answer: Don't
be discouraged if you're not winning auditions. Instead, begin by asking
your talent agent how many voice-talent they are sending to each audition.
If your agency is sending 20 people to each audition, and you've only
been on 5 auditions, then odds have it you will have not won a job yet.
Of course, if you've been on more than 20 auditions, then read on, as
there are a number of issues that could be at play:
1. The agency is testing you. They're sending you on as many auditions as possible (even if they know your voice is not the correct type for the script) to build up your confidence, experience, and / or contacts. If this is the case, consider yourself fortunate, as it means that the agency believes in you (and your voice)! 2. You can not perform as well as your demo sounds (a common problem). In other words, you are misrepresenting yourself. If this is the case, you'll spend your life auditioning...for nothing. This could happen for many reasons: Perhaps you are rusty. Or perhaps you don't "cold read" well. Maybe you are nervous at auditions (this produces a high-pitched, contrived, and un-relaxed voice quality), or lack confidence in your delivery. 3. Maybe you do not read with enough variety. For example, every time you read the script, it sounds the same. 4. Perhaps you do not follow direction well. In other words, when the casting professional says, "Do XYZ.", you do not. 5. Maybe your talent agency is sending you out on the wrong types of auditions. For example, if the talent agency's client wants to have 10 voice-over artists audition, but the talent agency only has 8 voice-over artists who match the desired voice-type, they may send some incorrect voices to the audition. 6. Could you just be unlucky? 7. Do you ask too many questions? Act unprofessionally? Show up late? This will certainly not help win the job. 8. And finally, perhaps it just takes you too long to "get it." This industry moves fast, and if you require an hour of hand-holding and producing to read the script correctly, you will not get the job.
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