotes. There are all kinds of websites that are dedicated to the things that are attributed to famous people, but that they never actually said…
13199: What Do They Mean When They Say "Give Me Multiple Takes"?
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Like most specialty pursuits, we performers have our own special language when it comes to auditioning and doing the work of actors and voice talent.
And sometimes, people channel The …
13198: Your Career Is Born In Public. Your Talent Is Born In Private.
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Isolation is a curse to some, yet can be a boon to artists.
It can be damaging not to have social contact on a regular basis, but it can be nourishing to our skill building.
I have a co…
13197: Thankfully, Performers Aren't Put Through This New Wringer
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We know as performers that the way things are handled in our business are sometimes very different from the way they are handled in more mainstream businesses.
And that can be frustrat…
13196: Serenity: Practical Applications For Performers
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It seems like almost everyone, at some point, gets the urge to become a performer.
They look at the fame, the money, the autograph seekers and just how easy it is and those are just th…
13195: What Defines A Hero
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Creative types have no guarantees.
Actors, voice talent, writers...have no tried and true template to follow for success.
Almost everything about our journey is unknown. We have no idea…
13194: Don't Let Frustration Color Your Pickups
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That moment before you launch into a pickup sets the scene for how that pickup goes.
And it needs to match the original voice work in terms of tone, energy, emotion and volume.
And if y…
13193: Hopper Stone Has An Announcement
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The United States Federal Trade Commission requires that businesses who show their clients achieving things that require engagement, study, dedication, hard work and a fair amount of …
13192: How NOT To Track Your Artistic Job Search
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How we go about finding work is a fair bit different from the average Indeed.com job applicant.
They will track their progress through the job search process in one way...
...and we are…
13191: What Opportunity Is Wearing And Sounds Like When It Shows Up
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We tend to hear the word "opportunity" and dress it up big time, expecting glitzy as opposed to basic work or work that prepares us for further opportunity.
Opportunities show up in va…
13190: One Way To Lean In To The Moment Of Creation
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You're at that delicious moment...a blinking cursor, or waiting for the 2nd to call the cast and crew to quiet on the set, or the first moment you've opened a new audio or video recor…