Part of your work as a voice talent is to listen to other voice talent. To study the voices. To get inside the head of the voices doing the work – AND inside the head of the director hiring the voices.
I found a great podcast called “Under the Influence” that discusses the ubiquitous voices we hear every day every where – and who and why they are selected.
This is great information for anyone thinking they want to go into the voiceover business. You need to know yourself, your competition and why people get hired.
It is about a half hour long. So grab a cup of coffee.
http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Radio/Under_the_Influence/2184189717/ID=2188883114