VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

KaseyKruz · Club 300 Joined: 18 Apr 2008 Posts: 336 Location: Michigan

Just wanted to say "Hi".
New to the board and interested in breaking into the VO field. I have been doing radio for many years and have a few friends doing well in VO. I am in the process if setting up my home studio...Shure SM7...no interface just yet, the board I had went kaput...using cool edit pro with a standard sound card.
Anyway...I have done some gratis work and of course radio stuff... please listen and let me know if there is hope for a guy with my voice...
www.thedb.com/kaseykruz
Interested in hearing what you guys think...be gentle...

Moe Egan · Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:44 pm Post subject:

Hi Kasey,

First off, welcome. Secondly - if you are really, honestly serious about pursuing voice over as a profession, and not just a quick and easy way to make sacks of cash ....take an acting class.

Radio fosters numerous bad habits for VO. You need to rid yourself of the "happy veneer" over all your reads. No, I'm not being mean...That's advice my first voice coach gave me ... right before he said he didn't think I could do VO full time. Heh. His words hit the mark. I worked hard, studied the craft of voice over and dusted off my acting chops. I've been doing voice work full time for four years now...and no, it didn't happen over night.

Best of luck. Search our archives here, there's gold in them thar threads.
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KaseyKruz · Club 300 Joined: 18 Apr 2008 Posts: 336 Location: Michigan

Thanks Moe...your suggestions ring so true...I have heard that a few times now about the bad radio habits and the acting classes. It is interesting that most people...esp. people in radio...think that VO is just rip and read. I have found that it is so much harder to sound "natural" than most people think.
My kids are a big inspiration for all of this as I would love to work from home just to see them grow up...dont want to miss a thing...to take a phrase from aerosmith...once I acquire a mic interface, I will post a recording from my home setup to see how it sounds and what people think of it...I hope I have the pipes for this line of work, they have served me well for radio...

Edo · Guest

Wow... Kasey K. finally joined us Laugh

Hey welcome to the board! You'll find a wealth of knowledge in here. I have to agree with Moe on her comments. I for one should know... been in radio for over 30 years now and VO is a totally different business than radio. Best of luck developing that golden edge to your voice, and if we can help you in any way, just ask!

KaseyKruz · Club 300 Joined: 18 Apr 2008 Posts: 336 Location: Michigan

Chrissy · Guest

Welcome Kasey!!! I agree with what has been said so far. My years of acting experience are serving me well in VO work.

I agree it's not easy sounding natural.

Chrissy

Kasbah · Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:27 pm Post subject:

Welcome to the board. Happy reading.
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todd ellis · Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:34 pm Post subject:

oh, i don't know moe ... i kind of like my "happy veneer". it masks the rotting despair underneath.
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Bailey · Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:48 pm Post subject:

Definitely the...

bobsouer · Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 4:49 am Post subject:

Kasey,

Welcome to the board. But, forget the "pipes" thing. That's a meaningless idea in the world of voiceover. It's about telling the story for the client, never about how you sound.
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KaseyKruz · Club 300 Joined: 18 Apr 2008 Posts: 336 Location: Michigan