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Have
you considered the possibility of trying to make a living as
a voice talent for commercials, cartoons or audiobooks? Do you
hear voices on the radio or TV commercials, training videos,
on web sites or phone answering systems and think, "I sound
better than that!"
Did
you realize that many of the voices you hear every day on commercials
work from small studios that they have set up in their homes...and
that they might send those commercials as email attachments
to clients all over the world?
Are
you aware that professional voices can make hundreds of dollars
per hour for their services, and that many of them do that kind
of work part time, spending the remainder of their time in other
professions?
But
how can you evaluate whether it's the kind of career where you
belong... whether your voice is good enough... whether you have
the temperament for it? Where would you start? Who would you
talk to? Who makes the hiring decisions in that field?It
would be great to be able to talk to someone who does that for
a living, wouldn't it? To ask those kinds of questions?
Do
you need a degree of some sort to be a voice talent?
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Can
you really make a living doing this?
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Do
I have to join a union?
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Do
I need an agent?
"A
Career in Voiceovers" is an e-book written by a professional
voice talent with more than 20 years of experience in the field.
A veteran who has worked both part-time and full-time in the
field, he has written a book crammed with practical advice for
evaluating your own talent, the basics of what you need to get
started, and practical ideas for networking and promoting your
talent in this highly competitive field.
This
kind of advice from one who's "on the inside" is absolutely
invaluable in evaluating whether or not this is the career for
you. Even if you decide not to do it...you should make that
decision based on good, solid, objective information...not just
because you didn't know what to do next or who to talk to. And
if you do decide it's the way to go, you want to get off on
the right foot. |
