February 2021 Office Hours

TIMESTAMPS

  • 00:00 Carrie's Grammarly Story
  • 06:00 Wins
  • 19:59 Demo over audition
  • 33:29 Would it be advantageous to post recent auditions on your website?
  • 42:56 Don't think there's only one way to do your business.
  • 48:49 When did you start? Just want to get an idea on the time frame.
  • 53:19 Could you do voiceover work but never record yourself, and just have your studio engineers do it?
  • 1:01:30 Fiverr and Upwork
  • 1:08:43 When you get to the next level, would you have advice on who to get and not to get for a coach?
  • 1:11:38 What is the typical structure of a first or second VO coaching class?
  • 1:17:00 Voiceover coach vs singing coach who had done voiceover
  • 1:21:30 Do you recommend group coaching at first, or individual coaching?
  • 1:27:35 How do I know when I'm just all over the place? I want to do it right.
  • 1:42:05 Bringing in your background to make your business unique.
  • 1:44:38 Are individual coaching sessions scheduled one at a time, or a series of sessions?
  • 1:44:47 If you paid for a series of sessions, and find that you're not happy with the coach, are you stuck with the remaining sessions?
  • 1:46:27 Branding
  • 1:51:23 What tool do you use to post samples on social media?
  • 1:58:06 What are the best jobs to try to get without a professional demo?
  • 2:03:31 What does an ideal day look like for a voice actor?
  • 2:05:25 I'm trying to find my genre/niche but how do I narrow it down?
  • 2:08:00 Where do I actually start looking for jobs?
  • 2:11:40 How do I know if I'm ready for an agent? Do I have to have booked jobs already?
  • 2:15:14 Reviewing your first few reads and not liking them.
  • 2:17:48 How about voice evaluator?
  • 2:18:31 Balance between your passion and your voice and skill set
  • 2:23:44 What to do when reading scripts that are boring
  • 2:25:59 Do customers allow you to slightly ad lib some of it?
  • 2:28:44 Have you had any issue about "I'm" and "I am", having contractions?
  • 2:37:11 Don't write yourself off.
  • 2:40:45 I've seen the use of artificial intelligence for voiceover. How do you compete with that?
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Carrie Olsen Voiceover