by Liz Solar | Sep 8, 2017 | Voice Over
If you’re one in a million, there are at least 7,500 people just like you. So goes the joke/factoid.
I thought about it as I recently perused a P2P site, which advertised access to ‘over 200,000 voice actors.’
Still feel like buying that Powerball ticket?
If mere numbers don’t make question your pursuit of this business, consider the recent merger in the voice over world. Apparently, many actors have, and it’s raising the anxiety level to code red levels.
It need not. (more…)
by Liz Solar | May 13, 2017 | Voice Over
In 2004, after working years in radio, I decided to become a full-time voice actor.
A perfect solution to creating work-life balance, the career allowed me to record several hours a day, and be home when my two sons returned from school. My talented and generous voiceover friend Jeff Berlin provided advice and direction on home studio set up.
I hired an engineer to sound treat a small room in our drafty New England home, installed a Telos, hooked up an mBox, and purchased a couple of mics. With my mantra, ‘If you build it, they will come,’ and a few big auditions, I booked a couple of major projects. Those, and the smaller ‘bread and butter’ gigs put me on the path of full-time employment. (more…)