Cappucino in Padova, Italy!
I put on my thinking cap recently, wondering what is my personal A-Z guideline to life as a professional Voice Artist.
One idea led to another, till I found I’d run the gamut from A-Z, or as they sometimes say in the States…from Soup to Nuts (appetiser to dessert!). Here’s my list! These were originally done as Tweets, hence their brevity.
A
Attitude is positive. Can’t win all auditions, but can get the ones that are mine & right for me!
B
Budget–a top priority– a meeting of what client can pay/what we require!
C
Counsel! Help is only an internet contact away. Develop a group of friends and help each other out!
D
Diligence. Do my best, every gig!
E
Expenses – Keep an eye on what “pay to play”/mktg efforts are worth paying for & when to give it a miss
F
Friends – Get to know many peeps in many different fields of life. Develop contacts.
G
Give of yourself to others, give the client what they want.
H
Happy – think of happy VO victories when your feeling down, it’ll bring you more good things!
I
Imitate the different voices that we hear every day [not within their hearing tho]
J
Joy- put a lot of joy & energy into pursuing your VO career
K
Know the biz, listen to podcasts, study,read
L
Love the process – even when it’s frustrating
M
Money – let’s make lots of it!
N
Nuture yourself – cultivate some non-VO interests & friends, broaden yourself
O
Open myself to more prosperity by developing additional skills
P
Practice everyday reading something out loud, or recording, or auditioning
Q
Quality clients, – in a pinch go for quantity – just keep moving upwards
R
Rest – take time to chill and ’smell the flowers’
S
Sympathy – have sympathy for that poor old client who really doesn’t know what he/she wants
T
Triumphant – you can do it!
U
Uggh! 
If the gig really isn’t you, don’t bother auditioning.
V
Vanity – A little is really good. Keeps you going , when the gigs are slow coming forth
W
Worthy – There are so many esteemed VO peeps who are willing to share with us- worth listening to & learning tips & shortcuts from them
X
X-files – maybe where all those pay to play auddies go where no one has been chosen after 4,5,6 months
Y
Year – Try to show a better result, somehow, at every year’s inventory
Z
Zip pah doo da! I know this makes no sense. But neither does VO sometimes. But it’s still fun!
That’s all for this post….
Cheers!
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