Subscribe now at: / @vo-pro Welcome to 7 TRUTHS U MUST Know B4 You Get Started in Voice Acting. If you’re wondering how to get into voice acting, today’s video is essentially all the stuff I wish I had known when I was starting out in voice over, and the stuff that you should know even before you get into voice over.
My goal and hope is that I can help you avoid some of the mistakes I made and learn some of the lessons I learned. My Dad used to tell me all the time, “Paul, you insist on learning the hard way,” meaning I didn’t want to listen to anybody, and I just had to take all my lumps myself. I was stubborn, and arrogant, and jacked full of ego and I wasted a lot of time and effort learning on my own rather than taking counsel and advice from those who had already learned those lessons.
And while that was true as a kid and a young man, I’ve learned that listening to those that have a little experience can save me a world of heartache and hurt. I like to think that as a voice actor I’ve done a much better job of listening, but I’ve still made my fair share of mistakes and gained some insights and I’d like pass that on to you.
So here are 7 truths you need to know before you get into VO. Or at least when you’re getting into VO.
(I apologize for the focus issues.)
Chapters:
0:00 - 1:23 "If I knew then what I know now..."
1:23 - 2:18 Number 1
2:18 - 2:50 Number 2
2:50 - 3:55 Number 3
3:55 - 4:47 Number 4
4:57 - 5:49 Number 5
5:49 - 7:39 Number 6
7:39 - 9:08 Number 7: The Biggie
9:08 - 10:16 Thanks and Links
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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.