How to start a Voice Acting Career (vo demos, agents, auditions, more)

My advice on how to start a career in voice over acting and the next steps to take!

VO Resources:
Shure PG42 Microphone no longer in production I don't think? Try ebay.

Other mentioned stuff:

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[_Michael_]

Plot twist: she is actually being dubbed over by Tom Kenny

[oreganothankyou]

Im not a professional voice actor but it should be noted that it's also important to stay hydrated! If your throat starts to hurt, 1. You probably need to change something about how your doing it. 2. Drink water! Not soda, not milk, not juice, not coffee, good clean h20!

[kitzen]

me: *hates my voice*
also me: LeTs bEcOmE a vOiCe AcToR!




status update: i don’t dislike my voice as much and have found i can get a nice range of voices going. this being said, i still never voice acted lmao

[amberlyflorio-schiavulli]

When I was a little girl, a friend and I would make “radio shows” with our tape recorder. It was so much fun. We even made up fake commercials. I wish I still had those tapes!

[AthenaPOfficial]

"the whole acting thing didn't scare you away"
Me (an acting major): it should have a long time ago but here I am

[der]

me: *can’t say 2 sentences without tripping on my own words*
me part 2: ...yknow i kinda wanna voice act

[lz]

*when your extremely shy and have social anxiety but wanna voice act*

[foxboy]

I'm in my 30s and I finally figured out that I want to he a Voice Actor myself. It's going to be a long road but I'm going for it.

[finaritrarambeloson]

“Sign up for acting classes.”

Me: **crying in music class**

[richardhall]

Voice acting can be compared with method acting. Can’t voice a character if you aren’t in that mindset.

[ras]

i just realized- i’ve never heard a woman do the voice over for a movie trailer 💀

[SPANISHFOREAGLE]

last night:
i randomly searched how to start voice acting and found this video.
started submitting auditions to BTVA.

this morning:
i got an email that i got cast for a fan-made anime i've never heard of.

thank you for this.

[emmarenee]

Omg I watched you when I was younger this feels so nostalgic

[minerexsss]

When you like an idea of being a voice actor, but you are an extremely shy introvert :")

[majatomczyk]

When you wanna voice act but you are really insecure about your voice

[juicebox_doodles]

Dude, thank you SO much for making this video. Most people my age (or in general in my life) don't think about wanting to be a voice actor so no one has been able to help me. My parents and teachers keep telling me that I'm smart enough to be a doctor or a lawyer but, those jobs are too serious for me and require even more school and money. I mean, I'm not saying voice acting is cheap, but at least I can have fun with it.

I wanted to do voice acting since 1) I can be multiple characters instead of just one and 2) I'm curious to see if anyone will ever connect/love the characters I voice act. My friends are always weirded out when I feel sympathy for a fictional character. (My friends say if they ever read my name in the credits, they'll scream)

[MarioTheLiopleurodon]

"you'll have to work for free" I'm down with that. I just wanna pretend to be a character, say stuff into a mic, and have my voice put into something. I want to voice act for the fun of acting. Like if I could voice act for Halo I would, even if it's for free. Just the thought of shooting a marine or ODST or a brute and have my voice come out of them is enough for me. I used to make crappy films in high school with my friends which were supposed to be as poorly acted as possible and it was really fun putting something together to be watched. The laughs were always welcome. And if a blue snowball or blue yeti can be bought for cheap, then I'll start auditioning basic stuff right away

[gingadreamurr]

That moment when you want to voice act, but you get anxiety as you feel you’ll mess up. I’m not an introvert, but my fear of failure has held me back from so much in my life so far.

[michaelgarcia]

I'm 29 years old and I'm just starting into my passion in VO... I hope I'm not too late in pursuing this as a career.

[THECOMICBOOKMAN]

I do voices and accents all the time, it's pretty much my personality. Everyone says I SHOULD voice act, but honestly that was always more of a fantasy of mine, cause of course we all watch alot of cartoons. But perhaps I will use this, if my art doesn't work😂👌