{"id":2758,"date":"2017-06-14T00:32:28","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T19:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greatvoice.com\/?p=2758"},"modified":"2017-06-14T00:32:28","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T19:32:28","slug":"voice-overs-day-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatvoice.com\/voice-overs-day-job\/","title":{"rendered":"How to do voice overs when you have a day job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They joke that in LA everyone is a hyphen.<\/p>\n<p>Uber driver hyphen actor. Waiter hyphen actor. Task Rabbit hyphen actor.<\/p>\n<p>They call it the gig economy-that side hustle people do while waiting to be discovered so they can live the life of their dreams.<\/p>\n<p>Back in the day I did my time in the gig economy as a waitress, telemarketer and singer of telegrams for a company in New York city called &#8220;Renta-Yenta.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fine when you&#8217;re a 20-something. But what if you&#8217;re a 50-something with dreams of doing voice over in retirement?<\/p>\n<p>You got 5, 10, 15 years to go in your current career with responsibilities, a mortgage and a family to support.  <\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re busy but you&#8217;ve got your eye on the microphone and you really want to get things going before you retire. <\/p>\n<p>In this week&#8217;s Inside Voice Over  video training blog I&#8217;ll show you how to juggle your day job and your dream job. I think you&#8217;ll be pleasantly surprised by what I have to say.<\/p>\n<p>Watch It Here Now<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kWvhWPewH8I?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After you watch the video, I want to know your thoughts. Was this helpful? Write to me  in the comments box. I want to learn  what&#8217;s on your mind so I can support you and share your best practices.<\/p>\n<p>To your voice over success, <\/p>\n<p>Susan Berkley, <br \/>\nFounder, <a href=\"https:\/\/greatvoice.com\">The Great Voice Company<\/a><br \/>\nPS<\/p>\n<p>Need help with your home studio? My newly updated Home Studio How To has everything you need to set up and operate your home-based voice over studio so you can be ready to record when opportunity knocks.  Check it out here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homestudiohowto.com\"><b>www.homestudiohowto.com<\/b><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They joke that in LA everyone is a hyphen. Uber driver hyphen actor. Waiter hyphen actor. Task Rabbit hyphen actor. They call it the gig economy-that side hustle people do while waiting to be discovered so they can live the life of their dreams. 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