You’ve stepped into the thrilling world of voice acting. Whether your thing is to state characters in vitality, recite audiobooks, or attack commercials, warming up your voice is essential.
Not as hard as it sounds — actually, it’s enough pleasurable. Below are some top warm-ups for newcomers, along with some particular stories to keep effects relatable.
I’d caution against getting into this career field right this moment. They are already working on replacing humans in this space.
FWIW, I think it’s too early to tell where this will end up.
On the one hand, it’s possible that machine-manipulated (or even machine-generated) voices will supplant most of the demand for voice actors, much like modern photo/image tools and cheap crowd sourcing supplanted much of the demand for professional photographers.
On the other hand, the legal issues (and possible protections) around human likeness and unauthorized use of existing work are in their infancy, and we’re already seeing a lot of mediocre-to-bad output from content generation machines.
It should be interesting to see how this all unfolds.