On today’s episode, we have Sean Carney, and this episode is a little different from previous shows because Sean isn’t a teacher in the traditional sense. He will be teaching us some things today about his profession. so think of it as a guest speaker to the classroom. A few years back, I taught a 7th grade ELA class and I had a quiet student named Logan, but Logan had a talent. He had the deepest voice I've ever heard from a 7th grader. Lets just say I would have enjoyed listening to him read Apple's Terms & Conditions pages we all love to NOT read. Sean is a voice actor, who recently graduated from Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY and received his degree in Integrated Marketing Communications,  with a Minor in Communication Studies focused on public speaking. He was looking to pay for expenses at college his freshman year in 2013 and heard about an online platform called Fiverr - and after about a year he committed to it full time. He is now the top rated voice-over actor on that site, and in the last four years has completed well over four-thousand gigs. Sean drops everything you need to know to get into the voice over business. We discuss actions you can take today, tools and resources for those aspiring to be in his industry, teachers that influenced his success, and even what microphone to use.

 

Show Notes

• Professional Voice Actor and why he does it
• Signing up for freelance websites his freshman year
• Fiverr.com
• What does voice-over mean? 
• School makes an impact in Sean's life
• Teachers that made an impact
• • Christopher Wheatley (Radio Program at Ithaca College)
  • Sally Vartuli - Media Production Teacher
• The 3 things Sean would teach on how to get into voice acting 
• Tools to use in order to produce a Demo
• The 3 actions steps you could take today
• David Caplan 

“Admire people who are better than you and you'll better yourself because there is going to be somebody looking up to you." Sean Carney

• 3 habits that help Sean succeed in business
• 1. Be ready to work all hours and 7 days a week
  2. Make every customer VIP
  3. Learn new skills to offer
• Pronouncing words like 'While' are not as easy as it looks
• Scariest thing Sean has done
• Best purchase under $100
• Theme Music

 Voice-Over Links mentioned in the show
Fiverr
Voices
Voices123

Audio Software mentioned in the show
Audacity 
Garageband
Adobe Audition
Pro Tools 

Microphones-Mixing Boards mentioned in the show
AT 2035 XLR
AT 2020
Peavey 6 Mixing Board
Focusrite - Scarlett 2i2

​Where to find Sean
Sean's Website
Sean's Twitter

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Music
Song: I dunno (ft. J Lang, Morusque) 
Artist: Grapes 
Album: ccMixter
 
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