Can voiceover skills be taught?
About 30% of the skills you need can be taught, yes. Those are technical skills like mic technique, recording studio protocol and other technical related issues surrounding the set up and operation of a home based studio. The other 70% of the skills you need are acquired through some training, but mostly practice and experience. This is where we enter into the rather seedy world of VO coaching and those who claim to be able to teach a person how to become a “professional” voice over talent. With only 30% of the skills able to be taught, these so-called “coaches” are very limited in their approach to get customers….not to mention they have to compensate for a very, very low success rate. Take for instance, this site. Here, we have a guy who has leveraged even the most obscure reference in an effort to make himself credible. I personally am always wary of people who go to great extremes to justify their credibility. A certification from VoiceSTA or a membership to the Better Business B
