Want Feedback on Your VO Demos?

February 6, 2012

by Kate McClanaghan, voiceoverinfo.com Here's a rather novel idea for this or any business: at SOUND ADVICE we never advise you to ask for feedback on your demo tracks, whether we produced them or not. Think about it. If you're pro, why would you ever ask, "What do you think of my demos? Can you [...]

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Voice Over Skills: How to Determine Your Commercial Strengths

January 24, 2012

“There will come a time when passion will leave you. Curiosity will sustain you!” – Heywood Hale-Broun  The single most valuable and unexpected attribute you can develop from doing commercial work, aside from gaining the knowledge that you can feasibly earn a healthy living in this field, is the fact that you can hone your [...]

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If It’s Meant to Be

January 2, 2012

If It's Meant To Be by Kate McClanaghan, www.voiceoverinfo.com I happen to think there's a common misconception in our culture that states if a road proves too difficult then maybe “it wasn't meant to be”.  Instead, I happen to think the opposite might actually true.  If you are on the right path, then you're likely [...]

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Why Character Voices Don’t Belong on a Commercial Voice Over Demo

September 20, 2011

The objective of your demo is to define who you are commercially and how you are perceived in a major market. If you truly have something original you can do repeatedly (without hurting yourself vocally) then an animation demo is in order, especially if you live in the Los Angeles area where a bulk of [...]

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Why ‘Cyber Crooks’ Want Your Voice Over Domain Name

August 25, 2011

You've had a web page promoting yourself as an actor, or voice over for a while now. You’ve been actively driving traffic to your web site with consistent and repeated postcard promotions.  Wonderful!  Then one day you go to pull up your site and low and behold—it's gone. YIKES!  What happened? Well, this is sadly [...]

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How To Go The Distance In Your Acting Career

August 22, 2011

  At SOUND ADVICE we’re often asked, “What’s it take to go the distance in this business?” There’s no single answer. There are four: pursue, persist, prepare, and promote.  These four components are absolutely vital to succeed at ANYTHING, let alone an acting or voice-over career because they simply never go away. It’s your responsibility to insure [...]

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How to Get a Response from Your (Promo) Mailings

July 12, 2011

There's a one-word response to the question posed: "How do you get a response from your (promo) mailings?" And that's simply, "Frequency." (In fact, that's the ONLY answer.) The reason being what you're trying to accomplish from repeated postcard mailings that promote your voice-over demo/web page is to:      a) Make your name known [...]

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4 Key Elements to Succeed As a VOICE OVER Talent

June 14, 2011

We're often asked at SOUND ADVICE, "What's it take to succeed as a voiceover talent?" There's no one answer. There are four: Pursue, Persist, Prepare, and Promote. These four elements are absolutely vital to succeed at ANYTHING, let alone acting and voice-over, because they simply never go away. It's your responsibility to insure these balls [...]

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What’s a ‘HOLDING FEE’?”

May 31, 2011
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We receive lots and lots of emails from our trusty SOUND ADVICERs, and are thrilled to hear how well you guys are doing. Here's a prime example from Joel Konya in NYC.  Still questions do arise… and we're here to help! "WHAT'S A HOLDING FEE?" Here's a recent email from recent Sound Advice (SA) client, [...]

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What Happens If You Inadvertently Let Your Domain Expire?

March 21, 2011
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  Seems simple enough, right? You've had a web page promoting yourself as an actor, or voice-over for a while now. This shouldn't be a problem—should it? Then one day you go to pull up your site and low and behold—it's gone. YIKES! Well, to be honest, there is a brief grace period of a [...]

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