March 3, 2010

Dear Aspiring Voice Artists,

I am Pocholo “The VoiceMaster” Gonzales.I’ve got ONE question to ask that could change

your life forever…

Are YOU constantly hearing commercials that you know YOU could have voiced better? Commercials that would sound better if YOUR voice was used on them?

I’ll bet you hear those commercials every day — but do nothing but complain.

Too many of us just accept things as they are because they were done by a professional voice over person. Stop settling for something YOU know you can do better!

If that’s the way you feel then you’ll be very excited to hear about the incredible opportunity that I would share to you…

I am living proof that the average person can overcome all the “odds” and become a successful VOICE OVER artist with the right training.I was right where you are but I did something about it and had been a successful voice over artist for almost fifteen years.

I’m proud of my accomplishments – - but I’m not telling this to brag.

I’m telling you this because one of the most dangerous things you can do to become a VOICE OVER artist is to put your faith in someone who has a decent voice and good intentions…

… but has NO REAL CLUE about the TRUE insider techniques that make VOICE OVER artist like me SUCCESSFUL and IN-DEMAND.

Unlike the other so-called “gurus” who actually know next to nothing about training VOICE OVER talent…

… I’ve been doing voice over training for more than 10 years… and I can train you!

Ever since radio stations began running commercials, people have been complaining about them. They are too long. There are too many of them.

But what I keep on hearing from people saying is that that they could have done a better job in voicing the commercial. They say the person voicing it sounds crummy or squeaky or is putting the inflection on the wrong word or phrase – that it should have been ‘this’ or ‘that’.

But, they never do anything about it… except complain!

Their friends tell them they have a good voice — that they should be doing commercials. That’s a great idea… but how do you get into the industry?

It used to be quite time consuming and expensive. You need a commercial audition reel. For that, you need some commercial copy (what the voice over person is reading) and access to a recording studio.

Getting your hands on some commercial copy can be a bit of work — but usually inexpensive or even free. Studio time is a whole different story — it can run to several thousand of pesos per hour. And, if you are just starting out, it may take quite a few hours to get a fully produced commercial audition reel.

Along with commercials, there are many other things that need voicing — corporate and industrial presentations, narrations, audio for websites — just to mention a few.

As long as there are products to voice, there will be a need for good skilled voice over artists.

So, where do they come from? Who is training them? How do they acquire the skills necessary to get hired for voice over work?

That’s where our voice acting and dubbing training comes in…

I used to be in the exact same place you are right now.I was the biggest complainer of all — always talking about how I could do a better job voicing the commercial than ‘the guy on the radio’. My friends told me that I had a good voice and should pursue voicing commercials.

So I did!

Now, I’m a successful voice over artist with literally thousands of radio and television commercials to my credit. I have also done animation voices, character voices, corporate and industrial voice-overs, narrations and audio for websites.

But it wasn’t that easy. It took long time for there weren’t many people who were offering any voice acting training. I was lucky to be working at ABS CBN Channel 2 as a dubber and DZMM and DZRH where I could access radio drama and radio ads and spend time in the recording booth. I put together a very crude commercial audition reel and took it to the few recording studios I could find in the local phone book.

I did a number of commercial ‘sessions’ for free, just to get the experience and a better audition reel. I wondered if I was ever going to be a ‘real’ voice over artist or just a wanna-be.

I’ll never forget my first paying session. It was a Coke commercial where I did the voice of a kid. It’s only one line. It wasn’t as glamorous as I had expected — but the cheque cleared at the bank… and that was all that mattered.

I was on my way to being a professional voice over artist.

“With the right voice acting training, almost anyone can become a voice over artist with virtually NO upfront investment!”I wish that during my early years, I had known the tips & techniques that are available to you today.

Instead, I had to learn these techniques through costly trial and error often wasting countless hours on something that turned out be of no value or cost me a lucrative voice session.

But YOU don’t have to make any of those mistakes anymore. You get the benefit of our experience!

Imagine standing at a microphone in your own home studio doing a voice over for someone who came to you for your services!

How cool is that?

So, why am I doing this? I’m SICK of seeing good and honest people being taken advantage of by so-called “special” techniques that aren’t really special at all.

Wishing you all the best,

POCHOLO GONZALES

The VoiceMaster