Barb Lyon
Voice Artist

If the client doesn’t connect with the shortlist, nobody blames the talent. They question the person who picked them. Tuesday morning, or really any morning...You open your inbox and there they are. A few hundred voice over auditions for one project, a deadline that was yesterday, and a client waiting to hear who you recommend. Somewhere in that pile is the right voice. Your job is to find it, then narrow everything down to the handful you’ll actually present.

I’ll be honest: I don’t love auditioning. In fact, I kind of hate it. Voice over auditions can be really discouraging if you let them. It’s only fun when you’re winning, right? And you certainly don’t win every time. If you spend days submitting auditions with no callbacks or voiceover bookings, it can feel like a weight hanging around your neck. But last week, thanks to a Mel Robbins podcast, I reframed how I look at the whole process of auditioning for voice over work.