Then there are some things you are going to need to know, if you are looking to begin a profession in the work of voice overs. You will need to be conscious of just what you will be doing and whether or not you should utilize an agency. In addition, it is essential that you have some idea of the skills that are needed of you for this work.

This is where I'll start to talk to 2 kinds of people: Those who desire to transfer to L.A., New York City, Atlanta, Chicago, or San Francisco and pursue a union voice over career, and those who wish to develop a web voice over profession right there in Smalltown, U.S.A.. For simplicity sake, we'll refer to them as Red state and Blue state. Actually, I think CITY (union) and COUNTRY (non-union/internet) might be better.

You can quickly dampen the sound of your room by surrounding your microphone with blankets, foam padding, upholstered furniture, heavy drapes, and extra rugs. In general, a carpeted room would be better than one with hard wood floorings. You might likewise wish to think about purchasing a portable sound cubicle. These are generally made of foam and are rates simply under $100.

COUNTRY folk, your most significant challenge now is to get clients. Focus on getting your website seen (pay-per-click with Google and Yahoo) and sending your link to all the regional companies in your town. They'll more than happy to understand they don't need to go far to get an expert voice over for their internal or commercial narrative.

Now a lot of times I am worked with to develop voice overs for sales videos. Sales videos are incredibly popular on the internet these days. As increasingly more individuals are trying to earn money by selling numerous products online they need a high quality voice over to be the voice of their "sales individual". That's where I come in. I create the voice over for their sales videos promoting whatever item they're promoting at the time. They offer me their sales script then I record it and send it back to them and then they sync my audio with their video to produce a dynamic sales video to sell their most current and greatest item. Sometimes you'll find voice over artists like me that can do the video portion also. You have actually just eliminated 2 birds with one stone when you do.

This part should be very easy for you. Simply do a look for "Voice Over Class" and "your city" with Google. Of course, there may be classes provided at your local universities and carrying out arts centers. Ask around for great word-of-mouth about them. Then sign-up with the best and participate in! (Prevent classes that end with you paying another $1000 for a demonstration reel).

Competition in this market is difficult and it takes many, many knock backs before you may even land your first paid task. On the other hand, casting directors and producers are constantly looking for the next fresh voice. No matter your language or accent, voice overs is an extremely healthy yet competitive company.