Blog categorized as Voice Acting

Taking Care of Your Voice

12.08.25 06:49 PM - By Paul Boucher - Comment(s)

Did you know that different climates affect your voice, even if you aren't a voice actor?

Calgary, like Denver, has a high, dry, alpine climate. Average humidity indoors is often less than 50%. Outdoor is often 60% or lower – and that’s after a month of twice the average rainfall!

I noticed yesterd...

Why Professional Voice Actors Charge For Studio Services

23.04.25 11:27 PM - By Paul Boucher - Comment(s)

There are all sorts of things professional voice actors do to provide value to their clients.

In the age of AI, everything in a voice actor’s business is up for reappraisal.

One of the key differentiators in my business is my Right Voice Vault studio service.

I’ve archived every client recording se...


Human Wins!

19.11.24 10:46 PM - By Paul Boucher - Comment(s)

Keep your learning human. Your staff will thank you.

So, allow me to paraphrase for the sake of better eLearning in 2024 and 25: give me your tired script, your huddled instructional designers yearning to hire a human voice to read it, the wretched AI voiceover your client wants to use, send these t...

Myths vs. Facts

11.09.24 04:13 PM - By Paul Boucher - Comment(s)

Escape the Echo Chamber!

Whether it’s reporting on the presidential debate in the US, or 9/11 retrospectives, or political or other news from your area, a bit of wisdom I’ve received is it's important to:

 

a)  look at alternate sources of information/analysis, and b) understand how our bias...

Your Voice Acting Career, Your Name, Your Life

28.08.24 09:13 PM - By Paul Boucher - Comment(s)

Working as an independent actor outside of a major market, whether that actor works in voice,stage, TV, or film, involves understanding that they’re in show business and that no matter what’s come and gone, including AI, the old maxim about showbiz still applies. 

Show business is 5% show and 9...