– One highly skilled voice actor experienced in home recording
– One local agent
– One Professional Studio
Mix in several clients who don’t know what they want
Add a professional director
Combine until you’re nice and nervous
This recipe is more common when the Voice talent has worked in their local market and then expands into the online world, but today I want to talk about the reverse. A talent who has hid behind the microphone so to speak, by working at home and then looks for growth in the union or local market. The term “Face for Radio” is very common in the world of voice acting and there are many talent who are not comfortable working with people face to face for many reasons. Let’s face it, alot of people get into this industry because they don’t have to be seen….or do they? I look at the online world as the Medium Market. It’s not to say that there aren’t a ton of large scale projects out there, but for the most part, if you want the big Nationals and large scale projects, you need to work in the local large markets such as LA, NY, Chicago, Toronto, Vancouver etc. If you’re like me and most of your career was based on line, you may be very intimidated to take it outside of your home studio. Perhaps you’re so used to self directing that you are concerned about being directed and not getting it right.
