You're listening to Voice Acting Mastery, episode number 80.

Welcome to the Voice Acting Mastery podcast with Crispin Freeman.

Voiceactingmastery.com is your place to learn both the skills and the mindset you need to become a professional voice actor, even if you're just getting started.

In each episode of this podcast, you'll discover valuable tips,

tricks and insider information to help you portray characters in animation, video games, and

beyond. And now here's your host, voice actor Crispin Freeman.

Hi there, my name is Crispin Freeman, and I'll be your guide through the world of voice acting.

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For this episode, I wanted to continue answering questions from my podcast audience.

For those who may not be as familiar with the podcast,

in past episodes, I've given out a phone number where you can call in

and leave me a question about voice acting as a voicemail.

From time to time, I'll pick the most relevant questions I receive

and answer them here on the podcast.

Let's get started.

Let's answer some questions from you, our listeners.

Hey, Kristen, this is Andrew calling from Indianapolis. I'd like to thank you for having the

podcast and all the work that you do for all of us listeners and aspiring voice actors.

And I'm calling with a question that I get a lot throughout the training that I've had,

which is tempo and speed in which I make my reads.

It seems a lot of the time that I read too fast or my pace is so quick that I can't, you know, it's almost monotone and very bland in the

read and so there's no inflection or enunciation on what I say. So I'm curious as to what you

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