One of the fantastic feelings you’ll have when you stay in business on your own is when business is humming along and you have a full dance card: Customers are calling and emailing you, your calendar is stuffed with appointments and jobs, and your mail box and savings account reveal a healthy increase of checks and cash.
If you’re COUNTRY you most likely won’t get much animation work and if you’re CITY you most likely will not get much IVR/voice mail greetings work. But ALL of these locations may need ANY kind of voice design! So, the wider your variety, the broader your work potential.
This part ought to be extremely easy for you. Just do a search for “Voice Over Class” and “your city” with google (www.google.com). Naturally, there might be classes used at your local universities and carrying out arts centers. Ask around for great word-of-mouth about them. Then sign-up with the very best and participate in! (Avoid classes that end with you paying another $1000 for a demo reel).
Yup, you can do it yourself. Listen to all the reels out there. Which ones work for you? Why do they work for you? Execute those methods with your reels. If you’ve been practicing your voice over, taking classes, etc, then you must be great with creating your own reels. You hear TV and radio advertisements all the time. Do yours seem like those? It can be that easy.
Doing voice overs expertly would need you to develop demos that display your work. Recording in a studio would be pricey but you can do it on-the-cheap; Pick a peaceful room with no echoes. A carpeted floor would be perfect.
All this will need 2 other people (Helpers): One helper who learns about audio equipment and recording software (your artist pal, more than likely, or the Guitar Center employee), and a web designer who can create your site and teach you how to submit audio.
So you wish to be a voice over star? It can be done. Get solid voice over training. Get a professionally produce demonstration. Set up your home studio and attain broadcast quality recordings. Market yourself directly in your market and seek the assistance of a representative to give you a wider reach in the voice over market. And for the top jobs sign up with the unions and play in the big leagues. All the best and go all out! And keep talking!