Podcast training workshop: finding your voice(over) and tracking narration like a pro
This second workshop in our three-part “narrative foundations” series will equip you for recording, narration, and finding your voice as a host.
This two-hour interactive session will include live exercises, feedback, and breakout rooms. We’ll answer key questions like how much does gear matter versus your recording environment? What are some tips for writing narration that sounds good? What if you hate the sound of your own voice?
We’ll work on writing for the ear, discuss effective preparation and reading, finding your vocal sweet spot, maximizing your sound quality wherever you’re recording, and more.
What you’ll get:
Secrets for getting great sound
How to write for the ear
Identifying your vocal sweet spot
Finding your voice on and off the page
Price: $95 each / $250 bundle … Date: June/July 2024 … Time: 9:00-11:00 am PST
This is the second in our “narrative foundations” workshop series; you can sign up for each one, all three as a bundle, or join the self-paced course, and get all three workshops included.
Podcast training instructors
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Laura Joyce Davis
Laura Joyce Davis teaches podcasting at Stanford, founded Narrative Podcasts, and was host and Executive Producer of the award-winning Shelter in Place. Laura has an MFA in fiction, and her work has been recognized with a Fulbright scholarship, a Social Impact award, and other podcasting and writing awards. More about Laura
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Nate Davis
Nate Davis won a Mercury Award for radio advertising, served as creative director on Shelter in Place, and co-created the Social Impact Award-winning training intensive for Narrative Podcasts. An ad copywriter by trade, Nate has worked on top global brands including Apple, Nike, Sony, and Truity. More about Nate
Narrative foundations scripted podcast workshop series
Workshop 1: scriptwriting & editing
This workshop covers the key elements of writing and editing — both universal, and specific to podcasting. We’ll cover techniques and forms for getting started, creating a story from an interview, tools and for getting unblocked, story diagrams, and tips on moving from first to final draft. More details
Workshop 2: recording & voiceover
This workshop will equip you for the second major narrative podcasting building block, recording and VO. We’ll practice the vocal warmups of Broadway actors, discuss effective preparation and reading, finding your vocal sweet spot, and talk about gear and maximizing your recording quality at home. Sign up
Workshop 3: audio editing & sound design
This third workshop in our spring series covers the third key aspect of narrative podcasting, creating a great soundscape. We’ll cover DAWs, work on your audio editing ethos, highlight surprising parallels between visual and sound design, and explore the nuances of music and emotion. More details
What’s in the full podcast course?
The workshops distill key aspects of narrative podcasting, but the 16-module course covers everything in more depth, plus many other topics we can’t fit into the workshops: interviewing, launching, marketing, networking, producing, and collaborating — as well as the practices and habits for long-term creative living, like motivation, personality, boundaries, and vocation. For more, see the FAQs.
Sign up for the course, and get the workshops included.