Christian and Church Worship Voiceover – The Sentimental Read

Christian and church worship voiceover work is very popular during the months of December through May. Holidays like Christmas along with the Easter weekend produce some of the most valuable content for churches around the country. Christian voiceover and church voiceover projects usually require a few specific vocal traits. The voice must be honest, loving, warm, and sometimes very sentimental. The Christian voiceover actor must convey empathy at all times. When I get hired to do a voiceover project for a church or worship house, I first start by figuring out at want amplitude my voice should be. If the script requires a certain sentimental voice or softer voice over than my volume and amplitude must reflect intimacy. Proper microphone technique is crucial for Christian voiceover projects. For the Christ the King voiceover project – I had to reflect and hone in on my sentimental and softer attitudes in my life in order to relate to script.

What does the sentimental read require? How does an actor approach “sentimental and vulnerable” copy? Whether your project is for church voiceover or a public service announcement for cancer research–the sentimental approach can be achieved through reflection of moments in your life that may shed a “tear”. The sentimental read requires an intimate volume on microphone and an honest reflection from the actor. Vulnerability is key to being sentimental. How vulnerable can an actor be in their softer hidden spirits? Being sentimental requires an understanding of happiness, empathy, reflection, meditation, and honesty. In the end what it requires is an honest heart.

Christ the King Church Voice Actor

As a male voice actor, it can be challenging to reach certain sentimental levels. But, one of the keys is to embrace all the other times in your life in which being sentimental or showing vulnerability is required. It’s the training and practice of our emotions. Once you build up a history of being sentimental or vulnerable it becomes natural and it shows on microphone. You have to study off the mic in order to be present on the mic.

When performing a script or copy that requires a sentimental and loving approach, do not make the mistake of taking being sentimental as meaning the same as sadness or tears. Sometimes there’s a fine line between “sentimental” and “depressing”. It is an actor’s job to dance on that line gracefully. In voiceover work one must learn to dance gracefully within their emotions. On the microphone the beauty is all you have is your voice and no other stimuli. Sure the words will encourage and guide you- but sometimes they don’t. In church and worship voiceover projects they often do. The key to remember when dancing gracefully within your emotions is to never be attached to any of them.

Enjoy the microphone- it tells no lies.

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Franklin & Marshall College Voice Over Commercial

I have done thousands of commercials for colleges and universities all across the country. College voice over and a millennial sound is my bread and butter in terms of voice over income. However, there are always a few college voice over commercials that stand out above the rest. Franklin & Marshall College is one of those colleges that takes a lot of pride in their historic stature. Pride. Pride is the one word I kept hearing during our live voice over session. The creative directors needed the voice to have a sense of dignified pride. But, not as teacher or authority figure, rather, as a student. The typical college voice can be skewed in many directions. Some spots make the voice too laid back or cool, some make them way too enthusiastic. My point of comfort is the inspired student- the student who has a purpose. This purpose reflects in the sound and energy of their voice.

Franklin and Marshall College had a great team of creatives that allowed me to bring a poetic and spoken word quality to the read. They provided me with the music bed ahead of time so I could vibe to its cadence. Once I reviewed the script with the music playing under, it was a lyrical spoken word piece and no longer just a “regular” commercial. “Spirit” is vital to prideful college voice over projects. To have the right spirit, a talent must find that place inside of them that accesses the door to the most exciting time they can reflect on. Along with having the right spirit, the college voice must now also sound like the authentic voice that everyone can relate to.

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The Franklin & Marshall College voice over project is a great example of what happens when the right elements of a production come together and a vision is clearly executed. The right music plays a big role in this. Often times, I have seen creatives ruin spots because of the wrong music bed. In this case, it was perfect. Everything from the tempo to the hook, the music bed is vital for the voice over talents judgment of tone and pace.

This commercial voice over was one of my favorites and definitely one to remember. Much love to the historic Franklin & Marshall College, and thank you for working with me.

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Love Trumps Hate

How do you show love? How do you receive love? I’ve often thought about these questions as I’ve grown into a young man. I didn’t really have a relationship with love when I was growing up. I didn’t understand love. I would often hear people say “be love” or “it’s all about love” but if you have never known love, this is a distant practice. I have come to believe that love is too beautiful to not practice daily, and to love authentically, one must practice daily. Whenever life presents the moment- shine your light of love. Show love to those around you by small gestures of kindness or empathy. We must be love if we seek to understand love.

