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Deal or No Deal….”The Final Voice Over Tag”

In yesterday’s blog Deal or No Deal , I wrote about a recent voice over experience. Here’s an excerpt:

“It has probably happened to a lot of you as non-union voice talent (yes, I am still non-union, in LA!). You go in to do a voice over job and it ends up being different than you expected. It’s more work for the same money. You’re so thrilled to have the gig. You don’t want to burn bridges but you don’t want to burn your VO dignity. What do you do? At the end of the session, I walked out wondering how I could have handled this tricky situation better.”

Here’s the rest of the story.

Two weeks later, I got a call from that same producer. She had another voice over gig for me! Of course I was thrilled. Then I wondered. Will this be a repeat of the last voice over session with her? Will they turn one job into yet another voice over marathon?

I walk into the same beautiful recording studio. The producer’s there with her colleague sitting in the same places. Then….just before we get started, the producer hands me a check…for those other two spec projects and for this upcoming one. So I got paid for all four jobs in two sessions!

I wondered if the projects really got picked up or was it because I let her know that I’m normally paid per tag? Either way, it turned out to be a good deal for me. What do you think?

Check out tomorrow’s blog….4 Tips on Negotiating The Deal.

-Tracy Pattin