This is a page I have just to hold onto old copy, and I'm using it now to make the point that you need something easy to update, like Weebly!
"Yeah, I know. It's a work in progress and my web guy is dragging his feet on installing an email collection thingy. Thanks for the heads up, though. Book's going to be out May 25th. Hooray!"
Write Chris Ago about the book's upcoming release right here!
Write Chris Ago about the book's upcoming release right here!
Do I understand that in order to get into some of the character work and/or narration, one should really have a solid base demo of a more generic commercial nature first to get "on the map?" Would the character work more than likely involve traveling to the west coast... or is some of that done electronically too?
If you're going to be in the voiceover business, you have to have a basic commercial demo. That's what people expect. You'll give an idea of what you can do in the narration and character arenas on that minute-long piece, but only the merest hint. If you're burning, burning, burning to do voiceover for animation (which is not necessarily accents and personality imitations) you'd have to move to the west coast. But I have done animation work here in Chicago from time to time, and auditions for that work often show up on the Voice123 web site.
Where, in the list of priorities, would be having you come and help me get set up with in-home studio capability?
My costs for setting up a studio are listed on the site. Do you need a home studio? In my opinion, yes. So much of this work is done by emailing mp3s, especially as you're getting started. Later, when you're a big, big star, the agency will have you come in just so they can touch the hem of your garment. ;-)
Would it be to my advantage to prepare some of my own copy, now that I have a little better idea of what it could/should be? I've begun to play around with this a little this evening after listening to more demos on Voicebank [the monster repository of voiceover demos] and could run some ideas by you.
I will prepare the copy for your commercial demo. You could give me some things you like or would prefer to do, but I may or may not use them. The reason you hire me is because you believe I know what works best for this business and for your voice.
What time commitment am I talking about to make a demo? (a few hours at your studio... a whole day... more than that?)
Recording a demo here takes between two and three hours, possibly less. Then you give me two or three weeks before I get something back to you. If you have suggestions for revisions (reasonable and not endless, please) I do them, and then we're done. Godspeed to you and your career.
If you're going to be in the voiceover business, you have to have a basic commercial demo. That's what people expect. You'll give an idea of what you can do in the narration and character arenas on that minute-long piece, but only the merest hint. If you're burning, burning, burning to do voiceover for animation (which is not necessarily accents and personality imitations) you'd have to move to the west coast. But I have done animation work here in Chicago from time to time, and auditions for that work often show up on the Voice123 web site.
Where, in the list of priorities, would be having you come and help me get set up with in-home studio capability?
My costs for setting up a studio are listed on the site. Do you need a home studio? In my opinion, yes. So much of this work is done by emailing mp3s, especially as you're getting started. Later, when you're a big, big star, the agency will have you come in just so they can touch the hem of your garment. ;-)
Would it be to my advantage to prepare some of my own copy, now that I have a little better idea of what it could/should be? I've begun to play around with this a little this evening after listening to more demos on Voicebank [the monster repository of voiceover demos] and could run some ideas by you.
I will prepare the copy for your commercial demo. You could give me some things you like or would prefer to do, but I may or may not use them. The reason you hire me is because you believe I know what works best for this business and for your voice.
What time commitment am I talking about to make a demo? (a few hours at your studio... a whole day... more than that?)
Recording a demo here takes between two and three hours, possibly less. Then you give me two or three weeks before I get something back to you. If you have suggestions for revisions (reasonable and not endless, please) I do them, and then we're done. Godspeed to you and your career.