I OFFENDED Voices.com. And Here’s WHY…
Subscribe now at: https://www.youtube.com/@vo-pro?sub_c... In my last video, My (No Gear) Voice Over Christmas Wish List, one of my wishes was this:
“I wish all of the pay-to-plays were ethical, but the chief offender here, of course, is Voices.com, but they're certainly not the only ones that put profit before talent and clients. These companies control a huge amount of work globally in the voiceover business, and it's a travesty to me that rather than seeing themselves as leaders and stewards of our industry, they couldn't give a reindeer turd about anything else other than putting profit ahead of people, clients and talent.”
The next day, I got an email from David Ciccarelli, the Founder and CEO of Voices.com, and he’s NOT happy.
Chapters:
0:00 - 0:40 My Wish
0:40 - 1:24 David Ciccarelli's Email
1:24 - 1:54 A Point I Won't Dispute
1:54 - 3:20 The Joe Paterno Story
3:20 - 5:14 The Facts
5:14 - 8:29 How Voices Can Improve
8:29 - 8:47 Talk Is Cheap
8:47 - 9:08 Thanks and Close
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About (Paul) Schmidt:
Paul Schmidt is a successful voice actor, community builder, and voiceover business coach.
He's also the creator of the VO Freedom Master Plan, a voiceover marketing program designed to generate consistent opportunities for voice actors to book work, and the VO Pro Community, a private, professional, global community created to meet the needs of voice actors and audiobook narrators who want to take their careers to the next level.
Paul has been a voice actor for over 25 years and full-time for the last several. He lives in beautiful Richmond, VA.