March 2023 Office Hours

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TIMESTAMPS

  • 00:01:22 Wins

    • Jen finished an animation project recording

    • Barby has been making progress on her audiobook narration and finishing more chapters, recommended Singer’s Soothing Throat Spray to help if you record too much

    • Jenny Wade got a job on Fiverr

    • Michaella finished her voiceover website

  • 00:32:22 AI in voiceover: Do they own your voice if you submit it, and can they use it for AI? (Carrie advises you to always read your contracts)

  • 00:38:14 Asking for resources on how to get updated on legal ramifications for AI in voiceover and how it impacts voice actors. (an example is Bev Standing)
  • 01:06:00 Decoding copy
  • 01:15:30 An example of good and detailed instruction for voiceover reads
  • 01:21:20 What do you do to prepare for an audition? (This segment went further into auditioning stories, where to go for resources for reads, and instructions for reads)
  • 01:50:00 Encountering different instructions for reads
  • 02:01:00 Can we have different voices we do feature in our voiceover websites?
  • 02:14:33 Do voice actors get jobs through word of mouth?
  • 02:23:45 How long will it take me to be successful in VoiceOver? (A common and natural question)
  • 02:24:46 Quitting a pay-to-play site for auditions and focus on outreach and marketing — is it a good decision?
  • 02:40:00 Effectiveness of outreach and marketing
  • 02:52:00 Planning for outreach
  • 02:57:31 Dropping the ball on outreach. How do I re-start my relationship again with those that I have been in touch with?
  • 03:24:00 Email outreach - sharing of tools and processes, tips
  • 03:30:00 VO conferences
  • 03:45:50 Which is better: registering a VO business as an LLC, S-corp, etc? What about taxes?

Have any questions?

Feel free to ask anything voiceover-related and Carrie will try to answer it in the next Office Hours.

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Carrie Olsen Voiceover