Warm reality checks for aspiring voice actors.
Voice Coaches Radio is a working-room guide to voice acting, with John and Tina moving through demos, myths, studio etiquette, and confidence problems. The tone is loose and funny, but the advice keeps landing on preparation, professionalism, and getting comfortable sounding human on mic.
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Voice Coaches Radio is a conversational guide to the voiceover business from inside a teaching and studio environment. John and Tina work through the questions beginners tend to bring into the booth. Some are technical. Others are emotional. How should copy be read when it is meant to be funny? What changes when someone gives direction? Is a character demo useful right away, or does it need a wider range of choices first? The show answers through examples rather than tidy lectures. A script about an angry customer becomes a live lesson in interpretation, exaggeration, turns in tone, and the difference between reading words and acting the copy. Studio etiquette gets the same grounded treatment. Arriving early, respecting the studio's schedule, being kind to everyone there, and not judging a studio by its storefront all become part of the job. The career talk is candid. Side-hustle hopes are welcome, but quick-money expectations get corrected, especially when the conversation turns to demos, follow-ups, and studio relationships. Confidence is another recurring thread. John and Tina return often to the beginner's fear of sounding foolish, then make the case that animation, emotion, and commitment are not extras in voice work; they are the work. The show also widens the listener's sense of the field by pointing to transit announcements, elevators, phone assistants, GPS voices, commercials, training reads, and character work. It is not polished in a formal way. The charm is the overlap, the jokes, the repeated course corrections, and the sense that a real coaching session has been left mostly intact. For aspiring voice actors, that loose texture is part of the value. It makes the industry feel less mysterious, while still being honest about the skill and patience required.
Made for: Best for aspiring voice actors, early-career performers, and curious speakers who want practical booth-level guidance without industry mystique. It also suits people using voice training for public speaking, presentations, or courtroom presence.
What sets it apart: The show stands out by turning casual banter into specific coaching moments: live reads, demo advice, studio etiquette, confidence problems, and myth correction. It feels less like a class recording and more like sitting near two people as they explain what actually matters.
Voice Coaches Radio provides advice, motivation, professional perspective, honesty, and humor to aspiring and professional voice actors. Interviews, contests, examples, and insider info, mixed with realistic expert advice, Voice Coaches radio is an invaluable educational resource.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
John and Tina make voice acting teachable through candid answers about demos, performance choices, studio conduct, rejection, and confidence.
Voice Coaches Radio turns the mechanics of voice acting into a loose conversation between John and Tina. Their lessons stay close to decisions a beginner can act on: when to make a character demo, how much emotional expression a read needs, what studio etiquette involves, and…
A sad cartoon dog becomes a lesson in why your first character voice may be completely wrong.
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A practical reminder that voiceover side work still has to be treated like professional work.
A side hustle can sound like an easy path into paid voice work, but Voice Coaches Radio gently pushes back on that idea. John and Tina shape the episode around familiar questions about how long it takes to earn money and when a first job might happen, then steer the discussion…
A steady push for performers who need permission to sound natural, animated, and less self-conscious.
Voice Coaches Radio leans into a familiar but sharp problem: a person may have the voice, know it, and still freeze at the start. John and Tina address the imposter feeling with practical coaching, keeping the advice grounded in a simple idea: when there is no face, body, or…
A practical look at moving from general voice work toward character demos.
Voice Coaches Radio turns a practical question for students interested in animation and character voices into a clear, usable discussion about the shift from general voice work to character demo material.
A practical, expectation-setting look at an introductory voiceover webinar.
Voice Coaches Radio keeps the focus on what a first step into voiceovers actually looks like. John lays out the Getting Paid to Talk, Intro to Voice Overs webinar as a guided overview: building work relationships, watching two videos, hearing mostly positive reasons to consider…
A practical listener mailbag that treats voiceover like a business.
Voice Coaches Radio keeps the focus on the business side of voiceover with plainspoken listener Q and A that feels immediate and useful. John and Tina move from repeat questions to practical guidance on demos, the quiet after sending them, coaching, and studio etiquette, and…
A coaching conversation that treats confidence as part of the work.
Voice Coaches Radio frames the conversation around a simple but useful idea: a good voice is not enough to get someone started. John and Tina lean into imposter feelings, the hesitation that can surface even after students begin the program, and the reminder that the room is not…
A warm voiceover pep talk that makes early progress feel concrete and reachable.
Charlene's conversation stays focused on voiceover coaching and on the uneasy, useful stretch between training and real-world use. The former student comes across as nervous and excited, and the details of buying studio equipment and doing a pro bono speech for a friend keep the…
Career power without apology.
Career confidence with a leadership edge.
Career clarity with backbone.
Marissa interviews Spencer, a promising former student with a remarkable voice, discussing his unexpected vocal transformation and early experiences in voiceover.
Host Marissa interviews former student Charlene about her journey into voiceover.
John and Tina host Voice Coaches Radio for a VO confidence episode.
This episode demonstrates the difference between amateur and professional script reading through a humorous HR training narrative about customer service.
This episode discusses the realistic expectations and professional requirements for starting a side hustle to make extra money, using an electrician analogy to emphasize the need for professionalism even in part-time work.
John and Tina begin with the usual tug over who gets to open the show, then settle into what they call the VO confidence episode.
This episode revisits how voiceover skills can be applied to everyday life, focusing on improving public speaking, persuasion, and authenticity in professional settings like law and corporate leadership.
This episode debunks the myth that voiceover work requires a deep voice, emphasizing the diversity of voices in modern commercials and radio.
Voice Coaches Radio episode 709 opens with John and Tina checking the number before they get into the heart of the show.
Voice Coaches Radio hosts John and Tina explain what John’s “Getting Paid to Talk, Intro to Voice Overs” webinar covers and what it does not promise.
John and Tina open by pulling listener questions from the pile and spending the episode working through the ones that have kept coming up.
The host discusses his frustration with people consistently misremembering his name as John despite branding himself as JMG online, questioning whether to fully adopt the JMG identity professionally.
Host Marissa interviews Anthony about his experience at a voiceover demo day, discussing his expectations, the mental energy involved in recording, and his surprising fatigue afterward.
This episode features an interview with Sarah, a former Voice Coaches student who transitioned from singing and acting to voiceover work, sharing her personal journey and background.
Marissa interviews Richard Rella about his journey into voiceover, starting from his early singing and acting background.