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Originally Posted by jason216
Although I can't say I've never done freebies...I think everyone here has...and I'm sure I'll do them again...I think which freebies you choose to do is the real crux. I'm not sure that just because you got a "pop-up" that that is a sign from above...and I haven't researched the site..and it really doesn't matter...but if you think that will benifit your career..go for it...
As far as hurting the industry...I'm sure it hurts in some ways, but with the pleathora of clients wanting.."conversational" voices...I'm sure they can get there fill at the free voice over mart...or just ask their uncle Fred do it for them..he's usually cheap...when sober...LOL
OK, enough sarcasm...There are a lot of ways to practice and get resume material for demos. Bergan had a great thing to say about demos...and I'm way paraphrasing here...but the jist was...you don't have to put on your demos things you've gotten paid for just because someone paid you to do it...put on your demos what you are "capable" of doing...as you grow and get higher quality work, replace the ones you have...a demo is a constant work in progress if your growing...
So if you don't have a lot of work to put on a demo...keep your demo short, and put the best sh*t you got on it...it'll grow
Live long and....
Jason
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OOOOO-so close, Jason! ;-)
Basically, what you put on your demo is brilliance. If you do gig that isn't brilliant, for whatever reason (sometimes the mix sucks, sometimes you do) it doesn't go on the demo. You have one minute (and honestly, you'll really only get about a 4 second listen from most) to "wow' the listener. I probably critique about 20 demos a week from folks who get very defensive with, "But those are real spots! I got paid for those!" Well, so did Dustin Hoffman for
Ishtar, but it was still a crappy movie!
So don't put on the demo what you are capable of, but rather what you are brilliant at! And as time goes on you will replace the bogus spots made solely for the demo and replace them with those brilliant real spots you got paid for.