First Audition Of The New Year
First audition of the new year - a commercial voice-over. It felt so good to be in an audition, despite having forgotten my wallet and not realizing it until I got allll the way to the train and had to double-back, and despite almost tripping on my way out of the booth, and despite still sounding a bit nasal from this 2-week long illness (but my $75 antibiotic prescription had better do the trick - at $7.50/pill, it had also better do my laundry, rub my feet and make me my dinner). Despite all that - and that it was for a non-union commercial spot - it felt great.
What was really interesting was there was a Verizon voice-over going on in the same room (different booth) and so there were some rather seasoned VO veterans. Not that I recognize them - but you can just tell by their demeanor (and, of course, the caliber of the project): strolling in with their grande Starbuck's coffees, glancing at the copy only long enough to laugh at it then go back to shooting the breeze with all the other auditioners - whom they all happen to know from years in the business - and reading the paper.
Which reminded me that I spent a few bucks on a VO demo almost 2 years ago... and haven't done much with it since. Every now and again an agent or CD will compliment my voice (one recently told me she'd like to hire me just to read things aloud to her - ha), but these same folks have never called me in for VO work so I remain skeptical and unmotivated. But it would be nice to do voice-overs more regularly...
Again though - I remain skeptical. I do audition for VO fairly often - a couple times a month - and have never booked, so... is it worth it? Maybe I can still cash in that 1 free seminar my demo studio gave me with my package (I know - shame on me!) or casually cast a line or two... something low-pressure. We'll see.
On today's check-list: dropping of my photo and resume at a Broadway stage door. I know - I feel like an idiot. Who do I think I am? (How did I get so insecure???) But as those annoying greeting cards and inspirational posters say: do 1 thing each day that scares you, and this scares me a lot... so I guess I gotta do it. Wish me luck...
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