Voiceover Mythbusters
What you'll learn
- Learn simpler and less complicated ways to do voiceovers.
- Discover how to move ahead faster as a voice actor.
- Avoid pitfalls that trap a lot of potential voiceover artists before they even get started.
- Learn what's important and what's not, when it comes to gear and software.
- Clear up a lot of urban legends and discover there's way forward that's less costly and time-consuming.
- Ways to think independently, and find your own way forward as a voice actor.
Requirements
- The only requirement for this course is a desire to do voiceovers, or to look into the possibility of doing them.
Description
I'm your host for the Mythbusters course, Dane Scott. I've been doing voiceovers for decades; tens of thousands of them. I recorded in the analog (tape) era, and also through all of the digital era. That long-throw experience has given me a perspective that has helped me identify some recent trends that are hindering, rather than helping, aspiring voice actors.
In this course, I identify 15 modern myths and urban legends that far too many voiceover people have accepted as established truths, and are following as gospel, but which tend to slow their workflow, cost them unnecessary money, impede their advancement in the field, and keep them from earning the best income they can for their efforts.
Imagine if, after driving safely and successfully for 20 years, or 40, someone told you that, from now on, you need to always wear driving gloves and special treads on your shoes, otherwise you're doing it wrong, and will probably have an accident at any moment. Would you look at them a little funny? Yet that's what has happened in the voiceover world. In a relatively short period of time, a sort of "group think," inspired by a number of purists with an intolerance for alternative viewpoints, has taken hold, and now pervades the information you find in discussion groups, on YouTube, and elsewhere.
In Voiceover Mythbusters, I demonstrate 15 ways you can break free of the herd mentality, and use techniques that allow you to work more quickly, inexpensively, comfortably, and independently.
Who this course is for:
- Independent-minded people who like the idea of earning money doing voiceovers, but who like the idea of finding alternative ways forward, especially if they make life less difficult, more profitable, and more fun.
Instructor
- 4.7 Instructor Rating
- 344 Reviews
- 1,164 Students
- 6 Courses
I've been making money with my voice over 40 years, starting in radio in 1976, supplementing my income with voice-overs in the 80s, and moving to full-time voice-over and multimedia work in 1996. While I still do mainstream voice-overs, I have found Fiverr to be a surprisingly good source of freelance income. I was able to build it from ground zero in April of 2017, into thousands every month by the fall of that year. I've billed six figures annually for the past three years in a row, and altogether, I have now billed over $750,000 on the Fiverr platform. I consult as both "The Gig Doctor," teaching people to succeed on Fiverr, and as a voiceover coach. In addition, I'm pleased to present these inexpensive courses to help you to grow and succeed.