SuchavoiceReviews 615

The bad: I found it difficult to plan for 16 weeks in advance to schedule lessons. This seems to be a shortcoming of the scheduling/appointment-setting software they use. As most of the reviews concerning this company seem to be nattering about various aspects of their online presence, I will say the following:

I am 2/3 of the way through the technique aspect of their training. I have had direct contact with: Justine, who "recruited" me during one of the community ed sessions AND had a great masterclass thereafter; Ray, who was super-accommodating during the period where I was trying to get started with the material but was also working 60+ hours at the day job; Booth, who was a helping hand in understanding the navigation of the online resources & a 'docent' of the culture of the school; Ben, who unceremoniously cut through my BS expectations both about the necessary equipment and the (lack of) patience of the marketplace for BSers; and last but not least, my coach Jessi, who has displayed a refined sensibility in helping me unlearn some unhelpful habits from early stage training & stereotyped expectations of my existing client base.

The program is not cheap, and if one wishes to dilly-dally about the periphery of maybe doing VO someday, there are other options. If you are in a position mentally and financially to kick it up a notch, SAV is at least as good as the other training programs in the market, yet without the nose-in-the-air thing. Maybe it's geographical, who knows?

The Magic Secret, which is not revealed until you reach the 33rd level of initiation, is that to succeed in VO you need to be working at least as hard at VO as you would be working at anything else. This might include marathon editing sessions that make you nostalgic for watching paint dry. It is a real thing, and a real job if you can stand it. Check your unicorns and rainbows at the door.

So far, it has been just to schedule the introductory webinar. Scheduling was east, and the GoTo video had no issues. Honestly though, since this is (or appears to be) a pre-recorded video, I see no reason to have to schedule a time for it. I took a day off of work just to make sure I had a quiet time set aside for it. Instead, it could have been a link to a YouTube or Vimeo to watch at the user's leisure. If I'm wrong, and Will Kamp was live, I apologize.