Back in the Saddle (Officially)

It's funny how you can kind of bet on yourself to get some motivation going.

Today, I spent a LOT of money on improv classes. I personally, feel it helps everything in my life including voice overs.

However, it meant I better get my ass in gear and start making money.

I plowed through all my auditions from Voices. Did an audiobook audition (200 pfh) minimum so it's not slave labor. I also did an audition for my agency. Access.

Access is a great agency but it is voice over only. My old teacher Dorianne Elliot told me that I should probably try other agencies since people are going to want me for commercial and theatre. I couldn't let go an opportunity to sign with an agency especially with a vo only agency, so I took it.

Occasionally, they will email me auditions to do. Other times, I will go out and audition. This last week, I auditioned for a cartoon pilot. Those auditions, I think of as shots in the dark. I'm up against THE best so I just need someone to believe in me.

In the meantime, Voices.com and v123 are my income, so when I purchase classes I gotta get back to work. So, I auditioned and finished all my auditions by 930. GREAT!!!

I also had to do a Voices job, they wanted 3 small scripts. I also had to redo parts of a voices job. This was a little snag.

Here's what happened, when I did the job, I was getting over a flu. So, now that I'm fine, they want a sentence redo. This means a little troubleshooting.

A couple of options for this is to run the audio down a few notches as far as pitch goes. The other thing is to make sure that the volume difference is the same. If not, it's going to be obvious.

Anyways, other than that, I got another email from the guy who doesn't pay saying he is sending it tomorrow with tracking. My fingers are crossed but I'm not holding my breath.

Right now, the stress of my life is just waiting for money from jobs I've done. That is the life of a non-union voice artist.