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what up world it's me Brizzy or Anna
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Brisbane I'm a youtuber I'm a screen
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actor I'm a Ravenclaw but primarily I
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consider myself a voice actor now I'm
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still young bright-eyed bushy-tailed and
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new to Los Angeles but I do have a few
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animations and video games under my belt
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such as Final Fantasy 15 monster of the
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deep and paradigm and I get asked for
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this a lot so here is my humble advice
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on how to make voice acting your career
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I've said it before but the first thing
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that must be said in any video of this
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nature is voice acting is acting I know
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most people come to my channel for
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impressions but just because you can do
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good impressions or a lot of silly
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voices or you have a really nice sexy
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sounding voice doesn't mean you can have
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a career in voiceover because it's not
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about how many voices you have or what
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kind of voice you have it's about how
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many characters you can believably act
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this mic keeps falling which is one
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reason I don't use this mic stand for
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actual voiceover step one get a mic
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stand the wicks I'm failing all right
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and if all their voices are pretty much
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the same so be it Patrick Warburton is
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doing great because he's a magnetic
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actor who lives as his characters so you
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gotta get your acting chops down pat
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first and never stop working on it and
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getting better join a theater group
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audition for plays and short films sign
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up for acting classes and improv classes
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anything you can do to hone your skills
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especially if it's live on stage
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starting right now
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understood still interested the whole
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like acting spiel then scare you off
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you're still interested in this voice
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acting thing cool movie god types the
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voiceover jobs if you're living your
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life like the majority of us in this
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society you're most likely hearing
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voiceover all day every day maybe
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without even realizing it because there
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is voiceover in everything there's the
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obvious like animation cartoons
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interactive which is video games mobile
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games any sort of game that you interact
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with that has voices commercial whether
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it's for radio TV or Internet promo
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which could mean trailers something
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promoting something happening on TV like
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tonight at 8:00 p.m. central Eastern
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what do they say audio book narrations
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radio dramas you know that
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old-school narrative this is just audio
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they still make those they're just
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usually in podcasts these days I'm on
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one called Dark One's about all the
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classic Universal Monsters you know
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exact EULA and the invisible men and
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werewolf and all of that I'm the wolf
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man or wolf woman her name is Ella ADR
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which stands for additional dialogue
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recording that's when you're dubbing
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over something or adding in some extra
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voices in the background you know how
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movies have actors as extras in the
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background
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well those extras need voices and that's
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what a loop group or wala does and you
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need them for cartoons - it's like
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extras but just your voices also
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sometimes you need to ADR with voice
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matching when the original actor isn't
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available for some reason translations
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with a piece of media is being dubbed
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into your language such as anime
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eLearning
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so basically the narration of any sort
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of educational media whether it's like
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business training video or some sort of
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language learning audio experience
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telephone and IVR which stands for
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interactive voice response it's that
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little voice you hear on an automated
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phone call when it's like press one for
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English where can I make a living as a
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voice actor there are so many options
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for where to live to make a living as a
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voice actor and at the same time there
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are very few great options Los Angeles
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is and probably always will be the main
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hub for the majority of sections of
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voiceover the majority of the big
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animation and movie and TV and video
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game studios are in Los Angeles if you
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want to focus your career on commercial
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you could do pretty well in New York
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City because a lot of huge advertising
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agencies are based out of New York I've
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also heard there are great opportunities
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in Chicago and Montreal and Vancouver
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don't actually know much about that but
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this is what I've heard so if you're
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very antsy in New York or Los Angeles
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for some reason you got options there
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there's also Dallas Texas if you're
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super interested in anime because that
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is where Funimation is based so a lot of
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anime comes out of Texas online it is
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difficult but it's possible good luck
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it's I mean it's a place to start
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you're just getting started online can
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get you somewhere but to work from home
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online you need a home studio in a home
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studio the most important thing is to
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have a well treated room far beyond more
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important than having an expensive fancy
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microphone second only to building a
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custom soundproof room your best option
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is a walk-in closet with a bunch of
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clothes my first home studio was like a
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2x4 foot closet in my apartment in New
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York City I ground myself up into a ball
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sitting down with my laptop and my blue
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snowball microphone USB mic and I
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recorded my first auditions and jobs
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from there so yeah blue snowball not the
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worst place to start you can get a used
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one on eBay for like 30 bucks or less
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it's not a great mic by any means but
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it's a good place to start practicing
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you also need a pop filter ten bucks on
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Amazon and if you're ready to up your
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microphone game you can then get a
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condenser mic which plugs into a preamp
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which then connects to your computer
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currently I use the rode nt1-a which is
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$230 on Amazon and for a preamp I use
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the focusrite scarlett solo which is
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$120 on Amazon and just from my videos I
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use this which is a shure PG 42 USB mic
