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Voice Over Workout Groups versus Voice Over Classes. What’s The Difference? (Part 2)

In last Friday’s blog, Roy Samuelson of the Voice Over Workout Lounge answered questions like, “What exactly is a voice over workout group and what’s the difference between a workout group and a voice over workshop?” In part 2, I asked Roy about the benefits and member successes.

-Tracy Pattin

TJP: What are the benefits of being in a voice-over workout group?

RS: Benefits are incalculable. Let’s start with being in a professional studio with a top-quality engineer, and microphone that costs more than a cadillac convertible.

TJP: How has your workout group helped your voice over career?

RS: At VOWOL, I’ve personally met more in the industry on both sides of the booth in the last two years than I have in the past 10 years when I worked at an Audio Post Production Facility Todd/AO (which does ADR and loop group among other things). It’s exciting to meet people, and takes a lot of the imaginary pressure off, while increases the fun. Obviously meeting other good natured actors makes a big difference. I’m so grateful for the actors I’ve met — they have steered me to some great opportunities that I may never have found out about on my own.

TJP: What are some success stories from your group members?

RS: Actors have found agents, met coaches that “get them,” taken away immediately applicable actions for auditions, marketing, and goal-completions, renewed their passion for the business, changed slight elements of their thoughts to create whole new businesses, created great demos, reduced the difference between what they think they are doing and what they are doing (that’s a big one!) and most importantly laughed and played a lot. Strangely, I love when people leave the group, because it means that they are now getting paid for doing what they love to do. I think I stole that one from Bill Holmes.