Love can be expressed in many ways. So can hate. Love trumps hate and I believe love will always trump hate. Hate is all around us, like love, it too is a daily practice. Once people begin to hate, they hate everything from small things to big things. In the end, hate is reflected inwards. Just like love, hate is an inner journey to the soul and just like love, hate is very powerful.

Love Trumps hate

When I was younger, I hated everything. I hated myself, I hated people, I hated nice people, I hated nice things… the story of hate goes on. It wasn’t until I reflected on the countless moments of someone showing love to me, that I began my journey to becoming more loving. Ego is the shield of love. Ego makes us love less and hate more. Ego disguises itself as love only to leave you there standing naked in sorrow. In order to be love, one must be egoless. Becoming egoless is a journey we all must aspire to travel, and the beauty is, it is a journey that never ends.

If you find yourself, like me, lost in between hate and love, don’t be afraid. The journey takes time and the mirror of the soul will break often. Love daily and love authentically.

Love trumps hate and always will.

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Kansas City Chiefs NFL Voice Over Talent

When a client requests an “athletic sound” the voice talent will have to access their inner athlete. But, no two athletes are alike. A football voice over project requires a talent to have a certain level of gravitas and courage. A certain energy and quiet intensity to their voice over. During my Kansas City Chiefs Voice Over session, I had to find that inner athlete and be consistent with his delivery. NFL voice overs range in their creative approach. Some production companies like the soft intimate voice over reads, while others like to start soft and build in intensity, eventually climaxing, before falling back down toward the end. It is the job of the voice over artist to flow with that pace and cadence to the directors liking. Sports voice over actors tend to sound too much like an announcer. Nowadays, clients seem to be eager to be searching for the “poetic voice” instead. Some of the best NFL voice over spots have a beautiful build in pace and energy. The Kansas City Chiefs voice over creative director did a great job in building and balancing my pace and energy, allowing me to sound consistently motivated throughout the read.

Voice talent for hire should always do some due diligence of their own prior to a voice over session. This includes studying a few YouTube clips of the client and learning about their customers. In this case, football voice over commercials were easily found online and I spent a few hours learning what worked and what didn’t. NFL voice over projects are some of my favorite ones to do because of the level of gravitas they require. Who motivates the motivated athletes? Who rallies the crowd? Who inspires the inner beast in all of us? That’s the football voice over actor’s job and if he/she sounds weak or timid, it will certainly not sound authentic.

Kansas City Chiefs Voice Over Talent

The sports voice over actor must sound fearless, excited, hungry, real, raw and authentic all at the same time. Game day is never over. The athlete never sleeps. Winning is the motivation and losing is the enemy. NFL voice over projects are becoming ever-so more creative, popular and raw and the only way to deliver the message is head on!

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Society of Voice Arts & Sciences Award Winner

I am still learning how to play this game. I’m not really use to awards and recognitions so receiving the award for outstanding spoken word performance took me by surprise. SOVAS and the voice arts awards are becoming industry leaders in the areas of voice over conference and talent recognition. The 2018 Voice Arts Awards, held at the Warner Brothers Studio was a great experience for me to be a part of. Having been nominated in the past for outstanding spoken word performance and commercial voice over, this year was truly highlighted with the 30 seconds I got to speak on stage after the announcement decision was made.

The Society of Voice Arts and Sciences honored many great people this year, including: Van Jones and Sigourney Weaver.  My first time on stage was my chance to showcase myself in front of my colleagues and show my appreciation for the countless people that have helped me travel this journey thus far. Voice Arts Awards or not, I am and will always be indebted to people like: J Michael Collins, Tim Tippets, Bill Holmes, Marc Cashman along with my team of agents across the country who played a vital role in helping me grow various aspects of my business. SOVAS taught me not to take people like these for granted. It taught me to appreciate my small victories in a battlefield of many losses. I am grateful for the voice arts awards for curating an atmosphere and community in which we all come together and appreciate the human voice.

Society of Voice Arts and Sciences award winner

The award for outstanding spoken word and performance was given to me for The Mastery Of Skills (https://youtu.be/0tVA2qDMCeo)

It is a poem/motivational piece on the process of inner growth and the mastery of a skill. The journey never ends and the learning is only beginning.

It’s a beautiful thing.