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goes straight to computer very nice if
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you want to level up even higher and
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fork up a couple thousand dollars for a
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microphone that's an option but if
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you're at that level you've clearly
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already got yourself a voiceover teacher
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or a coach and/or an agent so I would
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suggest talking to them and seeing what
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they recommend for you specifically
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because that's a lot of money learn to
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record an edit on an easy free program
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like audacity or GarageBand super easy
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there's YouTube tutorials on how to do
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everything in the world you can do it I
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believe in you finding an agent agents
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find you auditions for the best projects
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that are right for you they negotiate
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your payment and they make sure you get
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paid and for that they take 10 to 15
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percent of your earnings
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that job if an agent is telling you they
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charge you anything upfront run away
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danger agents should only ever ever ever
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be taking a small percentage of the jobs
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they get you so you need an agent to get
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jobs but you need to have jobs to get an
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agent I mean no you don't you don't need
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one immediately but you do need one
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eventually if you want to start doing
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consistent bigger jobs so before you're
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ready for bigger jobs you got to do
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smaller jobs and before you're ready for
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smaller jobs you got to do free jobs and
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if you hate the idea of voice acting for
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free this is probably not the job for
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you because you need to get experience
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and have fun honing your skills be
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stoked that you get to do this because
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it's freaking fun man go to behind the
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voice actors comm slash casting call and
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audition for some amateur projects lots
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of them are fan projects for existing
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franchises so you might be asked to do
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some voice matches like I see some fan
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projects here for super Dragon Ball
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heroes and spider-man and Paper Mario
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and some are original projects where you
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can create your own original voices and
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work along with the director to develop
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those you know fun police acting stuff
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so after you do a bunch of that before
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you get an agent you might want to sign
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up for a website like voice 1 2 3 comm
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where you may end up booking some paid
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gigs exciting yes but don't expect this
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to pay the bills sites like these can be
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great training grounds for building your
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confidence with auditioning and
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communicating with clients and just
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straight-up work experience and honing
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your voice acting but it's definitely
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not the big leagues and they don't
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really pay well or often even fairly you
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may even have to pay to use the site and
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send in your auditions so if that's not
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your bag don't do it you don't need to
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do it instead of paying to audition for
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low paying jobs I would recommend
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working for free on fun projects
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creating your own projects and investing
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in your training and eventually a good
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demo unless you have a personal
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connection or some other out
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standing circumstance you'll need a
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great demo to get a great agent but
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don't pay for an expensive demo until
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you know you're ready and don't send a
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homemade demoed agents believe if it's
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not up to par with the great actors they
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already have on their roster
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they're not gonna dig it and that might
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hurt your chances later down the line
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I'll leave a link down there to a
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YouTube playlist of professional
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voice-over demos from actors you might
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recognize to show you how good
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professional voice-over demos can and
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should sound I think the most effective
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way to get a good agent rather than
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emailing your demo out to a person who's
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never heard of you before is to get out
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there and make stuff of your own I mean
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that's what this YouTube channel is all
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about that's why I started this channel
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almost seven years ago because I wanted
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to get more into voiceover and I wanted
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to be proactive about that start making
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stuff on my own and this channel is what
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has gotten me connections to agents and
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casting directors for video games and
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cartoons start a YouTube channel join a
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theater or an improv troupe make a web
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series or a short film or a radio drama
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make friends with people who also want
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to make things from all sides of it
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writers directors actors animators so
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you can all get together and make your
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own original little beautiful butterfly
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creations if your heart is in it and you
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keep it up you will get better and your
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work will get better and people will
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notice and yes agents are people too and
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then the agent will ask for your great
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demo and you will have it because you've
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been training and you did your research
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and you found someone awesome to make
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you an awesome demo how lucky right you
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know what they say luck is when
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preparation meets opportunity
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auditioning your audition should simply
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be you slating which is saying your name
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and the character's name and a Brisbane
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reading for cindy-lou who and your
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characters lines don't read the other
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characters lines and don't have anyone
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else to do it either those are just
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they're so you know what's going on and
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don't read the directions like Cindy Lou
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who walks up to the grinch and smacks
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them in the face do add some nonverbal
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sounds like whimper
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hesitations or squeaks or arnold
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sniffles where it feels appropriate and
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don't add any external sound effects or
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music to make it sound legit improv once
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or twice to help your reed stand out
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nothing that'll transform the script or
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be distracting just a few words or a
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line or two just especially if it'll
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make them laugh never hurts
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title your files clearly and efficiently
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unless you're told otherwise of course
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use your name underscore character's
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name underscore your agency if you have
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one and export it as an mp3 unless
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you're asked otherwise if it's a job and
