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[Buoy]

I am VERY seriously thinking about that.
Do you have any leads to get me into the business?
I'm not kidding.
I've also been thinking about doing talk radio - but I'd prefer not having to keep some screwed up schedule.
Really, how can I get into the voice over thing??

 

[fund razor]

You need a demo "tape"

Radio doesn't pay much until you get top tier.

Small time voice overs pay suprisingly well, and with high speed internet, you can get a script by email and send back an edited VO. Never leave the house. Used to do the on hold messaging for NAPA, and it was a decent part time job on its own.

 

[Buoy]

You need a demo "tape"

Radio doesn't pay much until you get top tier.

Small time voice overs pay suprisingly well, and with high speed internet, you can get a script by email and send back an edited VO. Never leave the house. Used to do the on hold messaging for NAPA, and it was a decent part time job on its own.

Point me in the right direction.
I've done some quick web-searches, and they are all schools that want you to sign up.
I already speak English fairly well, and correctly.
I don't need someone to teach me cadence and emphasis.

 

[fund razor]

No you don't need the school.

If you can get up here before you move, I can set you up with a good demo and a decent mic or two. With a good mic input and sound card you can do it all on a PC or a laptop and do the editing yourself. Then you can just use a software to convert the file to whatever format and that's it. If you want to get fancy, I can give you a background music library and you can sell full productions of voice over bed track.

 

[Buoy]

I'm sure I'll make it up that way before I make the move.
Me and JJ need to come up to see the family before we make the move.
I was already planning on meeting up with you when I make it up there, at least for a few beers.

 

[fund razor]

I'm sure I'll make it up that way before I make the move.
Me and JJ need to come up to see the family before we make the move.
I was already planning on meeting up with you when I make it up there, at least for a few beers.

Cool. Just let me know when so I clear some time. Once you have a demo you can send it out and see what happens. You could even email advertising companies and production houses with an attached mp3.

Heck... even get a different job and do a wait and see if anybody wants you to do their V/O. Most reads are 30 seconds or less. I used to pay 20 bucks for a 30 second read for basic on-hold messaging or for radio spots. Had a couple friends who would come in and do 20 of them in an hour. 400 bucks and they were done for the month. They had day jobs, one was a teacher and one was a radio guy. I used to do them in a pinch and just do a pitch shift so that it didn't sound like me. Somewhere there are still NAPA auto care centers with me on their on-hold messaging.

"Thanks for calling County Auto Parts....."

 

[fund razor]

I am pretty sure that I have hijacked your threads really bad. Sorry.

 

[Buoy]

I think between the two of us, we've hi-jacked many, many threads - it's just what we do.
The VO work, I really want to investigate.
You obviously know a bit about it.
Any ideas of what I should be doing to get started - Co.s I should contact?

 

[fund razor]

I think between the two of us, we've hi-jacked many, many threads - it's just what we do.
The VO work, I really want to investigate.
You obviously know a bit about it.
Any ideas of what I should be doing to get started - Co.s I should contact?

Studios and production houses all over the country. One of the guys that I used to use owns Radio Garage in Iowa. The ones that you would have good luck with are the production houses that sub out voice, which is most. Once you have a sample... just start sending it out. I used to get CDs in the mail all the time, and I was grateful for the new leads on voices. It is always worth the time for a production house to check out a new voice. Now you could skip CDs and send people sample in the email.

I will dig up some of what people used to send me and you can get an idea of what would be a decent demo.

 

[fund razor]

Maybe you could set up a cheap website and have links that they could click to hear samples.

 

[Buoy]

Good ideas.
I'm going to need some guidance in this.
Thanks for the help.