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\"voiceover<\/a>Voice over jobs are posted by the dozens every day on just one site.\u00a0 So there are probably hundreds or thousands available daily.\u00a0 Many of those won’t be available to the public, but the ones on the site I mentioned before definitely are.\u00a0 That site is Voices.Com<\/a>.\u00a0 It’s free to sign up for a profile, and as soon as you do you get to start putting up samples of you voice recordings.<\/p>\n

Making The Recordings<\/h3>\n

That last part might scare some people, but don’t let it put you off at all.\u00a0 If you have a computer, you won’t need to spend more than about $49 to start making professional sounding voice over recordings.\u00a0 And that’s only if you don’t already have a half-way decent mic.\u00a0 $59 is about the minimum price for a\u00a0USB mic (such as the Samson Q2U<\/a>) that can yield good quality audio.\u00a0 Then if you don’t have any voice recording software yet, simply download the free tracking and mixing program called Audacity<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 To figure out how to make recordings with Audacity, do an internet search for tutorials.\u00a0 Or you could check out the Home Brew Audio tutorials on Audacity here: Recording Tutorials<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Audition for The Voice Over Jobs<\/h3>\n

Once you have some demo recordings you can upload them to your Voices.com profile.\u00a0 But the real potential is in auditioning for open jobs.\u00a0 Voices.com will send you notices when voice over jobs get posted, and all you have to do is go to the listing for the job, find out what kind of voice-over they want, quote your price and send the recording in for your audition.\u00a0 Each job posting will have specific details, like what their budget range is (the minimum is $100), and what type of voice they need.\u00a0 The listing will also usually (I’d say 90 percent of the time) contain an attached script that will have parts of what the client is looking for.\u00a0 I highly recommend you record from that script for your audition.\u00a0 This is called a “custom” audition and will be much more targeted to what the client needs, which will increase your chances of getting the job.\u00a0 One thing to be careful of at this stage is protecting your recording.\u00a0 If a client is looking for just one paragraph for the entire job, and they provide that paragraph as the audition, anyone who reads the entire thing will have given the client what they need already.\u00a0 Less scrupulous folks can (and have) simply use the audition to fill their job without having to pay you.\u00a0 Preventing this is pretty easy.\u00a0 Either don’t read 100% of the script, or insert a “watermark” to make it impractical for the the audition to be used as a final product.<\/p>\n

Getting the Jobs<\/h3>\n

Here is where knowing the reality of a situation can make the difference between success and failure.\u00a0 Before doing any of this, you should know that as with any acting job, voice over jobs are highly competitive.\u00a0 I would venture a guess that you will get a job about every 100 auditions.\u00a0 This sounds bad but really it isn’t.\u00a0 If you know it going in, you won’t be ready to throw in the towel when your 50th audition still has not yielded one job.\u00a0 Do at least 100 before even starting to get discouraged.\u00a0 The people who succeed in this business are the ones who are persistent and focused.
\nThere are lots of tips on the web about how to make the best recordings for voice overs, how to increase you odds of getting voice over jobs, etc.\u00a0 One such source of advice is the Home Brew Audio website.\u00a0 However you decide to proceed, good luck in your new voice-over career!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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