Excellent, practical advice, Jason… especially for one who hasn’t been doing VO work very long (only audiobooks so far) and is at the point of needing a demo for other types of work, but not being able to afford to have it “professionally” produced… yet.
One piece of sound advice (I think) I received from a professional voice artist is that if you have your demo professionally produced abs get work off of it, the clients will expect the same quality and you may not be able to provide that, it was a good point to think on.
Thank You Jason! I have professionally produced commercial and narration demos. But I’ve been wanting a character/animation demo for a while now, as I Love this niche of work! I’ve just been on the fence about spending the $ for professional production or doing it myself.
Yes it is totally legal. You're not selling any product, you're just using words to show your vocals. So as long as you don't claim that as past work you've done, you can use it for demo production.
Thank you for the video! I have two questions. Should a demo be clips from your past work or should it be a script you write that is directed towards the client/industry you would like to work with? Secondly, as a beginner voice actor where do you recommend to start looking for work and when I say beginner I mean brand new haha.
If your past work is professional enough you can go with that. Otherwise, scripts written just for your demo are best. Each demo should be directed to the niche you're going for. voiceacting101.com/voice-over-work/
@@Voiceacting101 Thanks for the info I appreciate it. How early in a voice actors career do you recommend doing a demo. As in right out the gate or maybe after doing a few gigs?
But I haven't done any work yet. Where do I get the scripts from if I produce the demo myself? Do I use sample scripts of fictional companies that I can find online? Do I use the actual scripts of commercials for real companies, even though I was not the one who did the actual voice over? Do I write them myself for real companies? Fictional companies?
From what I've heard you can just transcribe a real commercial you like and use that. As long as you aren't using that clip specifically to make money it falls under fair use.
Can you please kind enough to tell me my two questions? Which mic do you use for your voice over or for this video? And my second question is, which software do you use to edit your voice over or you have used for this video?? Please please please please reply me.
Human beings are so silly. If you're capable of learning a new skillset you can produce a professional quality demo. It sickens me when people act like other people are magical. They are regular people who learned a skill. You can too.
I was advised to go to ispot.tv where you will be able to search/ view TV commercials. Find what best fits where you’re at and transcribe the narration. Then listen to the commercial many times and try to imitate it.
Search "sample scripts" or "practice scripts" online. There are thousands! Voices .com and voicebunny have many practice sample scripts on their websites
Hello, could you do a video on how you mix and master your demos with music and effects? I know how to edit my audio… i’m asking about mixing and mastering. Thanks!
Excellent, practical advice, Jason… especially for one who hasn’t been doing VO work very long (only audiobooks so far) and is at the point of needing a demo for other types of work, but not being able to afford to have it “professionally” produced… yet.
One piece of sound advice (I think) I received from a professional voice artist is that if you have your demo professionally produced abs get work off of it, the clients will expect the same quality and you may not be able to provide that, it was a good point to think on.
Yes, I think the demo and the work you send to clients should come from the same studio/setup. So the client knows what to expect.
Thank You Jason! I have professionally produced commercial and narration demos. But I’ve been wanting a character/animation demo for a while now, as I Love this niche of work! I’ve just been on the fence about spending the $ for professional production or doing it myself.
Very helpful and informative video as I am in the process of deciding how to do my first demo...thanks Jason.
Is it legal to transcribe words from a commercial or website and say it in my own voice and use it for my demo? (Without saying the brand)
Yes it is totally legal. You're not selling any product, you're just using words to show your vocals. So as long as you don't claim that as past work you've done, you can use it for demo production.
Really helpful video. I myself have been looking into getting into being a narrator.
Thank you Jason. Great video!
Thank you for the video! I have two questions. Should a demo be clips from your past work or should it be a script you write that is directed towards the client/industry you would like to work with? Secondly, as a beginner voice actor where do you recommend to start looking for work and when I say beginner I mean brand new haha.
If your past work is professional enough you can go with that. Otherwise, scripts written just for your demo are best. Each demo should be directed to the niche you're going for. voiceacting101.com/voice-over-work/
@@Voiceacting101 Thanks for the info I appreciate it. How early in a voice actors career do you recommend doing a demo. As in right out the gate or maybe after doing a few gigs?
But I haven't done any work yet. Where do I get the scripts from if I produce the demo myself? Do I use sample scripts of fictional companies that I can find online? Do I use the actual scripts of commercials for real companies, even though I was not the one who did the actual voice over? Do I write them myself for real companies? Fictional companies?
From what I've heard you can just transcribe a real commercial you like and use that. As long as you aren't using that clip specifically to make money it falls under fair use.
Can you please kind enough to tell me my two questions? Which mic do you use for your voice over or for this video? And my second question is, which software do you use to edit your voice over or you have used for this video?? Please please please please reply me.
I use the Neumann TLM 103 and Adobe Audition
Human beings are so silly. If you're capable of learning a new skillset you can produce a professional quality demo. It sickens me when people act like other people are magical. They are regular people who learned a skill. You can too.
How do I send a sample? in what form? I'm new at this so , please bear with me. then to send it ,use email? Thanks
Love the vids..Do you coach?
Thank you! Do you think a 13 year old would be old enough for stuff like this?
Sure! Some casting sites have child voice actor job postings.
This was very helpful. I'm great at mixing a demo, but I lack in skills writing copy. Are their resources for original scripts to use for demos?
I was advised to go to ispot.tv where you will be able to search/ view TV commercials. Find what best fits where you’re at and transcribe the narration. Then listen to the commercial many times and try to imitate it.
That way works well. You could also hire a writer or try writing some short ones yourself.
Search "sample scripts" or "practice scripts" online. There are thousands! Voices .com and voicebunny have many practice sample scripts on their websites
Hello, could you do a video on how you mix and master your demos with music and effects? I know how to edit my audio… i’m asking about mixing and mastering. Thanks!
Sure - I'll try to do a video on that.
Thank you! I'm just getting started. Are their producers that you could recommend?
voiceacting101.com/voice-over-resources/#demo
$2500 for a pro demo? B!tch, please I don't have the money, that's why I wanna do voice over
Am looking for remote Voice Over job.. plz help with any leads plz
You'll want to build a client base, but you can start with upwork.com, voices.com, voice123.com, etc. for job leads.
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me too :D
I make over a million bucks per year doing voice-over. At least, that is my goal, lol...