VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

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[Bish]

I have gone through every state of emotion with the P2P question. Now I choose to be indifferent. I audition very selectively and do quite well from them. My time invested is worthwhile when compared with the income generated. Some time ago it was not worthwhile because I spent far too much time wringing my hands and beating my head against the desk because of their policies and machinations.

My advice to anyone... use them, don't use them... but don't let them become more important and time-consuming than they are worth.
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[Bruce]

If you're a voice talent, and you don't reach out to the World, the World will not come to you for your services. You've got three basic choices beyond the inertia and starving routine:

1) You either make the phone calls and send the emails and snail mail to people who hire voice talent,

2) Or you meet those same kind of people at a P2P site and audition as much as you want for what you want,

3) Or you hire agents or sign up with production houses who/which, in theory, will track down work for you. However they are very much like P2Ps these days in that they mostly hand you auditions to do. They are better auditions than P2P auditions on average and you don't pay an up front fee, but it's the same idea.

There is actually a 4th way to get work and that's to get into the position that Philip has where he has agents that work hard for him and find him work to do. He's on a roll as we say, and his particular style is very marketable. He got there by doing a lot of Option 1 in his early days. And he's staying in his position by being warm and gracious with his clients and agents. And from what I've read he still does outreach and the occasional audition when asked.

So, for most of us it's 1, 2, or 3, or a mix of those with a desire of getting to 4. For most of us, P2Ps have the lowest rate of return for time and money spent, but they do serve a useful purpose for those who apply themselves.

So, we're all correct. They all beat not working.

As some shoe company once said, "Just do it!"

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[richvoice]

A lot of great input here, thanks very much to all! I have a good sense of how I'll proceed -- and it's not because something did or didn't work for someone else, it's because I think it will work for me (but hearing what did and didn't work for others is quite helpful to me!).

Philip, you're as abstruse as ever. I don't always understand what you're trying to say, but I enjoy trying.

Cheers,
Rich

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[Drew]

What Bruce said.
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