How Does Your Work Reflect You?
The sort of work you do, even though it may be acting, is telling of who you are, what matters to you and what you're willing to have your voice associated with.
How do the scripts you read reflect you and your heart?
Join in the discussion in today's VOX Daily.
London ABCs App Voiced By Voices.com Talent
Do you know your ABCs?
Looking for an app that makes learning the alphabet fun?
A new app in Apple's App Store will do more than simply teach you alphabet...it will also introduce you to the many wonderful things you can see and do in London, Ontario Canada!
Hear more about an app that got its voice at Voices.com in this review of London ABCs.
How Do Authors Name Fictitious Characters?
How do authors, copywriters and screenwriters select names for characters?
Are they swayed by trends or is there more thought, perhaps research, that goes into giving a name to a character?
Hear how real authors name their characters and chime in with names of characters you've voiced by commenting on today's VOX Daily.
MyVoice App Helps People Overcome Speech Challenges
Do you know anyone who has lost their voice or finds it hard to communicate verbally?
Toronto-based MyVoice Inc., founded by Alexander Levy, has opened doors for thousands of people suffering from speech and language challenges through the revolutionary mobile app, MyVoice.
After doing a fair bit of reading on the subject, I took the app for a spin to see how it works and learn more about the voices used.
Want to learn more?
Hear about this wonderful app and how it is giving a voice to the voiceless in today's VOX Daily.
Voices of Influence
Do you hear voices?
Voice overs have worked themselves into our daily lives and few pause to consider how our perceptions have been shaped by various characters and advertising campaigns using voice.
Read this article on VOX Daily and then listen to a unique podcast celebrating voice artists and their contributions.
What Makes Cereal Mascots So Effective?
Characters featured on cereal boxes occupy a special place in our culture and endear products to generations of families.
What is it that makes them so effective? Who's your favorite character?
Be sure to comment with your thoughts and join the conversation in today's VOX Daily.
Spam!
Do you suffer from Internet spam messages sent to your email or web platform?
Unlike traditional Spam (pictured at left), spam in the form of comments submitted to the blogs at Voices.com has been rampant.
An increased volume in spam sent to our comments box has prompted this posting, and if you've been commenting on the blog but have not seen your comments published, your comments may have been caught in our spam filter.
Learn more about what we are doing and how you can help in today's VOX Daily.
How Do You Protect Your Hearing?
Just as the voice is key to being able to perform as a voice actor, the ability to hear and to hear well, can make or break a career in audio recording and engineering.
Protecting an engineer's golden ears helps them to work for as long as possible in the field of audio production.
How can this be done?
Hear about some proactive steps the Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology is taking to protect the ears of their students and future audio engineers in today's VOX Daily.
The Endangered Sounds List
What sounds heard today are getting closer to the realm of archival recordings and the domain of the Foley Artist?
Should we be focused on sampling more of these sounds that may never be captured in the wild (both literally and figuratively) again?
Find out what made our community list of Endangered Sounds and share some of your own in today's VOX Daily.
The Use Of Silence In Audio Recordings
Is silence always golden?
What about an awkward silence, for instance?
Those of you on-air have certain opinions (and fears!) to be sure of what silence means and I'm curious to learn about how this translates to audio in general.
If you've found a way to use silence to your advantage, I'd love to hear from you!
Join the conversation in today's VOX Daily!
12 Trends of Voice Acting for 2012
Each year, we shed some light on where we believe the voice over industry is headed with a number of observations from the unique perspective of the voice over marketplace.
Significant ground has been broken in many areas and opportunities for voice talent, regarding both scope and prosperity, have increased.
Access your free copy of 12 Trends for 2012 in today's VOX Daily!
Nature's Narrators
Are you fan of nature programs that zoom in on the lives of wild animals?
Who among us hasn't been drawn in by the warm, authoritative tones of Sir David Attenborough or James Earl Jones like a child sitting on their grandfather's knee listening to a story?
Join me in today's VOX Daily as we discuss the voices who've narrated the wonders of the world.
Top 10 VOX Daily Posts From 2011
With 2012 being only a few days in, there's some time to look back on what readers thought were the most interesting articles posted on VOX Daily this past year.
Which posts made the top ten?
What sort of things captivated the hearts and minds of voice talent this year?
Find out!
Lin Parkin, Voices.com Employee of the Month

What a way to end the year!
Today we will take a moment to publicly acknowledge Lin Parkin, Voices.com's most recent Employee of the Month!
Join me in congratulating Lin and learning more about her role at Voices.com.
Will The World End In 2012?
Many people are speculating that the world will end in 2012.
While I don't subscribe to what the Mayans predicted, although I do acknowledge that the world could end at any time, Herb Merriweather shares some predictions of his own as we go from 2011 into 2012.
Join Herb and see if his predictions and hopes for the New Year are doable in today's VOX Daily!
Communicating Messages With Talent And Grace
Has voice acting become more about you and less about your audience?
What happens when we place more significance on ourselves and how we perform than on the message and the people it is intended for?
A number of voice over folks chimed in on this and I hope you enjoy it!
Hear more in today's VOX Daily.
Tips For Controlling Your Voice
Have you been hoping to somehow tame your voice?
An untrained voice, while it can be both beautiful and functional, has the potential to run wild and render you voiceless!
Hear from guest blogger, Blake Sanders, as he shares a number of essential tips for voice control in today's VOX Daily.
Where Did Your Voice Come From?
Does your voice have interesting qualities linked to where you were raised or those around you?
What does your "sound" sound like?
Regardless of where you were brought up or by whom, we can all hear something in our natural speaking voices that tells us where we've come from and can in effect chart the timeline of our vocal heritage.
Where did the sound of your voice come from?
Join the discussion in today's VOX Daily.
Translating An Author's Intent and Innermost Thoughts
Do you write?
Perhaps you blog and decide to share select thoughts with anyone who happens to come across them. Those writings might also lend themselves to be read and subsequently interpreted by voice artists in an audiobook.
Whether you write, read, or do both, I'd love to hear your thoughts on translating an author's innermost thoughts in today's edition of VOX Daily!
Applying Creativity In Unusual Ways
Do you use your vocal, musical or audio production gifts in non-traditional ways?
No doubt you have seen a variety of different if not quirky ways that people express creativity.
Hear about what I do in today's VOX Daily and join the conversation by adding your amazing applications of creativity that help to jazz up the mundane.




