Misconceptions
One of the biggest misconceptions about the voice over industry that I have come across is that it is easy to be a full time voice over artist. Personally I would love to have enough clients to sustain me and my family month in and month out on the income that a lucrative voice over business can generate.
Alas my connections are not yet that vast and my income from VO is not yet sufficient to do so.
For those who are lucky enough to establish themselves in the voice over industry and making a full time living out of it things are increasingly looking hard. Economically the world is in a downward spiral that doesn’t seem to be stabilizing. Whether this is because the world’s governments are still spending with no regard for the fast approaching cliff’s edge (at this stage the US government’s reckless spending and loaning policies are the most vivid) or because of the collective belt tightening that almost all the mega corporations are starting to practice, being a full time voice over artist is just not bringing in enough to maintain some artist’s previous lifestyle.
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Good Morning Fellow Orators,
Today’s post is a collection of news items related to me or the Voice Over industry in general. As you know by now I am in the middle of moving and revamping my blog. By moving the blog to my own servers this will give me a little more flexibility to provide some value added services to the Voice Over community.
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Good Evening Folks, Haven't updated lately cause I've been stuck home sick with a cold. Which would be a great time to put together an article or two if it wasnt for the being sick part. Over the last 3 days I've gone through the usual sore throat, sniffles, runny nose, green phlegm, sneezes (I read on www.mylifeisaverage.com that saying pika... before the inevitable sneeze makes colds more fun... they don't but I still read MLIA anyway). Obviously what stands out the most is the fact that you can no longer do any voice over work. In my case my voice has
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The following was a series of comments left by my friend and Voice Over Guru David Kersten. The comments were left at the previous Blog post : http://voiceover-casting.com/emporium/negotiating.html I found them very informative and I thought you might too: Comment #1 Hey Taji There is a counter argument to using the economic crisis as an excuse to delay payment, and that is to insist on earlier payment as you don’t even know if they’ll still be in business next week or the week after! The last thing you want to do is take in number and stand in line for your payment should your client become
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Greetings and Salutations dear readers,
I wanted to tap into the minds and experience of the VoiceOver collective and ask a question that sometimes bothers me. Is it just me or has working in the voice over industry sometimes made you feel like you are a fishmonger in the local market.
Whether its during a communication between a client or an agent proxy I find that sometimes the haggling can get tiresome and somewhere along the line I decided to get very very stubborn.
I am sure that the Global financial crisis (a gift from the last US president as far as I am concerned) has caused some serious financial belt tightening. The ripple effect from this crisis has devastated thousands of companies and has caused the laying off of possibly millions of people worldwide.
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