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Not to take anything away from all of the pros who come in here and encourage you, but aren 't they all making significant money teaching, selling CD"s or books? If the alledged cream of the crop needs to teach classes every weekend, then what does that really say for the monetary making aspects of this business. I suppose I'd rather spend my weekends cranking up the bar-b-q, taking day trips or otherwise enjoying the fruits of my labors.
I'm sure one of them will sweep in here and explain that teahcing for them isn't about the money, etc., etc. but at some point people get off the escalator, take a deep breath, and ask yourself if it's worth it.
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Here I come - sweeping in! Since my name was brought up earlier in the thread - I wanted to point out that I don't teach voiceover seminars "on the weekends." I hike or take tap or do community theater with my sweetie. "Bleacher Bums" opens this Friday at OnStage in Chula Vista and we are in Dress Rehearsal all week.
And last part of the sentence in quotes here JS is exactly what my CD set is all about - helping people know when it's time to give up this particular dream. Self evaluation.
I DO teach one class at San Diego City College - an introduction to Voice Acting - which focuses on this skill - something I have been doing since 1999 - and I did speak at VOICE 2007. I also attended VOICE 2007 - because you never stop learning.
It gets harder and harder for me to carve out the time to actually get down to City to teach the class because I work as a full-time voice talent. However, it gets me out of the home studio, I get to perform live in front of my students, I get to see their "ah ha" moments and most of all I learn and grow while I do it. The money isn't insignificant, I am at the top of the pay scale for adjunct faculty, but I truly do it for much more than the "money." They cancelled my class last semester, plus I took the summer off - it taught me that I did just fine without the teaching, but I was so stoked to get back into the classroom for those 5 hours a week.
About the CD I am offering - I finally read the fine print on the contract from VOICE2007 and it said that I could sell the recording of my presentation. I am packaging it with some of the material I put together for VOICE2007, plus a workbook I have been polishing in my class.