VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

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http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2010/07/16/voiceover-jobs/

I thought this was actually an informative article for beginners, but there are a few comments I thought pros would find interesting since the P2P discussion comes up here so regularly:

Deirdre · Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:22 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I'm not sure how they qualify those numbers.

They're the ones I've always heard bandied about when describing actors' incomes. Like, I've heard that percentage and that dollar figure for 20 years.
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SteVO · Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:55 pm Post subject:

I've heard so many conflicting things about P2P sites. I can see where they would not be a means to making a living. I'm assuming the very successful VO artists have all pounded the pavement to get the good jobs. Luck doesn't just happen...you make your own luck. I've thought P2P might be a decent place to start but I'm having my 'druthers. I keep hearing more and more negatives about what kind of return you can actually get on your investment. It's cheaper to audition in person and if you don't get the gig you're not out a heck of a lot. Given that, from time to time I find a little script or two to practice with. (he says like he's some sort of expert Wink

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asnively · Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:58 pm Post subject:

I agree with Deeb. Been hearing that since I joined AFTRA in (gasp!) 1982. And remember, it's not 2% of people like us. It's 2% including people who, I'm sad to say, have no clue or chance to book actual paying voice talking work at all. Evah.

2% includes the guy the other day who told me that he, also, is a professional voice talent. He has just one regular client, though: a church about five miles from his home, who pays him $25 every time he reads the bulletin on his phone into a voicemail system so that people can dial in to hear that week's activity schedule.

Bless him, but he might be skewing the statistics.
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bobsouer · Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 7:06 pm Post subject:

asnively · Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 7:13 pm Post subject:

I was a very precocious and unusually photogenic fetus.
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bobsouer · Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 7:42 pm Post subject:

Ah, that explains it. Of course, you remain unusually photogenic even these few years after escaping Mrs. Hughes womb.
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asnively · Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:03 pm Post subject:

Are you saying the precociousness has worn off?
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bobsouer · Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:30 pm Post subject:

Amy,

I would never imply such a scurrilous thing.
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Deirdre · Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:39 pm Post subject:

All right, you two, get a chat room.

TLDR: Amy's cute, Bob is charming, and those numbers are lame.
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asnively · Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:52 pm Post subject:

That about sums it up.
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Bailey · Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 1:30 am Post subject:

It appears that AOL is making a WAG.
That being said... looking at the VO-BB with 955 members, only (2%) 19.1 members are making over 5K per year.
My WAG would be that the percentage for VO-BB should be much higher than 2%. I find it very hard to believe that 935.9 members are sitting on their thumbs.
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ConnieTerwilliger · Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 9:27 am Post subject:

1977 was my AFTRA date. The thought of how freaking long ago that was is actually quite sobering - and makes me want to go to the gym.
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Rob Ellis · M&M Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 2385 Location: Detroit

Not to be too...whatever.... but TO ME those numbers really don't mean a whole lot.

This is my philosophy on it:
Ya do what you can, understanding that it ain;t easy and you may never actually make a living at it, but you do it anyway because you love it.

"Beating the odds" is a great goal, but it can also be a source of great frustration that can squeeze the enjoyment out of this great business.

Okay the soapbox is back down. Next!