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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.
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13253: How To Have A Healthy Relationship With Ratings And Reviews
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The audience is listening (and watching and reading). And social media and review sites allow them to criticize, rate and revie...
13252: The Simple Math Around Taking A Shot
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So you want to try something new, or do something you’ve never done before, or finally get off your keester and create the firs...
13251: How I Easily Add A Full Body Shot To My On-Camera Audition Slates
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Sometimes, a little thing can be a puzzler, and can be annoying, and when you figure out how to solve it, can be a bit embarras...
13250: The Doubly Wonderful Week Of Ms. Karen Merritt
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If you don’t know by now, one of my favorite hobbies is to brag on my VOHeroes Pro clients.
(Given how real the struggle...
13249: How Hard Can This Be?
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Ever notice how some people look at acting, voice over or writing and think it’s a snap…
…and not that hard to do?
...
13248: The One Car You Cannot Learn To Drive In
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To get from here to there, to move forward (or even, sometimes, backwards), we need to be in a state of motion.
Not stand...
13247: André De Shields: Three Rules Of Life
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The Broadway actor André De Shields has quietly made a stunning career out of performing on one of the most exclusive sets of s...
13246: Hat, Haircut Or Tattoo?
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Permanence. Import. Outcomes. Results.
We make lots of decisions, and we talk a lot about the size of those small, medium...
13245: A 45 Minute 10K Takes You Just As Far As A 90 Minute 10K Does
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Math.
Some people love it, and some people scratch their head over it.
But this particular math concept is simple:...
13244: What’s The One Rookie Mistake You Wish You Hadn’t Made?
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Looking back at when you were just starting out with something can be heartwarming and lovely as you reflect on how far you’ve...
13243: Trevor Says There’s Nothing Quite As Satisfying As This
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Sometimes, the most casual comments can be the most powerful.
The moments of conversation that are the least charged can...
13242: Survey: How Is AI Actually Affecting You?
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We’re a few years in on the AI onslaught.
No doubt, you have had thoughts on this, both as an artist and as a lover of ar...
13241: Acceptable Excuses
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So there’s that thing you don’t want to do.
That task that seems insurmountable, that conversation that seems uncomfortab...
13240: The View Changes Once You Start Walking
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Along the lines of what I've mentioned in the past, the rules change as our journey progresses, a hiker once said a version of...
13239: Just Pick One.
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Sometimes, it’s not just A or B, one or the other.
You can often be presented with and virtually frozen in place by a stu...
13238: What Meditation, Driving and Task Management Have In Common
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“Return to the breath.”
It’s a common phrase that helps you get back to your center when you’re meditating or doing any s...
13237: Thank You For Letting Me Help You Tell Stories
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I just want to take a moment to tell you how grateful I am to be a part of your journey, and to say thank you for giving me the...
13236: A Bias For Action? Or A Knee-Jerk Reaction?
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There can be a big difference between taking action, and hurting yourself by jumping to a reaction without really thinking it t...
13235: A Simple Shift (Key) To Make Perfectly Square Images
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Ever been asked to upload a perfectly square image as your profile pic?
Sure you have, if you’ve created your profile on,...
13234: What Would "Winning" Even Look Like?
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Unless you count the awards shows and box office (unfairly) as some sort of barometer of our success (please don’t), there real...
13233: How Much Do You Want To Know?
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Sometimes I feel like my cup overfloweth.
There’s no end to what you can learn about our business, and our world, and lif...
13232: Nobody Forced You To Face These Challenges
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The story of life is filled with dependencies, with our journey being affected by the challenges in our lives.
And when w...
13231: One Simple Way To Ease Anxiety
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As if we don’t have enough things in the world today, helping us move toward the anxious end of the scale, and away from the ca...
13230: The Moving Target Of AI
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Every new advance (decline?) in the development of new AI tools can lead to more and more anxiety for performers.
It can...
13229: True Or False: Non-Fiction Is Easier To Narrate Than Fiction?
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Characters. That word can strike fear in the hearts of narrators that feel that fiction is a whole ‘nother level of effort when...
13228: Is It Easier To Book An Audiobook Job Than Other Acting Gigs?
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If you’re a professional, acting can take all kinds of forms.
TV. Film. Stage. Commercials. Digital. VO. Audiobooks. And...
13227: I Feel Seen And Heard…By James Clear
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So there I am, minding my own business, checking my email after submitting an on-camera audition (I didn’t even change out of m...
13226: Narrating Audiobooks? Don't Forget The Acting Part
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So you have an audiobook to narrate. Compared to a lot of other acting jobs, it’s a much bigger job - sometimes exponentially l...
13225: Remember This One Thing About Aiming For Perfection
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How many times in our lives have we been presented with the reminder that we are human?
That we are messy?
That we’...
13224: You Are Absolutely Capable Of The Life You Imagine
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There is a difference between the capability of doing something…and the actual execution/achievement of that something.
I...
13223: Don’t Ever Use This Creepy Descript Feature On-Camera
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WARNING: This episode contains brief NSFW language.
I don’t know what software you use to edit your video stuff, but if i...
13222: How Will You Know If You Don’t Give It A Shot?
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Life is filled with opportunities, but some of them are scary.
And it’s natural to try and limit the risk, especially if...
13221: Fighting The Old Or Building The New?
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Some people worry and fret about what has happened in their past, especially when that past is less than bountiful.
They...
13220: Science Proves Me Right (And Wrong) About Failure's Value
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I often encourage you to embrace failure: we learn from it, we get better because of it and we identify those things tha...
13219: The Competition and Randomness Of Art And Money
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Most of the decisions that are made in the professional world revolve around money, and they are never on schedule.
13218: Casting Calculus: Yep. Sometimes Casting Only Needs 4 Seconds.
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This episode revolves around that Deadline article, tough love, math, logic and being careful what you wish for, because...
13217: Amateur? Professional? Being Both Might Be Best.
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It's a lovely day when you're recognized as a professional at what you do.
You likely get paid. You get res...
13216: Are You Still Trying Desperately To Make Sense Of It All?
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Ever since we've been humans, from the very beginning of time, we've tried to make sense of the world around us.
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13215: Hey, You Chose This. Why Be Righteously Indignant?
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A bit of a rant this episode...about the choices we make in life, and then being upset about those choices.
...
13214: Felt Any AI Guilt Yet?
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AI in general, and synthetic voice and image generators in particular have led to a lot of FUD in our industry.