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 got a surprise phone call from one of my agents a couple of ago. I was on the shortlist for a big grocery chain! Yay! Fantastic! They wanted to know about my availability. That's easy: every day. Then they asked about my weekend availability. OK, that's easy too. I'm available most weekends. I never travel, soooo… Then they wanted to know about evenings, and I'm thinking, "WOW! Just how often does this client need VO?" I teach dog training 1-2 nights a week. They wan