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Old 07-18-2004, 01:45 PM   #1 (permalink)
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How to Get a Job Doing Cartoon Voices

well, i thought i had a real talent for doing the puppet voices playing with the baby.
maybe not.

http://www.povonline.com/cols/COL101.htm

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In the last four days, I've received three letters and two phone calls from people who want to get into the field of doing cartoon voices. One of the calls almost stunned me with its nonchalant assumption that this is an easy-entrance business; this lady seemed to think it was like signing up to earn frequent-flyer mileage. I imagine her deciding she wants to be in the movies, then calling up Martin Scorsese and saying, "Hi. I'm a clerk-typist here in Dayton, Ohio. Is it okay if I star opposite Robert DeNiro in your next movie?"

It would be wrong to tell these aspiring voice artists that what they want is impossible. In show business, nothing is impossible, except an honest accounting of profits. Not that long ago, Conan O'Brien was a writer and bit-part performer. If he'd told me he wanted to take over for David Letterman on NBC, I'd have gone, "Uh-huh, well, I wouldn't bet on that ever happening."

Still, when folks ask me about something like getting into cartoon-voicing, I feel I'd be doing them a disservice not to clue them in that it might not be all that easy to attain. Is it possible? Of course. But then so is winning the lottery.
he then wrote up another page, http://www.povonline.com/Voicework.htm which finishes off with
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I'm sorry I can't give you any magic shortcut and I'm sorry that this may not sound fair to you, or that 98% of all those who want to do voice work will never get the opportunity. But that's the way it works.

For reasons you can probably guess, it has become necessary to institute the following policy: Please do not send me voice demos or requests to hear your samples or to hire you or to refer you to an agent. I get way too much of this and have had to vow never to hire or refer anyone who approaches me this way. If you saw my e-mailbox, you'd understand.
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Old 07-18-2004, 02:24 PM   #2 (permalink)
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ya im sure its tough,. they probably get people that help to make the show already do the voices, im basing that on nothing really, but trey parker nd matt stone do the voices for south park iknow.
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Yeah and I believe chris ward just did some production assistant job before voicing hesh and mc pee pants...

I do a lot of cartooning, and if I ever go anywhere with it, I would like to just voice all the characters myself - or maybe with one or two others.
Its a lot more fun that way.

The guy from looney toons did a bunch of voices...
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Yeah and I believe chris ward just did some production assistant job before voicing hesh and mc pee pants...

I do a lot of cartooning, and if I ever go anywhere with it, I would like to just voice all the characters myself - or maybe with one or two others.
Its a lot more fun that way.

The guy from looney toons did a bunch of voices...
and u cant forget mike judge i think he did the voices for like 9 characters on beavis and butthead
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and u cant forget mike judge i think he did the voices for like 9 characters on beavis and butthead
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