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How to Develop Business Sales Communication

When I was younger I was a silent salesman.  Every job that I had involved selling a product or service- but when I communicated with customers I was silent in my authenticity. I was just like every other salesman out there, nothing unique or special about my method. We’ve all experienced a great salesman- because they don’t come off as an “oil slick” salesman. Over the years I’ve discovered and worked on my authentic communication skills. Communication skills cannot be taken for granted in any industry or marketplace. It is a skill that needs to be developed over time through a journey of mistakes. Business communication is crucial in every industry no matter what one may be selling.

I had the pleasure of speaking at First Broker Reality-  an established real estate company educating and training young entrepreneurs in Pomona California. Vulnerability was the topic that I chose to speak about. Vulnerability in sales. Authenticity and vulnerability go together when you are practicing your communication skills. Whether it’s corporate speak, motivational speaking, or sales communication–there has to be a beautiful balance of authenticity and vulnerability.

I wanted to dive deeper into the question of how to improve communication skills and business communication skills by asking and discussing personal thresholds of authenticity and vulnerability amongst the participants.  Fear became an overwhelming discussion point. The fear of rejection, the fear of failure, the fear of being misunderstood and the fear of success are all restrictions on authenticity and vulnerability in the business environment.

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I never thought of myself as a sales motivational speaker or a business speaker. But as I’ve grown my voice over business I’ve inspired a few people in my discussions of healthy habits for proper business communication. It’s much deeper than just corporate speak. Business communication skills require a deeper understanding of the human voice and emotions than most of us tend to think about.  As a corporate speaker I have to communicate differently than I would if I was speaking at an event in the hood. You can speak differently and communicate authentically at the same time. But one must recognize the environment and respect its parameters when speaking.

If you are a young entrepreneur who is looking to improve your communication skills don’t start by asking how to improve your communication skills. Start by asking how to become more authentic and more vulnerable. Longevity in any sales or corporate environment will eventually end at the core of your authenticity.  No matter what you’re selling the connection between the customer and the salesman is very personal and deep. It must be respected and honored. The communication only improves when the customer feels a sense of understanding and relatability in the transaction.

Be authentic. Be vulnerable. Get the sale.

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Speaking Love In the Hood

Everyone has an inner voice and there is an art to discovering your inner voice. I’ve spent many years participating in activities that have helped guide me in discovering my unique inner voice. Activities such as: poetry, voice acting, working out/martial arts and self-improvement. I consider myself fortunate to have the opportunities and time to pursue this journey. Using art to communicate and express your truth is a liberating and insightful experience. I have learned that the more I get to know my inner voice, the more authentic I feel. The more authentic I feel the more enjoyable life gets. My communication through art comes in the form of voice acting, poetry and philosophy. Over many years of not knowing what I was consciously doing, I’ve become very aware of my inner voice and all its dimensions. The full spectrum of human emotion can be expressed and experienced once you know your inner voice.

What is the inner voice? The inner voice is you. All of you. Your: love, sadness, empathy, lust, demons, angels and everything else that makes up your spirit and mind. How you express your inner voice is where the magic comes in. No two people are alike, thus, each has their own unique voice and method when communicating through their unique art.

South Central urban voice

While speaking at a Share Necessities event in South Central Los Angeles, I focused on using the voice- more specifically the inner voice of love, to improve one’s quality of communication. The few basic principles that make up your voice and how you express it (your tone) are building blocks of how your message gets delivered when you speak. How is your cadence? Are you speaking too fast? Too slow? How is your energy? Are you coming off sluggish or negative? Maybe you have too much energy for the occasion at hand? When delivering a message of love, we often notice a warmth and softness that translates into a wonderful energy. The opposite also may be true and all that eventually reflects in your voice and presence around people.

Finding your inner voice is a deep journey within. Discovering who you really are and using your art to communicate your truth is a transcendental experience. We often hear people say “I’m just not creative or I’m not an artist”- I smile with love and politely disagree with these people. I believe every human is an artist. We all may not be the next Mozart but we all have the ability to create. Even at the basic level, we all can create our own unique thoughts.

This speaking event at Share Necessities was a great experience for me as I start my journey of becoming a professional speaker. This non-profit reaches out to inner city residents of all ages and provides them with knowledge based activities like guided meditation, nutritional education and self-improvement workshops. They have a great heart. You can check them out here: https://www.share-necessities.org

Find and listen to your inner voice. Be brave on your journey and approach it with humility and grace. Much love.

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