Warm, Relatable, Asian American Voiceover – Meet Trecia Lovering
If you’re looking to hire a warm, relatable, and conversational voiceover talent, then Trecia Lovering delivers! Trecia is a professional Asian American female voice actor based in California. Her youthful and bright sound has voiced podcasts, explainer videos, and internal corporate training videos for a number of clients such as HS Brands Global, Metis Consulting Services, and Superior Ready Mix.
Trecia authentically connects to the listener whether it’s for your commercial, e-Learning, “voice of god”, animation, or political campaign! She delivers what her clients describe as a calm, trustworthy, friendly, believable, and authentic voice that adapts to a wide variety of genres.
Meet Trecia Lovering who is your next professional Asian American female voice actor for your project!
Tell us a little about your broadcast-quality home studio. Where is it? What kind of equipment do you have? What do you like about it?
My broadcast-quality home studio is surrounded by Producer’s Choice Blankets, sound absorption foam, and bass traps. I use a Rode NTG-2 microphone, a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2, Audacity/TwistedWave DAW, and a Mac Mini. I like that I am able to have my computer outside my recording space for me to pop out and do some editing and other work from there.
What’s one thing that most people don’t know about you?
I have developed a crazy intolerance to processed sugar. I can’t even have a drop of simple syrup. My limit seems to be no more than 9 grams of added sugar if the items are packaged. I have learned to love using dates, honey, monk fruit, and bananas as a substitute in my food.
How did you get into voiceover work?
When I was in my undergrad, I worked at a sporting goods store and did the announcements. I had a manager comment that my voice sounds like it could be on an adult contemporary radio… Then a few years later, I was working for an investment firm wearing many hats. I enjoyed doing telephony (phone prompts) for the company’s phone system… Those and a few other series of events stuck with me until I took classes on the side for fun. That’s where I discovered voiceover. I did a few jobs, but then found out that I was not allowed to have another job on the side so I put it on the backburner until I left the investment world. As soon as I was able to, I got coaching done and made new demos to replace my old ones.
Do you remember the first voiceover job you ever did?
I voiced a few explainer videos for a voice altering app.
What can you offer to a new client who’s thinking of working with you for the first time?
A new client will experience collaborative work with me and a fast turnaround (less than 24 hours, depending on the size of work). I would be happy to share the project we worked on together on social media if the project is public, and not NDA or internal work. (I have been doing social media marketing on the side for several years.) I would also share tips for their social media.
What has been your favorite voiceover project – political or otherwise – to date?
My favorite project to date is a dubbing job that has been under NDA (shhh 🤫).
What is your biggest voiceover pet peeve?
Most people think that you just read a script and that it’s not a real job. Having a nice voice does not book voiceover work, and the work does just fall on your lap. It requires a lot of coaching and education. You need to learn how to use your audio equipment on your end. You are running a business and you need to know how to market yourself.
If you could tell voiceover clients one thing that would help you do your job better, or help them get what they want faster – what would that one thing be?
Share with me who the target market is and what sort of emotion they would like the read to be. The more information and direction they share, it leaves less room for revisions.
What advice do you have for talents who want to do political voiceover?
Work with a coach who does political voiceover work, whether it be someone who books political work voicing it or producing the work. They will know the industry trends and what books the work… And be yourself.
What hobbies do you have outside of your voiceover work?
Making handmade cards… Walking with my husband along the coast and watching the sunset… Traveling… Cooking… Attending foodie events. I take so many photos of food. I see plated food as artwork.
Contact Trecia Lovering: trecialovering@gmail.com | 619-407-9421
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