Comments on: "STARTING MY VOICEOVER BUSINESS" TELESEMINAR REVIEWS

By: Michael Montgomery

Michael Montgomery — Wed, 06 May 2009 04:01:00 +0000

I have to say that the calls from Monday night and tonight were well worth the price of admission! Having a background in radio as well, I agree with Joe Fedele... I, too, was under the impression that auditions should hit the "post," as it were, for time.

I liked hearing that it is not important to bring it in on time for an audition unless I am specifically instructed to do so. I also enjoyed learning the 5 "must-be" elements for a successful voiceover business at the bottom of page 4.

GOOD STUFF! I can hardly wait for the next session.

By: Cheryl Kay

Cheryl Kay — Tue, 05 May 2009 23:53:00 +0000

Thank you so much for getting the mp3 of Lesson one out so quickly! I was listening, taking notes and doing the workbook when suddenly my phone disconnected with still 45 minutes to go! So as soon as it hit my email box today I listened to the whole thing and proceeded do so my assignments for the week. Almost done!

I so much appreciate all the information and love the workbook that comes along with it. I love that there are two lessons a week and even an extra one this first week.

Looking forward to tonight’s call.

By: Dylan Jones

Dylan Jones — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:54:00 +0000

The first installment of Starting Your Own Voiceover Business was superb. Harlan is a straight-shooting sage, and Dan’s moderating is right on point. I look forward to the ensuing weeks.

By: Norman Jacklin

Norman Jacklin — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:17:00 +0000

The information was presented in a very understandable fashion and was easy to listen to, though a bit long. I’m not sure what you could do about that. Maybe I’ll try to walk around more instead of thinking I’m tied to my chair.

My favorite parts of the presentation were the Pablo Picasso quote I’d never heard before and some of the anecdotes, particularly the one about trying to impress the engineer with your knowledge of audio engineering. Overall, I was encouraged to further focus on where I fit in the voiceover universe and look forward to turning certain steps I had decided on, and am actively engaged in taking, into a more formal “plan”. In fact, some of the assignments for this week should provide some relevant input. So, I look forward to the results.

By: Rich Owen

Rich Owen — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:15:00 +0000

What a dynamic combination! Harlan throwing out his pearls of wisdom in his soft baritone voice while Dan is carefully watching to make sure that no point gets missed. Dan is like the punctuation to Harlan's sentences!

This was a great overview of what we need to be doing, with the message loud and clear: Whatever it is that you should be doing, you should be doing it NOW! I found reality in Harlan's phrase: "The work of voiceover work is getting the work." A corollary of that would be: Take/make time to start getting the work! One needs his/her day job, but make sure that you allocate sufficient time from that job to be working at making voiceover work.

Thanks, guys, for a great overview class. I'm looking for more meat & potatoes in the weeks to come!