Advices In Searching For Professional Voice Talent

By Shirley Green


There are people who have a great speaking voice or can change it to copy characters and even make their own. This talent can be put to use to earn extra money or even make it as main source of income. It only needs some practice and training for it to be fully developed so that it would have versatility and better quality.

Although formal training is not needed in making this your profession, taking lessons in voice acting is advantageous to have better control. This is important for professional voice talent because they are the ones tapped to help in selling products and putting life to characters in animated movies and shows. The advantages they would have from training is learning to be versatile and being attentive to details.

Here are some tips if you need to find a voice talent for a project that you are working in right now. First, search the internet for those that are offering this service in your area and the results usually show websites of agencies or artists in this field. You can choose from a selection of talents shown in here depending on what you require.

Ask your family members and friends for recommendations on someone they know that is offering this type of work. The reasons would be told to you on why they recommend them and how they were able to know them. Look for their name in the online search results and if you have found them then it shows they are confident in marketing themselves unlike others.

These online sites would be able to provide you with all sorts of information you need to know about their talent before meeting them. They would list all the projects and companies they have worked for and their educational and training backgrounds. There are even demos available for you to listen to their voice.

Use all the information you have found in narrowing your selection down depending on the type of voice you need in the project. Contact and schedule a meeting with them for an interview in order to ask more questions and have some sample reading done. Their professionalism can be checked by observing their way of answering you.

You can then try their vocal abilities during the interview and how varied their styles are and if they are the right fit for you. This is also the time to let them read the script and observe if they can deliver it the way you want it to. They may even have some suggestions on interesting ways in interpreting the script which might be better.

Request for some references in order to have some idea on what the experience is like when working with them coming from their previous project heads. By conversing with them, you will know if they were able to professionally do their part during the previous projects they have. Review some of their demos and previous works to know their voice better.

Inquire about how much their rate is and if they preferred to be paid by the hour or project. This usually depends on what kind of work you are asking them to do. These things could help you find the right talent you need if you follow them well.




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