Do I ALWAYS Need To Have My VO Gear?

Are voice actors now expected to be on call 24/7 and travel with gear everywhere they go? That's the question audiobook and narration voice actor Amy Talmadge brought to Marc Scott after hearing some interesting conversations at VO Atlanta - and the answer might give you permission to actually enjoy your next vacation.

Marc gives his honest take on whether the industry has genuinely changed its expectations, or whether something else is really driving the always-on mentality that so many voice actors feel.

Inside this episode:

• Whether the 24/7 on-call expectation is a real industry shift or mostly FOMO in disguise
• Which voiceover genres actually do have higher availability requirements - and why commercial in general is not one of them
• The grocery store story - how FOMO over missed auditions drove Marc off pay-to-play sites entirely
• How early delivery built Marc's business fast - and what the old guard had to say about it
• Whether casting directors really listen to every audition - and what that means for the ones you submit late
• Marc's practical travel kit setup for when you do want to record on the road
• Why Amy's return to commercial VO may have fewer barriers than she thinks

You get to decide what kind of voice actor career you want to build. This episode is a reminder that the industry isn't taking that choice away from you.

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