SUCCESS UPDATE UPDATE: So I'm looking through some old networking contacts and decide to say "Hi" to someone that I have not seen for a while (She owns a web development company). Not two weeks later, I get a note saying that a friend of hers owns a Ski Shop type retail store and they want me be the voice for their next FM Radio Spot. Great, right? Well, then some weeks after that (and my thank you notes and calls to her) she contacts me again and says that she wants to recommend that a client use me as the voice of their company web site. Two jobs came out of one follow up email! I could not do this without VFA and the Resources that you provide to us Master Class Grads!! Many, many thanks!
SUCCESS UPDATE: Hey VFA Friends, I just want to update you on another job that I got - ONLY because VFA helped guide me in how to market my voice! As part of my marketing, I approached a company that makes training videos for the corporate market. After some back and forth, I landed the part of "Mark", the facilitator and narrator in a Software Training Video to be used by at least one Fortune 500 Company. Nice payday too! :-)
John Pruden is a fun, energetic and caring instructor who truly wants you to succeed. He is open to listening to your ideas and learning what he and VFA can do to improve their service to you. Great job with the Master Class John!
SUCCESS UPDATE: I did it! I got my first, real, bonafide, paying voice over job with McGraw-Hill's educational division here in the Northwest. I start next week, and will go into their studio every other week between now and January. Amazing. I really haven't been looking, just volunteering a lot at the radio station. I answered a posting from a free-lance job list over the summer, and they'd already chosen someone. But they've come back and would like me to do the VOs for some animations for an e-learning series on math. Did I mention it pays? Real money. OK, so it's not glamorous, but it's a start.
Thank you, both Andrea and Paul, for your willingness to help me out with the Pro Tools stuff and just general encouragement. Paul, I've finally got my home studio working and will send you a recording later this week to see if my levels are correct. Even though I won't need it for this job, this has given me the motivation to get my studio pulled together and go after more jobs.
I am very impressed with Voices For All. Not only was the Master Class incredibly informative and fun, but the follow-up since then has been fantastic. They've made themselves available, and I believe in their sincerity in wanting us to succeed. Everyone I've met from the organization is caring and knowledgeable, and I recommend them highly.
SUCCESS UPDATE: The information in our book about how to use ProTools and the template that sets everything up for us is AMAZING. It took a complicated procedure and made it simple. Also downloaded iTunes to use for MP3 conversions...worked great. I have a lot of practicing to do both with my voice, my mic, and equipment and with ProTools, but you have given me a fantastic start. Thanks.
"Great class and fantastic direction by Andrea. Thanks VFA."