VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

richvoice · Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:34 pm Post subject: Zeroing in on my strength

Hi all,

If anyone has a few minutes, I'd appreciate some feedback.

I'm in the process of updating, well, all of my VO tools. I'm starting with the commercial demo, designing a "real" website (instead of the painfully plain vanilla one I've got) will probably be next, a new narration track will probably follow, and then I'll look at the possibility of new tracks. I started this process before VOICE 2008 by starting to work with a coach, and I got some good ideas at the conference to move forward.

One thing I took from the conference was that no one approach to demo production is right for everyone. I think that for me the best approach will be to highlight my strong suit and show range around it. I'm then hoping to work on some branding around that strong suit.

I have some thoughts on my VO strengths, and I know my coach does as well. But I'm hoping to get some input from people who understand the business, but don't know me personally, just to see if others are hearing something that I'm not focusing on, or maybe even aware of.

So if anyone has a chance to listen to my commercial track at http://www.richvoice.net, I'd really appreciate it if you could boil down into a word or short phrase what, if anything, stands out to you as a strength.

I'm not looking for a critique of the demo itself. I already know there's not enough variation, it's a bit long, several clips weren't great choices, etc. Hopefully all of those things will be corrected with the new track!

Thanks,
Rich

Philip Banks · Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:28 am Post subject:

You've made A DEMO not YOUR DEMO. You're in there somewhere but most people with money to spend on Voice Talent do not have the time to go digging.

Ask yourself, what on your demo gives you the edge? If you can't answer that question, start again.

Like everyone you have a 95% chance of failure as a Voice so start working on getting that number down, 1% at a time.

richvoice · Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:45 am Post subject:

Hey Philip, long time no hear! Hope all is well with you across the pond. You pointed me to this board several years ago, and I visited a couple of times but then lost track of it. I wish I'd stuck around, I'm sure I've missed a lot in the past few years!