A full length demo is a 1 minute mp3 and/or CD, consisting of 8-13 cuts that you carefully select and rehearsed with an experienced Demo producer/director like Jean Zarzour and then record at a professional recording studio.
A demo produced by any reputable producer in Cleveland or Pittsburgh should cost you no more than $700-$900. With Find Your Voice, that fee includes between 4-6 hours of preparation, rehearsal, recording session and post production revisions. If you take the time to do it right, know one will ever know that you are a newbie and you won't have to revise your demo for a few years.
Beware of an instructor/producer who tells you that you have a great voice and should produce a demo before you've ever had any training or acting experience. Beware of anyone who has only ever been a director, producer, engineer or ad agency exec, but has never been a voice over artist - especially if you are new to this sort of acting. Voice over work is acting work, no matter what you are voicing. You'll gain much more knowledge from someone who has been successful behind the mic and behind the desk.
I promise that I will never encourage anyone to produce a demo before they are able to take specific direction and deliver the goods within one or two takes upon getting that direction. Also, when you produce a demo, you should be able to reproduce every read on your demo, without being coached. If you cannot replicate the reads on your demo, we both look bad!
Call 216-521-3831 for a free consultation about your future Voice Over Demo.
