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The Right way to Become a Voice Over Artist

Voice Over

In the past few weeks I have spoken to a few talent who decided to venture into the voiceover world. Many have either mentioned specific companies or actually made demos with people who claim they are making a top notch demo.

Unfortunately, not one of these has been the competitive demo that a voice over artist needs.

If you are interested in getting into voiceover, here’s the steps you need to take:

    1. Coaching, this should take at least several months of one on one coaching with a professional. I can recommended many, their rates are about $150.00 – $300.00 per hour per each coaching session. Once your coach decides you are ready for a demo, they will tell you.
    2. Get the demo. Most demos are at least $2000.00 if not more.
    3. Set up editing training. Ideally you would take a full course in Audacity or Adobe Audition. These classes typically take about 6 weeks or so.
    4. Set up your home studio. You will need to purchase equipment for your studio. It’s always best to speak to the pros – ideally those who taught you editing to guide you for your beginner purchase. Additionally it’s good to get your studio tested by pros in the industry before you start recording.
    5. Either get on a pay to play or start submitting to agents. Make sure to include your training in both voiceover and editing coaching, your studio equipment and your professionalism. Many agents require a vo test to see if you are a good fit. Be prepared for this.
    6. Just because you get a new demo does not mean you are automatically now a voice over artist at Impressive Talent.

A professional demo is always a hand written customized script. The script is entertaining and full of current big brands. Because these scripts are hand written and on a demo you are protected from copyright issues. Each second of these demos is professionally engineered to make each spot exciting, unique and one of a kind.

What I have heard is either spots that just have music in the background, or some with no music at all! Adding music to the background of a demo is not competitive. Having demos professionally engineered by top demo producers is.

So if you see a great deal, getting a demo for anywhere between $200.00 – $2000.00 and it’s a PACKAGE deal, run from it and know you will not end up with a competitive demo, especially if it’s a super deal done in one or two months.

I am putting a list of some top demo makers below for you to check out if you’d like:

jmcvoiceover.com
https://www.demosthatrock.com/
https://www.anneganguzza.com/voiceover-demo-production

Then we’ve got Larry who is the editing king in my mind: larryhudsonvo.com. You cannot be a voice over artist without full training in editing your audio files with each audition recording.

If you are currently coaching to get a quick demo, please reconsider. You do not suddenly become a voice over artist. You train, work at it and get constructive advice. If you pay for a cheap demo, you get a cheap demo. That is not beneficial to anyone.

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