We are so excited to welcome fellow singer and voice-over artist, Nadia Marshall (she/her/hers), to the podcast!

Nadia recounts for us how voice acting went from being a simple suggestion from a colleague into being a correlating career. Her story is full of practical advice on how to get started, and her commitment to creating a professional, consistent brand for her work is inspiring to say the least! 

Most interesting is how her work in voice acting has worked to help her feel more grounded in and connected to her work as a singer. She tells us how having multiple creative outlets has helped to relieve some of the pressures of perfectionism in the audition room, as well as some great tips from how she’s learned to manage her time!

Notable links from our conversation include: 

The episode of VOpreneur about Travel Rigs and Recording Hacks

Our amazing teacher: Susan Eichhorn Young #teamsey

Vocal Booth To Go – great tools to help set up your home studio

Notion – Elise’s go-to organizational app

Flora – the focus app that will plant a tree!

Atomic Habits – Marcelle & Nadia both swear by this book!

You can learn more about Nadia’s projects at her opera website and her voice-over website. And go follow her on all of the socials: Instagram | Facebook | TikTok

Many thanks go out to our Season 4 sponsors:

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Music from this episode: 

Basic Implosion and Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod
Link: incompetech.com
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

My So-Called Opera Life is produced and hosted by Elise Mark and Marcelle McGuirk and is edited by Joshua Wise.