VoicesReviews 205

Auditioning for a VO part is the same as with any other acting role where you show up for the audition and you see 50 other people in the room with you going for the same part. The only difference with VO work is we don't get to see the other people, but they're there. Voices keeps sending the auditions your way. Lots of them. All day long. It's up to you to submit a great proposal and a killer demo.

Not so often I can say something like this from a service and website, but voices.com is apart. You need them, they are always there to help. The service is reliable, payments occur in timely manner and their team is always working to improve the website to make it user-friendly. I am a member for over 10 years and I saw the company growing substantially since then. They know the voiceover business and all changes that are made always have both sides interest in mind (actors and voice clients). I don't think I could go without them in our constant evolving world - they have seriously contributed to my success.

My one-year membership has just run out and I have held off in commenting about my year long experience with Voices.com since it's been a mixed bag. My expectations when I took out a membership was to get feedback from my audio auditions resulting in some paying jobs. Despite submitting over 500 auditions none of these resulted in an acceptance. Not a single one! Every time I would carefully read the job parameters and rehearse the script, then submit with a short friendly intro saying'I am easy to work with and a consummate professional dedicated to bringing the highest level of quality to their project'.
When several months had gone by without any results I had 2,45-min conference calls with Cameron who offered constructive criticism. I reworked my profile, testimonials, experience listings, etc. at his suggestion. All without results. Subsequent emails to different representatives were usually answered in a timely fashion but significant difficulties were not resolved.
One of my biggest problems with this company is that they don't update the status of a job. I currently show 118 jobs to which I've applied dating back a full year to July 2019 and they still show as ‘undecided'. Voices.com says that some clients don't bother to update this and yet Voices must know if a job has been awarded since they act as an escrow entity, releasing funds to the V/O artist when a job is complete. This is a huge frustration and frankly seems suspect.
Another difficulty is one's inability to hear an awarded voice over. They say this is confidential and yet without being able to hear the difference in finished product anything I would submit is strictly conjectural. There is simply no standard or anything to compare yourself with from the actual jobs offered. It leaves one to suspect that the jobs were actually awarded. How would one know?
I know personally that my voice over abilities are marketable since I have worked in radio for the past 10 years and am frequently requested to provide the voice range for their numerous and varied advertising clients as well as PSAs for many non-profits.

So, if you want to use this company as a practice platform maybe it's worth $499 to you. But if you're expecting to get work from what might be several hundred auditions you apply for or to know the status of auditions you've submitted take heed and find another company.

I had used Voices.com as a producer, so I knew the quality of voice over artists available. When I shifted career paths and began doing voice overs, I immediately came to the site to subscribe. I knew that I would have the opportunity to be exposed to a number of quality jobs. I will admit it was a little slow getting started, but I earned several times the subscription cost in my first year on the site (and in my second year). I have recommended the site to several people thinking about this line of work.
I have never had a problem with the site; never had any trouble with any of the clients; any problems getting paid. All in all, I'm glad I use Voices.com.

Cameron was incredibly helpful and supportive in giving invaluable advice, tips and insights to better my audition submissions in order for me to be as successful on Voices.com as possible! I was impressed that her really went thoroughly through my profile to find out what I needed to modify to ensure I had everything I needed to present my best package to a client. In spite the fact that the "welcome" interview should have happened much earlier on when I first signed up for the site, Cameron was aware of that and made up for it 100%!