Why Your Voice Over Demo DOESN'T Get Noticed 

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Join me on my channel Friday at 8 pm for my "Time Machine Construction Webinar" and you'll be able to travel to any year and be noticed and get the results you deserve.

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Any webinars in 2019?

Time for a new alarm clock!! LOL

You're being sarcastic, right? Lord I hope so.

No. He didn't. Not even close. Sorry.

Hey Mac, did you ever get into it?

Yes. But not without actor training. Just the biggest thing that Bill doesn't address.

Getting your advice from Bill? You've already missed the boat.

No it isn't. It's about 80% incorrect.

The easiest way to get material to read for commercial demos is from magazine ads. For character stuff you use scripts.

Or the nitty gritty like being a good actor?

Steve Lawrence There are tons of videos out there which talk about those topics. And a lot of what Bill talks about is marketing, because even if you have a spectacular demo, if nobody hears it, it does you no good.

@@mikejvaughn Describe what you mean by "acting?" As you should know, people who do voice-over professionally are called "Voice Actors" regardless if they are simply reading copy for corporate instructional video or doing character voices for a funny commercial. A public address announcement doesn't require acting or getting into character. Just trying to understand.

@@chrisclermont456 "acting" refers to using any of the MANY different tools we use to accomplish the task(s) at hand. Even a general announcement should have elements of good acting: an objective, an audience, a story/message, and a desired response. The voice actor has to make good/brave/appropriate choices to accomplish any of those things. Just reading something will serve none of those goals and leave the recipient with.. well.. nothing... just meh. You want your public address announcement to do something, to accomplish something, or do you just want to fill someone's ear with white noise? The bigger issue with this video and Bill's "advice" is that when someone tells others they can make lots of money by 'just talking into a mic' they are either misinformed about the industry (at best) or they are knowingly lying to make a profit (at worst). To be a working Voice actor, artist, performer, whatever, you must know at least some of the foundations of acting, how to authentically connect to the material and access your full emotional range. Just reading with nothing else? Uh yeah... AI is already past that and will be very quickly replacing many VO people who have nothing to offer. Bill makes the majority of his income from his classes, NOT his work in VO. I had a friend who spent thousands on this shister and I saw the full material. The majority of it was bullshit, a lot it was about working for less than going rates, and the rest could have learned for free from other actual working professionals. I have a strong reaction to thieves and I guess that's why I call Bill out when I see his bullshit.

@@iplayfhorn Trust me... even the marketing advice here is dated, no good, and isn't used by those of us who actually do this for a living. But you are correct that you do need to be heard. So go make your own stuff... have fun project that are your demo. Don't pay thousands for a demo before you're ready. (also, demos aren't needed that much anymore anyway).

Surprise!...no deletion necessary. I'm sure actor training can be useful (as well as other things not mentioned in this short video). I've not had any formal acting training myself and have not found it to be a hindrance to my career. Looks like acting has been your path so I can understand why you'd feel that way. Again, I'm sure very helpful for those who choose to do it. Self-direction is important...no argument there. Most clients also require quality audio for their final projects. It's 2017 Mike, demos are used FAR beyond talent agencies. This becomes increasingly true every year. I'm sorry to hear that you feel I'm taking advantage of the naive. I offer far more free content online than any other voice over resource that I'm aware of (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong). The fact that I charge for my VO advice is irrelevant to my income (though I do make about $250k/year recording voice overs...not coaching). I charge for recording voice overs AND for coaching (both areas of my expertise)...I don't understand the problem. Shall we both make our VO incomes for the past year publicly available so folks can compare a union talent vs. a non-union talent's income? My accountant has already written a letter to verify mine. This is your opportunity to make SAG-AFTRA pround! Drop me an e-mail at VoiceOverExpert@gmail.com

Mike Vaughn ...,,you there?

Crickets . . . . . . . .

change the channel if you don't like, this is very useful information...

Sounds like Mr. Vaughn feels threatened by the mild mannered Mr. DeWees. Interesting.