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Freelancing Skill: Voice Talent

For those of you who doesn't have the skills that can be made online, think again. Use your voice to reach your target audience. And when I mean voice, I really mean using your speaking skills.
Now I bet you have already seen cartoon movies or episodes or at least some animation or if you're a Bruneian, anime, where you watch cartoons and voice actors play out as their respective characters in the story or series. Such project in animation requires the right artists, animators, directors, producers and especially voice actors.
There are plenty of businesses out there in the world of entertainment and this is one of them. You could start one up but if you have no idea where, I can recommend putting it up on flash animation sites like:
- Newgrounds (www.newgrounds.com)
- Flash Portal (www.flashportal.com)
For flash animators, they work around the clock to make the animation perform exactly to their storyboard. For voice actors/actresses, they have to act exactly to the scene. So to those would be actors/actresses, flash animation can lead you somewhere.
The point to this is that, you would not need to act on queue. Like cry on the spot or get really angry on the spot or anything of that sort that requires you to perform perfectly without retaking the scene. However, as a voice actor/actress, there's more to that. You can voice act as a baby, a kid, a teenager, an adult, a senior or even different creatures. This is the great advantage over traditional filming where it takes millions and billions of dollars to pay for each extras or characters to play the part or even pay for the costumes.
Voice acting is one method to freelance. Another method would be podcasting. It's a simple method of recording one's voice and upload it online. Where others can just listen to your words instead of reading. Which becomes an advantage to the blind Internet surfers.
No idea what to podcast? Why not do public speaking about a random topic? Do a stand-up (or sit-down) comedy online. Do an International Debate with someone overseas. Conversation with another over a radio online. Etc.
And why stop with voice acting and podcasting? There's also singing! You've already probably seen others posting up their videos of themselves singing a song on Youtube. So do the same thing and there's bound to be a record breaking opportunity for your singing talent. However, it is a slim chance since not everyone has that great talent to sing perfectly.
So however your voice may sound like, these are the options provided to you for your passion in your sound. Make or break online with www.voices.com should help you get started as well.
Do you have what it takes to may your voice be heard online?