It is always a pleasure to see Voice123 talent appear in online articles, so when we caught Mike Pollock’s interview with Gothamist about Starbucks, we wanted to catch up with him for some questions! We noticed from the interview he does some online managing of his voice over career, and wanted to see how.
Voice123 asks:
- Do you ever audition on Voice123 from a Starbucks?
- If not, what kind of voice over business are you handling?
Mike Pollock:
- I don’t usually audition when I’m at Starbucks, waiting to get to my next offline appointment. Starbucks isn’t really conducive to recordings, thanks to its constant musical soundtrack. And I’d feel a bit conspicuous recording a full-on character performance in such a public space. I might get some stares…or glares. Not that it wouldn’t be possible. If Steven Spielberg called (it could happen) to say he needed an audition for his next animated feature RIGHT NOW, I would fire up my smartphone’s mp3 recorder wherever I happened to be, just so I could get him some kind of audio. And I have done just that (not for Spielberg) from the comfort and quiet of my car, when it was handy.
- Starbucks is a great place, however, to triage jobs in my Voice123 inbox. I can save some time while I’m out by deleting jobs I’m not right for, before I get home to record. I can also read an assortment of voice over business-related blogs, and keep in touch with clients, agents and mangers by either e-mail or phone.
Thanks to Mike for this quick interview, and look inside a working voice talent’s life!
How do you manage your career online when out and about?
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Jean Hollander
August 24, 2011
I went to a class of yours in Ohio last year. While seeking work on line when I arrived in Egg Harbor Wisconsin, I have a wonderful voice mail message. The voice mail message got me a job here in Door County Wisconsin, telephone sales. I used to own my own telemarketing company in Chicago, but when I retired and became a widow, I was just looking for a part time thing here in my home town. Well, when my employer called, about the consierge position I was seeking, he insisted on me coming immediately and starting his call center, selling time share vacation packages and golf packages. It’s been 5 months now and I am having so much fun with the calls and wonderful people I meet by phone. I recently called a man who owns the radio station, and pitched him on my golf packages. Guess what? I got an interview with him for radio!! You can practice your craft in many ways, by phone, person to person and your own phone answering message. Always leave a good presentation by phone, you never know who gonna call you and like what they hear!