There is so much advice about the VO audition from “just have fun, you already don’t have the job!!” to Dick Ervasti’s “Treat every audition as a real job” and everything in between. So, how much work should we put into an audition? Do we treat each one as that next possible job or do we just relax, not over-think our performance and get it done quickly, ready to forge ahead to the next audition?

-Tracy Pattin

Voice Talent Dick Ervasti thinks each audition should follow these three important steps:

3 Steps to Improving Your VO Audition Technique: “Now that we all seem to be connected via SocNet, everyone is pouring their hearts out online about the frustrating process of auditioning for voiceover work. For years, I used to share the feeling until one day, in 2003, I turned a corner on the whole matter. Since then my Audition Conversion Metric (ACM) has tripled, and I also get way more FIGs (Found-Gigs, where they just called and booked without any audition) than I used to.” Click here for Dick Ervasti’s 3 steps…