Has anyone used Voice123.com for posting production samples and obtaining work? It's free to register (and I think free to post at least one sample), but what are the costs and requirements? Do you upload WAV or MP3 files via a form page? What kind of results do production people get from Voice123?
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Using Voice123?
- Thread starter Bill-in-CT
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If you're just looking for a place to host your demos online then the basic free Voice 123 service will do the trick for you. I believe you can upload up to 10 different demos on the free version.
If you want to get any work from the site you will need to pay for the premium membership. Then you will be sent auditions based on your profile. They will give you a 30-day trial to check it out so you have nothing to lose and might even get a job out of it. They have you upload mp3s and it's a fairly simple straight forward process.
I personally did not land any gigs during my trial period but like anything, it's a numbers game. Go ahead and give it a try.
If you want to get any work from the site you will need to pay for the premium membership. Then you will be sent auditions based on your profile. They will give you a 30-day trial to check it out so you have nothing to lose and might even get a job out of it. They have you upload mp3s and it's a fairly simple straight forward process.
I personally did not land any gigs during my trial period but like anything, it's a numbers game. Go ahead and give it a try.
I use both Voice 123 and Voices.com and have had success with both. The free membership allows you to post your demo and hope that a producer will find you among all the others. With the paid membership, however, you are sent plenty of auditions and have many opportunities to compete for a job. Paid is really the way to go.
I've found that I do best with these services when I really work them - that is, do as many auditions as my schedule allows. I generally have to do 30-40 auditions for each job I book. I've gotten gigs from these services that paid as little as $100, and as much as $2000.
Some jobs are just 30 second radio or TV spots, others are narrations that run several minutes. Most producers in search of a voice are looking for just a VO - they usually don't ask for a fully-produced spot or narration.
Remember that the people who hire you are your customers, and if you provide excellent customer service they'll come back again and again.
If you have the talent and if you invest the time to do lots of auditions, you will earn far more than the cost of membership.
Nick Summers
I've found that I do best with these services when I really work them - that is, do as many auditions as my schedule allows. I generally have to do 30-40 auditions for each job I book. I've gotten gigs from these services that paid as little as $100, and as much as $2000.
Some jobs are just 30 second radio or TV spots, others are narrations that run several minutes. Most producers in search of a voice are looking for just a VO - they usually don't ask for a fully-produced spot or narration.
Remember that the people who hire you are your customers, and if you provide excellent customer service they'll come back again and again.
If you have the talent and if you invest the time to do lots of auditions, you will earn far more than the cost of membership.
Nick Summers
Here's my take: within the last year the VO market has been flooded by downsized radio people. Over the last couple of years I've auditioned a LOT, got a few gigs, but the ratio is very l-o-w, especially so this last year. I won't be renewing. It's become an exercise in frustration and my marketing efforts will now adjust. Same thing with Voices.com
Good luck.
Good luck.
I had good friends in major market broadcasting call it a waste, though I never joined myself. They had decent voices, and aired on numberous stations in various formats. Maybe they weren't exactly stars, but they certainly weren't scrubs.
But a video producer friend specifically told me he found his last 2 VO people there, so why not try it for a year if you can afford it? I'm no expert, but isn't that a possible tax deduction? And my video friend says they LOVE British-sounding voices, because they add an air of legitimacy or intelligence.
Tally-ho!
But a video producer friend specifically told me he found his last 2 VO people there, so why not try it for a year if you can afford it? I'm no expert, but isn't that a possible tax deduction? And my video friend says they LOVE British-sounding voices, because they add an air of legitimacy or intelligence.
Tally-ho!
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As the station manager at LIFT FM, I have hired numerous voice talents from Voice123.
In my personal opinion, this is absolutely the best site to use when searching for voice talent. Currently, we are employing four voice talents that we found using the Voice123 service.
Joe Josh
As the station manager at LIFT FM, I have hired numerous voice talents from Voice123.
In my personal opinion, this is absolutely the best site to use when searching for voice talent. Currently, we are employing four voice talents that we found using the Voice123 service.
Joe Josh
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Just Another Idiot on the Radio said:
We all know how easy it usually is to tell that a spot was produced in-house at a radio station, as opposed to one from an agency that hires professional voice talent... it's usually a disengaged semi-pukey announcer read over a music bed. That read, no matter how "good of a voice you have", is a killer. Most people in radio sound like radio announcers, which is exactly what voice seekers are NOT looking for in most cases. They want a relatable sound, not the sound of someone talking AT them.
Aside from radio imaging, most voice gigs today require some semblence of voice acting ability. It took me about two years to break most of my radio habits... I now book jobs pretty regularly from Voice123 and Voices.com... it's not something to rely completely upon for getting gigs, but a valuable piece of the pie. One thing: you need to have the time to audition a lot... most of the jobs on the online sites require custom auditions these days.
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