The voice

The Accidental Podcast returns with voice-over actor Jen Antkowiak who does 99 percent of her v.o. work from home. Plus, a special gift offer of My Home Office Hacks.

Our latest Accidental Podcast features award-winning voice actor Jen Antkowiak of Soundshine Productions.

Why it matters

You wouldn’t think doing voice-overs would necessarily be a work-from-home gig. Jen Antkowiak does 99 percent of her work from her home studio.

Going deeper

In this 30-minute interview, we cover many topics, including:

• What goes into a professional home recording studio

• Where how do voice-over actors get work (Google is a beautiful thing)

• What’s your advice for someone who has a voice made for commercials but has no experience?

Notable quotes:

From Jen:

“I would say 75% of my work is non-broadcast. I was the voice of Blue Apron, the meal service, for a while. I do a lot of local commercials in Rhode Island and Massachusetts for Greengrocer.com. I'm the voice of Greengrocer.com. I also do a lot of work with Pfizer.”

“I do a lot of on-hold messaging. There are also commercial video games, animation and then there's audio books. A lot of training videos. Basically, whenever there’s voice involved is an opportunity for me.”

“I do an awful lot of voice for e-learning. So, I learn as I record. For example, I could tell you all about how to transport pigs in the Midwest from farm to market.”

About Jen

To learn more, visit Jen’s website https://www.soundshinevo.com/

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