Here’s How To Get Over The Loneliness Of VO Work

well hey there hero it’s David H
Lawrence 17th and this video is being
recorded I think we’re up to 335 videos
now we’re into the month of December for
these videos and this one’s coming from
my voiceover studio and it’s interesting
because I look at this as kind of my
Batcave you know it’s where I get my
work done it’s where I do a lot of
things by myself in private not just my
voiceover work but a lot of the course
creation work that I do the coaching
that I do the content production that I
do in other areas client services
production partner services I do a lot
of it all by myself and I bet you do as
well voiceover has turned into a very
very solitary existence and it’s because
the the way the Internet has
disintermediated our business there’s
the opportunity to go into a studio to
go somewhere to get in the car or get on
public transportation and go somewhere
to do an audition and many cases do work
has become kind of rare and lovely and
oh there’s still a Sun and other people
right so as voiceover talent we’re often
in a situation where we’re all by
ourselves and it can cause feelings of
loneliness feelings of disconnectedness
with the the rest of the world and it
can start to affect our minds it can
start to affect our performances it can
start to affect our relationships when
the phone rings instead of getting upset
that the phone you know the we forgot to
turn the ringer off and it interrupted
your recording it’s like Oh somebody
wants to talk to me hold on one second
I’ll be right back microphone right so
let me also caution you that that kind
of isolation can also cause a kind of
isolation of thinking and a well I’m on
my own so I better figure this out on
myself so I’ve got a couple
suggestions for you on how to combat
this how to you know sort of balance in
your life this this feeling of isolation
and the things that that can cause
number one create relationships with
real human beings in the business and
outside the business that take you
outside this very small sphere of
influence take you like I join meetup
groups
I joined lots of committees and
subcommittees at the Union to many this
year maybe but I want to get that human
contact that you don’t get when you’re
sitting here in front of a microphone
and just doing the work also get out
there and take some acting classes get
on stage get on camera because the super
awesome part of that is not just that
you will meet other people and create
relationships and and add to your life
experience but you’ll become a better
performer you’ll see some archetypes
that you’ll grab and you’ll use as a
voiceover performing that you wouldn’t
have known about had you not gotten out
and gotten some some fresh air and some
new new interfaces with people you’ll
find techniques and things that other
actors do that you’d like to emulate
you’ll also find some things that you
think to yourself never gonna do that
ever both on mic and on camera and
sometimes in person right so this notion
of being by yourself and thinking that
you have to be independent 100% of the
time or you’ll never succeed is
something that I’d like to invite you to
reconsider and creating those external
connections will do more than just get
you out of the space that you’re in it
will also make you a better performer
which is what we all want right tell me
what you think about this if you notice
that in the last 10 or 15 years that
what we do for a living has become
smaller and smaller and smaller in terms
of where we actually perform the
auditions and the work have you noticed
that what have you done about that what
have you done to create those new
relationships and those ongoing keep
those ongoing relationships going let me
know in the comments below go over to vo
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