Voice Acting - Why Now?
- Iain Luke Jones
- Jun 26, 2023
- 2 min read
Why now at the ripe old age of 40 have I started out on this new adventure that is voice acting? I have spent so much of my life teaching others to follow their dreams and for a long time I was living my dream, but you know what? Dreams change. I have a wonderful life that is incredibly fulfilling in so many ways and the more I learn to focus on what is important to me, the more I realised that voice acting was the way forward. I love to act (but I don't enjoy learning lines), I love to create characters, I love to use my voice to talk to others in whatever way I can, I love to help others achieve success and I love helping people bring their imagination to life. All of those things brought me to this point today where I am fortunate enough to have found where I am next meant to be in life. I am not going to lie, this hasn't been easy. I thought I would easilly make the transistion to the life of a voice actor because surely all you need is a voice right? Well I couldn't have been more wrong! There is so much to learn and fortunately I discovered 'Gravy for the Brain', which really has been the perfect way to start my journey off on the right foot. It isn't just about your voice at all. A voice actor does indeed need to master various techniques to do the job effectively, but you also have to become a sound engineer, a business manager, a marketing pro and the list as I am discovering just keeps getting longer. It is not for the faint of heart and I am having to learn to embrace all of the feedback coming my way, both positive and negative. I feel like I have had to throw out everything I thought I knew and completely start again from a blank slate and I am actually really proud of myself for doing it and not just dreaming of doing it. In many ways voice acting is the perfect culmination of everything I have spent my life doing and I am incredibly excited to see where this adventure takes me. I still have a lot to learn and I am sure I have many more bumps in the road ahead of me, but I could not be more ready to face this new adventure. I am alive with excitement every time I dare to dream about where this new path may lead and I would love for those of you out there reading this to come along for the ride. I do not know how consistent I will be with my blogging as I am really just testing the water, but I hope to use this platform as a way to share what is going on in my head at certain points of this exciting adventure that lies ahead.
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