The Off Air Voiceover Podcast

In our final episode of season 3 *sniff* we are joined by animation casting legend, Kristin Paiva!

For anyone lucky enough to work with, or meet Kristin, you’ll know what a genuine and joyful person she is and she brought all that energy and more to the podcast.

In this episode she shares her journey from working as a casting and voice director for Disney to launching the incredible Paiva Institute and how she plans to support unde...

🚨Episode 7 has arrived!🚨

 

In this episode, the penultimate of season 3(!), we chat with the wonderful Donald Pirie, a seasoned voiceover artist, voice director and casting director, and delve further into the intricacies of casting in the gaming industry, particularly his experience working on AAA titles

He shares his processes for casting games and animations of all sizes at @bigmouthaudio, the importance of collaboration and b...

Welcome to episode 6! Our longest episode at 90 mins, whats in here is packed full of useful takeaway information for Voice Actors of all levels

 

Rolf took the time to chat to us in a really candid way, nothing was off the table and we really enjoyed listening to his thoughts and opinions about the industry and what he feels Voice Actors need to know to make a success of their career in these evolving times. 

It’s absolutely not...

Hello!

 

Welcome to Episode 5!

 

This week we were joined by the fab Rachel and Jonny from Mighty Giant, an animation and motion Design company from Manchester.

 

As many VO’s source work from companies like Mighty, we felt it would be great to chat to them about what their process is like on a project and how they factor voice into it

Through this they shared some really great insight about working with their VO's and Jonny and ...

Welcome to Season 3 Episode 4 - Increasing the Odds!

In this week’s episode we’re joined by the wonderful Emily Jardine! Emily is an experienced Voice Actor, Coach, Audio Producer and Casting Director, and trust us when we say you’ll want to have a notepad and pen ready for this one.

The voice over industry has evolved significantly over the past 15 years- in the time Emily has been in it. With the developments in home studios, amo...

Welcome to Episode 3 of our 3rd season and we're thrilled to be joined by Head of Production at Global Radio, Justin Sanders!

 

Sticking with our theme about casting, Justin chats to us about how to get noticed with your voiceover reels including a good little tip about narration!

We chat about the impact of AI and how its utilised in the industry already, aswell as collaboration in production, the evolving trends in audience enga...

Welcome to episode 2 featuring the fabulous Kathryn Vinclaire!

 

Not only is Kathryn a highly talented, multi award winning voiceover, but she’s also heavily involved in casting, specifically for indie games, setting up her own roster and networking event!

 

We discuss the challenges and opportunities in indie game casting, the importance of fair compensation for voice actors, and the need for better connections between voice actor...

Season 3 has arrived!

In this season we're focusing all about casting, whether that's for Video Games, Commercials or Corporate Videos, we're asking the questions to the people that book us about what they look for when hiring voiceovers, and we're grateful that we're joined by people well experienced in those jobs to help answer those same questions

For our first episode of the new season, we chat about things we've learnt to incr...

Helloooo!

 

Welcome to this one off, unplanned, no idea where we were going with it, Christmas Episode!

 

We decided to just hit record and we covered the year in general, ideas for the next year, future plans fo the Podcast, and Michael finally gets something off his chest....

 

Thanks to everyone who has been part of the podcast so far, be it guests or followers who share and interact with us, it means the world to us and have lo...

🚨🚨 SEASON FINALÈ🚨🚨

 

Cant believe we’ve got here already, the final episode of Season 2!

But what a way to end the season by having 2 amazing people well known in the VO world, Hugh Edwards and Gina Thompson, who are highly involved in Video games Casting, aswell as the infamous One Voice Conference and of course Gravy for the Brain!

In this episode we hear of Michael's VOX late night voice-note shenanigans for the podcast, and...

🚨🚨 New Episode🚨🚨

We didn't know what to call this one at first.  

Bauer Power

The Big One

But inspired by our guest Simon, 'Being Human' is perfectly fitting

In an industry first, we have 3 guys join us who make up a team of 8 excellent folks over at Bauer.  So If you want to work in Radio, Paul, Simon and Tom provide candid insights in what they look for and how it works

In true fashion of the pod, its honest and informative a...

🚨🚨New Episode 🚨🚨

Join us for this weeks episode 'Laugh It Off' where we park all the work chatter and just have fun sharing funny stories experienced on our voiceover journeys After a summer of quiet periods, scaremongering with AI and other things going on, we wanted to try and bring some smiles and we invited you, our amazing listeners to join in Take a break from the seriousness, and enjoy the fun Thank you to everyone th...

🚨🚨New episode! Noble steeds at the ready!🚨

Have you seen the post that's going around about the fact the word "freelance" comes from the medieval term for a mercenary warrior? (swipe to see the original Xpost)   Well, this week's episode is all about wielding the basics when it comes to being a creative freelancer. We talk about the pitfalls, what we like to do and what we suck at. It can definitely feel like a battle sometimes ...

🚨🚨 New Episode🚨🚨

A touch gullible? Us too.   

Things are tough at the moment for a lot of people - in and out of the voiceover industry- and when times get tough the scam artists come out to play.

In this episode we shine a light on some of the common scams going round, and perhaps make you aware of some of the lesser known ones too! Red flags at the ready, an episode not to be missed for those trying to keep their businesses a...

**NOTICE**   DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH SOFTWARE WE HAD TO RESORT TO ZOOM AFTER 10 MINS.  APOLOGIES FOR THE LOWER QUALITY

🚨 NEW EPISODE! ‘Rollercoaster’ is now live! 🚨

To be a Voice Actor it takes:

10% talent  30% business and marketing 60% steely mindset

Ok, so we’ve made these figures up to illustrate our point, but this is what it can feel like sometimes.

From the extreme highs of awards and winning coveted jobs, to th...

🚨🚨Episode 2 - Gimme 5🚨🚨

 

Why Gimme 5? 

 

Well! Michael started exploring blog ideas via ChatGPT and one thing it brought up was '5 Mistakes to Avoid When Hiring a Voiceover'  So naturally as working Voice Actors we thought we'd look into it and give you our hot take!

We discuss the decline in cable TV viewership v. the increase in commercials via streaming platforms, and the potential impact on the voiceover industry.

Michael ...

Welcome back for Season 2!

 

Coming out of a slow Summer and emerging like a butterfly from a chrysalis as we enter the wonderful, and often chaotic, premier of season 2 of the Off Air Voiceover Podcast!

But whats different? Well, if you like your videos weve gone full video episodes for this season which you can see on our YouTube page

https://www.youtube.com/@OffAirVoiceoverPodcast so make sure you subscribe to stay on top of the...

🚨 Episode finale: “The Aftermath” is now live! 🚨

In our final episode of Season 1, join us as we discuss our recent experiences at the One Voice Conference and the latest T&Cs scandal with the Mandy site.....

As we draw the season to a close we want to extend a huge thank you to our esteemed guests (in order of appearance):

Shiraz Engineer @oratrix

Scott Tunnix @scotttunix

Kelly Condron @kellycondron

Susie Valerio @susie

Carl...

🚨Episode 8: “Hustle” is now live!🚨

 

In this penultimate Episode of Season 1, we’re thrilled to have the bundle of positive energy that is Carla Terry (@Voicedbycarla) join us for some VO chat (and dish out a bit of motivation)

 

If you know or follow Carla on the socials you’ll be familiar with her bright, fun and friendly style as well as sharing some great B...