![]() $130 Mystery Fee: A client who paid Voices $250 to book a job, only to find the talent received $120, which is less than half the original price and less than VDC got paid (Nethervoice, Sept.$1,250 Mystery Fees: A $1,500 job booked outside of pay-to-play sites, with the VDC version of that same listing offering talent $250 (mentioned in Paul Strikwerda’s Nethervoice blog post in Sept.$210 Mystery Fees: A $650 job from a repeat client of voice-over talent Andrew Randall that showed up on VDC for $440 (mentioned on Randall’s website).$1,050 to $2,000 Mystery Fees: An $1,800 to $2,500 job for Harley Davidson that showed up on VDC for $500 to $750 (mentioned in Edge Studios interview).This is especially obvious when the same job appears in competing agency listings or on other voice-over talent casting websites. Rather than a standard percentage cut, VDC appears to be taking as much as 80 percent in some instances. Voice-over actors have discovered significant gaps between the dollar amount that clients are paying and the amount that voice-over talent are receiving. What propelled this topic into the hot seat is the amount of money VDC appears to be making from some of the jobs that voice-over clients post on the VDC site. On numerous blogs and discussion boards throughout the voice over industry.During a lengthy November 2015 interview between Edge Studios’ Graeme Spicer and VDC Co-Founder David Ciccarelli.At the VO Atlanta 2016 Voiceover Conference (March 2016).The VDC fees topic has been brought up recently: But when voice-over talent and clients use the pay-to-play site of (referred to as VDC in this article), the overall amount of fees charged has become a bit of a mystery as of late. “Muffy….what do you think about this sweater for the book signing at The Plaza? It’s a number one seller and the New York Times will be there.When voice-over talent and clients use an agent or casting service, they can typically expect to pay a fee of 10 to 20 percent for agency services. Let’s just say I’m pretty good at voiceover, I enjoy helping others learn the craft and get into the business…. So, that’s my story about becoming an author. Now – along with making funny voices in the small, padded room….I’m beginning to rant like a tortured writer, chained to the committment of writing a series of books. Through the course of writing/producing the first book, I came to the realization that I would have to write a series of books if I were to wholly divulge all the relevant information on the subject. In the end, it took about seven years following that intital idea that my first publication would come to fruition. He then went on to ask if I had ever considered writing a book.įunny thing was, I initially had reservations I didn’t want to align myself with voice coaches, coupled with the thinking that my competitors could profit from such a publication. ![]() He had mentioned that reading along while listening to the content on my website was a great learning tool. The idea of writing this “type” of book came to me mid-December 2014 when someone sent me a note after visiting my website. But, as the years went by and the pages on my website built up, it seemed like a natural progression. ![]() It was not something I had planned to do – ever.
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