Working at Voice123, we see and hear lots of interesting things.
Every so often, something happens that reminds us very much of what happened when first struck with the bug of wanting to do voice overs. Sure…we read lots of online content from those stating the business is saturated, and giving reasons why, and it is true many “want to do this”.
Yet, when starting out, we all took chances that later on in life we should laugh at ourselves over. We have an example of such a thing; a phone message reminding us where we came from.We received a phone call the other day from a young person, not yet sure how to approach the industry. From what we learned later from her mom (when we kinda told on her), she was not supposed to be calling companies trying to get in voice overs.
There exists something genuine in a child’s willingness to try, and maybe this phone message reminded me of mailing out postcards to everyone (and their next of kin) over 20 years ago. Yes, it was wasted time, money, and effort, embarrassing, but “you can only do what you know until you know better.” She obviously thought we are a website for singers.
Hope this audio clip makes you smile.
The name has been removed obviously to protect her identity. The original message is about 5 minutes long.
What kind of thing did you do when you started out that you look back and laugh about now?
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Dave Wallace
July 25, 2012
…Well, can’t blame her for the effort!
Steven Lowell
July 25, 2012
Not at all. It was appreciated.
Steve McHenry
July 25, 2012
Great story! I laughed out loud while I was listening to it!
Steve McHenry
July 25, 2012
How did my comment post twice? Hmmm…
Steven Lowell
July 25, 2012
Not sure. I have seen that before from your account.
CJ Adams
July 25, 2012
Nice – reminds me of a cassette tape I sent way back to Hollywood Hamilton at KIIS FM in the late 80′s! It was me doing a bunch of Weird Al Yankovic-esque parodies of current songs, including, of course “I Think I’m A Clone Now” a parody of a certain Tiffany song popular back then…yikes! ; )
rik stent
July 29, 2012
She sounds like the female ghost of Robert Johnson – entirely compelling – Voice123 should have a singing-resources category. Hired!
Howard Byrne
July 30, 2012
OK, that was just painful!
Melissa Reizian Frank
July 30, 2012
I think she has guts. Maybe not the best voice in the world…but guts.
If not for a “wrong number” at the start of my career, I might not have HAVE a career! 12 years ago, I was a former TV reporter/anchor, doing what I knew how to do: cold call people and get information! From the look of the web site I happened upon, I thought I was calling a big production company, but it turned out it was just an individual voicer like most of us are now. He talked to me about the business for a long time….gave me tips and advice, and even put me in touch with one of HIS clients, who ended up using my voice in my first paid gig….and I’m still doing worki for both of them today! Moral of the story: sometimes you just have to put it all out there and say, “call me, maybe!”
Scott Gentle
July 30, 2012
Hey, there’s Alex’s next business spinoff idea: Voice123Idol.com!
Steven Lowell
July 30, 2012
Only if you will be one of the judges Scott. hahahaha
(and if Randy Jackson is available of course)