A comprehensive guide to kid & teen voiceover
Kids Behind the Mic is a comprehensive guide to kid voiceover and teen voiceover. Written by the Damsgard family at www.PlayTheVoice.com with a Foreword by Katie Leigh, the book also includes 21 interviews with long-time coaches, agents, engineers, casting directors, producers, and veteran parents of VO kids.
Children are wired for imagining and storytelling, but did you know that creativity could be earning them thousands toward their future? With a multitude of jobs from advertising to animation to talking toys to teaching tablets, there is an abounding need for children’s voices of all types.
Today, you don’t need to live in Los Angeles or New York to find kids’ voiceover work. However, it’s not an easy industry to break into and navigate clearly. And it takes much more than reading a script from the closet.
Bringing first-hand experience as recent newbies with a million questions, this book guides parents through the craft, technology, and business of putting their kids behind the mic.
Interviews include:
Vanessa Marroquin/Marissa DuBois, Kids Coaches, VO Pros
Heidi Rew, Founder, Atlanta Voiceover Studio, VO Pro
Nicole Britton, Parent of VO Kids, VO Pro
Martha Kahn, Kids Coach, VO Pro
Jacky Davis, Director of UK Children’s Voice Agency, VO Pro
Jennifer Knight, Parent of VO Kids, VO Pro
George “The Tech” Whittam, Engineer, VOBS
John Brooks, Founder, ProCommVoices/VoiceJungle
Dan Friedman, Engineer, Sound4VO, VO Pro
Mary Lynn Wissner, Casting Director
Sandy Delonga, Kids Casting/Director, VO Pro
Mike Churchill, Executive Producer, Major Corporation
Natasha Marchewka, V123 Pros Co-Founder, VO Pro
Joe Davis, Founder, Voice Actor Websites
Kelley Buttrick, Marketing Expert, VO Pro
Tracy Lindley, LinkedIn Expert, VO Pro
Erik Sheppard, Talent Agent, Sheppard Agency
Alicia Beekman, LA Talent Agent, DDO Kids
J. Michael Collins, Conference & Demo Producer, VO Pro
Rob Sciglimpaglia, Jr., Entertainment Attorney, VO Pro
Heidi Capri, Parent of VO Kids