Get Started in Voiceover Work: Choosing Your FIRST Coach

So, you’ve decided you want to get into voice acting and learn to do voiceovers and maybe even become a professional voice actor one day. Great!

As the song says, yes, there are two paths you can go by. First, maybe you just want to make a few bucks, have some fun and maybe make voiceover a hobby. You can jump on Fiverr or Upwork and find a ton of jobs to audition for and that’s great. 

But if you think you might want to go pro one day, or even if you don’t know, but want to find out, don’t go the Fiverr route. Fiverr, Upwork, and the freelancer sites can actually damage your career if you ever want to go pro.

If you want to get started on the journey to professional voice acting, it all starts with good coaching. “Coaching?!?!?” you say. “But why do I need coaching? I can talk! I do it every day!”

Here’s the hard truth…

Chapters:
0:00 – 0:42 Getting into VO
0:42 – 1:14 Why Train?
1:14 – 3:05 Performance Coaching
3:05 – 4:31 Research: Podcasts and Coaches
4:31 – 4:51 Listen, Lurk, & Linger
4:51 – 5:30 Vet the Coaches
5:30 – 6:08 What’s It Cost?
6:08 – 7:35 Getting Demo-Ready
7:35 – 8:21 Which Demos?
8:21 – 9:04 It’s About the Acting
9:04 – 9:27 The VO Freedom Master Plan
9:27 -  9:59 Thanks and Close
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