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title: Voice Acting & Voiceover
description: This topic explores the techniques used to perform vocal work for commercials, animation, audiobooks, and video games. Learners will understand vocal control, script analysis, character voice creation, and basic home recording setup.
category: music-audio
subcategory: theater-and-acting
difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced
url: /subject/voice-acting-and-voiceover
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# Voice Acting & Voiceover

This topic explores the techniques used to perform vocal work for commercials, animation, audiobooks, and video games. Learners will understand vocal control, script analysis, character voice creation, and basic home recording setup.

## Available Resources

2 Books • 3 Websites

## Websites

### 1. Gravy for the Brain

A UK/US voiceover training company founded by Hugh Edwards and Peter Dickson, offering online courses, one-to-one mentoring, and free webinars covering technique, home studio setup, and marketing for voice actors at every stage.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.gravyforthebrain.com/

**Tags:** voice-acting, voiceover-training, online-courses, mentoring, webinars

### 2. Booth Junkies

A YouTube channel and website reviewing microphones, audio interfaces, and studio gear, with tutorials that walk voice actors through setting up and troubleshooting a home recording booth on a budget.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://boothjunkies.com/

**Tags:** voice-acting, home-studio, audio-equipment, tutorials

### 3. voiceovertip.com

VoiceOverTip.com is a practical resource for aspiring voice actors, offering tips, tutorials, and guides on performance, mic technique, demo production, and building a VO freelancing career.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://voiceovertip.com

**Tags:** websites, music-performing-arts, theater-acting

## Podcasts

### 1. Voice Acting Mastery

**Author:** Crispin Freeman | Voice Actor

A long-running podcast hosted by voice actor Crispin Freeman covering audition technique, character work, and industry advice, with recurring interviews of working voice actors and directors sharing career guidance.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** en-US | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.voiceactingmastery.com

**Tags:** voice-acting, podcast, auditioning, career-advice

## Books

### 1. Voice-Over Voice Actor

**Author:** Yuri Lowenthal, Tara Platt

A practical guide by working voice actors covering auditioning, vocal warm-ups, script reading, home studio setup, and self-marketing, with a workbook section for hands-on practice building a voiceover career.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0984074007?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, music-performing-arts, theater-acting

### 2. The Art of Voice Acting

**Author:** James R. Alburger

A comprehensive voiceover textbook covering acting technique, copy interpretation, and the business side of the craft, with scripts, exercises, and companion audio for building marketable voice-acting skills from the ground up.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0415736978?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, music-performing-arts, theater-acting

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