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not just an audition they probably want
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a dot Wow
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but ask them if they haven't told you if
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you want more detailed information on my
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do's and don'ts of auditioning there's
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so much that could be said please give a
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thumbs up on this video so I know for
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one people are interested in more voice
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acting career stuff and to comment and
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tell me you specifically want the
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auditioning thing so I know joining the
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Union sag AFTRA the Screen Actors Guild
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American Federation of television and
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radio artists is that it yes I think
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that's the first time I've actually said
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it out loud by myself without reading it
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there's a union for actors who want to
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work on good projects for good money
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under fair and safe conditions its
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protection for an actor's livelihood and
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eventually its health insurance it's
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also the big leagues and membership is
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not cheap so don't feel like you need to
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run headfirst into the union you don't
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want to do that grand majority of the
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big live-action and animated shows and
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movies commercials and video games are
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Union however I'm pretty sure most anime
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is non-union but not very well versed
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there so sorry you'll join the Union
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when you're cast in a job that requires
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you to become unions so until that
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happens don't worry about it in the
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meantime I think my best advice is just
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to keep your head in the game
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remember your goals and don't become
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complacent surround your life with this
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thing that you want to do and never stop
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thriving to learn
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become better at it listen to podcasts
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like talking tunes Rob Paulsen which I
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was just a guest on hey and vo buzz
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weekly are both great conversational
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interview style podcasts they're fun and
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educational and inspirational just
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conversations between voice acting
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professionals and other voice actors or
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casting directors or agents and people
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in the business whose names and stories
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are just important to hear voice acting
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mastery with Crispin Freeman is a more
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teaching heavy direct podcast from
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Crispin himself with some interviews
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thrown in if you're more into that and
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invest in training acting classes or
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school voiceover classes improv class
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singing lessons no matter where you are
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in the world you can do online courses
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like gravy for the brain comm which
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provides specific detailed courses and
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webinars on topics like commercials
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video games demos agents audiobooks any
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kind of focused lesson you want to hear
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about which is hopefully everything just
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make sure before you dish out the big
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bucks on any sort of class that you do
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your research let them read reviews hear
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what people have to say about these
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people because there are a lot of duds
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out there just trying to take your money
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for example if a class offers to make
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your vo demo for you at the end of the
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class don't do it any teacher worth
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their salt will not tell you to make a
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demo until you already more resources
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voiceover voice actor is a book by Yuri
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Lowenthal and Tara Platt it is helpful
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inspirational funny and a super easy and
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quick read grab a highlighter read it
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mark up your favorite tips because it's
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gonna be a lot of them the voice actor
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documentary I know that voice by John
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DiMaggio and Tommy Reed I don't think
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it's on Netflix but it's on Amazon and
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it's super fun and insightful and has
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all your faves in it definitely worth a
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watch I want to be a voice actor comm is
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the website by Dee Bradley Baker and it
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is one of the best resources for voice
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acting on the Internet and it is 100%
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free a hundred percent free I could make
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an entire series of YouTube videos
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purely based on the lessons taught on
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Dee's website and so
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this video I'm going to end with his 12
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steps of a quick overview of how to
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start one get as much time as you can on
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a stage in front of a live audience as
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possible this can be placed stand up
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Open Mic radio choir etc learn by doing
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in front of people to seek out perform
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with and observe actors and performers
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who are more experienced and better than
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you three get good improv experience and
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training for read out loud a lot read a
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lot in general and not just books
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related to acting fine watch classic
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movies and TV even video games 6
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practice imitating what you hear in
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movies TV and radio 7 try new
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experiences that are not related to
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acting but feed your life expand your
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connection to life and people by
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traveling 8 connect with and nourish
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what you love follow hobbies passions
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activities that are not necessarily
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acting related but that fulfill you 9
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get voice and acting training only if it
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is constructive practical and brings you
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results 10 connect with who you are get
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healthy work out
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connect with your body write in the
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diary of your daily journal connect with
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and observe people 11 follow the fun and
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don't give up 12 read this site
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thoroughly and study others inside as
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well I agree read his site it's really
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helpful the link to DS website and every
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resource or product that I mentioned in
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this video is in the description down
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below and none of it is sponsored
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if you're interested in more voice
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acting career related videos please
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please please give this video a thumbs
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up so that I know if there is a demand
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and leave a comment if you have any
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specific requests within that umbrella
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also if you have any questions leave a
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comment or tweet me at Brizzy voices
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because generally speaking that is the
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best way to get a hold of me especially
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if this video has been up for a while
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and that is it thank you for listening
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to me ramble for what has it been like
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20 minutes or something and remember
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what Dee said follow the fun and don't
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give up
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