The Sound Advice Voice-Over Podcast

Nov 26 2024 54 ep. 9 mins 453

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Kate McClanaghan and Jeff Finney discuss current trends and helpful techniques regarding the voice over industry, and also host interesting interviews with guests.

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An Honest Thanksgiving

Nov 26 2024 10 mins

It’s no secret to anyone who knows me that Thanksgiving is my all-time favorite holiday. And the most enduring Thanksgiving Day memory I have began when I was fifteen, and, well…it’s a story that honestly may never end.

Engaging Your Imagination

Oct 31 2024 4 mins

Regardless of whether you’re on-camera or off-, engaging your imagination is required of you as a talent. Discover a key element that will assist you with every take, regardless of your skill level, and allow you greater spontaneity, expression and subtle, yet discernable, variety. Discover in this podcast: • The impact on your audience when […]

Walter’s Reason

Oct 24 2024 13 mins

This is our final podcast offering in our month long homage to creepy storytelling and to Halloween. This is the remarkable result of gathering a few of my most talented friends a few years back after divvying up roles between the apple cider and donuts. We hope you enjoyed these stories we’ve presented all […]

The Silent Towns, adapted from Ray Bradbury’s “The Martian Chronicles”

Oct 17 2024 21 mins

This is our third recorded offering in our month long homage to great storytelling and to Halloween. This podcast is the remarkable result of gathering a few of my most talented friends in our LA studio one crisp night a few years back after divvying up roles between the apple cider and donuts, which I […]

Ray Bradbury’s “The Earth Men”, an excerpt from “The Martian Chronicles”

Oct 04 2024 26 mins

As a kid I fell in love with short stories in large part from hearing old radio theatre-style recordings that often played on the radio throughout October leading up to Halloween. I especially loved Ray Bradbury’s “The Martian Chronicles”. So much so, I adapted my own version of a few of his wonderful “Twilight Zone-ish” […]

The Importance of Challenging YourComfort Zone

Sep 27 2024 4 mins

Acting is very much like playing poker. If you intend to play, if you hope towin, you need to play your hand well, and, frankly, you need to risk.Yet, far too many talent kill a perfectly wonderful opportunities to createby second-guessing what little direction they are given. Perfectly capable,creative talent completely shutting down at the […]

Defining the ‘Conversational’ Voiceover Read

Sep 20 2024 4 mins

Listen to Actors’ SOUND ADVICE co-founders, coaches, and seasoned voiceover demo producers, Kate McClanaghan and Jeff Finney discuss one of the most elusive and sought-after performance styles in the voiceover business.

What Makes You Versatile as a VoiceActor

Sep 13 2024 5 mins

As actors we’re generally expected to be versatile enough to play everything. Or at least that’s the general consensus regarding acting as a profession, and not simply from actors and their coaches. Of course, precious few rise to the occasion for the simple reason none of this work is all that easy. Mastering the skills […]

The Two Prominent Approaches to Voiceover in the States

Sep 05 2024 17 mins

If you’ve been pursuing voiceover work on your own in America for the past decade or more, chances are you’ve been following a business model that concentrates almost strictly on securing work all by yourself, or DIY, by procuring jobs primarily through excessively low-paying sites like Fiverr, Upwork and a few Pay-to-Play (P2P) platforms. Nevertheless, […]

How to Book Out as a Voiceover

Aug 29 2024 5 mins

Summer is calling. We’re moments away from family reunions, vacations, and long weekends for the first time in a really long time for most of us! So, here’s a bit of advice that will keep you in good graces with your talent agents and potential clients: if you know the dates you won’t be available […]