Review: Voices For All

"Are people always telling you that you have a great voice? Do you often find yourself listening to your favorite audiobook, commercial or cartoon character and thinking, “I could do that”? If so, then you could have what it takes to begin working as a professional Voiceover Artist. Being a Voiceover Artist is a fun and rewarding job! The current Voiceover trends have made it easy and affordable for just about anyone to get involved. In this fun and empowering 1 hour Introductory workshop, you will learn about the different types of voiceovers and what tools are needed in order to find success in the voiceover industry." ~Voices For All

Voices For All, LLC offers varying levels of professional voiceover education for students pursuing success in the voice over business. I had the opportunity to take an Introductory voice over class for them. Boy was I surprised!

I took the class as part of my plan to do fun and interesting things with my life besides work a steady 9-5 job that pays the bills. I was one of those people who was always told you have a cute voice, good for anime cartoons. I thought it sounded like fun to be a voice actor.

When I entered the classroom, the teacher was immediately engaging and it was clear he used his voice as a tool and adjusted it with skill to convey what he wanted to say in exactly the tone and the pitch that he wanted to use. I was impressed. That takes talent.

And for the first part of the class, I was sure that voice acting was something I wanted to do, something I could do... but then we got to the part where the teacher explained that "every can be a voice actor... right from their own home."

What? This was a work from home job? "Yeah," he said, "You can set up your own studio and not only market yourself, locally and nationally, but internationally as well! Sounds great, right?"

Sure, yeah, sounds wonderful, except for the part where a home studio set up costs around $2,000 dollars, and the part where he said further voiceover education and demos are highly recommended... right, yes, of course, you can't just say you'll be a voice actor and go out and become one... it takes work... and apparently money resources as well... Voices For All master classes including a demo disk cost $3,000.

Are you kidding me? Now this is starting to sound like those signs you see on the side of road that read:

"Work from home... earn $2,000-$3,000/mo."

Okay, so maybe this is the way to go to become a voice actor... but it certainly seems as if it is as expensive as getting an AA degree at a community college. In the end... I still would like to be a voice actor, but there is no way I have $5,000 in funds to get me there...

...dream bust...