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Philip Banks
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 10:10 am    Post subject: Random VO related tweet got the phone ringing ... Reply with quote

Response from people to the following was, for the most part an "air punching" YES!

Whilst true it was typed somewhat vacantly while I waited for my printer to decide whether or not it cared for the script I wanted it to print.

"What helped most to get my voiceover business off the ground was having no inheritance or trust fund, no wealthy partner/spouse, no source of free advice or training but a willingness to blunder around buggering things up until ..."
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Bruce
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 10:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

"Necessity is the mother of invention."

or if you're from the Woodstock generation: "Necessity is a mother!"

Very rarely you'll find people who will spoon feed you bits of helpful information on your quest to learn the the thing we call VO, and you might even find a partner who makes enough money to keep the rent or mortgage paid during lean/learning times, but yes, ye and ye alone are the best source of the information investigation.

Almost all of us here who've "made it" did so with inquiring minds, a good ear for what works, and some pretty foolish assumptions along the way.

You can't win if you don't play.

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 11:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
no wealthy partner/spouse


however - an understanding, helpful, slightly demanding spouse can make all the difference.
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Philip Banks
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 11:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

todd ellis wrote:


however - an understanding, helpful, slightly demanding spouse can make all the difference.


I'll try that next time around Laugh
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