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VOICE-OVER CAREER Is Rejection Getting You Down? How To Tip The Odds In Your Favor ... May 15, 2019  By Rob MarleyVoice Actor If
you are a voice-over artist using the pay-to-play online marketplaces,
you are probably well aware of the ratio of auditions to winning jobs.
100 to 1 is about average most voice artists experience. I know
some people who have gone far longer than that without finding work. And when
you've done all you can to provide the best possible audition and you
still don't get the job, it starts to weigh on you. So how do you deal with that kind of rejection and not get depressed about it? Suck it up, buttercup. In
the United States, we live in an "everyone gets a trophy" culture. But
the reality is that life doesn't work that way. Life isn't fair. It
doesn't care how badly you want something. It doesn't matter how much
effort you've put into it. Despite what well-meaning people have tried
to tell us, qualified people don't always get the job. The best person
doesn't always win. Good doesn't always triumph over evil. That's life. So you can sit there pouting that nobody likes you, or you can do something that can tip the odds in your favor. TO COPE AND SUCCEED ... Here are three things you can do to help deal with rejection and improve your voice-over success rate. 1. Fix what's wrong. Realize there may be a variety of reasons why you were not the choice for a particular job. Maybe it's a technical
problem:
Maybe it's the way
you interpreted or delivered the script. Maybe the copy had words that
were difficult to pronounce ("methylchloroisothiazolinone,"
anyone?) Maybe your audition didn't get heard because the voice seeker
was swamped with over 100 people - all qualified and capable of delivering
the script the way they wanted. Or maybe the sound of your voice just reminds the voice seeker of a creepy uncle they knew. The
point is that (with the exception of the creepy uncle) almost every
excuse can be something you can improve on.
2. Put in the hard work. It's
been said that the top voice artists on one of the big P2Ps have - at
best - about a 4% success rate. That means they're rejected for 96%
of the work they audition for. So
how do these top performers become the best? The answer is that they've
put in the effort to do everything they can to make sure their
auditions are the absolute best they can be, both technically, and
vocally. They've received training. Not just a weekend class or they've read
someone's book, but chances are they have a professional coach working
with them on a regular basis to improve their abilities. These people
have put in the hard work. Now: What have you done? 3. Keep a positive attitude. It's
easy to get caught up in rejection and start to think that you
aren't good enough. But if being a voice artist is something you really
want to do, you have to accept that there are going to be times where it
feels like nothing you do seems to work. It's at those times that you
need to hang on, focus on your skills and double down your efforts. The best advice I ever heard about being hired for the job you want is this:
The more effort you put in and the more you audition, the more you improve your chances of landing a gig.
And then understand that even with all that, you STILL might not get the job. And that's OK. Just remember that it's not personal and don't give up. NEVER give up. ------------------
ABOUT ROB A Los Angeles native, Rob Marley is an accomplished voice talent, producer and writer, now living in the hill country of Austin TX. Web: www.MarleyAudio.com |
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Thanks for the encouragement!
Great tips on how to revive that competitive spirit especially if you are in this for the long haul.