It seems like good news. Someone invites you to do a voice over job. Pretty cool, right? But there’s just one catch. There’s no pay. At first you hesitate. This wasn’t what you signed up for. Then you think again and wonder “Hmmm”… “Maybe it’s a good way to get experience and build my resume.”…
Some years ago I was called down to Madison Avenue to audition for a voice over for a candy bar commercial. There was no script. All they wanted me to say was “Oooo!” “Ahhh” as many different ways as I could. I didn’t get the job. And although I was a failure at expressions of…
The more I read comments from people struggling to make a living in voice over… …the more I think they are ignoring a huge opportunity for succeeding. What about you? If you’ve been auditioning and auditioning, for way too long, without seeing the results… and the income you expected… (Or if you’re just starting out…
More than 6 million of them are sold every year. Producers and publishers are always looking for good talent to record them. But being a successful audio book narrator takes a lot more than a pleasant reading voice. A good narrator must become the story. Audio book producers say they can tell how seasoned you…
You probably do this hundreds of times a year and never give it a second thought. And maybe you even grumbled (or cursed) just a little. I’m willing to bet money that in the past week or maybe even today, you picked up the phone and interacted with an Interactive Voice Response System. A voice…