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
0097: 4 Ways You Can Make Voicing URLs More Effective
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The digital age has made the links we voice in commercials, documentaries, audiobooks, IVR and so many other categories of work even more important that what used to be the crucial co…
0096: When Tools Evolve, It's Nothing Personal
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It takes a lot of time and effort to get our tools, like Audacity, dialed in so that we can use them efficiently in our work, and so that we can rely on them from session to session.
(…
0095: How VOHeroes Pro Bethany Arrington-Peck's Starbucks Session Went
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When a VOHeroes Pro has a success, I always take a moment to savor that. Whether it's a breakthrough in training, an equipment or software victory, or something as major as a booking,…
0094: When To Avoid Reframing And Do Something More Useful
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One of the skills we acquire as we become more experienced in performing on-camera and voice over acting is the notion of reframing when we encounter an outcome that is less than sati…
0093: Interview With A Rights Holder: Epic Life's Justin Breen
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I had the joy of working with a rights holder, not on ACX, but on Scribe Media (as well as Scribe's team) as the narrator of an inspirational business book called Epic Life, by Justin…
0092: Josh Spector's 7 Ways To Simplify Your Day
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Self-improvement, career growth and social media expert Josh Spector, <a href="https://medium.com/an-idea-for-you/how-to-simplify-your-day-137a3cfb33dc" target="_blank">in an article …
0091: Three Things You Can Do To "Go Wake Up Your Luck"
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Deconstruction. Vigilance. Speed.
What do these things have in common with one of my favorite Persian proverbs (or any proverb, for that matter)?
They fully support the notion that you …
0090: The One Surefire Way To Never Make A Mistake Ever Again
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Do you worry about failure? About making mistakes? Does that worry stop you from even trying to take on new things or difficult issues?
No problem.
I have a surefire process for never m…
0089: VO Rates - Price Versus Value
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We all have our feelings about pricing our voice over services: uncertainty, frustration, bewilderment, confusion and occasionally, satisfaction.
One of the times that can be very chal…
0088: Constantly Distracted? Treat Focus Like Your Hard Drive
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First, here's the link to the insanely over-engineered backup system, I use and teach to my Pros:
https://voheroes.com/backup
Now...once you've reviewed that, and maybe even decide to i…
0087: AI, Synthetic Voices and Anne Ganguzza - Part 2
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Picking up right where we left off in our interview with the amazing Anne Ganguzza, she gets to the nitty gritty of answering questions about the perceived threat of artificial intell…
0086: AI, Synthetic Voices and Anne Ganguzza
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One of my fave peeps in the entire VO world is Anne Ganguzza.
She was a coach when we were VO2GoGo, and she's gone on to become a force to be reckoned with with sites like VOPeeps and …
0085: The Difference Between "Difficult" And "Impossible"
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In another episode of this podcast, I talked about the difference between "easy" and "straightforward."
That got people thinking about how they start new processes and how they look at…
0084: "You Are One Of The Variables!"
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My buddy Bob just called me, and on occasion, he says something brilliant.
This was one of those times.
He said "When you're looking at how successful you might be at something, don't f…
0083: The Difference Between Easy And Straightforward
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Here's something to mull over as you decide to embark on a new experience: there's a big difference between something being easy...
...and something being Straightforward...
...and some…
0082: Let's Settle On "Synthetic Voices," Not "AI"
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I get it. "AI" has two short syllables, and "synthetic voices" has five longer ones, so it's a bit more time-consuming to say.
But it might be useful to try to commit to using the latt…
0081: Are You Judging Your Success Too Early?
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We're all on a journey. Our own journey. With different speeds, timelines, and horizons.
And we can easily forget about considering time when plugging along on the highway to getting i…
0080: Having A Bias For Action Can Uplevel Your Schedule
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Estimating how long things take, from small, short things like auditions, to longer, multi-step projects like recording and editing an audiobook, is an art as well as a science.
And on…
0079: Some Tough Love: Auditions Aren't About You
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We live and work in a world of art, and self-expression, and artistic choices.
We also live and work in a world of writers, producers, directors, and casting people.
This video is meant…
0078: Flipping A Coin To Make A Decision? Be Sure To Do One More Thing
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Some decisions are easier than others. If you have several options, that may or may not be an easier decision that when you have just two options.
And no matter how many options you ha…