“I HAVE A COOL VOICE AND WANNA BE A VOICE ACTOR!” I got two words for you.

💀😱BUSINESS MARKETING😱💀

Ok, now that maybe 85% of you are are gone. Yes, marketing a business. Paying t-taxes😱.

All that and more in the most deceptively “easy” to get into career. Being a voice actor.

“People don’t walk onto a construction site and think they can operate a crane because they “like cranes.” But voiceover attracts folks who grew up with microphones on their phones, karaoke apps, and podcast dreams. It FEELS accessible. You can make sound come out of your mouth, so it’s easy to believe that’s all there is to it.

The truth is that voice acting lives at the intersection of acting, audio engineering, business, and marketing. That’s four disciplines people spend entire careers mastering. But since it happens in a quiet booth instead of on a stage, it looks deceptively simple.

Other industries don’t get this level of “I can do it tomorrow” enthusiasm because they have visible barriers. You can’t fake a law degree. You can’t bluff your way into surgery. But you can buy a USB mic and start auditioning from your bedroom. And a lot of people confuse ACCESSIBILITY with ABILITY.”

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https://www.reddit.com/r/VoiceActing/comments/1o59i9d/is_va_the_only_industry_people_dont_think/

An excellent comment on a reddit post I saw recently that perfectly captures it.